New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-06-09
LOUISIANA ELECTION.

The following, which has been communicated
to The TRIBUNE is the substance Of memorial that
Louisiana Republicans will lay before Gen. Grant, tomor-
The news from New.orleans concerning Gen. Blu
chanans action in relation to the late elections seems 10
call for brief history OF those elections. ON the lt
the city OF Newt Orleans the Parish Of Orleans and the
state OF louisiana In accordance with the reconstruction
laws OF Congress- said election being under the mne
date control OF Gen. Buchanan The elections were con-
Quoted the part Of the Republicans with the greatest
fOrbearance, the most open and agrant violations or
individual rights we're perpetrated by the Demoefas
Buchanan IL any complaints were made by Republ
cans to him, the General usually replied that he Wou1
take the matter into consideration" but if men we'll
known as Rebels their sympathzeTs, approached him.
they were received cordially and with smile and lmme
dete action was taken IN Their cases AIter ts eecIo
the Registers who mostly men appointed by MN,
aud VIGOROUSLY known as being bitterly opposed 10 ,e
Reconstruction Act, were pcrmlteu 10 49,, oHnptt
Republicans from the places where the palots
were counted while allowing ali Democrats TO remain
Moreover the ballots were kept in some Instances tree
or four days after elections on the preense OF counting
them, bnt in reality To afford time To alter the 50 as 70
snow small Republican majOnues IN those dlstilCts
which we're known TO be prepondeangy ~, M vi .e
main had been thoroughly enacted, "eu. bue ny gu
ordered commission Of military men, lnsteau OF an
equal number from each party interested 10 count the
ballots as handed to them or course these gentehen
could only report on the votes they fouhu Ahough III
cities containing treble the population OF New Orleans
results of elections are known the next morning the Gen
eral commanding forbade any official announcements OF
the result until And why The secret motive OF
this action the part Of this commander OF the rtn
Military District would seem to PEI nrst 10 % lIM
knowledge to arrange the results OF the municipal eiee
tons TO oyerbalalce any gains which the kepuDi-
cans might have made In the State at large Hence no
results OF elections for either State parish or municipal
ity were announced until weeks after election; ana
then they were reported as to give the control OF CITY
affairs into the hands Of Democratic Rebels ana ther
sympathisers Next Gen. Buchanan orders tlat those
elected 10 state and parish offices shall not perform
their duties until after the LIST OF November next
an order in gross violation Of tho kecohstruc-
ton bill, and of the powers OF the NHhstte t
tional Convention, delegated by the salu hct,
of Congress Buchanan claims that thls heW S9v
eminent created by act OF Congress ana rt.ned ny
tu people OF ousana only provisional untl congress
accepts said Constitution well knowing that congress
will not permit Louisiana to be represented III the council
of the nation until her General Assembly shall nave rat-
fed the fourteenth article OF the Supplemental Act GEN
buchanan shows his partisan unfairnesS by refusing 10
hermit the General Assembly, known TO comprise ke-
publican majority TO assemble until IL is too late for the
State 10 take part the Electoral College But by what
authority does he set himself above the will of the nation
as xpressed by CoDgress An appeal To be at once
taken Gen GrqRL 10 defeat the Rse9pstyfilon laY
municipal offices should be immediately placed IN control
OF city affairs, carefully however, removing an the
ncunbens even those who claim to have been reelected
lie thus places the City Government. when II the nea
BRAIN and purse of the State, In the hands OF ebes so
as 10 counterbalaneo all political power that loyal men
may have I'm the State, and give the Rebels nve months
time efficiently organize before the State authorities
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