New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-11
WASHINGTON.

Tho Weather and Proba Silities- Southern
Nominations Yesterday-B. p. Blan.
chard Postmaster, and Fabius Nick.
Dunn Assistant Appraiser, New Or.
leans-What the ku.klax Bill Pro.
poses-Trial Of Offenders Provided for
Amnesty Bill Introduced-Report of
the Outrage Committee-Frank Blair's
Minority Report-Sumner Deposed and
Cameron made Chairman Of Commit.
tee on Foreign A Alairs-The Salt Tariff
Repeal Bill.
WASHINGTON, March 1O.-The barometer
has risen since yesterday evening rapidly
on the gulf and south Atlantic. The area
Of the lowest barometer has moved north
ward into the British possessions and the
minor disturbance Thursday evening in
Virginia has moved to the northeast. The
barometer is stationary with a tendency to
fall west of Indiana. Clear and fair weather,
with fresh winds. have prevailed in South
and West Pennsylvania. cloudy and clear
ing weather on the east Atlantic and lower
lakes. with fresh winds. Brisk winds and
clear weather on the upper lakes.
PRoBABILITIEs.-There are no indications
of any serious disturbance on Saturday.
Fair weather will probably prevail.
The following nominations were an
nounced today: Buck, appraiser Of mer
chandise, Mobile: Ferguson, inspector of
steamboats,. second district; Yarvin, col
lectOr: Mcpherson, assessor first district of
Texas; Gray, judge eastern district Of
Texas; William ID. Gallagher, pension
agent Louisville. Kentucky; Asa o. Adds
James B. Howell and Orange Fenis, com
missioners on loyal Southern claims: Hamil-
ton, United States marshal northern district
of Florida: Raiford. assessor second dis
trict of Georgia; Jennings, assessor third
tlist7 7ict of Alabama: Fabius Mckee Dunn
assistant appraiser Of merchandise, New
Orleans; b. T.. Blanchard. postmaster, New
Orleans.
Mr.. Mortons Ku-klux bill proposes to
transfer the jurisdiction of cases of murder
and other violence to the United States
courts. and to try them before iuries, on
which no person who can not take the test
oath should be allowed to sit. and to pro-
vide a sufficient number of troops to sus-
tain all officers in the execution of the law.
Mr.. Beck introduced an amnesty bill to-
day in the House. Mr.. Farnsworth sup
ported it in an earnest speech
The Senate confirmed the nominations Of
commissioners upon loyal claims.
The outrage committee reported. sum-
ming up as follows: ku-klux do exist.
and is composed of members of the Demo-
cratic or Conservative party: it has pOlit-
ical purpose. and sought TO carry its pur-
poses by murders, whippings. intimidation
and violence against its opponents. 1t
binds its members to carry out DEGREES Of
crime, and protects them against conviction.
The minority report is also quite long
and conclusive:
The number of these Outrages, detestable
and wicked as they are, Is. nevertheless.
grossly and wildly exaggerated, and this
no one can doubt who will examine the tes-
timony and has any knowledge of the credu-
ity and inaecuracy of statement character
istic of our well meaning cOlored people
North Carolina is one Of the largest States,
territorially. in the Unien, and is divided
into eighty-seven counties, and contains
nearly 500, 900 people.
No act Of lawlessness ia actually proven
to have been committed excepting in one or
the other of six Orperhaps eight Of these
counties: and it is proposed to employ VIC
lent and stringent measures Of coercion
and repression to the remaining nine tenths
of State against which no breath of evil
dence or proof of lawlessness has ever been
adduced, but which. ON the contrary. ex-
hibits a condition of quiet almost suggest
ing the insensibiity of despair. What can
be alleged What qualification to the
American people can be urged for the re-
newed and wantOn invasion of peaceful
community.
The statement that anarchy there exists
laid before the Senate overwhelmingly es-
tablishes its untruth. If aggressive laws
are to be enacted let all disguise be cast off,
and the true reason avowed: it will not be
less violent or less wrong, but it will not be
hypocrtical, and will be more manly. 10
any fair minded man we confidently COM
init the proofs contained in the testimony
now presented by the committee, and aver
that in the face Of such wrongs as have
"a k0l <n
crushed people by the rulers placed over
them. not by their own consent. but by the
exercise of despotic powers by the Con
sress OF the United States.
No example Of equal submissiveness and
patient endurance can be found in history
as is now presented by the people Of the
State Of North Carolina. This is the truth
in nutshell: That Holden and his official
supporters have failed to maintain them
selves by any means, foul as we'll as fair, in
their State. They have appealed to pOpu-
Lar elections, and have been rejected with
something near to unanimity by every tax
payer in the State, and now Congress is
asked to step in and force North Carolina
down under the feet of her radical
master. and we fear that Congress
will attempt to do this unwise and wicked
thing. Will the people of the North. free
as vet, see this thing done and sustain it's
When will the men now in power learn the
truth of what tho great statesmen Of our
country said so wisely and we'll, when sim
liar attempts were made to govern British
India: 1t is the nature of tyranny and
rapacity never to learn moderation from the
ill success Of oppression. On the contrary,
| all men, thinking highly of the methods
dictated by their nature. ascribe the
Illustration of their desires to the want
of sufficient yigor Then they redouble
the efforts of their impatient cruelty, which,
producing as they must produce, new
disappointments, they now initiated against
the objects Of their rapacity and then venge
fury and malice .implacable because un.
provoked, and reinforcing their avarice
their vices are no longer human: from cruel
men they become savage beasts, with no
other vestige of reasOA left but what serves
to furnish the incentives and refnements OF
ferocious subtlety, for purposes of which
beasts are incapable and at which iends
would blush.
FRANK P. BLAIR,
T. +. BAYARD.
Sen0te-Mr. Anthony has been chosen
President pro tenn.
+ Mr.. Sumner declined to serve on the Com
mittee on Elections and Privileges.
The change in the chairmanship of the
Committee on Foreign Relations was dis.
cussed all day. Mr.. Howe, in answer 70 .
question, said it was because Mr.. Summer
refused to have social intercourse with thu