The Portland daily press., 1872-12-24
WASHINGTON.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-Gen Sickles vtele-
graphs from Madrid that both Houses of Con-
gress have accepted by decisive majorities the
colonial policy of the ministry of Porto Rico,
which involves the separation of the civil from
the military government and the extension to
Porto Rico OF the same provincial form of gov
eminent which exists in Spain, with municipal
governments and town and local officers. Two
of the ministers resigned and their successors,
who are in accord with the rest Of the ministry
and with Congress were cordially received by
Congress. The policy of the ministry is under
stood to have been approved by vote of 60
Senators against 6, and by "a against u in the
Gen. Sickles further telegraphs that the Pres
ident of the Council announced that bill for
the immediate emancipation of slavery in Porto
Rico will be speedily introduced.
The Louisiana Committee. sr
The Louisiana committee have issued an adj
dress to the people of the United States who
they believe are not unconcerned spectators of
the events now transpiring within the limits of
that State, and of which it is probable that no
parallel is found in history. The committee
repeat as utterly false the insinuation that they
are merely allies and agents of Gov. Warmoth.
They are not the representatives of any per-
sonal party interests whatever. So far as War
moths past conduct is concerned few, if any of
them have not been among his most pronounce
ed opponents, while in those measures for which
he has been most loudly denounced, .he had for
advisers and associates and coadjutors the very
men who now assail him, including especially
Pinchback, Antoine and others, whose names
figure more conspcuously in these proceedings
The committee declare, in reply to another in
situation, that they are no parties to, and have
no knowledge of any political trickery intended
to defeat the true voice OF the people; that
the; do not believe any such existed, and that
they would not be here unless they could pro-
claim conscientiously their conviction that the
| men who have been foisted into the Offices of
the State have been not merely rregularly and
| unlawfully installed, but were not elected by
the people and are not the choice OF the major
| ity of the voting population of Louisiana.
The Committee add that all they have
| asked of the government is to make candid
| and impartial investigation of the facts; and
| they then proceed to give detailed statement
Guiding the various injunctions bv courts, and
with the organization of the partial legislature
which mpeached Gov, Warmoth and placed
Pinchback in his stead.
! Steps having been taken, say the Committee,
| t,y Gov. Warmoth to secure revision by the
| Supreme Court of the United States Of the
| chancery orders of the U. S. Court, this body
! forthwith adopted resolutions to dismiss these
! provisions; the militia was placed under com
mand of Gen. Longstreet; the arseuals were
! taken possession of by aid of the United States
army. A civils revolution was accomplished
| within a month under orders of a chancery
| court in suits in which courts had no jurisdic
| ton.
The Circuit Court of the United is a court Of
| limited jurisdiction and without authority tG
enter into civil suits between citizen OF thu
same State, unless the case arises directly undcl
the constitution and laws of the United Statei
and the jurisdiction is vested by act OF Con
gress, Congress has no power to confer juris'
dicton In any other case between such citizens
1t has no authority to give jurisdiction of suits
of a citizen Of the State against the State unde
the act of Congress of 1870, upon single condi
ton of facts. A citizen of a State may main
l Il <I.nC &rt1
courts of the United States, but the State Leg
isiature is specially excepted from the opera
tons of this act in the same clauses that e1
cept members of Congress and Presidential cleo
tors. The organization of the Legislature is b.
q chancery order. Had there been resistance
to the execution of the orders and riot ant
J bloodshed had followed upon whom woul,
fallen the responsibility Whose fogbeasanc