The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-25
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Calm and Lucid Exposure OF the ION.
.piraoy to Overthrow n LsWfal
~stnte government.
WASHINGTON, December %.
The citizens Of Louisiana nave perceived
with satisfaction that the people OF her sister
States are not unconcerned spectators OF
events now transplrlng within her limits, and
of which it Is probable no parallel can be
found in the history OF this or any other coun-
try. As these events were entirely brought
: about y,the agency of officers, civil and mill
tary, of the General Government, the citizens
OF Louisiana not doubling that the action OF
: the Executive at least in reference, to them'
was the result OF a Misrepresentation OF the
facts, determined to adopt prompt measures
for the correction of the error.
At q meeting held for that purpose, repre-
sentlng, We may safely say, q looG proPohue -
y anoe Of the moral worth, Intelligence ana
wealth of the city, a committee OF one hundred
gentlemen was appointed with ln~strucuons 70
proceed Immediately to Washington 10 lay tne
facts before the several departments OF tne
government, and TO solicit their alo ~ repair,
Inc Gl6 RIOSH HIUuk6 WuiSu "
in restoring to the people the right OF seiftgoV-
eminent, which had been wrested from tnem
nv the most patent usurpation. The unoer-
sipned form q part of that committee. IN our
arrival here, we found 80 much mlsapprenen-
sion existing, even among NOSE Rao- arg
usually well in!oEmea, 10 aesai fhat -v WE deter.
mined to publish q bFief; narration OF the iacts.
.The parties engaged In these proceedings, are
aware qthatYif the facts were properly uSaer-
stood they would admit OF no defence,
psnow seek to sbelittle aud conceal .t9e
question at 5issuest and to treat o co9sp,.aGy
To overthrow the eoyernment OF the state as
a mere struggle for political ascende1cg pc
SRean Governor Warmoth and Ar; hsitgsS'
? HF6eV alIege that the former was endeaVorlng,
hv some trIckery orJegerdemain, 10 cneaC tne
latter out Of his election, ana Una. ING onJets
this attempt. They have sedulonsly sought TO
produce The impression upon tne pu9nc
81 mind that this committee was composed oi'
mere allies a~ndiagents, of Governor Warmotn;
We repel this insinuation as utterly 1alse ana
niwSiTansed. Weare not the representatives
n Spsrsonsl or party interest whatever.
Governor Warmothr was not "a candidate
for any. office whatever at the re-
cent election, nor have we, directly OF
acknowledgements or aniiaton
with him, so far ashispast career Is concerned.
There are few, If snsrmemoers OF this con- aG,
mltk60 WIZ v INV pSoo eNSo
acknowledgements while In those measures
Anf Observation-Disclosures whioh he has been
most loudly denounced he had for his ADVISORS,
assoc,ates and coadjutors the very men WHO
now ,sssaii him, sincluding especially Pinon-
back, AntoiEe, and numerous others, whose
names fgure.moss conspicuously In these. pro
Geedings. sMlreply to the other .ipsinnattqns
5I1i6afadaaSove WeSde3Sra that wet ares1o
parties to, and have no knowledge or, any.
political trlckery, tntsnted. TO sl9s She tsae
voIceoffhs people; that we do not believe any.
such existed and,tlat .wesWould not be mere
unless we could proclaim consclentiously our
convictions: that, n the men r who nave
been .foisted Into the offices Of the
State have been not merely frregulariy
aud uniawfully installed, but were not elected
blythe DeapJe, and were NOT, and areEn0g the
f sSg q sas Mss g t Isl ssEsa p eSs goSer0 Oh
ment 10 admit this. on. our simple assertion.
All we have askediis that It should make a.
candid and impartial Investigation OF The facts.
With this Preface we now submit the follow
Sin& statamens g g j,
Louisiana on the fourth day OF November
last for the election Of q governor, lieutenant
governor, menbers6 f 1.-THE General Assembly
/, and other State and Federl officers. At thls
election VIM. Pitt Kellogg, Q member OF The
Senate of the United States, and @. c. An
toIne, q collector OF the port of Shreveport,
. 1#6tS Cduuluhbe6 luz LILO OMCoo VI SOSCAnVk
and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. and we're Opposed
by John McEnry-a n Davidson B. Penn. The
present Governor Warmoth was not q candi-
Second. This election w7~asscaoSnSducted with
out riot, disturbance or violence, and thu
number of votes cast was unusually large.
Returnssof xhH elhctIBnYwereS made to the
board appointed for the purpose. This board
.~sensFoomposed of officers of the law, OF Gov
ern5r Warploth, the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, the
-secratary Of State, and two Other persons
named In the Law, viz: Jno: Lynch and Thos.
was filed at the time by F. J. Heron, whp
had been appointed by Governor Warmoth to
al Q Raeaacy caused blythe removal, several
&aSu&H Before, ef GsoIgsE. Boyee, ;theslegat
tABCtsRhsch removal and appointment was
then in contest before the State courts. The
son and Pinohback were disqualified by
reason of their being Candidates fot
Office. Warmoth then removed Heron,
whom he had appointed, from the office Of
Secretary Of State, as q defaulter. and appoint
edSggsd cqnmiss5oaedS Whnrtonin his stead
Of Governor Warmoth in the removal of Her.
ron was based upon a desire to commit fraudss
!, tor, under, the, returns There. was no necessity
: for fraud. It was prompted by his discovery
OF q plot between Heron and Lynch to falsely
the returns and defeat the will OF the people,
1ulb 10 mauuoeL lI0m. LILO .EdCLo UeFclUptU ~
evidencabefors the courtS that Herron, an:
tIcipating the thwarting Of his scheme, had
several days before ordered q duplicate of
Hthe5s6aroE State to Sbes engraved, by, which
means he hoped to preserve the insignia OF
the Office In the event of his removal by the
Governor. s,omitingf further "details, War;
moth and Wharton, on the one hand,
assuming to be majority OF the
proceeded to elect Hatch and Duponte to ill
the vacancies caused by the withdrawal OF
sSPfnchback and Anderson, while Lynch and
Herrcn afterwards assembled. and, under the
same assumption, elected Longstreet and
HaWkins. Thus there came to, be two bodies;
SaeESIstnihg:tosbe the returning board. Zone
sprefaed d2bE by Eoyernof EWarmoth,s the
highest executive officer of the State, and;
under the law, the presiding officer OF the
board, and which had possession of all the
,oeieeticn returns audfeverythfng5 necessary 70
ascertain. the, result, while the other consisted
of Lynch, the removed secretary Of Statet
oHdrron andfthelr two sppoinsees. latter these
proceedings the State Supreme Court decided
sthat' the removal of Bovee and the original
appointment Of Heron were illegal, and Bo1
wee was reinstated in his office. Whatever
may be ssaid,of these contestng boards 1t Id
clear. that tflgcoqsn ufsthesU ntted;A States had
no sembIaDee Of authority to decide between
their conflicting claims to office.
Third. Alter IT. had become probable that
> Tho fuuo.o no nh}datoa Vim pitt KalloDO. and I'll