Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-01-10
Radical Struggle for the Spells.
The Rival Houses StilIin Session.
LOngStreet Made GeneraliSSim0.
$50 !.
Federal Troops being Reinforced
From Baton Rouge & Louisville.
The City BriStllng with BayOnetS.
Appeal TO Grant for Martial Law.
First BlOOd----One Man Killed.
First BIOOd--.-One Man Killed.
Message from Warmotl..

State over S767,000, an average cost OF
$1,000 for the session (or Sl26.57
per day. for each member. He
shows that Carter appointed over eighty
clerks on the enrolment committee, when
but hundred and twenty-siX bills were
passed during the entire session, and the
work could have been done by eight or ten
clerks. He recommends the repeal of the
act creating the Statehouse Commission, in
volving million and half. The Governor
also recommends thirteen other specific re-
forms on various subjects, and takes strong
ground against, and declares his opposition
to, appropriations for any purpose except
the necessary and legitimate expenses OF
the government.
The leading recommendations of the
Governor, if carried out, would save the
State and city annually one million two
hundred and ten thousand dollars. The
Governor has vetoed sixteen bills passed by
the last General Assembly, involving two
and half million dollars, including also
some annual appropriations.
! WarmOth Endorsed.
After the reading of the Governors mes
sage, the following was adopted:
"ReSOLUed, That we, the members of the
!
Louisiana, do hereby approve of the rec
concentrations of The Governor on the sub
iect of reform, as far as they 90, and we do
hereby pledge ourselves to carry them out
as far as we are concerned"
Threat to ExpeI the Carterites.
A preamble and resolution were adopted
regarding the absent members, the Carter
ties, to the effect that at the hour of one
| o'clock, Wednesday, Jan. 10, if the said
members of this House do not return here
unto and resume the discharge of their du-
ties as legislators, this House will proceed
to eXpel them therefrom.
LOngstreet Appears on the Scene.
Gov. Warmoth has appointed Gen. Jas.
Longs treet Major General Of the Louisiana
State Militia, and assigned him to the i'm
mediate command and supervision of the
entire militia, police, and all civic forces
within the city of New Orleans, and instruc-
ted him to confer with and act in concert
and harmony with Mai. Gen. Emory, COM
manfing the United States troops, and
taking all necessary precautions to preserve
peace and subdue any spirit of turbulence
or riot that may arise. All Of the militia
organizations Of the city have been ordered
out. The United States troops have been
reinforced by strong detachments from
Baton Rouge. Gen. Emory's troops will
only be used to preserve order.
Card from Carter.
Senator Carter publishes card contra
dieting the report that he had surrendered
himself to the Sheriff in obedience to the
process from the Eighth District Court, in
which he says: Il do not know that even
the Judge of the Eighth District Court,
who is equal 70 almost any illegal thing, has
issued a warrant for my arrest. \ proper
writ served by proper officer will be re-
cOgnized by me. Permit me to say to the
people of Louisiana, as the legal Speaker of
the only legal House of Representatives of
the State of Louisiana, that in my Judgment
the course of Gov. WarmOth is revolution
ary and in violation of the Constitution and
laws, and the action Of the Eighth District
Court in support and furtherance thereof is
extra judicial, and l shall continue in every
legitimate way to ignore and resist such to
the utmost of my power, as public officer
sworn to support the Constitution and the
State"
Views of the Federal Commander.
The extra of the National Republican
contains the following:
NOls L dllu dll lOuI OItltI ClLlLtuS llllS
afternoon waited on Gen. Emory to ask as
to his position on this controversy. They
stated that forcible possession had been
taken of the State House, and that citizens
and members were prevented from enter
ing. They asked him whether he proposed
to do anything in the premises, or whether
he would interfere with the citizens. The
General replied "Gentlemen, there must
l., I -
of course know that the weapons of des-
truction have been improved within the
last few years. | have just heard that Gen.
LOngstreet has been appointed Chief of
Police, and you had better 90 at once to
him and advise him to remove these police
men from the State House. They should
be on their beats, and ought to have been
there all the time. l have never seen a
time when martial law was more necessary,
and, unless something is done, l will con-
slider it my duty to appeal to the President
and ask him to declare martial law"
The Carterites Call for Martial Law.
The same says editOrially: "The time
has come for President Grant to establish
in this State republican form of govern
ment. Gov. Warmoth rules only by suffer-
ance, and may be set aside at any moment.
We are entitled to call for republican gov
ernment fIom the United States authorities.
At present we are at the mercy of a deSpOtic
one-man power"
A Citizens Committee.
We are credibly informed that the Citi-
zen's Committee of fifty-one refuse to act
with Walmoth, and state that his promised
reforms are forced from him by the public
Indignation. They state that they have
discovered frauds in every department of
the government, and hold him responsible
personally and officially for them.
An Immense Mass Meeting
Is now assembled in Lafayette Square.
About ten thousand persons are present.
Speaking from the sides of the Square. The
meeting adopted the following:
''Be it resolved by the people of New
Orleans, regardless Of party, in meeting as
sembled: The movement for reform in
augurated by the Democratic and Republi-
can members of the Legislature, and having
for its object the repeal Of the elective and
cOnstabulary metropolitan police, printing,
revenue, and other obnoxious laws meets
with the hearty approval of this meeting.
''ResOlyed, That we recommend to the
members of the Legislature, who have
united for the purpose of reform, to con-
tiuue to be firm in their determination to
carry out their plans; that they be requested
to use all legal and constitutional means
for the attainment of the objects they had
in view.
'.Resolved, That this meeting denOunce
as revolutionary the conduct of the Cover
nor in his attempts to control by means of
the metropolitan police the deliberations
and conduct of the General Assembly of
the State of Louisiana, by taking violent !
possession of the State-hOuse, and filling |
the avenues of approach thereto with arm
ed men, thus intimidating the members and |
excluding citizens from attending the Leg |
islatuTe, right to which they are entitled. |
Resolved, That the present alarming !
condition Of affairs which borders on re- |
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