Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-12-27

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been made Of judicial orders to o.,or..,i
results OF which the judiciary had mo -
nlzance antoine was candidate for Tiau.o
ant-GoVernor, and entitled to his oeFca g.
JANUARY next hAu lie been elected With q
dSp"teu tiCle' month In advance lie filed tbi
Dill ana oDtSlned the order we have cite,
placing under 1nterdict The Governor. soc-o'
Cary OF State the me mbers elect ofbo.b bro,o.
Oh The General Assembly, all the board and 90,
GERS and men of police the mcnhers
TWO cahvassing boards, and upon this ex nart.
oIueF ire Organization OF the General .s
oiS' az d Tune When he had no share In ann -,
" was regulated and directed sim
| a---,t..e - NC" orleans, under which tn,
| - was aPpoihted, we have been met
"-'H INC SusseS'oh mat these orders and acts
are Facts accomplished, and that tboir go
ton or rescision wOu!d not restore 49,
! and that our complaints therefore quo
| sonable. IT the opinion we have OIL,
rect, sucha condition ought not to a,F..
| conduct. When the King Of Great Erirat,
| lAolisheu' arptFarliy, government in one =,
inc coiohes' the remaining colonies took thu
Claim, lest IL might serve as a precedent AZ VII
as all instrument to establish such governments
elsewhere; besides are less patiep+ 49,,
wrongful orders and the acts of n iudi,iou
tribunal than even Of violence from otrersorS
ces of authority. government which ra,,a
for its organization upon an illegal iudic5a
order, executed 10y n Marshal with connanio
OF soldiers does not command as much resnec,
OF autiorlCy as II the Judicial appcndages had
been dispensed with, and the army had set nm
the government with strong and usurpinp
hand. The committee take the liberty to coz
, that they have had n o connection with t,eoo
} suits, as parties or attorneys, neither do thai
4 claim any of the offices in dispute They no..
not therefore, BEEN concerned in the controversv
1 among the classes which have endangered the
: peace and brought shame upon the State They
. affirm That during the last four years there has
not been good government in Louisiana; there
has been extravaganza, prodigality, disbonettv
Il and waste Ia the public expenditures The
Q public debt has been enormously incraasoa
with but little corresponding benefit The
credit Of the State has been given TO speculative
IL corpOrators for personal aims The ta.es ON
y property have assumed sach proportions that
- they might be called rents paid by the pronre-
il tors to the State for its occupation and use
> The tayes upon busin2ss Expresses the COM
mcrcal and laboring classes; the laws 20 control
elections, corporations and public institutions.
% stimulate the Hcesscs of office holders andrtbe
" consequence is depression and discomfort The
al State needs hone est, faithful and resnonsible
30 government conducted to attain public objects
and not TO enrich its members, or to perpetuate
- their power. There was earnest effort TO
obtain such government at the last election
We affirm, without fear Of contradictions that
the foregoing statement exhibits on the part of
IL he United States Court, the most unparalleled
and bascless usurpation of jurisdiction and au-
70 thOrity Of which the annals of JURISPRUDENCE af
Is ford any example. The action ofithe returning
OF beard recognized and vested with all its mowers
We by this Court has been equally unprecedented.
:" Without any official returns before them with
ia out any of the official data on which alone their
IN action could have been rightfully based, they
~ have presumed to proclaim the results of the
!, election. The declaration by them cf the vote
u cast In the different parishes is purely fanci-
full as il no election whatever had been held
90 They have arbitrarily duccd and increased the
- votes On one side the other in different parish
: es to suit their purposes In several parishes
o1 while returning or even adding TO the votes cast
IA for their candidates they have snpy annihila-
- ted and stricken out entirely the votes cast for
their opponents. In other parishes they have
exactly reversed the returns giving to their
e. candidates the majority which had really
ln been returned for their opponents.
ng They have not pretended to furnish the public
Vi with any statement of the basPA OH which they
T. proceeded or the theory which they acted
wv Their whole corduct is without any kind of
at reasonable explanation,
. We submit to the peoplc of the United States
70 that such proceedings reach point at which
70 the whole theory of popular government is re-
II, versed and overthrow. The means by which
ne such results have been reached are enough to
=" s:artle tho public mind, but the results them
us selves are not less appalling. Aside from the
"a general officers OF the State we find the Legis-
oil lature OF the State delivered over into Tho
n hands of men who were not elected and who
at are utterly unfit for positions of such
ST. responsibility. AS originally composed It
al comprised 6 persons of color, most of them
O. totally uneducated, with a very small minority
nj Of whites Since that time they have expelled
sc members whose seats were uncontested: thew
~ have unseated members returned elected by
or their own board and seated their defeated op-
IT. ponents on the simple ground that the former
on had not appeared to claim their seats. The re-
cs suit ia, that originally bad as the LEGISLATURE
r- was, II makes itself worse tlav by day and the
Oh prospect is that soon the Conservative element
as of the State viii have no representation what
ca ever. To those who tlatter themselves with III G
W hope that Mr. Kellogg would not willingly ebet
rs any scheme Of outrageous misgovernment, it Is
Is now apparent that, even supposing this to be
;" true, the iuwe: OF restraint has passed en-
ID, treiy beyond his control. and that
re-, should he a'temnt to thwart the schemes
u Of this Legislature, his own peach ment would
OF be probable event of the future In conc;r-
OH sion, we would state that we have attemptcd to
en- perform the duties of OUr mission in the rurest
~ non partisan spirit; that have not sought 10
Oh furnish capital to any political party, to ex-
he cite popular camOr in the interests of any fac
IL ton. We have laid our case before the Presi-
o. dent and his Attorney GcncTal, and are willing
ne 10 testify that have courteousIy received and
n patiently listened tn them, wriie they have re-
re fused the specific measures Of relief for which
cd we applied. They have given reasons for snch
o refusal, in 10 manner implying their indisposi-
u ton to sec justice done, They have refused ne
~ to Congress, and we feel assured tia;
VIC shall have the Immediate fanction OF
)n The President, far We invite nm
A. Impartial investigation OF the facts OF our case
q and that we shall have his cooperation in any
TT measures OF relief which Congress may adopt
'r after such investigation. The people of I1ouisi-
Of ana ignore party and conscious Of an honorable
= effort to place in Office men OF tried pIobity
il seek Justice, not generosity; they for a calm
So impartial eNa mInatiOn Of the recent extraor.iin
II airy events within their borders, in order tlat
S. the truth may be known and that there NAV he
50 speedy correc lion of the dangerous evils now
IT threatening the very life Of their State.
l. Signed, j. A. CAMPBELL.
If aud others Of the Committee.
1t NEW YORK.