The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-12-12

dence in existence OF the vote at the late election.
The pretence OF the agents selected BY Senator
the result that they have made q compilation
OF the votes 10 only one Of the bold, audac0us
has been marked. Those oersons had no returns,
no documents. no evidence OF any kind in their
possession, except the statements made up by
themselves and their allies for the con-
summation OF their fraudulent purposes. A COM
paris0n OF the tabulated statement published by
hsr as
defiance OF decency and without even an attempt
to conceal their fraud and fasehood from the eyes
OF the public. The bill filed by
eNf SENATOR KELLOGG ALLEGED
simply deficiency in his returned vote OF about
portioD Of votes actually cast and refusal to
register or to receive another portion. The
alleged suppression was totally false and was sup.
even the simulated crossmark anndavits
with which the consptrators 80 LITERALLY provided
them amounted to about four thousand in number,
according to their own statement. II they had
simply added this number to the total u would
have given Kellogg a. 233 votes against 6S 100 for
Mr.. McEnery-not enough to show an apparent
election, even including the vote OF the three
Without testimony 81 any KIND Without even
adopting and following any rational theory Of COM
putation, added the erroneous number OF 675 to
Senator KellOggs vote and, as II to still further
INSULT THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE PUBLIC
and still more nagrantly expose their own false
he s s % seEn4y
NssP5a ron &c. tAf parish q 1Yssr l Sss 9s
PSrs F The ks Sos Ss.cns S5 soEns
FOR for McEnery lsso; for kellogg, $50. They re-
port for kellogg i,2oe; for McEnery, none In As
and subtracted 454 from 4cEnery. In Ayoyelles
they add 52s to Kellogg,s vote and substract
4s4 from McEnery: IN East Baton Rouge they
McEnery's. In De Soto they add 57s to Kellogg's
vote and substract eco from HcEnery's In Plaque
mns they sSey ads kSSs vote vote and a s.
McEnery has eeo votes, they allow him liz
votes, they allow him lS4. In st. Mary they add
TO ke0g o So
5000 ana 400 9 rom MsEnsIy's vote, ana in almost
and returns equally false and fraudulent; and
the charge that the Governor and the
returning officers intended to. falsify, to
m9tste and and to destroy the election
They retain all the integrity Of their original FORM
they are unmutilated and unfalsifed. They consti-
recognizes or that any honest judicial tribunal
would accept. They have never been in the hands
Of the n s.n ana YET these s
results so mOnstrously at variance with the truth
that they seem to court
and to revel in the publicity Of frauds. Gentlemen
OF the General Assembly, the plot against the
rights Of the people Of L1nisiana contrved within
sble Of by the accession to its councils Of
2 corrupt Judge ready and eager to pros
OF the conspiratOrs has eliminated In the assem-
bling OF q pretended Legislature composed mostly
Of defeated candidates candid and protected by the
tended House OF Representatives have pre-
ferred articles Of Impeachment against the
in concert with the fraudulently admitted
Senators have resolved themselves in Q High
Court OF impeachment. The late President of the
Senate, Mr.. Pinchback, whose term as Senator
expired with the last election has by force and In
violation OF law and established precedents, con-
tlnued himself in ofice. and claiming that he is
executive, has violently ~-@ -4-
BROKEN OPEN THE EXECUTIVE CHAMBER
and possessed himself Of the State archives. The
members of the General Assembly, prohibited by
injunction Of the United States Court and by the
from dscharging their legislative duties,
ton. Tha1 the supreme Court win Sustain
the District Judge Is scarcely to be conceived.
That the Congress OF the United States will sane
the dearest rights Of the people Of this state can
not be imagined.
and decent respect for the Chief Magistrate Of
the nation requires us to believe that when the
facts and the testimony in the case laid before
him he will not tolerate the perversion Of federal
means Of Which the VIC conspirato rs"' have W
thus far succeeded in carrying out their de-
signs ! believe that memorial from the
General Assembly reciting the facts as they have
occurred, supported by the mass OF conclusive tes
timony which can be produced, would meet with
respectful consideration on the part OF the Presi-
dent and OF Congress, and that they will find
means to save the country from
THE SCANDAL AND REPROACH
with which the final success OF the conspirators
would soil the American name. ! confide in your
wisdom and discretion, knowing, as do, that you
is its a %nGyy d s
1t is my duty to recommend to your
consideration the grave subject which have just
taking at once such action as may in your judy
ment seem necessary to meet the emergency and
votes OF the people cast at the late
election for Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
result You alone are, by article fortyeight OF the
constitution. vested with this power to count the
your declaration viii be final. It is not a ju-
dicial question. 1t is vested by our fundamental
law and in accordance with well-settled rules Of
jurisprudence, In the political department. Of the
State government and yOu fellow citizens as the
General Assembly must determine it.
fespeGh,u u suggest that under your powers
the meaning OF article ST. the end that this cor
ruptlng influence OF federal patronage in State
- Il. c. wARMOTH.
Governor of Louisiana.
The Lynch and Hawkins Returning Board make
q material change in the result OF the city and
parish election. They return as Judges for District
Courts, the elections OF whom were close and not
determined by the Governors Board:-E Men,
ner for the Third and B. Lynch for the Fourth Dis
trct. All the republican candidates for Congress
are returned.
THE MILITARY WITHDRAWN.
Nothing exciting has occurred except the with
drawal of the military, which have vacated the
State House and returned to the barracks The
City Hall Legislature was in session until night
without being disturbed, and no action s expected
to be taken in the contempt case until Monday
next.
The state House Legislature is also in session,
proceeding rather nosiIy with the usual business
routine. The people seem to be terribly In earnest
to maintain the old State government, but will
make no overt resistance to United States au.
thority