Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-05-31

/ Reports were to-day made in the
House of Representative. by members
of the committee appointed to inquire
Z into the origin and character of the diff
eulties in Louisiana Mr.. Sehofield,
Chairman, and Mr.. McCrary, gave cir
eumstantial accounts of the troubles,
but did not recommend any actiou on
the part Of Congress. They say that the
trouble was not between the Gov
ernor and officers Of Louisiana on
one side, and the officers of the
United States on the other, but
between the friends and opponents Of
the administration of Governor War
moth. It was mainly division OrquaT-
rel among the leaders of the Republican
party, in which many Of the Federal
officials were prominent actors, some on
one side and some on the other. The
leaders of the Democratic party also par
ticipated in it, sometimes in alliance
with one faction and sometimes with
the other, as interest or considerations Of
duty seemed to require. The part taken
by Federal officials In the quarrel,
whether wise or unwise, seems to have
originated entirely with themselves.
There was no trace of interference
by the administration at Washing
ton. This was attested by the
declarations of the officers them
selves, as well as by the TACT that
they were very much divided in their
affiliations.
Mr.. Smith, of New York, concurs in
the above report, with additions and
qualifications, and says it is not to be
denied that in the new and disturbed
condition of things, some unscrupulous
men have got into office in Louisiana.
The men who 90 South to hold office,
and return when they lose office, are not
confined to any political party. The
troubles in that State are somewhat
similar in kind, although perhaps
greater in a degree than such as gen.
orally follow civil wars, was the recon-
structiOn of Louisiana. 1t was of ne
cessity an upheaval Of the very fOunda-
tions Of society. The State has suffered
solely in the pangs of transformation
by salvation and is now being accepted, !
and confidence between the races re- !
stored. If this confidence be not dis
tUrbed, there is no reason to doubt that
the State will enter on a new career Of
prosperity and peace.
The speeches of Messrs. Penna and |
Archer say that the politicians and adj |
venturers in Louisiana have quarrelled /
among themselves and honest people |
may now get justice; that they get it |
speedily, is the prayer of every man who |
has felt or witnessed their sufferings |
and wrongs. If the committee |
have not the power TO relieve the people |
of Louisiana, under a fair and honest |
they will relieve themselves, |
and if the Federal administration will /
entrust the business and interests of the |
government in Louisiana to honest |
men, who care more to perform their |
official duties, and thus serve the cOun- |
try, than to manage political parties and /
control the State Legislature, United .
States troops would not be needed in |
New Orleans. With the interests of |
Louisiana directed by intelligence and /
guarded by the love of her own people,
and with the interests Of the national |
there in proper hands, no |
Congressional recommendation will be /
needed to restore to her the unnumbered F.
blessings of peace and the speedy return
of her long exiled prosperity.
Mr.. Butler being informed by the
speaker that there was no possibility of |
a vote ON the enforcement /
act and moved to adjourn, but at the
of Mr.. Dawes, a recess was
taken until evening, when a general
debate only, took place.