New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-30

States, that he does not approve of the CON
duct of his officials here, l charge that ne
did know of it, did approve OF It. and did
| they have acted.
If Senators, after having witnessed these
mun>trous wrongs, do not state to the
| people of the country, in their Senatorial
places, that they disapprove of and con
denim them, they will simply be placing
into the hands Of terrible power club
| which sorne day will be used to break their
| own heads. tell you, gentlemen, that
more centralized despotic power has never
| vet been known in the history OF the world
than that which is slowly hut surely accu-
| mulatinr in the hands OF the federal gov
eminent. In every way in its power, by
supporting one faction at one time and
another faction at another time, by the use
of all those means which history teaches us
men use in order to gain power, the 1ederal
| government is gradually ana stealthlly
1workinu tor the attainment of that end.
asl, Senators, no matter what their political
| views. To observe how the officials OF the
| Tinted States government-Unlted States
marsha!s. United States collectors, United
States army ottcers-by the processes OF
| United States courts, have undertaHeh 10
| reyOlutiOnze our State government. Say
that the people of this State and country
on our part against the outrageous anu
| violent interference of the United States
| government in the affairs Of this General
| Assembly. | have not anything turthef 10
saw upon this subject. AS said before, the
| whole question is as to whether there were
good reasons for calling the General Assem-
| bly together in extra session, ana thlh1
| no unbiased person. cOgnlzant OF the reai
| facts of the case, will pronounce the GoV-
ernor's action in that respect unnecessary
or UNI ustitiable.
| Mr.. Svpher-The Senator from Orleans
| fMr. Campbell) thought he ''smelt niece"
when that paper was presented yesterday
| but after hearing it read. and Thinking
over it, he came to the conclusion that 1t
was not so bad as it appeared to ne at first.
| The only thing regret Is that ! have not
| an opportunity to sign it again. The gen
tleman argues. and with great force. too,
| that the Governor had right to call the
extra session. Or that shall not say any
thing As far as am personally concerned
| am trying to carry out the desires ana
| wishes of my constituents, and l do not
want the Senator from the Second District
| (Mr. Campbell), nor any other Senator. nor
| the executive of the State, to dictate to NE
how shall do SO. l am in constant cor
respondence with some of my constituents
and l am satisfied am carrying out their
| instructions. | hear a great deal OF talk
about the United States officials, and
think they have taken a little more rope
than they ought to have had. These late
occurrences, however, were not the COM
mencement of this fight. 1t com
menced in 1868, when our distinguished
| late Lieutenant Governor, Oscar j.
Dunn, was elected President of the
State Central Committee. Some of the
parties who are now acting with the Gov
ernor denounced him then. My object is
reform, and that has been the cry from all
points The disposition of some of the Sen
ators on that question was plainly evidenced
Yesterday by the objections which were
made to "a suspension of the rules for the
purpose of allowing the Senator from
| Ouachita (Mr. Ray to introduce bills bear
| ing directly upon it.
[The speech of Senator Blackman in reply
| to Mr.. Campbell will be published hereatte
| Mr.. Lynch-As this discussion has taken
| political turn, | was unwilling to partlcl-
| PATE in it. but my motives, as well as
| those of other Senators with whom | am
acting have been impugneu. l deem 1t my
| duty to defend myself. When the gentle
| man (Mr. BIackman) states that those Sen
ators who are acting in opposition to nun
| ON these political questions are not prepared
| to act with him upon measures OF reform.
| he states that which is not warranted 10y
the facts. appeal to the record of the last
| and previous sessions to prove that |. as
well as other Senators now working with
me. were ready to cooperate with HIM III
the passage OF any and every measure which
looked toward the reform OF existing
abuses. challenge the Senator Mr.. Black
mani to show from his record that he ever
Introduced measure of that character;
and vet when bills are introduced by other
Senators, especially those of IA political ma
ture, the gentleman gets up and makes long
speeches about the wrongs of the dear pcu-
pie INV people, and denouncng every body
else in general because they do not do eX-
actIy As he directs. The gentleman says
this revolution commenced la 1868, and that
the State administration had been founded
and sus stained in revolution. l tell the Sen
ator. in reply, hat when the first shot was
fired at the flag OF our country on Fort
Sumter, then and there the revolution COM
menced; then was the first effort made To
overthrow the only government i'll the
world that recognized the brotherhood of
man Allusion has bt en- made to those who
have come from distant portions OF the
country, among whom | have the honor to
belong. am not ht re by the permission of
the gentleman; | AIN not here by his invita-
ton. | came here Is an humble soldier of
the republic, to aid in establishing gov
eminent where anarchy and CHAOS pre-
vailed, and where there existed a reign of
terror and tyranny more terrible than that
inaugurated by any of the cruel Roman
emperors. Now, what is the resolution be-
fore the Senate. Simply to provide f"r the
appointment OF a committee to inform the
Governor and House of Representatives,
that we are ready for business. If the Sen
ator Mr.. Blackman) had been i'll his place
on the first day of the session, and had not
absented himself, with other Senators, tor
the purpose of breaking the quorum,
this resolution would have been unanl-
mously adopted, and we would now be
transacting the business of the State
regularly. If the Senator does not
wish to go back to Fort Sumter to trace
this revolution, tell him it began on the
first day OF the session of the General As
sembly, when his seat and the seats of his
associates were vacant.
Mr.. Ragan-As we have heard enough
political speeches to-day, l would advise
those who wish to speak to wait until next
summer, and expend their wind on the
stump. now call for the previous uucs-
ton on the adoption of the resolution.
The resolution WAS adopted.
Personal EXPLANATION BY LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR rINCHBACK.
Mr. Black man in the chair.
Mr. Pnchback-Mr. President and Sena-
tors, it ie with great reluctance that have
taken the floor upon a privileged question::
but lnasmuch as the Senator from Claiborne
(Mr. Blackman) has said | was opposed to
all these retormatOry measures last year,
l thought it my duty, in Justice to myself,
to reply to him.
Mr.. Blackman-I said you were with Us
last year, ard were now opposing lis.
MIR. Plnchback-l misunderstood the sen
ator. | desire to state, however, in this
connection, that have been in favor of re
form ever since | have been a member of
the Senate. The opposition have met
with in this community has arose from the