New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-31

President Grant, and were going to sup
port his administration at the next
election. In reply, say have nothing
to do with Grants administration l
never supported it: l never voted for
General Grant. and never expect TO-
have nothing in common with him. But
when am forced either to support him or
Henry C. WarmOth, l say give me Grant.
| look to the State of Kentucky, where.
ruled by her own people, under Grants ad-
ministratiOn, the people have their rights
and liberties protected, and State DEBT OF
only 100000, while ours is SlO0OO,OOO
under Warmoth's personal government,
and our people suffering from enormous
taxation to support government winch
deprives them, by fraud, of representation,
| and Overawes and intimidates the people
by the use of the bayOnet. When the
| Senator refers to the centralized and des-
pOtc power which is accommodating IN the
| hands of the President, we ourselves are
alarmed But reply that the Senator him
self (Mr. CampbelD and those with whom
he is associated were the cause of it origin
ally. Look at the peace and order, re-
| port made by the gentleman in 1869; look
| at the ISLANDERS and Misrepresentation that
were circulated against our people here,
| accusing them of sedition and cOnspiracies
of all kinds, which called forth that extra
| ordinary legislati on the part Of Congress.
| The honorable Senator well knows that
! long before the Legislature convened
| in 1869 he made his report on "peace and
order of the State, and sent it broadcast
| over the country as a Republican campaign
document, and that under those misrepre-
| sentatiOns, as well as others from the
| Southern States, Congress had pretext to
| pass these oppressive measures. what mas
| been done in South Carolina under the ku-
klux bill has been done in the parish OF
| Grant by the executive Of the State under
| the militia law. Armed militiamen have
| led out Innocent men and murdered them.
| and established a reign of terror throughout
| The entire parish, and yet no complaint Is
| made. When the gentleman spoke OF revo-
| luton, and of the exercise of extraordinary
powers by the federal authorities, the scene
| enacted here, when We first met under the
| reconstruction laws, presented itself again
to NV mind. Who first inaugurated the
| measures of which the Senator complains
| When it became necessary for your party
| to take some desperate steps in order to
gain complete possession of the House OF
Representatives and organize AS you saw
| proper, willful and malicious falsehO0d was
| sworn to against one of the members, DR..
Butler, under which he was dragged before
| a United States commissioner, and while
| thus detained, YOU unseated him, and
placed in his seat the celebrated E. W.
! Devices who had scarcely received single
vote in the parish of Bienville. Turn to the
| Senate chamber, and what was the picture
presented here. In order to carry out your
| plan to revolutionize the State government
and obtain possession of 1t by violent
| means, YOU came in here, under caucus
agreement, and demanded that every Sen
| ator should take and subscribe to the test
oath before he could occupy his seat or be
recognized as a Senator. When an appeal
was demanded by myself from the decision
of the chair, what did the gentleman then
presiding say: Il will not recognize you as
| q Senator unless you take an oath which is
not prescribed by the constitutions: do not
recognize your right to appeal" 1t was all
right Them you were all happy family: it
| was against the Democrats: and yet when
Mr.. Carter did the same thing, you cried
out that it was revolution, that it was trea-
son against the State government. Now. If
! there had been "a conspiracy such as that
described by Senator Campbell: if the
Democrats were determined, as he alleges,
| to take possession of the State government,
| why did they not accept the proposition
which emanated from his eXcellency. and
which was made to lis through Is. b.
| SHINES and others.
! Mr. Harrs-I desire to state that no such
! proposition was made by the Governor. Il.
1 b. SHINES does not belong to our side.
Mr.. Blackman-Well, we don't want him.
Mr. Harris-Neither do we.
Mr. BIackman-Well let HIM go out. l
: say it can be suhstantiated that the Dem
Ocrats were offered everything they asked
! for, and Mr. Moncure, of the House, was
to be elected Speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives. We mi ght have succeeded i'll
getting the Speakership, hut that was not
, what we were contending for. We ask no
political power at the hands of any person;
all what we demand is, that every man in the
State of Louisiana shall have a fair chance
/ to cast his vote as lie pleases that the votes
shall be speedily counted, and that there
shall be no second election by the executive
and his board, as is now. We ask that
/ it shall not be lett to the supervisors to re-
turn whom they please as elected That is
the abuse complained of by the Democrats
and portion of the Republicans, and a
remedy is demanded by everybody except
those whose tenure of office is based upon
fraud and corruption. l think have suhi-
GENTLY explained our position on this ques
ton. Now, as to the revolution in the
House of Representatives,, l ask the Sen
ator what Mr.. Carter had at his
back when the House adjourned on
the fourth day! Governor War
moth had charge of the Metropolitan
police; he is colnmander-n-chief of the
militia, and he has right to have them
assembled. Did not Mr. Carr. on that
eventful day in the House of Representa-
tives, cast his glance backward to the hired
men who would sustain him in his revolu-
tionary action! You say Speaker Carter
had armed men ia his private room for
his protection This statement is false
The Lieutenant Governor has armed police
men in and around his private office, and
nothing said of it. Who nailed up the APP
proaches to the State House and the
Speakers room The Governor. And what
right had he to do it {! What right had he
to say that Mr.. Carter and his associates
should not come inside the State Capitol!
Mr.. Campbell-As | understand it the
doors were closed by direction of Mr.. Brew
ster, the legally elected Speaker OF the
House.
Mr.. B,ackman-In relation to the motion
made by Mr.. Carr, Mr.. Carter ruled it out
of order because made pending the call of
| yeas and nays on a question to investigate
a charge of felony against Carr and Devices.
| venture to say that Mr. Carter did not
take the same view as that expressed by
the President of the Senatc-that his place
could not be declared vacant except in case
of his death, impeachment or resignation.
If he had held that opinion, what right had
Mr.. Carr to put the motion to the House +.
Senators say there are precedcn:s for this
action of Mr.. Carr. | would like to be
shown one in which member arose in his
seat made notion and then undertook to
put it to the House pending the roll call
This is revolution.
Mr. LYNCH will inform the Senator
that when there was a deadlock i'll the bust
ness OF the United States House of Represent
atives, because the acting Speaker refused
to put motion, the question was asked.
"Who will put the motiOn!' and the old
veteran John Quincy Adams rose in his
seat and said, Il will put it, and it was
carried