The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-12-21
GENERAL Williams nm
SlaMa Affairs.

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General VILE y Dec, ia A
lowing Stateme to-day made the FIJI.
Louisiana: Accd elatiye to ofrD;rs iI H.
Louisiana, GoveNs$n thp laws Of
tenant Governor II rmotb "T Tiou VI
of State Heron am Sick, Sacreterv
and Anderson constit pgSS T'vmcI
election in that Sta ApAN sale i"ta
board, with power to ca. he e1SS@;mT%
for Presidential election NERAL S7Rs
Congress-, State officers al - 1sf% -
the Legislature. Pinchb!N's nd An
dcrsOn were candidates unF khe Re
publican ticket, and therefor 6signed
their seats upon the board, 'E to fiji
the vacancies 50 created LOn8s bet and
Hawkins were elected by the Gemain-
ing members, asprOVided by law. WAR
moth then pretended to remove the
Secretary of State from office, and an
pointed IN his place a fellow by the
napeO OF Jack Wharton. WarmOth and
Wharton then r%epudiated the election
OF LOnstreet and Hawkins, and appoint
ed III their places Hatch and DaPOntc.
This board, so constituted, was Do
on due application, their proceedings
We're p~erpetually enjOined by the Judge
OF the Eighth District State Court,
whose jurisdiction i'll the case was I'M
questioned. WarmOth thereupOn for
chilly elected the judge granting said
injunction from his office, and installed
i'll his place before the votes were can
vassed OF it was legally known who
was elected the Democratic candidate
for judge in that district at the election.
Proceedings were then had in the Su-
preme Court of the State, by which the
validity OF this charge, Of Judges was
brought Ill question, and the court held
It involved and in effect decided that
Warm0thS board OF canyaSsrrs was lille
gal and it's acts void. These decisions
of the State courts were treated by
WarmOth with perfect contempt. Suit
was commenced on the equity side of
the United States District Court, in
which an injunction was asked and OBJ
tanned against WarmOth's board of
~canvassers, and this injunction was al
so treated by WarmOth'S board with
contempt. Instructions Werethen given
to the marshal to enforce the orders of
this court, and troops were placed at
his service for that purpose; meanwhile
the board of c~anvassers organized ac-
c0rdlng to law or Il majority of them
canYaSScd the votes and returned that
the Republican candidates for president
ial electors and State officers were
SANNCCN tII'A NtoV GLt6tI NVIJdEn btISGlS
were elected to the Legislature. War
moth having called an extraordinary
session OF the Legislature, the persons
returned as elected by the regular
board assembled in the State House..
and after organization, made Il formal
reQuisitiOn under section four of article
four Of the constitution of the United
States, upon the President to protect
the State from domestic violence. Res
OlutiOns of impeachment were also pre-
ferred by this body against Warmoth,
and under the constitution of the St1ro
) the Lieutenant Governor became acting
Governor. Another body assembled
at Lyceum Hall, in New Orleans, claim
ing to be the Legislature of the State,
g and was recOnized by Warmoth. Two
organizations were thus made. nr0m-
Using nothing to the State but dfscOrd
and anarchy, Not doubling that irrer-
, uLarities had occurred on both sides.
, but believing that the Republican tick,
l ct had received u majority of the votes
! of Louisiana and acting in conformity
to the returns of the regular board Of
G ~canvasSers, andthe decision of the State
l and federal courts, the President de-
> Clded to answer the resolution of the
= State House Legislature by recognizing
l the organization with which it il 0 n
nected as the lawful government of
the State. -