, 1872-12-24
CHICAGO, TUESDAY: DECEMBER "a 1872 TaaEN%ss "

"a, 1872.
| powers. The arguments derived from the term
] OF state necessity, public welfare, or conven!
ence have here soothing influence, but judi
! ciary action is not entitled to any benefit from
such arguments. The damage which ensue
! from the employment Of Judiciary power to &C
complish other than judicial acts Of administra
ton cannot be calculated, and it is Impossible tt
which is merely desirable, or that Il
be- right which is only profitable. The
order in the Kellogg case was eI parte
it was placed in tie hands ct the Marshal with
out notice to the parties. It proceeds for ar
alleged contempt by no legal procedure usual in
matters OF the sort, and We are not aware OF any
immnence Of danger to the public peace, which
justifes tho seizure Of the State Capitol, in a
chance1y cause in the suit between Kellogg and
canvassing Board, suit professedly brought
displays with more distinctness than that OF
Kellogg the use that has been made OF judicial
orders to accomplish tho results Of which the
Judiciary had no cognizance. Antoine
was candidate for Lieutenant Governor,
aud was entitled to his Office in January next,
had be been elected With disputed title, d
month in advance he fled this bill and obtained
the order we have cited, placing under an inter-
dict the Governor, Secretary oftState, the mem
bers-elcct Of both branches OF the General
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men of the police, the members OF the
two CanVassing Boards, and upon this er parte
order, the organization OF the General Assem-.
bly, was regulated and directed.
since the meeting in New Orleans, under
which the Committee was appointed, We have
been met with the suggestion that these orders
and aets are facts accomplished, and that their
revocation or rescession would not restore the
statu q..o, and that our complaints, therefore,
are unreasonable. II this opinion We have be
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action or conduct. When the King of Great
Britain established arbitrarily government in
ono OF the colonies, the remaining colonies
took alarm lest it might serve as precedent as
well as an instrument to establish such govern
ments elsewhere. Besides, men are less patient
under wrongful orders and acts Of Judiciary
tribunal than even Of violence from other
sources OF authority. A government which rests
for its organization upon an illegal judicial Or
der, executed by the Marshal with companies Of
authority. SO If judicial appendages had been
dispensed with, and the army had set up a goy~
ernment with strong and uBurping hand.
:. The Committee take tile liberty to say that
they have had no connection with these suits aa
parties OF attorneys. Neither do they claim any
Of the Offices in dispute. They have not hereto
fore been confined in controversies among poll
tlcal CLASSES, which have endangered the peace
OF, and brought scandal upon, the State. They
affirm that during the last four years, there has
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There has been extravaganza, prodigality, dis-
honesty, and waste in the public expenditures.
The public debut has been enormously in
creased with but little corresponding benefit.
The credit Of the State has been given to specu-
lating corporations for personal aims. The
taxes on property have assumed such propor-
tlons that they might be called rents paid by
proprietors to the State for it's occupation and
use. The taxes upon business oppress the
commercial and laboring classes. The laws to
stitutions stimulate these excuses Of office
holderB, and the consequence is depression
and discomfort. The state needs an
honest, faithful and responsible govern
ment' conducted to attain public OBJ
or to perpetuate their power. There was an
earnest effort to obtain such government at the
last election. We affirm, without fear OF contra-
dlction, that the foregoing statement exhibits,
and baseless usurpation Of iurisdic-
tion and authority Of which the annals Of juris-
prudence afford any example. The action OF
tho Returning Board, recognized and vested with
~ ITS po~ets by this GSaE has been equally
oficial data ''' On '"ehi Which a' alone theiy he'll
aotion could have been rightfully based, they
have presumed to proclaim the results Of the !
:ast in the different parishes is as purely fanci-
~ as il no election whatever had been held. |
They have arbitrarily reduced and increased tha |
7otes on one side or the other in differant |
parishes to suit their purnoscs, Tn saverai |
parishes while returning, or sven adding to the |
'otes cast for their candidates, they have !
imply annihilated or stricken out entirely tha
otes cast for their opponents. In other parishes
hey have exactly reversed the returns. giving
0 their candidates the majority which had reali2
een returned for their opponents. They have
lot pretended to furnish the public with any
tatement of the basis on whicI, thav nrocaa7aj
= theory on which they acted. Their whoIe
onduct ia without any kind of reasonable e1-
lanation. We submit to the people Of the
,nitedstetes that such proceedings reach point
lar government is reversed and
vorth1own. The means by which such results
ave been reached are enough to startle the
ublic mind, hut the results themselves ara not
1888 appalling. Aside from peneral afyoira of
tate, We find the Legislature Of tie State deliv-
rad nvor into tba beo5. - s,.., ~ &C. s . 49,