The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-12-19
rTE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
The state administrator ururs,-
ed by the Ipefea ted spoIin-
nme1a.

have set aside the lawful elecfion FelufilS
in that State, and usurped all the depart
ments Of government The candidates
OF the Conservative and Liberal Repnb-
lican coalition on the State ticket, were
elected by upwards Of seven thousand
majority, and the same combination car
ried both branches Of the Legislature by
decided majorities.
Foreseeing the result, three months
before the election, the Radical mana
gers printed and circulated many thuos-
ands Of blank affidayits to be signed to
order-setting forth that atlantis had
been deprived Of their right to vote =
These affidavits were produced when the
real result was ascertained. They were
signed with crcss-marks Many Of them
were palpablc forgeries. They repre-
sented parties who have been dead for
years, or who lived only in the imagina-
tons Of the sehemers who. originated the
plan The few ignorant persons who
did sign them, simply obeyed what they
were ordered to do without knowing or
asking why While this game was played
in the negro counties, the Radical voters
were duplicated in the counties having
white majorities
Under the enforcement acts, it is with
in the province of returning boards to
count the signatures TO these affidavits,
as votes actually cast. To carry out this
part of the programme, it was only ne
cessary to secure the service Of a corrupt
partisan board. This was accomplished
by means Of the decree Of a partisan u.
s. Judge, who, under the same acts, claim
ed Jurisdiction of the case. The board,
which, by his agency, succeeded the law
full board, proceeded with the count,
which included the signers of the aft
davits that had been manufactured to
order. And the game was further sup
pIemented by the rejection of a large
number of bona fide ballots. BY this
means, the election Of McEnery and his
associates on the Conservative-Liberal
State Ticket was set aside, and Leg
islature was proclaimed elected, which
was composed mainly of ignorant and
debased creatures, some Of whom actually
received a few votes, while others
were not voted for at all, and did lot
even know that they were candidates.
The Legislature, thus designated, has
been installed, and the regular body has
been virtually broken up by the U. 5.
Military forces, which have been placed
at the command of the conspiratOrs to do
Their bidding. The first act of this
illegal body has been to prefer articles of
impeachment against Gov. Warmoth. =
The farce Of trial will be gone through;
he will be expelled from office, and in
due season, Kellogg, the candidate of
the conspirators VIII be installed for the
next term of four years, instead Of Nc
Emery, the peoples choice. The APP
pointment of Judges is vested in the
Governor; and thus all the departments
of the government will be securely lodg-
ed in the hands Of the usurpers and cor
ruptionists in defiance of peaceable,
fairly ascertained, and strictly lawful de-
cision of a large majority of the people
against them.
These proceedings have awakened in
+o,,.o ;rJ;rro+iou aud J;sop,o;D4Y,,o,
among all classes and professions of the
intelligent and law-abiding citizens of
Louisiana. They are holding meetings
and appointing Committees to make
known to the President their grievances,
and to petition for redress, but it will all
amount to nothing. Their appeals will
fall upon deaf ears and IMPLYING hearts;
and they will finally be compelled to look
in the face the stern reality that they
are doomed TO four more long years of
wholesale robbery and remorseless per-
secution, at the hands of the hated
usurpers, who will lord it over them.-
The State debt of Louisiana amounts to
forty millions Of dollars. The burden
will be rapidly increased, and grinding
taxation in worse form than ever will
be the order of the day. The victims of
these wrongs are to be pitied the more.
because they did everything to avert
them. The Louisiana Conservatives did
not stay away from the polls. as they did
in some other States On the contrary,
they went to work in practical manner,
as became patriots, forgetting the past
and thinking only Of their present duty,
as good citizens. The fruits of their la
bors have turned to ashes.