The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-01-09

within the limits OF Portage county,
ed. and, finally, that the President
and the Congress refrain from giving
encouragement, cOuntenance, or au-
Ithority7 o any new government or Of
fcer until their titles 10 act belvalid-
| ly ascertained and determined.
Here follows the signatures.
Address of the Committee at Washington.
After arriving at Washington, on
i'the 23d ut, The Committee issued an
address 10 ibe people of the United
States, who they believe aresnot un-
concerned spectators of the events
now transpiriDg within the limits of
that State, aot which, tits probable no
parallel can be, found in thelhi6tory of
the country. The committee report
as utterly false the insinuation that
they are mere, lies aud agents of Gov.
| Yarmouth. They are not representa-
'tives of any personal party interest
4 w hatever., So far as WafInouth's past
/ conduct is concerned few If any, of
them are among its pronounced ad-
vocates, while in those measures for
which he has been most loudly de-
inounced he had for advisors, assocl-
!
now, assail him., including especially
Pincbback, Antoine, and others whose
names figure most conapicuously i'll
these proceedings.
! The committee declare, in reply to
another insinuation, that they are not
parties to, and have no knowledge of
any political trickery intended to de-
/ feat the true voice of the people; that
they do not believe any such exists,
and that they would not be here un-
less they could proclaim conscien-
| tiously their convictions that the men
who had been 1olsted into the offices
of the State, have been not mere ir-
regularly. and unlawfullY installed,
but were not elected by the people
but were NOT and are not the choice
of the majority of the voting popula-
| tion of Louisiana. bit.
The committee add that all they
have asked of the Government is to
make candid and impartial investi-
| CATION of the facts, aud then proceed
to give a detailed statement of the
facts connected with the election in
cluding the various iDjunctions by the
courts and the organization of the par
iial legislature which impeached Gov.
| Yarmouth, and put Pinchback in his
place.
Steps have been taken by Governor
| Yarmouth to secure revision by the
| Supreme Court OF the United States
of Chancery orders of the Uuited
States Circuit Court. This body forth
with adopt resolutions to dismiss
these proceedings. The militia Jwere
placed under ommand of Major
General LOngstreet, aud the arsenals
taken possession of by the aid of the
/ United States troops, and the revolu-
ton was accomplished within month
under orders or the Chancery Courts
in suits over which the Court had no
Jurisdiction at all. The Circuit Court
of the United States is Il court of linn
tied Jurisdiction and without any au-
Thority to enter civil suit between
State and citizenseunless the case arises
directly under the Constitution and
laws of the United States. and juris-
dictiOn is vested by act of Congress.
Congress has pow er TO confer juris-
diction in any other case between
such citizens. 1t has no authority to
give Jurisdiction in a suit of a citizen
of the State under the act of Congress
of 1870, upon singular condition OF
facts. A citizen OF q State may main
tain suit for an Office of State
within the Courts of the United States
but the State Legislature is especially
excepted from the operations ofathis
act in the same clause that eXcepts
members of Congress and the Presi-
dent. BY whose forbearance was it
that a bloody catastrophe has not been
exhibited to the people of the land.
1t sometimes happens that the Execu-
tive Department IS tolerated. excused
or justified i'll acts of administration
which exceed their legal power. But
judiciary 9ction is not entitled to any
beDetii from such arguments. The
damage which accrues from the em-
ployment of Judiciary power to, ac-
complish oiherlhan Judiciary acts of
administration, and it is impossible
to justify court in determining that
to be legal which is merely desirable,
or that to be L light which is only prot
liable. The orderin the Kellogg case
was c.rpdrte. It was placed in the
hands OF the Marshall without notice
to the parties. 1t proceeds for an al
legged contempt by no legal procedure
usual in matters of the sort, and we
are not aware of any imminence of
danger to the public peace which JUS
titles the seizure OF the State Capitol
in chancery cause, III the suit be-
tween kellogg and the canvassing
board, a suit professedly brought to
perpetuate testimony. al
The case of Antoine displays with
more distinctness than that of Kel-
logg the use that has been made of
judicial orders to accomplish results
of which the Judiciary had no recog-
nizance. Antoine was a candidate for
Lieutenant Governor, and vas entitled
to his office in January next had he
been elected. With disputed title
month in advance, he filed this bill
and obtained the order