Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-01-16
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II the pepple .tl # tAs United iss ss, statss:
The .citizensssof Louisiana. have, psr,
ceived with satisfaction that the people
Of her sister States are .h6taunconc9rned
spectators of the events now transporting
within thin shfer her lipitss and ofvlichsit isgrob4-,
able no parallel can be 81 found uan!,d ip the his
tory of this or any other country, as these
events were, entirely brought about by
teag ency of officers, civil 'andsmilitary,'
Of the general government. The citizens
of Louisiana. not doubling that the ac-
,t' on of1hc Executive, at least in refer
encc to them, was the re ,qlt Of misappre-
hension Of the facts. determined to adop,
prompt measures for the correction OF the
error, at q meeting held for that purpose, p, Fl
Representing, we may, safely, say, 9 large
prepondcrancc Of the moral worth, inr
telliscnce and wealth Of tho city. " "
II A conmittec, of one hundred, gentle,
men was appointed with instructions 10.
proceed Immediately to Washington, 10
la!t:! the facts bcfore-.the several depart
ments ofthc government 'and to solicit
thcir aid in repairing tho gross. ,wrsngs
&hish.ha been, done, sand. in restoring
to. this people tic right of sclfgovern-.
mcnt, which had been Wrcsted from them
bJ the most most patent usprpati ans. ala sa5f
The undersigned form part OF. that
committees. our arrival here. we found
so much Smisapprchension even among
those who are usually well informed in
regard to the origin OF" tliis disturbance,
;lmt VIC determined to publish brief
narrative Of tic facts. TIC parties IN
gagged in the proceedings arc aware that
if the facts were properly understood they
would admit of no defense, now seek to
belittlc and conceal the question at Issue,
and tc create a conspiracy to overthrow
he government ofthe Statcfus a 7m2le
struggle for. political aseondcncy be.w en-
Governor Yarmouth and Mr., kellog,
They allcgc that the former was cnde;tv-
oring, by some tlickcry or lcg,rtlenlain,
to cheat the latter out Of his election, and
that the object of Their proceedings was
simply to Illustrate this attempt. Thcy,
have scdulously sought to produce the
impression upon the public mind that
this committee was composed of mere
allies and agents Of Governor Yarmouth:
we ropel this sinsinuation as utterly false
and understandable i We are not the rep
resentatiyes of.any personal or party in,
tcrrst whatever.
Governor Yarmouth was not candi..
date for any office whatever at the recent
election; nor have We directly or inGi-
rcctly any connection or aitiliation ewitlr
him. So far as his past career is con-.
ccrncd there are few, if any members Of
this committee who have not been amopg.
his most pronounced opponents, while
in those, measures OF, his administration
for which lie has been most loudly de-
nounccd, he had for ifiis advisors, asso.
ciates and co 'adjutors the yery'imen 'whd
now assail him, including especially
Pinchback, Antoine, and numerous
others, whose Sc, names figure most cronspicS-
'uously in these proceedings.
In reply to the other situations indi-
Gated above, We declare that we. arc no
parties, and have no knowledge Of any
political trickcry intended to defeat the
true voice of the people; that do not be.
licye any such existed, md that VIC would
not be here, unless VIC could p oclaim
conscicntiously our conviction that tn;
m IN who have been foisted into the offices
of the State have been not merely irregu-
larly md unlawfully installed, but were
not, and are not, the choice of the ma
jority of the voting population of Louisi-
ana. ir,..l. Il. .,r.,;,,,, .s,,,,,, ..
We have not asked the government to
admit this OH our simple assertion. All
we have askedais, that it shonld make a
candid and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES cof the: