The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1873-06-19

DEsPoTIsM is inventive. No tyrant ever
took a despotie step without furnishing
an excuse to his tools. President Grants
late proclamation preparatory to martial
law in Louisiana Is prsfaced with many
''whereases' to Justify his usurpation.-
"Whereas," says this precious document,
at has been duly certified by the proper
local authorities, and judicially determin-
ed by the Inferior and Superior Courts Of
said State, that said officers kellogg &
Co } are entitled to hold their offices re-
spectivsly," &c. Now, this is not an
argument or an inference, bat an asser-
ton of pretended fact. 1t SO happens
that the matter to which it relates was
enquired into, considered. and reported
upon by the Committee Of the United
States Senate, majority of which, bear
in mind, Were republicans and admins
trationists, & the report is now upon rec
ord. It is there shown, upon sworn testi-
nnony, of the accuracy of Whic the cOIs-
mittee were satisfied, that the election Of
the KeIlogg government was never certi-
fed by the proper local authorities or
determined judicially by the Louisiana
Courts. The certificate of Kellogg's
election was made by a board which, far
from being the proper local authority,
had no lawful authority at all. Here are
Senator Carpenters words:
[From the report of the U. 8. Senate Committed
There Is nothing, in all the comedy of
blunders and frauds under consideration,
more indefensibls than the pretended can
vass of this Board. The following are
some of the objections to the validity of
their proceedings l. The Board had been
abolished by the act of November 20. 2.
The Board was under valid and existing
iniunctions, restraining it from acting at
ali. 3. Conceding that the Board was in
existence and had full authority to can
vass the returns, it had no returns to
canvass"
And the prstence of q Judicial determine
ton was thus disposed of:
lFrom the U. g. Senate Committees rspOrtI
1. The court had no testimony before it
showing the character of the proceedings
by the Lynch Board, which have since
been proved void through fraud 2. The
court had no jurisdiction, and its judg-
ment was therefore absolutely null.
The man prstsnce, then, upon which
the menace Of martial Law Is founded, is
utterly false. What is the other prstsnce7
Whereas" continues the proclamation
"the legislature of said State is not noR
in session and cannot be convened in time
to meet the present emergency, and the
Executive of said State" "has therefore
made application tome for such part OF
the military force, &C." In other words,
the country is asked 80 believe that the
only reason that the usurper in Lou;nans
invoke federal aid, and the only reason
Why it is given, is because there is no time
to convene the legislature. This trouble
has existed for months. 1t is not there
fore sudden emergency. The very terms
of the proclamation Itself, give the lie tc
the pretence that the emergency is &c
great that the legislature cannot be con.
vened in time, Twenty days are to inter
vene before the threat of martial law is tc
be put into execution. Is there not time
enough in these twenty days to conVent
the legislature to meet the emergency
How much time does it take to convene {
legislature7 Weeks gone by in which
no attempt had been made to summon the
legislature of Louisiana to meet the emer
gsncy, weeks more yet to 60 by before an
other action is to be taken to meet it, anc
yet the miserable pretext that "the legis
lature cannot be convened in time
What is the truth2 Kellogg, the osurpe
dare not convene the lawful legislature Q
Louisiana, for if they should obey tn
summons, they would probably proVid
for the eaergsncy in q manner not at Al
palatable to him or his supporters a
Washington. They don't want the Law
fullegislature assembled, and the plea {
no time is the poor subterfuge Of trick
sters. Kellogg was put in Office over th
man elected by the people and hence tn
Administration resorts to falsehood an
chicanery to keep him there.
That Gagged savage, Captain Jack.
highly esteemed by snterprising GLOW
men. Before he was taken the govern
i L : 4 T. e.