Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-04-22

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sary for me TO refer TO or read them e.
night simply desire to re fresh you
memories on this one flct-thst
committee of Senator's, consisting of Rep
ubiicans entirely, almost unanimously de
ciared th the Government AIDED by Mr.
Kellogg was simply gross usurpstion, an'
that usurpation wss the n suit Of q conspi
racy on the part Of the State and FEEDERS
courts, Mr.. Kellogg and representatives o
the National Administration in Washin4, ton
The evidence that this conspiracy embraced
some party or parties in Washington, rest
In part upon the fact that certain tele
gram was sent from the city of Washing
ton, before the necessity for any such in
structions had arisen here, directing tht
United States Marshal in this city to exc
cute the DEGREES of the United States
courts. You all know row on the 9th o
| December Judge Durrell issued bis famous
order for the seizure of the Mechanics In
stitute. ard how under this order wbiIh haC
been sent on the Sd of December, Mr.. Pack
ard, the United States Marshal, made ar
application TO Gen. Emory and obtained
two companies of troops, which had just
arrived that night. Another fact brought
out 10 this investigation was thai these troops
were ordered from Pensacola here before
the necessity for their use had arisen-be-
| fore any conflict with the people OF this city
had occurred, and before any apprehension
Of difficulty was felt. These troops arrived
here at very opportune moment-only an
hour or two before they were needed by the
| United States Marshal ofthis district TO seize
and hold possession of the Statehouse, IN
der an order of Judge Durel. issued by him
between the hours Of IL and II at night,
written 10 bis own chamber, without an ap-
plication from any quarter and without the
knowledge Of the leading pers0nages in this
transaction an order which did not bear
the seal of his court, which was never made
a matter of record upon his minutes and
to which he did not refer on the following
day when be rendered his decision in the
case of Kellogg against Warmoth and
others.
ave find further evidence OF this conspi-
racy between these parties here, and the
authorities at Washington, in the persist
ency with which the latter insisted that re-
presentations by the people of this State
and city should not be made at Washing
ton. You will al remember the famous
dispatch Of the Attorney General to Gov.
AANA4hO' AZ AOPA. w 0AC pawn WHtSh LA0
been sent by the latter, announcing that he
claimed to be the Governor of the State of
Louisiana, and asking that the judgment
of the President might be suspended until
representations could be made at Washing
by committee of citizens of the city of
New Orleans, who were about preparing 10
leave for that purpose, You need not
come to the City of Washington says At
torney-Ge Williams; the President has
made up his miud and will not alter it, and
the quicker the people of the State of Lou
isiana submit to this condition of things
the better it will be for them'-an order
which aroused the indignation of the inde-
pendent press from oGe end of The country
to the other-sn order which has been criti-
cised and condemned by the leading
men of the Republican party-an order
which will be characterized for all time as
one of the most arbitrary and dictatoIial
ever issued or sanctioned by President of
the United States. You will also remem-
Der that upon the application of Mr.. Pinch
back, after the pretended removal of Gov.
Warmoth from Office, and upon the impor-
tunities of Collector Casey, the brother-in-
law ofGen. Grant, and collector of this
port, the At orney General telegraphed to
Mr.. Pinchback that the President of the
United States recognizes you as the lover
nor If Louisiana, and recognizes the Legis-
lature convened in the Mechanics Institute
as the legal Legislature; and recommend
that ) on make proclamation of this fact to
the people, that they may take cognizance
of it and govern themselves accordingly'-all
through all these transactions, a
accord between the parties az
Washington and conspiratOrs in the city of
New Orleans; showing that the action taken
by the United States Court here, and by
Mr.. Kellogg in that court, was understood
and approved of in advance in Wash
ington, and showing that the Gen.
eral Government, through the Exeeu-
tive Department, had determined
that by the exercise of its authority Mr..
Kellogg should be the recognized Governor |
Of the State of Louisiana Alter the close |
Of the investigation before the committee at |
Washington, you will remember that the |
President of the United States sent special |
message to Congress, calling its special at |
IGNITION to the condition of affairs in Lousi- |
ana, and asking it to take some action in the |
premises, and stating That if it did not do so |
be would continue the policy which he had |
adopted. | had an opportunity while in |
to ascertain that this message |
vas intended as a shield 10 his action in |
in the future the Kellogg Gov
in this State; for whilst be was
hus ostensibly throwing upon Congress the
Utility for the condition of affairs in
Louisiana in the future, be used his per-
'onal and official influence with members
Of Congress to prevent any action being
= Ian hu ha Sanosn 7 a.; |
de desired no change here he had already
ec3gnized the Plnchb ,ck-Kellogg usur-
PATTON, and he desired to avoid the con-
Of Congress either by the
ordering Of a new election, or the recogni-
ion o. the McEnery Government. 1t is
veil known in Republican circles that the
President of the United States and the
eaders of the Republican party rely exclu-
lively upon the negro element in this State
md in other States to perpetuate their po-
ltical mower in this country, and that the
National Administration is determined, by
he exercise Of its patronage, its influence
nd its authority, to preserve the power of
bat authority in the Southern States. The
ne fact which was more prominent than
theirs in Washington was that in the con-
est we had the open, active and earnest
opposition of the Administration. We
net it every wherein the halls of Con-
ress, in the public prints, in talking
With public men; and it was wonderful
bat We were abe to get such favorable
epOrts from the Senate committee, when
was well understood that the President
nd bis Cabinet desired this matter to be
ct alone. When Gov. Morton recon-
1ended, in one Of his speeches upon the
case in the Senate, that Congress
hould preserve a mastery inactivity in re-
ard to this State, be was understood to
ave uttered the wishes of the AGministra-
ion, and if President Grant and the Fed
raj Admins ration can control the desti-
les of Louisiana so far as Congress is con-
3rned, my judgment is that Con-
ress will in the future, as in the past,
It ms severely alone. But can the Presi-
ent do this? Is it possible that the
congress Of the United States is so sub
arvient to the President of the United
tates that it will continue for all time 20
0 his bidding? There is hope that it will
OF; and upon That hope, fellow citizens,
e must base our action for the future,
loking to any relief for the people of Lou
lana. If this Kellogg usurpation, which
augs over this State like an incubus, should
yer be removed, it must be removed by
le Intervention and through the power
! Congress alone, and entertain the hope
nat there will be sufficient individuality
I'D independence in the halls of Congress
deal Justly with the DeODle of Louisiana: |