Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-01-16
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The .eitizensseof Isouisiana haze, per,
ceivad With satisfaction that the. paople
Of her sistefiStates afe .h6tuunconc4rnsdl
Spectators Of the events now transpsfidg'
within heY lipitssa and y Sfybiqh'it isg9ebT,
able no paralelo eqp bs sttRgaaBBd ttgaBBd IN the his
tory of this ttis,9pEsapy 9E any other country. stbefc
events were entirely brought about by
t'Ieag enoyof oGcersseIsl -gandsshilitary,,
Of the general government. = The .citizeps'
of Lbnisiann, not doubling THAT the au.
II; oil of the Executive, at tNleast III refer
encc to them, W.. Il TIE :. e VIZ IF misappre-
hension Of the facts. deternined to adop,
prompt measures for the eorr'ectios 81 ' Of the
error, atsg st 2 meeting SlI, heIa Sr hat Ppfpe5a
,representiIpgy we ay,safslY, say, a large
pfepohdcrancc of the moral worth. 70,
tellgcnce and wealth Of tho city. - - -
= A 4 committee of aops Ihqpdred, gentle,
men vas apPQipted. l. with .iinstguctipps ~,
proceed Immediately to Washington, 10,
lnii the facts before-atlle several depart
mehts ofstFic govsrnrihe ind SOLICIT
'their-aid' in sephir;ng itka gross ,wrsngs.
&hishuhsd been done. sapd> in restoring,
TO this people the right of sclfgoverna
m1cnt, which had been Wrcsted from them
b5 tle myYst ut patent usurpati 2ps.; Ia ..,jE
l3 The undersigned form q: part of that
committee. our arrival here, We found
50 iiiiihch emisappreehtnSion Seyccn among E
those who are usually well informedf In
rcgarl TO the origin of this disturbance,
That We .Sleterhili@d TO ipublisR d brief
narrative OF tic facts re pafties IN d
gassdfh the proceedings 1airc 'aWga.eetha
,if!thc facts we're properly understood fhSy
Would admit of no 1dIefense, now seek to
belittle and conceal tKeTq question AZ issaie,
andtt cteate n conApirac,o fJ oyestKrgwr
;hc government ofthej jStatcYus 7m2,e
struggle for, political assendeney .be;w ,enu
Governor Yarmouth and Mr.. j, kellqg,
They allcge that the former -was cndetv-
oring, by some'tr rickcsylor olcg.rlenrpin,
to cheat the latter out Of his election, and
that the object of Their proceedings was
simply to, Illustrate this attempt. They,
have scdulously sought to produce The
impression upon the public mind that
this committee was composed Of mere
allies and agents Of g oSehr'do6ir Warnio,itht:
IVe rcpel this issinsinuation asr utterly false
and unwarrantable.a 81 We are not the rep
reSsentaiiyes .of.apy personal or par tY in,
'terrst whatever,
Governor Yarmouth was not n candi.
date for any office whatever at the reaaeei1it
election; nor have we directly or rint!i-
rectly anyeconnection or aftihationswitir
him. So far as his past. career is COM,
corned there are iew,-if any members of
this committee who have not. been spopg
his 1, most proneuaeed opponents while
in those. measures o., his administration
for which lie has been ne most loudly de-
ouncea, h;s h.;s Had for iiiss aafvisoar2s9, ssos 8
ciates ahd 'co;adjuters the veryimen''&hd
now assail him, including especially.
Pinchback, Antoine, n and numerous,
others, whose names amr figure most conspic-,
thously in these proceedings.
In reply to ttlhl!e tthe other situations ind,
Gated above, VIC DECLARE that we, .nrc no
parties, and Nave no Inm'k knowledge of Any
political trickcry intended TO defeat the
truevoice' of the .peoplelp that'do noebe:
licye anysuah existed, rpnd that We Would
mt be here, qplessi VIC, could p oclaaimpa ~
consciientiously our conviction, that; tn:
m IN Who have been foisted into the offices
of the State have been not merely irregpul-
larIy md unlnwfully Installed, bit were
not, and arc not thel choicecu thesma..
jority ,of'the yotingapopulationiof of Louisi-
ana. - ,,.,,,.t,,-.., -. .,,.,;,,,. .. =.
We have not asked the government to
admit this on ii our ssimpIe assertion. YAH
we have askedaia, that it'stonld make h
candid and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS mf the:
facts. Wjth,this preface VIC, n owe spbnit
the following statement:
First-That at general election, held