Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-03-19

Il V0tl8V9 0MEANFna
the kellogg government the ons dc facto to be
recognized by the GoVeKument Of the United
States, because, forsootb the President has recoQ-
nixsd It and that seems to be the only reason for
~ ana thus fraud and sham are TO be peFpetua-
ted and placed in power under color Of an act Of
Congress.
Now, sir, this is my belief that whereas the
fresadent vt the United States haa said to Con-
gress I'll you do not take some action that shall
leave but one government In that State" (and he
gives them strong hint, almost equivalent to q
command ~ to what this il 70 bel II will proceed
to uphold the government which originally up
held, ignorant Of the fact then (he may sayl that
It was the creature OF the usurpation Of DurelI i
and the frauds Of Kellogg, but which now sTa INV
oWn Creation because know Of this wrong, Of |
this fraud, Of the utter basssaaness Of this whole
pretsnted govemmont Of KELLOGG
SIR. what does that meant He means that he
viii take military possession of that State and he
will control that State by force Of arms
Sir there Is little terror In that threat be-
lieVe there are few men Of property Ia Loulsi-
erty that has been left them after the rava0es
OF war and the plumber Of the class OF people
| who have F1ied them in these past eight years
there are few of them who would not hail the
presence OF q clean-handed, upright honest
military ruler as blessing to them, instead of
the government which you have placed over
them and kept them subject to for eight years
Hhe time tnat Is now wasted In vain attempts
| by self-government to rescue their property
and the credit of their State from the control
| OF the rascally crew in power might then be
given to Industrious care of their private af-
fairs, with q security that they would not be
| robbed of its results, as they now are under
/ forms of taxation
l believe 1t is never wise to blink the truth.
l believe 1t Is never wise in governing people
In any way to deceive them, or to rule them by
false promises. And here state to the Senate
and the country that I believe these govern
mentS so called" In the southern States are
hands of the Federal Administration. Those
} governments are permitted to exist so long 3
they please the powers that be-" So long aS
they pronounce the shibbOleth Of your party,
so long and no longer those who represent the
7 governments will be protected. but it Is inten-
ded 70 0verShadoW them from time to time by
the hand or Federal power, 50 that they may
De taught that unless they do conduct them
selves according to the will of their real mas
ters, not even the forms Of republican govern
: ment shall exist. 1t matters not whether the
end Is reached by DuFelI and his pretended
: judicial 'Irders,Or Casey with his Gat.in gun:
: or reVenue-cutters, or Attorney General VII
llamS with his fusion" suggestions, OF
swarms Of United States marshals and theL
. deputies to enforce congressional election law.
: I-RlI are part and parcel OF the scheme anC
system OF that coerclVe power which is tn,
!. real Government Of this country.
: Sir, II the President OF tue United State
!, shall proclaim martial law in Louisiana, IL b,
shall take possession Of that State, he Will OnI
- be doing openly what his party In fact hay
= been doing for the last six or seven years un
n der the thin veil and flImsy disguise of lega
J. FORMS Thele has not been q time whe
troops have not either actually gone there O
" have been threatened to be sent there n
"a one can doubt that Judgo Dureu would neye
a. have dared to issue this order, nor would an
ae one have thought OF Obeying 1t, il there hai
m not been an 1ntlmation to him that the pOWe
- OF the Federal Army would back him uD an
n would sustain the faction that he was ereatin
~ under the name OF government. do nc
j. doubt 1t. | do not think the people {
n this country can doubt 1t at any rate 50
id here IN my place to them believe it to be tru
and think the facts warrant the belief
te Therefore, sir, believing any time that woul
IN rather know my fate, and trust will nevs
IN be afraid TO look my fate in the face. do fe,
that our government passing away from
O. because We are losing the disposition and Il
oA means of inforcing those limitations upon Il
- powers of those who rule US, and they are iis
Es regarding them. That which Is the Law e
gh LsuIsia ana day may be made the Law 4
ok Pennsylvania or New York to morrow. It h
of hsen threatened in New York. il has bsen carrie
es almost to the same point in New York; ht
to, peaceful streets have been filled with FEEDER
M MIn troops on the occasion Of popular election, b
gy g waters and her docks have held armed vesse
,o- ready to hail destruction upon her cIiEens an
IN ;heir property. Those things have been wiIns
as sed by the American people, bot their msaniI
te, seems to have been but family understood; al
lf' now would say to the people Of every 9th
te, State, "read in the fate of Louisiana to. d:
10 what we'll may be your own when the necess
.rS aS ties fparty shall call upon those in over
M make it so."
nd know that aay this at the commenceneI
lat Of new lease Of power Of the Republican pa
are ", when we are 10 have four more years
IN government probably by the same ExecuiIV
gh possibly by the same Congress a. herelofol
! lss and yet nevertheless, The time must come VII
- =" the people of this couRtry shall again expire
0 their will, and all that can do IL to tell the
ara tue truth as see il, and then il Il he i
raj fate 20 stand in the minority, that will not
lds least silence my voice; that will not the LEI
md change my ardant aspirations 10 aerVa l
1oA fellow men, and l shall warn them a. va
. .no tenn new, ofthe dangers l appEebend. and inC
- - cate the proper modes Of meeting them.
~. Sir, / shall not vote for this meaanrs. for
ma reasons that have given In these unpFemsd
10 tstad remarks. / would have debated il befo
bat wsa in hopes that as the dominant pa
ory in this Chamber vas % atrong in numbers,
the flushed vita q new lease Of power just given
yoa it could afford to be gsneE0us, it could afford
On ha just L could afford 20 make ct laask . ah
'Da- Of masnanimily. had soms hope their ls
NV ers would cattle this matter among thsmselV
or | If the debate was confined 20 gentlemen Of 4
aia- party; bat it is the same sad aa0Ry over aga
saf- ana IS far from Its taktng the turn Of mode
'ath ton and goskwill and justice totAs white pso
u Of louisiana, the debate has presented the e
a unhappy features ofparty applehenalvsnez.
49, L ssens that party snecass and party dema
ssSad we're alone 10 shape this measure, and inst
Try. OF dealing gently and gensrOusiy and justly