The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-07-12
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us grant, also, in all ~ bsauiinn H.
pernicious inf1uenca Of anch n e1am-
pie ]; yet it must b Eeuae that
this very fact grew out of the ronn-
larities, the chicanery, and s6s q -
ders Of party strife sirlong t1e ~
and State functienaries theneelyss.
The whole origin sf theevil W11n
the, people Of thAt e0saA0a1tk IL
alone, and the only action yklek -
been taken by the FederaT GOy6sn-
ment up to this time has beda fly
to secure settled condition Of thinGa
in the State by adopting She 1lneas
constitutional proceeding which 80
left to it in the premisesEtlle KepQ9-
milton and support of that eUveshi ut
which, in the midst Of so annNM -
fusion, amounting well-nigh 10 state
of anarchy, at length obtaine1 ths
sanction Of the courts. And aSafn, it
must aforementioned, asa rub Of fnc-
tical wisdom, that it is always heeAer
not to disturb settled order Of thin6a,
however that order may have 6SeR
established, unless the grounds 8co6n-
plaint are clearly such ssseuGlt mt
to be set aside, and unleas a9itatipn
and resistance -necesaarily more or
less to the detriment Of an pfsSSk
and public interests can lles l1at6ly
shown to be productive Of less evh
than that which j. incident TO thapre-
vailing order. - -.
THE NATURE AND EXTENT or. TIE
p @ EVIL. s ssas ss
IL becomes, then, ilsppol y0Ih-
sqaaiFe aas to- NE n1fase md ex1oof
the evil which forane tle psfsof
complaint on the part Of thAoa. rho
are disaffected, and who rlofos6 %
seek remedy q tie lian1 60
gress. w ~ $50 ass Al -
:. !. There is no scomRlaixt ihat -
Constitution of Lonisiana = nsk Rc-
publican Id form. fss asa s4sss1
! 2.s Theres is isnOsconpaai6tyg1n zAe
State has been OF isa nov t1FN1paed
with invasion from a fQseisQ. fOe&.a.
8. There is no comp plaifits sof Al as
we are advised, that tie ff6a1nt5et-
ing governments in Izsuiei1sEseaDt
administering the affairs Of the &tnts
in pursuance Of the existing State
laws, or otherwise than it would 10
had it been duly chosen md installed
In authority by ssfaif sasseions0 the
people. esyy 4s,ssa s.tsaessa asswssus
4. The grayamen of the complaint
is simply that the present acfing fuuc-
tionaries of the State gsosnr661lt,
not having been elsctea hys a1esg1e,
are administering the affairA Af the
State without any constitut tion&l or
legal authority,1 while itsis1 t1ainaed
that. .thoses .sGh~ Nesd ahesanw = "a
election have been deftaaded eeAhair
right Of Office by q mere arbitraxY md
unrighteons exercise Of power.
b. 81, But upon iissal,jeet wolind tie
people of the State of Lesi1iaeAA Aan-
selves. divided in sentiment. y il
claimed upon the one hahd that thoro
was, al the time Of the electi6n in
question, and that thore r. tO-i1ay,a .
fair political majority Of the quali6ed
voters Of the State who support the
Kellogg government, who are disposed
to be satisfied with il assit exists, an.l
who desire it TO remain unllist,srhed
and We think that there is . general
impression throughout the country
that such is the fact. It is true that
in the last November eloctiOn sthis
fact was not and could not be- official
ly and formally established. But tho
result ut the investigation before the
Senate COMMITTEES last winter showed
beyond all question that tlsc jrseea-
larities, disorders, frauds, and hard-
ships attending that election were
such as to prevent full and honest
expression Of the will II the peOplein
that State; and that even il suGhs an
expression could have been had at the
polls, the methods Of ascertaining and
pror,ulgating the result w1re any
thing but what they should lase besn
in any proper and Legitimate pseeess
provided for such a purpose, aud that
as matter of fact they were b,
vitiated as to be rendered use3es Or
the determination of any iasse hefors
the courts. .s.ss
Now, to make the case as strong 10
pOSSlOit, ouppUSe IL Do SaassA snssV VssO
Kellogg government il simply uaasFn-
tion set up by the arbitrary orders Of
a judge and supported by United
States troops, and finally, by the
action of the President himself, and
that to submit willingly to such in
justice, even for a day, il in isss.f
subversive Of all law and NIL constita-
tional order yet what, ON the other
hand, have we proposed 40 4 ssib-
stitute7 The McEnery governmeat
would have been claimed to be q gly-
ernment not fairly elected by the
people, to which it is believed more
than half of the legal voters Of the
State would have been violently sop-
posed, and which, with an equal shaw
of reason, they would have regarded
as cheat and All inipssition, mike
subversive Of the popular ilnqciise
and of every principle of cpnstitu-
tional or statute law. And It may be
(but this we simply suggest By the
way) that the courts Of LOuisiana dur