The Van Buren press., 1873-01-21
Louisiana.

Coup.et0u Its oISuhiL"sio" ySoss'""J'
and is now ready to proceed to business
whenever the other departments OF the
administration elected by the people can
co operate.
Senators Mcmillan, jerks, Noland,
Todd. Worrall and Hunsaker, yesterday
withdrew from Kellogg's Senate, took
their seats in the fusion Senate, and is
sued the followisg address.
New ORLEANS, Jan 10, 1873.
To OUR FELLOW CITIZENS, THE People
OF LoUisIANA:-
We deem it our duty, in the present
anomalous condition OF affairs, to place
before our constituents and the country
reasons that actuate us in the course Of
conduct we have determined to pursue,
We are in favor of u republican form Of
government; we have acted with the ma
tional republican party; but we cannot
sanction the course thar has been pursued
in this State by the custom house por-
ton Of our party and by the Pinchback
government, and believe no right think.
ing person or class, no matte. OF what
political shade or conviction, can sustain
them in the gross violation sf the rights
Of the people, and their leckless and in.
tolerant course. We consider the or
ganizatisu Of the Senate and House as
revolutionary. Senators, notorisusly
elected, have been displaced, and those
defeated put in their places. Members
OF the Legislature, returned by both
Boards, have been ignored, and their
places filled by defeated candidates. Pro
scriptivs legislation has been rushed hur.
riedly through. Proclamations have
been made inhibiting peaceful assemblies
OF citizens by an Executive who holds
his Office without color or right Of law,
and the popular will has been 50 dsfsd
and outraged that We feel We cannot
longer act with that body, or support an
Executive who, for party ends, would
sink every vestige Of liberty in its final
grave The QUESTION as to who consti
tutss the legal returning Board is subor
dinate to the question Of what are the re
turns; but the returns show for them
selves We ascertain that Lynch, Haw
kins, Longstreet and Heron entered into
a conspiracy to declare Mr., Heron and
his ticket elected, and that they did 80
without having the official returns Of the
election; they admit that their action
was based on data, memoranda and afil
davits entirely unknown to law, and
when We see such violence to law perpe
trated by these pretended returning Of
iicers, and when we see that Longstreet
is Immediately appointed to an Office
with q six thousand dollar salary per
year; that Heron is given the Office Of
Recorder Of Mortgages Of the Parish OF
Orleans. which he demanded from Me
Emery for compensation in advance for
counting the returns in his interest,
which monstrous proposition was re
fused when We see that Hawkins is forth
with appointed to the judgeship of a
court, with salary OF $1,000; minor
son of Lynch was at once appointed to
the office Of Inspector of live stock. esti.
mated to be worth at least $4,000 per
snnum, it is painfully manifest that the
action Of the Board was the result Of
corrupt bargain, and that these appoint
menis were given in compensation for
official prostitution. The Senate having
been illegally organized by the revolu.
tionary and violent usurpations of p. b.
S. Pinchback, who was not President OF
the Senate, or member Of it, and when he
called up and swore in as Senators per.
sons who were notoriously defeated,
against and in contempt Of protests Of a
large majority Of Senators holding over,
and who alsne had right to organize
the Senate, and in tho face OF the rule es
tablished two years before, the organiza.
ton of the Senate, on motion OF said
Pinchback himself. then Senator, and
considering the public good and interests
Of our constituencies, we have Withdrawn
from that body with which we have been
acting, and will hereafter take our seats
in the Senate which we believe truy J rep.
rcsents the people of the State
Signed SAMUEL 5 TODD,
9th Senatorial District.
II. l. SWORDS.
9Th Senatorial District.
l. B. JENKs.
l2th Senatorial District.
THOMAS Il. holland,
14th Senatorial District.
ROBERT WoRRELL,
10th Senatorial District
A. f. HUNsAKER,
18th Senatorial District.