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vent frat to Elliott the fo1ored representative from
South Carolina and in the presence Of hundreds In
rear Of Eott's seat, thanked him at length and EN-:
nhattcally fur tho vote which he had giSen and ho
then did the like to Raney, also from South Carolina,
whose seat was In distant rart Of the House. Tha
! spectacle attracted great attention..
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CONGRESSIONAL.
| SENATE.
oELEsBY.
| WAsHE1oroy, Feb 27.-Afr. LOGAN presented The
| nois.
| THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT.
| Ar. MORRILL, Cda.ne| from the COMMITTEES on MI
1tay Affairs, reported without amendment the bill to
repeal 10 much Of the Inv relating to the organization
Of the army establishes distinctions to the preju
dice Of class Of American citizens, viz; colored
| men.
PUBLIC Du1LDIsos.
Mr.. MORRILL, {Vermont}, from the Committee On
| Public Buildings and Grounds, reported without
amendment tho House bill appropriating $500 600 to
purchase site for new Government building At
Pittsburgh.
eT. LOUIS BRIDGE.
IIr. AAIE9, from the Committee On Commerce, re.
the construction Of bridge across the M1sstEsppt
River at st. Louis.
The calendar being the regular order a1r. CARpEN-
TER moved to lay the calendar the table, for the
purpose Of taking up the bill reported from the Com
mitee On Privileges and Elections, providing for new
election in
It absolutely necessary he said that this should
DO aced upop In order to avert the bloodshed shown
Messrs. SHERMAN and MORTON also urged iname-
diate action upon the bill, and It was taken up.
Ar. HILL offered a substitute embodying bis views
IN favor Of forming Legislature out Of the legally
elected members Of both bodies claiming to be
the legislature Of Louisiana, and authorizing the new
Legislature formed to count the returns Of the last
election, and declare who nre legally elected sate Of
dcers.
Mr. CARPENTER addressed the SENATE briefly in
support Of tho bill reported By the majority Of the
Committee The views Of the Committee. he said,
ry eet forth in the majority report, and this
sides Of The controversy, he supposed that il sseh
bill to be passed at a this would be eatiafac
t9s " s ss .; He n had st bssn h3nded 51n; b. M
telegram addressed to himself (1cMillan) and Gov.
Warmosh which waa red At the ae.k as f9lloTs;
Wm- L. Mcmillan and Coz. H. Far,noth:
It IL not true that the country parishes rapidly
a n1s e ;a to the Re4eg 4aI ~ 1a x
will never yield allegiance to that Government. It can
never collect taxes and it can only be maintained BY
stationed in every parish I'd enforce the authority OF
pie government. Els government can only be sus-
By KIND Of force which he people would submit to
rather than have militia"
This di.Pateh va signed By large number Of e4tt
Nr. MORTON said it would be vast national mis-
fortune and great misfortune to Lousana that this
bill should pass. small fraction In that State, having
set UP the so-called McEnery government without 4
SHADOW ,s Of title under law was now endssvor!ns
must lead to strife and bloodshed. McEnezy,
doing a he could destroy the efficiency Of
the de facto Government and doing this be (lor-
Washington. 70 make good Ills ehazge, Mr Morton
read the several proclamntions Of McEnery conclud
ing with the one published this morning but Mem
cry and his friends were now getting into rather deep
water. Upon attempting to carry out this last Procla
nation, they would be mere rioters, md On refusing
been received from Gov. Kellogg showing what Nc
Emery Vas doing, and under what influence he was
acting. n oas telegram, Kellogg Bays:
uaion. s' , don' dEispN' thiaE the 9S Opposition
can SET strength enough: They are fast losinE the
yessesdsy hsa 10 QUORUM" il another telegram,
dated the 10th. Kellogg sayH: "Gov. Wn1moth has
telegrnphed acEnery as follows: II you are gov
eTnmeuty do something to show 1t now. Action &C.
Nj. TRUMBULL-1am am authorized BY Gov warmoth
dispatches cyer came from lin are utterly false.
NJ % hae nohng to sy that
been sent here but there ia fact that cannot
the Committee on Privileges aud Elections,
1q bring On cistl war IN Louisiana, and
eny Sy hs{ p9etendea 5 es 'fs Sn not S
that pretended Governor It is now desperate
attempt the part Of small faction, to seize upon
the State Government Of Louisiana.
Mr.. THURMAN-MayI ask the Senator (iorton)
whether I'M right in supposing that the election
returns that were made show that McEnery had ms-
Mr. MoRroN-The returns have never been can
vassed by my officer or any official person. Two
Rone through thern,-persons who had more right
to 60 through them than two Of these pages would
haye-and that tho returns elected McEnery By Some
III. THURMAN-n TINT be the fact-that the
returns show majority for McEnery,-What does the
Senator mean By calling his supporters Email fac
Mr. MORToN-r can his supporters now who sre
great body Of those who voted for hin are not now
him, but standing and looking on
believe the overwhelming majority Of The people in
ment should be sustained, including many who voted
for the opposition ticket.
positivo tbat those Who opposed tie Kellogg
nent were only small fdctton he would AK him to
state for 1natance whether the people OF Louis
[ana or largo majority Of them, we're now paying
ta3es to the Kellogg Government ,
of that people generally are acquiesctng in the Kellogg
Government IL in the fact thst they arc actually sub
hitting that there is actual pace al ozeF the stst
md up this time Resistance has been offered
70 that government IN my part of the state.
Mr. scHuRZ-1t is not only passive subWtsston
hat IN active submission would 60 . great deal
luther to show that they are really inclined to stand
" the Kellegg dovernment, and IN no 70 way could Il
or th1t reason that put tho question whether tho
oeople Of Louisiana paying taxes to the Kellogg
the sa1ue time reminding him that
Packard teatIned te{ore the Committee that II the
,coplo Of that State would pay taxes ut al, they
would rather pay to the McEneg Government than to
he other and Packard, being United States afarnha1
;annot be supposed to be on the McEnery aide.
1lr. MORTON-H had time to read Ill that Mar-
hal Packard eaid the Senator from Missouri (Schurz}
rou1d not have occaaou to sAy word about bis test
nony regard to the payment Of taxes. This not
be time for the collection Of taxes, and 1t does not
axe very much doubt upon the subject Of authority to
oIlect taxes, or very much encouragement to Induce
he people not to pay their ta1es. This McEnery hAa
ssued = proclamation calling upon his friends In
1ouinans TO pay taxes and believe that this 1s
lot tho exact fer collecting tazes there but II
refuse to set aatde the Kellogg Government, aud
i've 1t support, that government will go aud
olect tae taxes without any trouble. !
Mr. CARPENTER made an elaborate argument Eu8-
aiming the majority report Nobody could exaggerato
be importance Of this Louisiana question. Congress
-as called upon to exercise 4ts high power, guar
uteedng to the State republican form Of govern
rent md to refuse to set, when the demanded
'ould be just as great derelicton Of duty - It
ou1d be to interfere uuwaEr2ntably with the State
government He then reviewed In great detail the |
isto1y Of both the socailed governments Of Lousaa
I'D CANE to the conclusions presented in tho report Of
,e Committee Privileges and Elections: that the
[cEnery Government rests fraud, and ths Kellogg |
patton and that 1t is the duty Of Congress to