The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-22
Louisiana Before the Senate.
Rogues, Thieves and Liars
Arraigned
Senators Ba, ard and Bogy
DenOunce Them.

Louisiana election bill, as amended by Sena-
tor Bayard, who proposes to recognize out
right Gov. McEnery and his Government as
J the only legitimate one in Louisiana.
The change that has taken place in the
minds of Senators and Congressman, pro-
duced by the Implicitly of Kellogg, is marked
AMI apparent. So much so that even the
special correspondent of the New Orleans
Times, who has all along been disparaging
the Louisiana bill, is forced to admit and to
report the decided change in public opinion.
We make the following extracts of the
most pointed portions of these able speeches
for the benefit of the readers of the
Republican, inasmuch as that journal omitted
to publish this morning these choice NOR
ceaux. AS the BULLETIN is eagerly sought
after by Republicans, We owe it to this large
class of our readers to consult both their
tastes and interests, by sometimes publishing
such valuable information as they have been
deprived of through the fear of their special
organ that ,he dissemination of such news
as we give might disorganize their party and
produce stampede among its leaders,
Mr.. Bogy. of Missouri, said that this was
the most important subject ever before the
Senate of the United States, and he could
not imagine it possible to present to the
mind of an American Senator a matter of
more Importance. The Government of the
| United States rested upon the States, and
upon them alone. They were the founda-
ton of the whole system of the Government
,f tulS tot. II Ill;
the right of secession, but always believed
the States had formed a confederation, from
which they had no right to withdraw on
account of the condition of affairs through
ont the South. Louisiana was here to-day,
Arkansas would be here tomorrow. and at
some day not far distant South Carolina and
others would be here. The Southern States
under the present governments would all 60
into a state of quasi anarchy.
| In enancipating one race in the South
Congress has enslaved the other Washing
ton, Jefferson Hamilton and their associates
never dreamed of universal suffrage. The
statesmen of the revolution and the men
who formed this government We're not such
mer as we have to-day; they were not men
Of sentiment, but statesmen. The men who
controlled the republic during and since the
| late war, no matter how honest or well
meaning in their intentions, We're led too
much by sentiment and not enough by
craftsmanship. Many of the Communists of
France were men of the highest intelligence,
and the leaders of that party We're generally
honest, but they were men of sentiment and
not statesmen. Robespierre was man of
| that character.
Mr.. Bogy commented upon the condition
of affairs in the South at some length, and
said Congress had taken away the rights of
the Southern people by giving to the blacks
| the rights of suffrage. Kellogg took possess
sion of the Government of Louisiana by
fraud and the court created by him decided
in his favor. The fraudulent Governors now
came flying to the Presiden: for protection.
He did not knew where the President got
| the power to aid them. 1t was not granted
by the constitution nor by the late recon-
structiOn laws; hence it was nothing but
usurpation of power on the part of the Pres
idcnt, and that was done while the Congress
| OF the United States was in session. Nay
more. 1t was done with the approval OF the
majority of the people Of the United States
i'll partisan spirit.
They had forgotten the fact that if one of
the States ofthis Union be trampIed beneath
the feet of the President another might be-
The fate of one to-day would be the fate of
another tomorrow. Such tranpling upon
the States would destroy this government,
! and who would rebuild It'll Party haired
had led to all these things in the South and
if not soon arrested by a wise public senti-
ment fthe nation, the days Of the Govern
ment were numbered, and it would not be
long before its destruction. The condition
of the South was worse than the Roman en-
pire. for Roman pagans We're not such infer
| nal rascals as the men who rule the South
to-day. These States had fallen into the
hands of rOgues, thieves and liars. He felt
proud of the Senator from Wisconsin Gar
penter) that he had risen above party feel
ing, marked ont course for himself, and
brought this bill into the Senate
The whole history of the Kellogg and
Pinchback government in Louisiana was
one of unmitigated fraud, and no pretense
of law or fair dealing could be found in it,
1t was entirely a scheme of Federal officials
and mere handful Of the people of the
State, who were now dealing with the votes
of the cOlored people there as they dealt in
their bodies fifteen years ago. The recogni-
ton of these schemers 10y each other was
like the recognition of burglars in gen.
tleman's pantry over his plate which they
had stolen from his sidtboard.
In reply to the statement of Sherman that
Kellogg had telegraphed that Democratic
members had taken seats in his Legislature,
Mr. Bayard said he felt a doubt in accept
ing anything as a fact, certified as such by
holding the truth i'll his telegram to the
Senator from Indiana Morton, and had at
last admitted that two election bills had
passed, in his dispatches to the Senator from
Louisiana (West).
1t was fortunate for mankind that as men
lost their mora sense their intellect fell
also. The real government of Louisiana
was military one. Lift the cloak of the
judges and the sword of the dragon was re-
veacd 1t was military government pro-
tecting dishonest men in State offices.
He read T:om the communication from
McEnery to the President, asking that
neither be recognized till all the facts be
laid before him, and the reply of Attorney
General Williams, telling McEuery it was
no nse to come to Washington, as the Presi-
dents mind had been made mp and the
sooner the people acqniesced N the Kellogg
Government the better it would be for all,
and said that the rpuly was brutal Was ii