New-York tribune., 1874-09-19
SENATOR MORTON ON THE CONDITION OF
THE SOUTH
THE ASSERTION THAT RECONSTRUCTION rs A FAII
URE CoNTRADICTED-THE CONDITION OF LoUIsI
ANA REVIEWED.

THE ASSERTION THAT RECONSTRUCTION rs FAIL
URE CoNrRADIcTED-THE CONDITION OF LoUIsI-
ANA REVIEWED.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. Ex-senator Morton ad-
dressed immense audience at Masonic Hall tonight
upon the past present condition Of the South He
spoke earnestly and calmly, and his remarks were
frequently applauded He opened by contra'
dieting the assertion that reconstruction
was failure. claiming that its ap-
parent failure due to the conduct Of its enemies
and not because of intrinsic defects in the
system. Resistance to reconstruction grows out Of
opposition to the abolition Of slavery and the
elevation Of the negroes TO civil and political
rights. he condemned the white leagues. which
he said had but single principle-that whlte
should rule In the majority Of the Southern States
there high carnival of crime for the past two
months a small portion of which is made known 10
the Northern public The news agents in the South are
with few exceptions Democrats, and sympathzers with
these crimes, sometimes particpat0rs. II they nave
OF even larger massacres, they accompany II with
with reports tnat the negroes cOnsp1ng and the
whites the defensive; but when the facts are
Leans killed All the negroes is 10 be let
alone. They know they cannot cope with the whites
in any struggle with arms The caumnles
are made pretexts for associations throughout the
Ia is of not S war Sf su and no om
apprehension Of social equality fear OF the civil
Rights bill but 10 make this white Government, and
reduce the negroes nearly a possible TO slaves.
He reviewed tine condition OF Louisiana Tor the past
eight years. during which time he said that state had
been made slaughterhOuse. The effort TO defeat
Kellogg in 1877 he characterized as gigantic fraud He
referred 10 the Senate Louisiana Investigating Commit
frauds penetrated by the McEnery party
20 his election. He SAID the Supreme
Court had repeatedly decided that the Kellogg Govern
munt was the lawful government. The President IN
i've different ways has recognized 1t: The House OF
Representatives has recognized 1t by admitting
member on KellOggs certificate. The Senate did
so by refusing to pass the bill for new cleo
tiOn. He reviewed the COfax massacre and the
Coushatta murders and said for all these nhuman
OF KeOggs but is only justice TO say that ne has not
belonged 10 any OF the punderlng Rings, and no rob
berry or stealing has been brought home Co him. The
Republicans OF Louisiana are not free from fraud.
have apology tor them, but they are trivial when
compared with the system OF murder by which their
ranks have been decmated and the whole State demor
allzed
He said further that IL the people of Louisiana would
not have their state bghted they must stop the mur-
der business They cannot expect honest govern
ment The seizure Of the state by the McEnery faction
in the nature of a Mexican pronuDcamento II IS
tolerated IN one State 10 Will be adopted III another
There Is but salvation for the SOutn-the recOg,
milton OF equal civil ana pOll'lca rights OF Jhe S0oreu
people, the protection OF life for ali opinions and iOr ali
parties. Whatever may be said OF the irregularities by
which the Kellogg Government was estaolsheu'
IL Is undoubtedly true that 1t represented
majority Of the people OF State. But II
McEnery had been placed In ONCE, ~ ~
would have been Dy a fraud unequaled IN
extent wickedness Two apologies are gwen for the
murder OF black and white Republicans throughout the
SOuth-hrst that the whites are driven 10 II Dy the
rObbertes OF carpetb iggers This ne styled seeVl-
dant weak aud senseess alsehOod for murders ana pun
shmeDt always fallen upon the Innocent ana poor
The thieves have always found Democratic partners'
When discovered they kicked out or the KepuOGan
party. The case of WarmOth is a notable fact The
next excuse is that negroes have cOnsped ana armed
themselves exerminate the whites, anu tnat THESE
murders are committed by the whites IN seueienSe, Sc
These stuped lies, manufactured bY Knaves 10 De
believed by idiots. The beginning OF all Improvement
and restoration IN the South must consist IN the cessa
ton OF murder. While that prevails, IL Is useless 10
hope for reform.