The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-28
The 9atland Daily Gluhs.
MONDAY, DECEMBER go, 1874.
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LOUISIANA.

LOIhShANh'
The notorious returning board" of |
Louisiana has, after more than six weeks
of labor. completed Its work--if such 1t
can be called, and 1t must have been work
of the hardest kind. 1t requires labor and
scared conscienccs to deliberately plot
against the rights of monopoly free peo'
pie. 1t requires brains TO accomplish 1t
and keep their tracks covered. Only
blundereis would go TO work as bunglingly
rs this returning board has Only the
most desperate of men would resort to
fraud, make use of forged returns and
aflidavits, knowing them to be such, throw
out legal returns, suppress sworn testimony
and records and all this for the purpose of
deprivpg the state of Legislature of their
own choice, Yet all this the returning
board of Louisiana has knowingly, cor
ruptly and fraudulently' done. Is it any
wonder that they telegraphed for troops to
protect them when they promulgated, not
the result of the election by the people, but
the result as made out by false and fraudu-
lent returns after more THAI six weeks OF
manipulalions Is t matter for surprise
that they should telegraph TO Washington
that they were "living on volcano" liable,
at any moment, to bclch forth? They may
Judge from that which they would do uiI-
der the same circumstances they may be-
lleye that if eyer rebellion was jus,ifiable it
is under the present provocation they may
be, and we believe they are, cndeavoring
to produce such rebellion, but we trust
and believe that they will be foiled. Poor
Louisiana has suffered grosser wrongs than
long time coming, we believe the day of
her delivcrance is al hand. EycI this re-
turning board finally became alarmed Mt tic
magnitude and enormity of their crime
act, although 1t is stated that money will do
the rest, by purchasing conservative" leg
isators in reference to whose election there
can lie no doubt. II J return legislature
composed of fliiy.tour republicans and
tifly-two aonscrva. ives, with five seats re-
ierred to the legislature for final action.
That five conservatives were elected to
these seats no one doubts. In three of
these cases there were only two votes polle,l
against the cOnserya ives-two votes in one
parish and none at all in another " lille in
the other cases the ma jorities were over
whelmingly conservative. Neither party,
it will be seen, las quorum of the whole
legislature, but money can purchase the
necessary number and, it is said, that tho
republicans have already purchased theil
men and thus assured themselves of victory.
But can the republican party of tie coun-
try accept such n victory? Can the repub
licans in congress afford to give an impliet
or express assent to victory secured by
fraud and sealed by bribery? 1t is paten
to every one, who has read the currcn
Louisiana ne "s-no matter from wha
source it comes, as it is all of one accord
that the state was carried by the conserva
tives, that they elected large majority o
the legislature, that the pretended result
as now announced, has been procured b.
fraud, forgery, perjury and bribery N
sane man pretends to doubt this. 1t
too PLAIN for argument. 1t rests upo
facts which cannot be disputed. VIII til
country stand by and see this fraud col
summated? Will congress consent 10 SC
apseudo state government brought into bt
ing by the grayest Of crimes. upheld b
bayonets. and they remain silent? Wi
they allow the republican party TO 90 int
the next election with the " crime agains
Louisiana" cmblazoned on the banners @
the opposition as we fought and succeede
with the ''crmc against Kansas" on ours
If right and justice will not hasten the IN
doing Of the wrongs this state endure!
then let self interest plead for them.