The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-12-31
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1The oCetnmittse Of Seventy, Who's,
REPRESENTATIVE character is well known
to the country, call the attention O
| the people of the United States to TIL
additional wrongs and indignities un
[ der which the free people of Louisian,
are how suffering For two Years w,
have been, appealing in vain to tht
President and Congress for relic
from the injustice. Expressions an(
robbery of q usurping State Govern
ment, placed over us by the private
order of drunken United States
Judge, written In his cham Der, and sus
tained by the United States army, sen
here beforehand for the purpose
This Governor, Ineligible under oui
C0Astitntioh, and defeated At the polls
by 1900 majority; aud by such meant
installed and maintained7 in power.
had been unable, after nearly tWe
years of miaruIe, to gain the slightest
foothSld In the confidence or respect
of the peoples and as soon as the Fed
eral army was withdrawn, within ons
hour, his show of authority and force
melted into air before the calm de-
tefmination of an outraged people, and
hecsoughtrefuge in the sanctuary OF
the United States Cnstom-hoHse.v I'm
mediately upon the command. of the
President, all the fruits of the brilliant
victery aehieyed by our Citizens
with the eState-house, public buildings
and archives-7were surrendered to an
officer of the United States army, who
skewered Kellogg to his GnberHatofi-
,alcseat.l sd7 go 5az4asia eatto a. -t's
4aFer several weeks before the elec-
ton on'the I'd of November, 1874, the
whole State, and especially Democrat
parishes, Were haFried by the United
States rArmys and d,o9E best and leading
arrested on trumped-up charg-
ess made hF iEfesponsibie tools. of the
Radical party fOrsthe purpose of in
whites, and carrying the
election against the will of the major
itYeii Il Not Withstandingi this, our peo-
pie, ,kneWilg their continued existence
inas this; State depended upon their
driving the Government Of plunderers
from power; knowing that bye this
Government, an exofbitapttt taxation,
imposed by iguorant and coHruptfleg-
islators who. had no. interest in the
State, the value Of property had been
destroyed, and instead of being q
blessing had become q burden; iknow
ing that the fountain of law and JUS
tiee had been corrupted, and the Cow
eminent, whose end should be pro-
teetion,, had been converted into an
engine of oppression and extortion,
only limited by its imbeeility know
ing these facts, and with all the ma
the, iniqnitous election laws
devised to perpetuate Radical rule m
hands of the usurpatiou, and with the
q Bnited States army in, the hands of
the Chairman of the Republican State
Central Committee and used as am
e4ecti oneering engine against them;
The eIConsepVatiVes succeeded in carry
ing the State by at least 8, 3,500majority
with . msjoeity Of twenty-eight In the
House, of Representatives q majoritysl
0n jeint ballot in both houses and the
sity ofINew, Orleans carried by the
by over 1000 majority,
The fact of thelEonserVativeso hay-
Hg9 g9earFieCE the election shas been well
1aownlever since the 9Th ofsNovem-
Der, because the ballots were counted
It the polls siimmediafely, and returns
made out in duplicate. Vet even
low, seven weeks after the election, /
Vs are immilently threatened with
'eing defrauded of our victory and
)ur franchise. The election returns
we're submitted to the Board of Re-
urllings officers, consisting Of five
fonTiof whom were identi- 4
led with and committed to the usurp-
ng Government These men, aside
rom their party, have not sustained |
uch character before the commuui-9
y as to inspire us with confidence in
heir integrity and impartiality,-or to |
i've any hope that they will fairly |
md honestlylc and promulgate |
he returns. They have already evinc-
ID q determination! to defraud the1
'eople and defeat their will, as ex-
PRESSED al the ballot-box.. In the case !
# the parish ofeDeSoto, Conservative !
" over 1000 majority, the Radical
lection OfficerstOle the returns, placed |
hem in the hands of aSWoman of the |
own, who offered to give them up for |
i 600, and he left the State. The Re- /
urning Officers refused to take any
teps to recover. these:papers.a Attor-.
eys, representing the Conservatives,
Tere sent to- DeSoto, and brought
own and presented duplicate original
etHrns of equal value, which had
cen filed with the Clerk of the Dis
riot Court for the parish, in pursu-
nee of law, and there they refused to
ecicVe aud consider, although in Rad
sal parishes they had acted on second
ryseVidence. This is but one case of
Many suehg Application was made
y the candidate for a ntdnda7aES to
ompel them to receive and compile
hese duplicate original returns from
he DeS0to to the only Court, compe-
ant under existing law to grant a
1rit. The Judge of this Court, a crea-
nre of the usurping State Govern
lent, and 3 member of the famous
Lynch Returning Board" of 1872,
sying received the judgeship as re-
Yard for his services on that occasion
efused the ntdadaRluS, :. ss
During the sessions of this Board
re have seen q clerk accusing a men,
er of frauds on election returns, the
lember in, turn accusing the clerk.
We have seen documents on the DEM
cratic side stealthily abstracted, and
eross-marked affidavits
Inserted and acted upon; election re-
arms themselves altered and forged
1.-THE interest of Radicals weeks after
lection. There is no redress through
he law; those to when alone applica-
on can be made ares but creatures of
he eausurpation, whose existence de-
ends upon the continuation of Radi-
al rule in defiance of the expressed
,ill OF the people. These Returning
Dff1cers have been now for weeks dali
ging with the liberties and rights of
he people of an entire State, appar-
ntly waiting. until opportunity is of
cred to consummate the Villainy by
Radical majority as
lected to the Legislature. They hope
D do this with impunity, because the
tate house where they sit is garri-