Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-10-01

their embrace and formed coalition BY
which they were to carry the State, and he
| was to be made United States Senator In the
bargain. His control of the machinery Of
election, which was all in his hands as Gov
ernor, was counted equal to 10000 votes. Lou
isiana was VIGOROUSLY Republican as
clearly as Vermont and Mississippi
| The Democrats believed that Warmoth
| could commit fraud enough to overcome that
| majority. Their entire hopes were based on
| fraud. They went into the election with the
full knowledge that they could only succeed
by fraud. 1t was the most fraudulent election
ever held in the United States. Senator Car
penter and the majority of the Senate Com
mittee declared it an organized fraud and
void Republicans went into 1t, knowing they
were to be swindled. When the election was
over they still claimed that they carried the
State by 1900 or $500 majority, and that if
the election had been fair they would have
Lad 1900 or 10000 majority. 1t was proven
before the Senate Committee that returns from
seven parishes, that were relied on to elect
McEnery, were forgeries out and out. The
majority of the Senate Committee, through
Mr.. Carpenter, reported bill to provide for
a new election, and that nobody was elected.
| made minority report insisting that ke-
logg was elected, having a majority. Not
withstanding, it seems to be understood by
many that the majority reported in favor Of
McEnery; they did no such thing. They re-
ported that he was not elected. ] do not say
that the Republicans did not also commit
frauds to use the language Of the commit
tee, they determined to fight the devil with
fire.
The Senator then proceeded to discuss the
comnosition and proceedings of the Return
ing Board that counted the votes. The Su-
preme Court, three of The four members of
which had been elected four years before, and
were not connected in any way with these
troubles, declared that the Lynch Returning
Board was the lawful board, and that their
decision that Kellogg was elected was CON
elusive. The Senator described the interior
ence of United States Judge Durell and its
effect He did not justify the interference of
him nor the Irregularities of the Lynch Board,
but that interference did not change the ques-
ton of right or invalidate what had been done.
The Supreme Court has repeatedly decided
that the Kellogg Government is the lawful
Government. The President, in five different
ways, has recognized it; the House of Rep
resentatives recognized it by admitting
member on Kellogg's certificate; the Senate
did so by repeatedly refusing to pass the bill
for new election.
The Senator reviewed the ColfaX massacre,
where 100 colored men were killed under cir
cumstances of peculiar atrocity, and only one
white man was hurt He then etetched the
Coushatta murders. Fer n! these inhuman
crimes not man has been punished ] am
no advocate of Kellogg, but it is only justice
to say that he has not belonged to any OF the
plunderng rings, and no robbery or stealing
has been brought home to him. The Repub
licans of Louisiana are not free from fraud.
/ have no apology for them. But they are
trivial when compared with the system OF
murder by which their ranks have been
decimated and the whole State demoralized.
A reign of terror destroys the integrity Of
men as well as their courage. Their enemies
in Louisiana claim that charges OF corrup-
ton and msgovernment which they make
against Republicans shall obscure and hide the
fact that Louisiana has been one vast scene OF
murders during the last eight years. Ii the
people of Louisiana would not prove their
State to be blighted they must stop the muir
der business. They cannot expect the GOV
eminent to. We have got past the point
where it was necessary to inquire who was
elected Government cannot exist in any
State without there be some tribunal to
determine who has been elected; with
out something can be considered set
tied. The Kellogg Government has
gone on nearly two years. The seizure of the
State by the McEnery faction was in the ma
ture Of Mexican pronunciamento. If it
is tolerated in one State it viii be adopted in
Others. II would be the introduction of Mex
lean politics.
There is one salvation for the South, the
recognition of the equal civil and political
rights of the colored people, the protection OF
life, liberty, and property. There must be
federation for all opinions and for all parties;
it must be as safe for Republicans as for Dem
ocrats. Whatever may be said OF the irreg-
ularities by which the Kellogg Government
was established it is undoubtedly true that
it represented a majority of the people of the
State But if McEnery had been placed in
office it would have been by fraud un-
lad -, nd inly nAn n nV
pect the negroes of Louisiana to observe the
laws sensibly and maintain order upon all oc
casions while they were being murdered on
every hand was absurd.
Two apologies are offered for the murder
of black aud white Republicans through
out the South generally: that whites
are driven to it by the robberies
of the carpet-baggers This is self-evident,
weak and senseless falsehood, for the muir
ders and punishments have never fallen upon
the thieves, but upon the innocent and the
poor. The thieves have always found Dem
ocratic partners; when discovered and kicked
out OF the Republican party they have been
warmly received by the Democratic party.
The case of Warmoth is notable fact. Gov.
| Moses, of South Carolina, is not carpet
| Dagger, but native, and is said to have some
! of the best blood in the State in his veins. He
has been kicked overheard by the Rcpubli-
| cans. If he offers to join the Democratic
party he will probably be received, and
thenceforth they will be silent as to his crimes
| The next excuse is that the negroes have con-
| spired and armed themselves to exterminate
| the whites, and these murders are committed
| by whites in self-defense, These are stupid
| lies, manufactured by knayes to be believed
by idiots.
| Gov. Hendricks, in his speech the Other
night, complained that the Government was
sending troops into the South, but made ne
mention of the causes for which they were
sent, no illusions to murders and massacres
which have taken place; he left his audience
to infer that it was simply an outrage on thu
part Of the Government and without cause
| and then went on to tell how the white people
....ro out md ed by the IQrma