, 1874-12-23
pho New Orleans Conservatives Mako
an Appeal to Tho Amcri-
can People.
They Dcnounce Their Prosont Ruloru
rs q Horde Of Usurpora
and Robbers,
Claim iha! the Action Of the Returning
Board Is Illegal and Unjust,
And that tho Will Of tho Constitutional
Elajority 1s to 30 Ignored.


EEw ORLEANS. Ln., Doc. 2c.--TAo Returning
Doard to-day throw out Poll No. 4 OF Asaunlp-
ton parish, Which gave tho Conservatives 113
1najority, thus defeating two Conservatives and
clcctng two Republicans members OF tho Iogls-
lnturo. The Conservative minority Ii, tho House,
IL In tn1crstooa, llag been reduced to two.
Tho olnyou pnritlieH got to CANVASS elected
eighteen Conservatives and QUO Republican to
tho IIuuAo OIL tl,e I'd Of November.
ADpaEss OF rilE COMMITTEE or aEYESYf 70 THE
rrorLE OF the UNITED E7ArEs.
Tho Coumt.oo Of Seventy, whose roprcnenta-
1.-Two character is woll known To tho country, call
tho attention OF lie people Of tho United GS:aco
10 additional wrongs mud, iudignitos under which
tllc rsco OF FREQ people of 14nnisinna arc now Buf
ferinE. For two ycara We hevo been In vain Ap-
penling to tho presilout and Congress for relief
from thu njustlce. oppression, aud Iobberica If
tho usurai,lg Stnto Goycrnmcnt placed over III
1y tho private order Of drunken United States
Judge wrtttel, in his chamber, and Hslatainal bv
for TINT purpose. THIS Governor, Ineligible un-
dor cur Constitution, and
DEFEATED Ar TIE 7otI1
by G.801 majority, and by E!ch n.eane installed
mud maintained in power. Ind been uunblc,
after nearly two yours misrule, to gain tho
Bg,tcst footl.ola in tho confidence o.
respect Of tho people, md as aoon Us
tho federal Rrmy WAS withdrawn, within ono
into mir boforo tho calm determination Of nn out
ragged people, and lie sought refugo iu tho SING
trarry OF tho Uuitcd Ssaton Custom House. In,-
Inolately upon command OF tho President, all
the frits OF tho brilliant victory attained by our
citizens. with tho Statc-uousc, pubc buildings,
nnd nttlivoa
WE'RE SURRENDERED
TO m officer Of tho United States army, WHO re-
turned Ko!losg to ha Guhcrnatoital scat. Tor
sovoral woekH lloforo tue election Oh tho Cd or
November. 1874, the wholo State, and especially
tho Democratic parishes, wern haraesed by tue
Untod Ssatos army. Our bosr nnu loading
citi.cnH were arrcstcu OH trrmpci-up charges,
party, for tho purpose OF iniin'.lating tho whites
and carrying tho election against tho will
Ut tho majority. Notwithstanding this. our
people, knowing; that their continued ozistenco
ia tl'. State depended uron their driving tho
knowing that by this Government. Eltl tho OK
orhitaut taxatoi.mpoHed by ti,is Government,
and tho corrupt Legislators vino had IN interest
in tho stntc, tho v:luo Of property had boon
destroyed, aud instead of being n blessing,
HAD uEcoME burden;
knowing that tho fountains of lar aad iuatico
had been corrupted, and tan. Tho Government,
whoeo entloayor should be protection had been
lion, only lnitod by it, imbcciiity; knowing
these facts ind With all tho machinery Of tho
eloction laws devised to pclpotuaso Radical ru!o
IN thu ha',ds of tho uHurpora, and with tho
1A!AtA A1A!t III tH9 AAllua VA Lut 1l1HlE-
man Of tho Republican Stato Central Committee,
md used Ms en c}actioneoring engine aga!nst
tho Conservatives. thor succeeded in carrying,
tho State by lcast 35 00pnajori.y, ,witha major
ity of 2S iii tho House Of Representatives aid a
minority on joint ballot in both Houses. Tho
City OF Now Orleans waB carried by the Coasery-
atiycs by over ,200 minority Tho fnct Of
THE CONSERVATIVES HAVING CARRIED THE ELEC-
Inns boom well known ovar ainco tho 9TH of No
vonsber: beca,lao tho ballots woro counted ut tho
' IL duplicate Yet cvon s''A' now, ' pov.,. vsss
restenod xsef rF's With tho se,es ss'o craas dc are
our victory and olr franchise election. Tho re-
turns woro submitted to u Board Of 1;oturnins
officers coilsistng OF iyo members, four of w!oca
are identified with and comnittea to thu ,ls1,rp-
ing Government. There men, aside tom tieir
party allini!icg, have not eustuined EEcE ci.ar-
actor boforo the community as to inspire witt.
confdouce IN ,ciriutegrty and ilupartinity, nor
to give any hope tlset they will
rAEtIy AND HONESTLY
compile and pronnnate Tia returns. Thoy hnya
already oyncoa r determination to dcfra,la tho
people and defeat their will as expronsed Mt tic
haltot'box. 1n the cssn Of tho pu11sh OF Do3o-
to. the ConacrvatiyeB carried tha election by
placed those ret',rna. in tl!o hands Of
wotaen OF tito town. who olerel
to give thcm up for G1o.o0o, and te
State Returning officers refused 10 t.::o my eteps
III lGEJfE1 4Il6IH. 4ue HE.OFllDE representing
tho Conservatives aent to DeSuto and broug!iS
down and presented duplicates Of tho Original
returns which had boon filed with tho Cle.k or
tho District Court for the parish In pursuance of
Ivy. a'Nl t!'cso they refused to rcceiyo uut oon-
slider, although in nadical parisAea they had
acted Oh secondary evidence. This IL
BUT oar CASE OF MANY
ouch. Application was 1nato by II candidate for
u riandamus to compel them to RECEIVE and
compile these duplicates OF tic original rcturpy
D1 0tn tn thn ns,}p
tho existing Inv to grant Hrc!1 a writ. tho
Judge Of this court, creature Of tho
nnllrrinE Stale Government and mcus-
bnr Of tho fa,aous I..nch Returning Doa,1 Of
for his soryscos on that OCCASION, resuaod tho
maulatnuH. During the sessions of this Board
wo llAVo seen tho Clerk accusing C momber Of
frauds on election roturnn Thu me!nbor III turn
,teuH on TIT Democratic siue stealtlliy abstract
ed. aud Republican croaa-:aarlou .llitinyittH mt
iu thoir 1aco and actoti oa nnl tho election r.
tss1ls thon3clycu attsrca md forged iu tho i'll
tefoat OF tho ltncala EcaSH Rftcr tho election.
TuEtE II NO l.EEnEss
becauao those to which n|ono application can bo
mado ara b'.t creatures oE the us.lrnation, whoso
axlatc!,ca dopouda npom thn continuation oi
Aad'cal rule. !" tleilnnca of tho Expressed uill
OF the peopln thoso Returning officers lavo boon
now for wccla d1llying wItla tho llberticu and
r1gGtH OF tito peun!s OF III entiro Stnte, appagout-
!g waiting untI an opportunity IL olierua for
tlleln to consnmsnnta their y!aiuy by rrolunl-
Eating Radical majority elected to tho LeKs-
!at1ro. They lopn to DO this with impuu!ty,
becanso the Stc.e-lIonso where thay sit la guard
cd by koltoSg'u standing army Of metropolitan
noGe, = 'sth e, soToral companies Of tho array OF
tl!c United btataa within few yaStln fs,sta,,cn
Tho wl'ola forsn OF tho army ii within csil ot
KtlloEg'H whistle,
sInEr1:'a ON THy1n Anxs,
and with eattriHEeA distributed. In this mannor
nre wo threatened until another mul.gro herd of
ri.