Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-04-21
THE U. 8. SENATE.
lE LOT ANA DEBATE MED.


IT, Senate Yesterday resumed the eonsidera -
~. of the ous'ip bit'.
NJ. bavard offered tha amendment, OF wnicn
Tee gave notice lew days ago, deeia ny tilat
.iotq McEuc:y was elected Governor, and Da-
iison =. Peun.l ,rutci,dit Gov0t.inr, ald that
u,pr weio un!swn ''y compelled. yarmsd forces
.ei ng u4der the authori., OF the President OF
lie United States, from iischarG ing then respect.
we oifci" duties; that Kellogg and Antoine did,
~ the ta,1 r,2tel and Illegal action and inter,
iarenee.oi tho Federal authorities, civil and iAllt
tary, oh; 7in and hold armed possession of tho Of
iccs Of Governor and Lieutenant Governor; and
requesting the President to issue his pi amat ion
within ten days after the passage OF this ac:, noli-
fy,ng the people of Louisiana that All hndrance,
obstacle or inn ed dment on the part OF the Gov
crninent of the United States 10 the peaceable
aud legal nssump:ion of the offices of Govcrner
I'd Lieutenant Governor is withdrawn, 30 that
they may. " without let or hindrance, proceed 10
I'LL the offices together with those persons who
were elected Ia the General Assembly upon the
Fusion ticket
Mr.. Bayard said it was sad TO set the ind,fier-
ence mani tested by Senators III iliis dscussoa OH
both sides OF the chamber. The whole history oil
| the Kellogg and finchoaek government IN Lou
| isiana was one of pnmtigated fraud aud no pre-
teuce OF law fair dealing could be found in it,
| 1t was entirely scheme os Federal officials aud
| a mere handful of the people of the State who
were now dealing with the votes OF the coloreu
people there rs they dealt In these bodies fifteen
|
! by each other was like the recognition OF burg
lars in q gcntlcmans pantry over his plate, which
! they had stSlen from his sideboard.
Mr.. Dayard said he felt doubt in accepting
ANYTHING as a fact certified as such by Cover
1 nor Kellogg, who had been guilty of withhold
| ing the truth in his telegram TO the Senator
| from Indiana Mr. M0r.0nl and had at last
admitted that two election bills had been pass
ed in his despatch to the Senator from LOuisi-
ana Mr. West ltwas unfol tunate for man
| Lost fh.,ir no
intellect fell also. The real government of
| Louisiana to-day was military one. Lift
the cloak of the Judge and the sword oil the
dragoon was revealed. 1t was a military
| government protecting dishonest men in the
State Offices, He read from the communicat-
| ion of McEnery to the President asking that
neither government be recognized until all
| the facts pc laid before him, and the reply OF
Attorney General Williams thereto, telling
McEnery it was no no use to come to wash
tington, as the Presidents mind had been
made up, and the sooner the people acquiesced
| in the Kellogg government the better.
! Tie said the reply was brutal, Was it possible
that an American citizen could not creep to this
footssool of power aud humbly petition without
being rehuked in this manner. As an American
his very blood boiled to read such things. With
draw your troops from Louisiana, call of you
dogs and let the State speak her own mind. 1
collision should eusue-nay, if blood shoulc
flow, it would be better to lose some of thost
| whom they valued most than submit TO sucl
wrongs II men die in defence Of their constitu
, tiona rights they are rather to be congratulate
l,haa those who survive them to live as slave
and not as freemen. He appealed to Senator
not to be led by party spirit. Let no suc
feeling tinge your legislation. There were som
persons who believed that the South should sui
fer some for her political course. From hi
heart he warned his countrymen against sue
: sentiments This country could not exist wit
the States of the South handed over TO rapacitJ
veuality. aud crime. 1t Was crime to now d.
soeud and bring war into lhe land, but not sa
listed with that these men in louisiana cali
I upon the strong arm OF the Federal Governmel
TO protect them.