New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-31
.,.,.,,,a The Ke,,orx Govern ment.

ing for him the forum OF politics, ana wouid say Se
country that had been abusing tho president no
President empowered 10 call out forces to cniOrcs o
OF tho courts and al he dd might pe the
that Thai might his defense politically, anu VI"
senator (Mr Norton need not report him 70 his ~
uens for censurlng tue itesident ,or emmy, lad
louisiana The PROCLAMATION OF tho fteslneh' t i t
saI,tary effect and he glad IL was Issued but 70
say that the effect OF what the President ava was q"
cstoppcl 10 the Senate, was not good argument.
He (Nr Carpenter maini9hed tnat tno piVc5hl ,n
was n nudity. He had no hope OF ever sus'1 lux too
Senator from Indiana on TINS question, anu no @ g
10 make a Speech lo said IN the begnnihE; out 70
would ry TO make Senators understand what the iact
are and that the theory OF tho SenaIor rom he
was wild The duty devoved upon Congfs,s unutr ,1
COnstittion decide ~ 10 the icgaty Oh stle
ments and the decision Of Congress was binding upon an
other departments OF the Government Ou the coh,aiy
the Senator Mr Morton that the acon OF tne
Jent was nndlng upon Congress in all this business OF
putting down in8urroc0n IN state; liz ,,, ~
was but the mere agent OF Congress- Ine frosiun' =,
TO restore order IL d0eo not matter much whe,ner Nv
sets up the right wrong party COhHiess VII, oh
mine that; but the President must put thinES .na
condition. that peace shall reign Congress say 10 the
President: You go there aud quiet things anu ton ~"
row he would Introduce bill providing for new election
in the State aud would explain ms reasons before con
admissions OF members to the two HOUSES oI
Congress- and SAID that the senators th se Tvs
must inaure as TO the legality of that power
On the other hand. the House had no autnory 10 ~,
had claimed out of respect to the senate no Was
constrained to send the Pnchback case back to tns
Committee. by that argument the senator himSe h'u
overturned his own primo tacle case. 80 ,o,,iro.,a
Mr. MORTON said that it was not a falr or eSiiiuaVo
argument 10 make that statement.
Mr. CARPENTER said that some two years ago, "nen
he had occasion to read Senator down MT IrunDu
came TO him afterward and said You are a young
Senator and there are some things you may nok huom
One is tina, it s established rule III tins body ha you
must not refer TO mans language In The dtooe ior
than two years back o oT es SSS
back as TO the language OF the gentleman tSr Mort0D
TO he destroyed his Prsn'a JIee case . :, ,,,.
Mr.: MoRToN-o well; only wanted to show 1t was
MI CARPENTER-well, If you don't care anything
about it. why don't you let me inshf ,,
Mr. MORTON reiterated his argument as TO his reasons
for asking that the case OF Mr. Pnchback DO recon-
med being solely on account Of the personal conduct
Mr.. CARPENTER resumed and said the decision of
the Supreme Court OF That State could not bind the
Senate as Court had no jurisdiction to decide ques-
tons which Congress must decide. The canvass in
court which investigated 1t. by every man who ever
examined 1t, by the very men VINO made t tae can
faint demonstration OF applause in the gallery but
4 p;Smp checked re Sy ts' 20 'hs Rs S S
which lie would Introduce Tor a new election,
Mr. Carpenter said, he would endeayor to show that
tne State Offices were never elected and that the Legs-
lature sending PInchback here was never elected lie
M by the Commissioners OF Elechcp being genuine,
aud showed majority for MeEners; from, Indiana
OIr Mortonl states that those returns were orseres
Mr.. CARPESTER-Weli, that's one OF those state
nents vi tue senator from Indiana which NOBODY can
help. .. ,.,
Mr. CARPENTER. don't DENY anything the Senator
saws but 40 say heard Of them being false be-
fore.
Mr. MORTON-Tbe testimony shows II.
Mr.. CARPENTER thanding Mr.. Morton the Voumel-
There; hnd tor me within tho next half l0ur; .
Mr.. MORToN-oh, L don't want TO hhd II now
liaughtorl - A.. a., ,,...,.
was chat the polls were all III the same
handwriting. and the Committee came to the conclusion
that they fOrgeries. 49,
Mr. CARPEN TER said he had no recollection OF that
bnt might have been the case when he was absent
from the Committee.
Mr. MOltTON sIid that Mr. Carpenter had stated in
ms report that the control that Warmoth had over
the election worth $1,000 votes to his side.
Mr. CARPEN Err said he WAS not trying 10 make out
that BcEIcry was elected he did not believe he was
was worth 5000, as by the law Of Louisiana the Gov
ernor liked tue number aud situation or the voting
yeneut places in mOcratic districts. and few at out
oftheway places in Republican districts, so that people
n,Ony showed that in some counties people did
not know where the polls were located until
frauds wero committed By warmouths side. lie (Mr.
Carpenor donbt that. but for the interference
of tic General Government. the McEncry government
would have been IN existence to-day az result or the
Warmoh frauds, when just the reverse was the VIII OF
people. Duie 1rst smOthered II. Mr. Carpenter next
read telegram cent by Marshal Packard from Washing
ton to NewOrleans. dated Feb; 25, 1873.
Keep Wis his shirt on. Inc McEncry government
must DO broken upon as soon as Congress adjourns'
Congress adjourn the ith of March following ana
every one knew what followed He argued that the
Constitution vested the power in Congress to order
should have republican form oil government III inc
Powfr' OF men n0 whom the people never elected
such STATE had not a republican form Of gov
ernment Tho governing power r OF Log-ana today
mcu Of the STATE ON IT'S pack ana 1t was the duty OF
Congress to deal with the State the same az the whole
State had been overturned. The means OF
Congress consonaut with its duty The Constitu:
ton does not sas how repGOran form Of
stall be established and Congre IS may employ
any means to guarantee such repuGHIan
frudcd OF government from top to bottom aud now,
when Congress attempts to interfere the senator from
r Carpcnte) wanted TO yindicate tho rights OF the
state By .Le action ne PROPOSED: ,,n,o, A.. ,u,.
diction OF the Court in one case andadmits 1t in
another. The Senator tMr. Carpentep ss-
than there and asked that Congress set aside
the State Government In whose interest was this
Warmoth and his trusty heutenants who
here On the floor of the Senate to-day;
he who had caused bloodshed in New-oreans The
senator (Mr Carpener had picked little 9ut here and
toni did not mean to say that the gentleman did 30 in'
tentionally.
the President issued There blood in this move
with blood They are the old assassins OF 1885, 1863 aud
in l %.v T 1ss 81. R ss sS
captured tue State by $4,000 majority But the terror
wrought by the massacre the WORK done oy the M.
OF 1858 there now. and he had evidence 10
Is. McEuery was acting with the moo OF
March 49, 1873 where number OF men were killed and
the men in that mob were acting by authority
of the pretended Governor Ii proved before the
Commee that the from Grant Parish were for
sere. reve wed the various circumstances attend
Ing the riots, stating that in case colored men were
nt iu line aud shot like the Virgnius prisoners The
whole world shocked, short while ago, by the
murder of S. busters engaged IN an unlawful eIpedi.
fion They tried by courmartia and hurried out
OF the world but time was given them for ther confes
sions and to say their prayers but here In Louisiana
there were o hundred people murdered and nothing
said about It, Some Of the men composing this mob are
an the floor of the Senate to-day urging new election.
IL frisnd M Carpenterl found himself with that