, 1874-01-24
THE LOUISIANA OUTRAGE,

this city, or, indeed, in tho United States.
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THE LOUISIANA OUTRAGE,
There is frcsh trouble in tho party Ut wash
ington concerning affairs In Louisiana. In No.
vomber, 1872 tho election for President, Oon-
gross. and State ofncera took placo. Tlon fol-
lowed tllat ovontful history whorein Judge Duroll
| signed decree, directing tho United statns
Marshal to dispoascas ono Legislature and to
put another III powos. Then tho Duron Logs-
laturo depoaed the Governor, elected pinchback
Acting Governor; thon tho samo Legislature
elected rinohback Benatorof tho United states,-
the President and Attorney General, aud tho
Federal officers generally, giving thoir earnest
support to tito usurpation, Which could not
othorwlao have boon connummatol. III the witt
tor Of 1873, the job WIS Investigated BY COM
n,tttoo Of tho Benate, consisting OF Mosars. Car
pcnter, Anthony, Alcorn, Trunbull, Morton,
Iogau and 1ill,--all Ropnblicaus,- tho
| Committee unanimously declared Du-ella intor-
feronco to DO IN outrage without parallel in tho
history of the country. They all declared TINT
! tho pretended election Of Kollogg md tho other
stnse officers was without eointilla Of oyidoncc
| to support It, md that tho whole proceeding
| waB slsa,nolosH and fraudulent throughout. As
to tho proper remedy. there was difference Of
| opinion. Mr. Trumbull proposed tho setting
aside Of the Kellogg Government, and tho recog-
milton Of tho McEnory Government The mn-
jority Of the Committee proposed now cleo
ton. Alr. Morton alone favored tho retention
Of tho Kellogg Government. Congrcss ad-
journcd In March last without action, and tho
matter has rested evor since, Kellogg retaining
| possession of tho State Government. At tho
| opening OF this sesHson tho subject wnB again
| presented upon tho application Of pinchback to
| bo admitted to tho senato by virtuc Of his cleo
tion by the fraudulent and usurpng Legislature.
In tho meantime tho attention of tho country
had been drawn to tho case, aud there was not
q respectable Republican paper which had not
condemned the Kellogg usurpaton. The House
Of Representatives. bud taken action looking to
Durolls impeachment. Senator Morton, how
ever, bravcd all this, by moving to admit Pinch
back my way aud Bon Butler, with oqual bold
ness, had whipped a party minority in tho House
into admitting the membors who lad been
declared elected in the snnte fraudulent way.
A change seems to have como over tile apirit OF
their dreams. 1t is doubtful whethcr the Ropu1,-
lcan members Of the Senate will recognize
| an election which no loss than seven members
Of their body 30 roooutly branded as an infamous
fraud. It has boon discovered Tint tho moral
sense Of the country has royo1ted against gucll
rank dcapotism as that erected aud maintained
by the bayonot In Louisiana, and it is believed
that 1t would bo moro to the advantage Of the
purty to overthrow that despotism than to aus-
tain 1t longer. It is now given out that even
Morton and Butler lavo fallen in with the
idoa Of having tho election III Louisiana do
clared void, and now election hold under tic
aupervision Of competent judicial authority,
Tho usurpers In Louisiana Of course protea.
against this. OF Ill things, they dread an appeal
to Tho people. They rely upon tho "party' and
tho protection Of Federal troops, and care moth,
ing for the interests or wishos Of the people ot
Louisiana, and very litto for those Of tho people
Of the United States. It is also giyon ou!
that since the holidays hlr. Morton haE
boon put in possession Of new evidence concern.
ing the personal aud official character of Pinch.
back mr. Morton led tho movement to oxpo
Caldwell for bribery, and eventually forced tAat
individual to resign. Tie charges against
plnchback aud tho evidence to sustain then
arc said to be moro conclusive than In tho case
Of Caldwell. To admit pinclback under thest
sot
in Louisiana more conBpicuously Infamous, ant
place tho Republican party in position still
more odioua.
It Ia possible, therefore, TINT tho PreBidon
aud Senator Morton aud Ben But1or have COP
cludcd that it ia more to the advantage of til
party to wash its hands OF the Louisiana bust
ncas than to 20 Oh with it; TINT 1t is better t
lose Kellogg aud pinchbaok, and their corfur
and dishonest followers, than to further often
the moral sense of the entiro country. Will
is not lt1e to higher considerations thnn mot
;. party expedenoy, tho country will rejoice II th
. great wrong bo remedied, aud the shame oil
dieGraco Of the Louisiana outrage be atoned #
by giving tho people Of TINT State the opnort,
nifty Of choosing their own State Government.
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II THE DEMAND FOR MORE SHINPLA8TER
i There aro those WHO have the tlr1ncst filth
all inconvortiblo currency as a sovereign NJ
: nagcal cure for a1l tho OWLS aud wrongs th
), affliot society. They hold that il Goyernmo
:. would only print irrodeomablo paper enoug
: 10 that ovoty man could havo all tile monoy
wanted, labor1ng n,ou would no longer lack 81
~ ploYnont or suffer want, capital would aboun
oxorbitant rates Of interest, aud indeed all tnte
cat, would coase. aud q new aud golden e.a
!, universal wealth mud happiness would prova
- but these wild notions Of tho riches aud abu