Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-02-04


else may be said of the rascals there. they
do not forget their friends. He character
lied the actions of Judge Durell as the
most extraordinary ever known in this
country or i'm England. The order of Du-
rell which led to the seizure of the state
house, and the subsequent organizing of
the Legislature that elected Pinchback and
Raw was a proceeding unparalleled in Asia
or Turkey Mr. Carpenter sent TO the
clerks desk. and had read the orders of
Judge Durell. and said he wished it was
in his power to have them read in the hear
inc of every citizen of the United States,
House Mr.. Maynard introduced a free
banking bill. The army appropriation
bill was further discussed. Mr. Nesmith
of Oregon made furious speech against
reducing the army, which plan he de
nounced as got up in accordance with the
views of humbug commissioners, whose
idea of managing Indians was by preach
inc to them Christ and him crucified. If
one preaching him had gone preaching the
gospel in that wilderness, he would not
have kept the hair on his head "a hours.
He defended the frontiersmen against the
aspertions usually made against them, and
declared that the first effective missionary
the Indians ever had was Miles Standish,-
and his missionary work had been contin-
ued by jackson, Sheridan and others
Congress might save few millions by =
reduction of the army, but every dollar
saved would be responded to by the blood
of frontiersmen and by the wall of their
widows and orphans.
In the evening there were Il members
present working on the bill revising the
statutes.
FRIDAY. Senate. memorial from
Gov. Shepherd was read in which tie
Governor suggests that the District of Col
ombia affairs have been investigated
enough. Mr.. Carpenter resumed his
speech and said he did not condemn
President Grants course, as he merely
carried out the orders of the courts. The
responsibility rested with Durell. He read
different dispatches to United States offic-
ials. and from the state officials of Louisi-
and to officials in Washington. He quoted
/ from the constitution to show that the
/ president could interfere in the affairs of a
state only in case of instruction. He de-
MED that the attorney generals telegram
was recognition of Pinchback's election,
and said the time had not vet come for the
president TO sit in his cushioned chair and
! telegraph all over the country: - recog-
nize YOU as governor; l recognize such a
legislature" The bogus government of
Louisiana. now standing year, with riots
and disturbances, was all the result of the
non-action of Congress. A new election
should have been ordered, during the last
session.
! The canvass in Louisiana was false, and
| it had been proven so in every court by the
very men who made it. The whole thing
was fraud. applause in the galleries.
In his bill ordering a new election, he said
he would show that Kellogg was not le-
gally elected, that his state officers We're
never elected and that the Legislature
which sent Pinchback here never was
elected. He detailed the action of Packard
and others, and said the government of
/ Louisiana was not in the hands of the men
elected by the people. and consequently
was not under a republican form of gov
ernment. The state had been absolutely
defrauded Of its government from the top
to the bottom. and when Congress attempts
to interfere Mr.. Morton SAYS it viii be in
violation of state rights. He proposed 10
vndicate the rights of the state by his
bill. He closed by stating that the Kellogg
government WAS illegally set up by Durel,
and no government could be more despotic
than the one set up. in this matter He
was now done with Pinchback and the
Louisiana case. and would bring in a bill
for Il new election on Monday.
Mr.. Morton replied to Mr. Carpenter
and said that the republicans in Louisiana
regarded the demand for new election as
amovement of its enemies There Is blood
in this movement. The men moving in it
are covered all over with blood. They
are the old aSsassinS of 1866 and 1868 and
1S73.-the murderers who killed more
: than 20O0 colored men in 1868 and he had
evidence showing that John B. McEnery
acted with the mob of March IS. last year
He said in reference TO the riots. that there
We're men now on the floor of the Senate
: who participated in the numbering of a
hundred cOlored mon. who were placed in
line. and not. like the Nirginius victims.
given time to say their prayers. Such
was the bloody account and his friend
(Carpenter) now found himself with that
crowd. He said Kellogg represented the
majority of the people of Louisiana. This
question involves a great constitutional
principle. for if Congress can interfere in
: one state government while at peace. then
every state would be at the mercy of the
federal government. Congress must rec
Ognizc the fact that state governments
: have rights.
House. After long discussion the res
Olution for a court of inquiry on the action
of Gen. Q. Q. Howard while president of,
the Freedmen's Bureau was passed. Two
/ iipulH NCiS l'IiIA III GYM NtH- l1ONstIu
the right of challenge. When this was
done it was found that he had the right
anyway but no one on the floor knew it,
SATUDAY. House. There was the usual
meeting for general debate
D MONDAY. Senate. A memorial against
i poor gas inWaShington was presented. 80
= other places are afflicted. Mr. Morton
:; finished his speech on Louisiana. He
u said the Kellogg government was the best
/ there since the war. and that its overthrow
: would bring other scenes like the ColfaN
Il massacre His argument maintained that
: election frauds were all that could possibly
be laid to the kellogg party while murder
characterized their opponents Mr.. Conk-
: ling took ground against Mr.. Carpenter.
e Mr.. Frelinghuysen thought the PRESIDENT
e course had saved life Mr.. Stewart thought
e McEnery was elected, but that Kellogg
e would have been elected had the election
n been without intimidation. The Bankrupt
bill was taken up as was also Gen How
e ards case.
y House. A bill amendatory of the postal
5 laws was reported, 1t restores free deliv-
Il cry in the county of publication: and puts
a the rate per quarter on weeklies at cts
. and the ordinary daily at IS cts A COM
S mlttee was appointed to investigate the
i affairs of the District of Columbia.
The women elected to the Boston schoo
u committee have been by that body refused
y admltttnce, and their seats declared vacant
S by vote of 46 to 80 Their right will
e be tested in the Supreme Court Mean
time very likely the wards that elected
l. them will keep returning them until they
n take their places in the committee. MANY
S of those who voted against their admis-
y sion did SO for the purpose of having their
q right definitely settled by the Supreme
/ Court and not from any objection to their