New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-15
The Fusion Memorial.

we haye'already mentioned the disposl
lion made in the Senate, on the ninth
instant, of the telegraphic dispatch fnlmi-
mated by Booth ct ais at the heads OF the
Senators and Representatives in Washing
ION. From the Congressional Record We
COPY the official proceedings of the Senate
ON the reading of the dispatch. embodyine
the vote by yeas and nays on the motion 10
law ON the table. The most remarkable
feature of the document is the term applied
TO themselves by eundry of the petitioners,
who claim TO be of the blouse OF Com
mons-'' This is doubtless one OF the ear
marks of the "Blarsted Britisher.' OF
whose handwork is the document Itself.
and indicates his ignorance OF the lorna IN
use in our republican government:
AFFAIRS IN LOUISIANA.
.rbe President pro tenpore presented a
petition of T. ii. MARI and other citizens OF
Louisiana, praying for the application ana
enforcement, in that State, of the guarantee
contained IN section four of article four OF
the constitution of the United States.
which was referred to the Committee on
Privileges and Elections.
The President pro tempore-lhe Nhair
has received q telegram, addressed TO Inc
present occupant of the chair, and TO the
Sneaker of the House OF Represe natives,
which the secretary will report to this Sen.
ate, and then the Senate will be called
sIpon to dispose OF It,.
The chief clerk read as follows:
New ORLEANS, January >, 1874.
20 Hon N. H. CARPENTER President nf the Senate.
and Hon. James g. Blaine. Speaker OF the House
of Representatives,:
The legal Legislature of this State ASSEM-
6led to-day in obedience to our organic law.
We beg Of you To lay before your respective
bodies the circumstances under whlch we
meet. The orders of the General command
ing this department, his statement OF which
we transmit herewith, who is acting under
instructions from the federal executive,
are of such character as to prevent large
portion of our body taking part IN this AS
sembly. Were these orders withdrawn,
and our people assured that no interference
would be made, We would be at once placed
in a condition to discharge the duties r. 81
ing upon us. We earnestly beg that Con
gress, in the exercise of its constitutional
powers, will afford us such relief as the
nature of the case may require
We are the victims of dreadful oppres-
sion. The powers of government have been
taken from the representatives elected BY
the people and given to body OF men who
can not even pFeIeuu W nave pcVh oiSSeou'
We make this appeal not only in the inter
est of our own people, but in the interest of
the people of all the States-in the interest
Of public liberty. Our liberties have been
DESTROYED by the action of federal court,
supported by the army of the United States.
Viii not the guarantee article in the constl-
tuition enable you to protect US Judge
Story has predicted that the erection of q
despotism in one of the States will bring on
the destruction of the whole republic.
On behalf
Mr.. Morton-I should like to inquire by
whom that paper is signed.
The President pro tempore-lt is signed
ut the end, and the Clerk is almost at the
end of the paper.
The Chief Clerk continued reading, as
follows:
On behalf of forty-four Representatives
and twenty Senators of the Louisiana Gen.
eral Assembly. -
EDWARD BOOTH,
ROBERT WORRALL,
OF the Senate.
JAMES l.. LOBDELL,