The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-10-29

gress had not only passed bill lncreas-
irg their own salaries but had provided
for their taking back pay. Mr.. Carpen.
ter said that when the bill was passed he
never thought but that il was right to
take back pay The salaries of members
of Congress had been several times In
creased and diminished and every time
the law had applied to the Congress
passing the bill, and every time it had
applied to the back pay. And every
member every time haG taken the back
pay when diminished as we'll as when
increased, except one, and never before
had there been any complaint about the
back pay. Once there was one member
refused to take his increased back pay,
hoping thereby to secure his reelection,
but failed, and was never again returned
to Congress.
Senator Carpenter then spoke of the
Republican party and what it had ac-
complished. 1t came into power in 1850
with the war of the rebellion on hand.
1t had put down the rebellion. Tt had
emanclpated the slaves. Il had recon
structed the rebellious states. And it
had secured freedom and political rights
for colored men. After the war the old
slave states commenced passing laws to
reduce the negro to worse bondage than
slavery. If a negro was found out after
o'clock at light he could be fined and if 1t
was not paid sold into slavery. THIS the
Republican party prohibited by amend
ments to the constitution securing to the
colored man the right to vote, Since
that white mans party controlled by
the Dem ocratlc party had been organized
to deprive the colored race of their rights.
The condition OF things in Louisiana was
referred to. As near as the Senator
could ascertain as one of the committe
on the disputed election between Nc
Emery and Kellogg there was fraud in
the election and neither was properly
elected. In counties where the Demo-
Gratis had majority the places of voting
would be close together, and in counties
where the Republicans had majority
they would be twenty-five miles apart
and then colored man was in danger in
going to vote. He thought McEnery
had majority of the votes cast and that
there was a majority of Republican voters
but not having voted there was not a
majority of votes for Kellogg. He
thought Kellogg was not elected and
that McEnery got majority through
fraud and that neither was entitled
to the office. But the Courts in Louis
ana having put Kellogg in office he was
the Governor in fact, as Barstow was
ouce IN this state when the state canvass
ers gave him the certificate of election
when Bashford was elected. Barstow
became the Governor in fact, and all his
official acts were legal, till he was oustod
by the Supreme Court and the Office
given to Bashford. So in the case of
Kellogg: He is the Governor in fact
whether elected or not So in the recent
rebellion in Louisiana ; Kellogg being
Governor in fact, and having called on
the President when the Legislature was
not in session, for assistance to subdue
instruction, the President was under
obligation to furnish assistance. And
when General Emory, after being ordered
TO furnish Kellogg assistance, telegraphed
to the President saying he had but 600
men ana there were 5000 men in arms
against him, land asked what he should do
and the President telegraphed to Emory
to put down the rebellion, and report
afterwards, General Emory and those
in arms against him knew what it meant.
The 5000 IN arms surrendered without
the firing of gun, Kellogg was restored
to Office, and the rebellion was at an end.
With temporising policy the rebellion
IN Louisiana would have been successful.
and would have extended to other rebel
l:ous states. Such being the condition
of things was it best to let the Govern
ment pass from the Republican into
Democratic hands? There were now
the Republican party and one other party,
and whether known as the Democratic
or Reform party it was the same old
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