The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-04-22

4
ton Of the morning hour.
Mr.. Sherman said he was opposed
to taking up the bill, and hoped the
sense of the Senate would be taken rs
to whether it should be considered or
not. He thought the Senate should
devote its lime 10 other matters of
more Importance.
Mr.. Carpenter said the Senator from
New Jersey (Frelinghuysen) was pre-
pared TO speak on the bill. and ii
should be taken up. However, if a
majority of the Senate determined to
stand by the kellogg government,
right or wrong, he admitted that it
would be bad policy to have any de-
bate on the subject. The Senator
from Ohio (Sherman) had come here
with several financial eonundrums
which had occupied the 81 nate four
months. The Senate would have been
astonished If some Senator had ex-
pressed a desire to dispose of the
measures without debate.
Mr.. Sherman said there We're many
bills on the calendar, and he was OPP
posed to laying aside practical legisla-
tion to take up this bill. 1t would do
the people of Louisiana no good, and
he would, therefore, insist upon con
sideration of matters of more import
ance.
Mr.. Carpenter said it was a matter
of importance when a State had been
usurped and its government held by
usurpers under decree of Federal
court. He was astonished at the in
difference manifested by the Senators
on this subject. If the Republican
party to-day refuses to interfere when
its usurpers hold State by the throat,
it could not interfere in any similar
case when the usurpers might be
Democrats. He was in New Orleans
last May, when there was great eN-
citement there, and in public speech
he pledged himself to the people that
if they would stop violence and sub
nit to the Kellogg government, he
would do what he could to present
their case to Congress. They had
kept their part of the contract, and he
proposed to keep his,
Mr.. Sherman said no one would de-
nv that the Senator (Carpenter) had
kept his pledge already. He (Sher-
mani believed that large majority of
the people of Louisiana had acquiesced
In the con lition of affairs in that State,
and it was wise in them to do so.
They would have au opportunity next
fall to redeem their government, and
Congress had better attend to its le-
gitimate business, leaving Louisiana
matters to right themselves. Any ac-
tion by Congress would only aerange
matters and make them worse.
Mr.. Carpenter said the acquiescence
of the people was their submission to
the authorities of the United States.
Troops were now there, and in case of
an attempt by the people to overthrow
the kellogg government those troops
would be put into action. Under the
act of the kellogg Legislature, in re-
gard to holding elections, he (kellogg)
would carry the State tomorrow by
10000 or 30, ,0G0 majority.
MIR. Morton said that act had been
repealed.
Mr.. Carpenter said he was not aware
of that fact
Mr.. West-Well, the gentleman is
not aware of what is going on.
Mr.. Morton said he had dispatch
from Governor kellogg announcing
the repeal of the act.
Mr.. Carpenter replied that he was
glad to hear it. Is was one step to-
ward decency-
Mr.. Morton said one Of the chief
disturbing elements In Louisiana at
present was the fact that this bill of
Mr.. Carpenters was pending in the
Senate. He believed that a great ma
jority of the people OF Louisiana ac-
quieseed in the Kellogg government.
Not only Republicans but the best
part OF the Democratic party were
opposed to any action by Congress to
set that government aside. Should
the bill be taken up, he would avail
himself Of the opportunity to show
that what had been done by the kel-
loeg Legislature had been to the ben
eft of the State 1t was bene6cent
Legislature, and Louisiana now, in all
her industries and enterprises, was
rapidly reyiying. No greater disaster
could happen to the State than for
Congress TO interfere and upset the
whole State government.
Mr.. Salisbury said he was Surprised
at the statements made upon this
floor about the acguiescence of the
people of Louisiana IN the kellogg
government. 1t was known to every
Senator here, that If the Federal
troops be withdrawn the kellogg gov
ernment would he banished out of ex
istence in less than a month. The
people Of that State had appealed TO
the President of the United States
and had been turned away Were
they now to be turned away FROM he
halls of Congress ? There were Sena-
tors upon this floor who were not dis
posed to let this matter sleep, but
have this iniquity exposed. The in
iauity in this Louisiana affair was so
great that if they should keep silent,
the very stones would cry out.
Mr.. Carpenter said he did not think
the reputation Of debt by the Kel-
logg Legislature was beneficent
measure.
Mr.. West said he had no desire at
the present time to intrude debate on
the Louisiana question upon the Sen
ate. but some remarks made required
refutation from him. The Senator
from Wisconsin lad said the repudia-
ton of debt was not benihcent legisla-
ton. He (West} desired to say that
that legislation vas Hade at the sug-
gestion of the Democratic party of the
State. When the State should be
committed to the Democratic party,
bonds might as we'll be put IN the
waste basket. The people nov be-
seeching Congress for new election
in Louisiana are disappointed ofhce-
seekers and men who have cognte-
nanced murder and assassination. He
would not attempt to put the bill on
the table now, but would show when
the time came that the Kellogg gov
ernment was the legal government Of
the State. and that the people there
were quietly pursuing their vocations.