Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-09-25

"election for State officers and membel I
of the Legislature. While thes
| Committees were in Session q messag
was sent TO Congress by Presiden
Grant, in which he stated that he ha
used the powers granted him by til
Enforcement act in sustaining the kel
logg government, but at the sam
tine he observed that "rccent investi
" cation into said election had &C
" velopcd SO many frauds and forge
- lies as to make il doubtful wi,a
candidates received q ms jority 0
tic v1t:s actually cast" The Pres
ident then urged Congress to deal will
the matter as well as it could. I'll,
majority of the Senate COMMITTED
made F'cb. 2G) an elaborate report
understood to have been written l,y
Senator Carpenter, III which the wii"!t
sui,i, ct was discussed, and sever.
hundred pages of evidence were g:Vr1..
The conclusion arrived at was that lie
were frauds on I;o:i. sides, and tiI::t
4 ncy: c!cction ought 10 be AelL. I'i.s
report contained this important AZ
mission:
Your Committee are. therefore, led
held i'll November, 1872, be not absO-
lutcly void for frauds committed
tilertin, McEnery and his associates
H., MI
fed as members of the Legislature by
the De Ferret Board ought to be re-
cognized as the legal government OF
the State. Considering all the facts
before your Committee.
there seems no escape from the alter
native that the McEncry Government
must be recognized by Congress or
Congress- must provide for re-elcc-
ton.
The bill for carrying ont the new
election recommended by the Com
nittco was discussed (Feb. % and
by vote of 90 against IS,
Sen1tors Conkling and Clayton voting
with the majority. 4 motion was
made (March y to reconsider this
vote, but it was negatived by 90 against
2S votes. This practically ended the
Louisiana case IN Congl ess. The
Democrats opposed the new election,
both for the reason that it would be
an unlawful interference with the
rights of q sovereign State, and be
cause the McEnery Government had
been fairly elected. The Republican
Senators were satisfied with Kellogg
in power, baaking in the favor of the
Administration. If We are to be sure
that we are right before going ahead,
those who clamor for force
Will explain Why the President ex-
paesscd doubts in his message OF the
elect on which has been kellogg's only
cxcuse for remaining III power. and
why a Senate Committee and is Sena-
tors, all bat one Republican, favored
Il new election.
We make the following extracts
from our Northern exchanges, mostly
Republican, i'll order that our people
may see what the feeling is in regard
to this matter:
From the New York Tribune
The President sat late at dinner on
Monday night, and the next day was
far advanced when "the situation Of
affairs in Louisiana was brought to
his attention." We are told that at
first he could hardly realize that the
news was true, and when lie did com
prehend what had taken place lie was
s'Dassioratcly aroused He said he
had done everything III his power to
assist the South, and especially Louis
iara," and this was the ungratcful re-
turn.
Gen. Grant has always resented a
remonstrance against his policy at the
South, and chosen to regard every
complaint against his Southern favor
ties as a scurrilous attack upon his own
character. When the taxpayers of
South Carolina asked leave, respect
fully, to lay their grievances before
him, lie turned the delegates out OF
his presence with every mark OF rude
ness and irritation. When the citizens
of Louisiana begged for hearing at
the outset of the Kellogg usurpation,
he sent word that they might spare
themselves the trouble of the journey,
for nothing they could say would move
him. He has no manner Cf donht t.'"'
he is the best possible judge OF what
is good for the South. To oppose his
Judgment is characterization to criti-
else it is ingratitude.
He has done "everything in his
power to assist the South" He has
given it Spencer, Moses, Brooks, Bax-
ter, Kellogg, Dureil, Casey, Patterson,
Packard, Pinchback, and Poker Jack.
He has filled it's Legislatures with
thieves, adventurous, BARRIERS, boot
blacks, bar-tenders and confidence
men. He has put up its Offices to the
highest bidder, confiscated it's lands,
impaired the value OF its real property
generally, ruined its credit, and
brought its business to such a pass
that in some of the richest regions OF
the South nothing can be bought and
sold except votes. The highways are
scouged by gangs of masked marau:
ders. The bush is filled with armed
negroes in ambush. South Caroline
and Louisiana are relapsing into bar.
barism, and nine years after the close
of the war the South is not yet al
peace.
''Everything in his power to assis
the South-especially in Louisiana.
Hehas taken away from Louisiana the
right of choosing its own officers, ant
sent his soldiers down there to pu
| into power the persons whom he deem
| most fit to rule. He has sustained
them while they have plundered th
State and overturned even the sem
blance of popular government, and 70
all the wrongs and sore distress whicl
have attracted for Louisiana the com
miseration of mankind, his only RENE
dy is ''more troops" And ungratefu
Louisiana, after all this kindness, vii
not be quiet. 'The attention, Sir,