, 1874-02-04
sENAToR MoRToNs Lou1B1ANA SPEECH.

htCIG Will tElG CEI6NIG 0fluF
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BENATOR M0RT0NB L0UlBIA11A SPEECH.
l,ocognzing Honators Morton III n tnat Of
ability aud one capable Of in,prcssng his viows
| upon Tho pulley Of tho Government, IT is dis
| hcartonng to find tint IN hia discussion of lilo
Louisiana caae ho puts tho supposed intoresta
| OF tho Republican purity abovo ovory other coll
| sidoration. Truth, Right, Justice, Honesty, arc
all treated nj subordinate, 1t not importinent,
| iuBues, compared with the necessity OF main-
tanning the supremacy Of the party In Louisiana.
1t ia lam ontablo TINT n1r. Morton should treat
| such q question from tic standpoint Of party
politics ut all. Tho State Of Louisiana haa beon
recognized as reconstructed, aud Inns beon repro
sontod sevcral ycara in both 1Iousos Of Congress.
| She has Ill many righta aH any other Statc, and
no rulo should 10 applied to hcr Which would
not be applied to Indiana or Illinois. II our
| form Of Government has como to a breakdown,
| 1t would bo fur buttur to acknowledge tho fact,
/ mud try aomctl,ing olso.-Cmsarism, for in
stance,--tbnn to break 1t down a,ld still pretend
that 1t is tho same thing it always was.
Tho Kollosg-Durol usurpatiou las boon iii OK
Htonce over year, to tho disgrace Of tho
country, and in violation OF overy principle OF
sclf-govornmont and honest and fair election.
These scoundrels haTo set up claim to DO tho
Republican party Of Louisiana. Being beaten ut
the election, they considered tint it WAS tho duty
of tho Republican party to keep them IN
power. Through tho agency of the Federal
officers, Federal Jutlget and tho military, they
lave successfully usurpod tho Government of
tho State, and still hold it. When 1t is proposed
| to undo what llua boon done by tic Federal all-
| thoritioB, aud order new election i'll Louisiana
Alr. Morton opposes 1t because it will unsoat q
| gang of mon who call themselves Republicans,
| aud may possibly elect I. State Government COM
posed Of men who aro not members Of TINT
| party. Mr.. Carpenter, on tho other haul, thinks
that the Republican party would DO greatly
strengthened by Riding itsolf Of responsibility
| for tAo Louisiana uRu,pation, aud most mon will
nEreo with him tint no political party Gun
strengthen itself by making fraud. and perjury.
aud judicial uBurpation part Of it's policy.
Nr. Morton seems to be haunted by the rpec-
tro Of Wholesale slaughter of tho b1aclH ii tho
Republican party should lose it's control in Louis
III Georgia. in Texas, aud TonneHsee, and there
arc no outragos murders Of negroes III those
States. It IL significant circumstance that Ku-
Kluzism prevails nowhere except under Ropub]i-
can rulc. Tho massacre at Colfax last spring
was u result of tho Kellogg uaurpation but tho
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surrecsion in tho State to overthrow u Govern
mcnt forced upon tlou by an unofficial net Of
drunken mud Irresponsible Judge. Docs Mr.
Morton suppose that the poop1o Of Indiana or OF
Illinois would have permitted State
Government not Of their own choosing
to bo forced upon thom aud kept in Office by
military powor? Docs fo think the Republican
party could afford to maintain such uHurpation
in either Of thoao States without exciting tho
burning Indignation OF tho Whole American peo-
plo? Mr. Morton and AIr. Conlding seem to
think that, whilo CongroRs has no power to in
terycne III such case, tho President has abso-
Lutte and ii1lal power to decide who Ia Governor
aud which tho lawful Legislature Of my
| State, aud TINT his decision il concl,t-
! Biyc. Thoy also insist that ho has the
power to invade any State upon tho request of
| any person calling himself Governor, or Acting
Governor, aud by force of arms install any per-
son he may select in Office. mud exclude all
othors Suppose Mr.. Morton were to tell the
people Of Indiana that tho President could do 80
in that State; or tho people Of Illinois that tho
prenident may at any moment sond Ills troops to
sprinstlold disporse the Legislature, and mako
tho Postmaster of that city Governor. II that is
to bo tho doctrine Of tho Republican purity, how
long tloos ho expect the party to last +?
Would It tond to atrougtlon tho party to uphold
such usurpatiou i'll Illinois? II not, why does it
| strengthen the party to uphold IN equally in
famouB uBurpation In Louisiana?
THE COST OF FsTREET.pAVEMENT8.
Tho aubject of strcet-payemout, always one of