The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-08-19

/ b As an instance OF the determination {
! these Radicals 10 regulate our Stat
affairs, i make one more quotation, tn
object of which is patent to all. On tn
25th of May last, Mr.. Stewart, Badi
cal Senator from Nevada, introduced tn
following amendment to the Constitution
Of the United States, TO be known as tn
Sixteenth Amendment:
Article XVI. "If any State shall fail
maintain a common-school system, unde
which all persons between the ages o
FIVE and eighteen years not incapacitatet
for the same shall receive, free of charge
such elementary education as Congress
may prescribe, the Congress shall hav
power to establish therein such system
and cause the same to be maintained a
the expense of such State.
This was read twice and referred to tn,
Judiciary Committee, where it now re
mains, awaiting the results of the cleo
tions this fall. ...
Let me turn your attention now for {
short time to ihe condition of some of oul
Southern States, under Radical rule. AnC
I'll first notice
LOUISIANA.
This State, with probably the excep
ton Of South Carolina, has suffered more
largely at the hands of the party in pow
er than any other. The condition of thi:
once proud and prosperous State, is I
disgrace to civilization, and a burning
shame to our country. ! will not have
time to mention all the abuses and cor,
ruption that have brought this state o.
thugs about, but must content myself by
giving you few instances only.
know you are all fully acquainted
with the newspaper accounts of the
infamies perpetrated in this State
under the administration of Durell
Casey, Packard, Kellogg and their like
so it will not be necessary for me to &c
into detailed account of the manner in
which they have obtained control and
are now controlling that State. Indeed
| could not trespaSS on your time to dc
so, so III give but brief resume oftheir
crimes. There was general election
held in this State in November, 1872
for Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
&c. This election was conducted with
out riot, disturbance or violence, and
the number of votes cast was unusually
large. The candidates for Governor
were VIM. Pitt Kellogg and John
McEnery. On the counting of the votes
bv the proper election officers it was
found that the Greeley electoral ticket
had carried the State, and that the fusion
ticket, headed by McEnery for Cover
nor and majority of the fusion candi-
dates forthe Legislature had also been du-
" elected This did not suit the carpet
baggers and cOrmorants who had fasten-
cd on that poor State. like so many
lccchcs. 4 little life blood vet remain
ed in the almost prostated Common
wealth. and they determined to extract
it all. Their motto was not ''ruIc or ruin
but "rule and ruin, or "bettrr Tcig,
in hell, than sclTs in Heaven But
the majority of votes was against them,
Now the question arose, what is to be
done about it? 1t did not take those
unprincipled men long to find way
The election laws of Louisiana were
framed by carpet baggers, solely to pro,
mote and cover up election frauds
Until the point of asCertaining and
declaring the final result is reached, tho
Governor for the time being, exercise,
almost arbitrary powers. But Gov
Warmoth was about to give certificate.
to the parties regularly elected, and
it wouldn't do to trust his Board. 50
they organized bogus Board, with
one John Lynch at the head Of it,
known as the "Lynch Board and
through their fundamentally, doctored
the election returns and, assisted by
thousands of false affidavits, furnished
by Sypher Bovce, and Others. set aside
the will and vote of the people, declared
Kellogg elected Governor, and gave the
electoral vote of the State to Gen. Grant
Although the returns showed that
McEnery was elected by some 5000
votes, yet this Lynch Board returned
the majority of Kellogg at $4,000. But
this wa not all. The McEncry govern,
ment. a. it was called, having been L.
gullv elected, and being about to take
control of the State, they found ii
necessary to countcract this move in
some way. So they found willing
tool in Judge Durell, of the Federal
Court. in New Orleans. This judge
without shadow Of jurisdiction, at q
late hour ut night out Of court, at his
private residence, issued an order and
stopped the McEnery Legislature from
convcnin@ and organizing, and organ
lied the Kellogg Legislature by Il
n,0adamvs and injunction. And he
did this by the aid of federal bayoncts;
and that kellogg government is to-day
supported and keptin power by United
States troops. TIL" Kellogg govern
ment rests to-day, not upon the ascertain
ed result of the election. but upon
a canvass confessed to be fraudulent
and void, aud the support given to ii
by the Federal government.
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