Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-31

dent was but a mere agent Of Congress.
The President is to restore order. Ii aoes
not matter much whether he sets up a riSne.
or wrong party. Congress will determine,
but the President must put things in sucn
condition that peace shall reign. Ooh-
gress says to the President, you go there
and quiet things, and then we will inquire
into the proceedings. He SAID Ihat
tomorrow he would introduce
bill providing for a new election IN
that State, and would explain his reasons
Before concluding his argument, he refer
red to the law governing admission OF mem,
bers to the two houses of Congress, ana
said Senator being elected by the law,
making power of State the Senate must
inquire as to the legality of that power.
On the other hand, the House had no an-
thority to inquire as to the Legislature.
The Senator from Indiana had claimed that
out of respect to the Senate he was con-
strained to send Pinchback back to the
committee. By that argument the Senator
himself had even turned his own prima
facie case.
Mr.. Morton said that it was not fair or
legitimate argument to make that state
ment.
Mr. Carpenter said, some two years ago,
when he had occasion to read Senator
down, Mr.. Trnmbull came to him afterwards
and said, "YOu are a young Senator, ana
there are some things you may not Know
One is that it is an established rule IN THIS
body that YOU must not refer to mans
language in the Globe for more than two
years back" [Laughter.] BE supposed
he could refer to the Congressional Gto3e
for one month back, as to language OF the
gentleman, (Morton) to show that he had
lost his prima facie case. The decision of
the Supreme Court of that State could not
bind the Senate, as that Court had no right
to decide questions which Congress must
decide, The canvass in Louisiana was
false, had been proved false in every court
| which investigated it, by every man who
ever examined it, and by the very men who
| made the canvass. The whole thing was a
| fraud. Here there was faint demonstra-
tion of applause in the gallery, but it was
promptly checked by the Chair.
In reference to the bill which he would
| introduce for new election, Mr.. Carpen-
ter said he would endeavor to show that
kellogg was not legally elected, that his
associates in State offices were never elect
| ed, and that the Legislature sending Pinch
back here was never elected. lie referred
to the returns from the polls, signed and
! sent us by the Commissioners OF Election,
as being genuine, and showed 4 majority
| for McEnnery. He (Carpenter) had no
| doubt that, but for the interference of the
| General Government, the McEnnery Gov
| ernment would have been in existence to-
| day. He argued that the Constitution
vested power in Congress to order a new
election, that instrument declaring that
every State should have republican form
of government. The State of Louisiana
had been defrauded of its government from
top to bottom, and now, when Congress at
| tempts to interfere, the Senator from lndi-
ana says it will be violation of State
rights. He (Carpenter) proposes to vindicate
rights of the State by the action he pro
posed. lie was sorry that the State gov
ernment had been stricken by Federal
usuTpatiOn. Was there a lawyer who did
not know that DurellS order was void and
set up the kellogg government? To redress
that act was friendly and no unfriendly
act to the State. He read from notes of
Judge CoOlie, of Michigan, in regard to the
action of Durell, and argued that no gov
ernment could be more deSpOtic than one
set up in this way. He was now done with
Pinchbsck and the Louisiana case, and
would introduce his bill on Monday in ac-
cordance with notice given.
Mr.. Morton said he would in
quire who it was demanding a
a new election; but first he would tell the
Senate who did not demand it. The Re-
publican party of Louisiana did not demand
it. 1t regarded il as movement in favor
of its enemies, a movement to put power in
the hands of its enemies. The business
/ lsa info 1aH Al nd
believed, opposed it. Men who were inter-
ested in the preservation and protection OF
honest labor opposed it, for the reason that
they were opposed to anarchy. The over
turning of this state government would be
the signal for disorder and shedding o.
blood. There was blood in this work, and all
of this argument of the gentleman (Carpen-
teri was in direct condemnation of the ad-
miniStration. Yet in the same breath the
gentleman said that large majority Of the
people of Louisiana are Republicans.
He (MOrton) argued that kellogg was in
sympathy with and sustained by a large
majority Of the people of Louisiana. The
argument of the gentleman (CaTpenter)
was tissue of contradictions from the be-
gir2ing to the end. He denies the iuris-
dictiOn of the counsel in one case, and ad-
mits in another that the Chief Justice of
that court was a man whose legal ability
was OF a high order, end Of which the Sena-
tor from Wisconsin need not be ashamed.
Senator Carpenter assumed that he knew
more about the Louisiana case than the
court there, and asked that Congress set
aside the State government. In whose in
te-est was this? He would tell the Senate
in the first place, that of Gov. Warmoth
and his trusty iieutenanLs, VINO were here
on the floor of the Senate to-day, and John
b. McEnery, who was also on the floor OF
the Senate-he who cOunseled blOOdshed
in New Orleans. The Senator Gar
penter) had picked a little out here
and there, but had stated nothing correctly;
! he (MOrtOn} did nut mean To sag that the
/ gentleman did so Intentionally. The Sena-
tor had said the Presidents proclamation
was without authority, and yet said he was
clad the President had issued it. There
(; was blood in this movement. The men
moving il were covered all over with blood.
. dihey are the old assassins OF '66, '6S and
= 'T3, the murderers who killed more than
2,0O0 men in '6S, most OF them cOlOred
people. In May, 1868, the Republicans car
ried the State by 26,OOO majority, but ter
ror brought by the massacre, the work done
hy Ru-klqz, gave the State to Seymour by
i0,000 majority, Ille aSsasSlila OF 'Os are
, there now, and he had evidence to show
, that Jno. b. McEnnery was acting with the
= mObs of 18th March, 1873, where number
of men were killed, and the men in that
mob were acting by authority Of the in
; dependent government. 1t was proved
that tine returns Iron GranG parish were
forgeries. He reviewed various circum-
: stances attending the riots, stating that in
one case cOlored men were put in line and
shot like the Virginius prisoners. The
) whole world Was shocked short time ago
by the murder of fifty three fillibusteTs en-
1 gagged in an unlawful expedition. They
2 were tried by court martial and hurried
out of the world; but time was given them
/ for their confession ana 10 say their
prayers. But here in Louisiana were a
{ hundred people murdered and nothing
said about it. Some of the men composing
= this mob are OH the floor OF the Senate to-
day, urging new election. The life Of
colOred men in Louisiana was of no ac-
count, and of all murderers not one had
been brought to public punishment. His
friead {CarpentEr} fpund 'himseif with thai
crowd. He knew, his friend did not intend tC
do anything wrong but he would tell him
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