The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-03-12
Senator Carpenter on the Louisiana
Question.

The Washington correspondent of the New
York Herald thus describes the great speech
of Senator Carpenter, of Wisconsin, on the
Louisiana troubles:
WASHINGTON, March 4, 1874.
In the Senate the long-deferred and long
looked for speech Of Senator Carpenter in ad-
vocacy of the bill which he has offered for
new election in Louisiana was delivered quite
unexpectedly to-day. For three hours, through
one of the best legal arguments heard in the
Senate for long time past, the crowded gal
leries listened to him eagerly, and leaned for.
ward with deep interest to catch every word
that he uttered. He was the centre of attrac-
ton and all eyes were steadily turned upon
him. Most of the Senators were in their seats,
and the custom of reading newspapers was dis
pensed with, while they were intently absorbed
in the we'll arranged points and effective treat
ment of them which characterized Senator
Carpenters forensic effort throughout. At
times when he INDUCED in some highly i'm
passioned bursts of oratory delivered i'm
promptu beyond the outline of his notes, he
presented in his naturally graceful manner a
fine embodiment of the bold and fearless Amer
ican lawyer. Then, again, there were moments
when the silence, inspired by greediness to
catch his every word, was painfully impressive
and the insinuating electricity of his voice,
were almost oppressive.
One of the best lawyers and finest minds in
the Senate said that Senator Carpenters argu-
ment vas unanswerable. The awe inspired by
his final appeal for action and his portrayal of
what might occur in the future if Congress did
not interfere gave to his peroration the master
touches of art which invisibly peryade the
higher productions of the limner's skill. The
ell &c fbaG fol ruh
near his close, with ominous significance, he
asked bursting into terrible earnestness, us it
wisdom to adjourn this question into the Pres
idential campaign of 1857" adding his hope
that the government would stand up and do its
full duty. The full measure of the situation
was then reached, and Senator Carpenters
effort was crowned with the twofold bays of a
statesman and lawyer.
The Republican party does not want, II 1t
can help, to touch this matter, and, like the
finance question, it has been foot.b balled for a
year, and nothing has been DONE More than
this, there is an implied understanding not to
do anything with it, as the whole subject is re,
garded as one of great delicacy and fraught
with probable dangers which may entail coll
sequences of even greater magnitude than rep
resented by Senator Carpenter, and result, as il
is feared, in the disintegration of the Republi.
can party. In the event of this bill of Sena
tor Carpenters not passing the only relief viii
be, it is contended in the bill providing for the
taking of the vote for President and Vice Pres
ident in Congressional Districts.
Senator Carpenter passed the best part ol
last evening with President Grant. 1t is un
derstood that the part of the Senator's speech
urging new election and the correction of ex
listing evils is in consonance with the Presi
dents views and the foresight through which
he sees that new difficulties are in the way un
less something is now done towards peaceablt
solution, and that otherwise the only recourse
will be the direct vote, which will deprive
Louisiana, under her present government o
usurpation and fraud, from playing, perhaps
a dangerous part in the next Presidential cleo
tion.
1t was remarked that Senator Carpenter ha
commended himself to the gratitude of tn
whole country in his argument and appeal O
to-day in behalf of the preservation of a re
publican form of institutions and the correc
ton of any violation of the same. Senate
West, of Louisiana, who does not want nev
election, seemed uneasy, and WINGED at times
rs Senator Carpenter applied the knife, and b.
fell back on Senator Frelinghuysen for conso
lation, which he sought in frequent earnes
consultation. Several of the Democratic ant
Republican lawyers of the other House wer
present, prominent among whom were Board
man Smith, chairman of the House Committe
on Privileges and Elections; Mr.. Kellogg, o
the Civil Service, and Mr.. Lawrence, of tn
War Claims Committee. The chairman of tn
Judiciary Committee, Senator Morton, was no
in his seat