The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-09-30

we gap MT aPpreSe 81 sasa canvass as thas
acted upon the princapie of fighting the devn
sy Ere ana ,ss ks1 sSa s a.
elected. nevertheless we believe that kellogg .
government was defeated and the popular voice
reversed BY the fraudulent manipulation.
IF the senate should De inclined not to go be-
bind the official returns Of the election. then tie
MeEncry government and Lesisiature must be
ree9sns.sd as the lawful sovernment Of the state.
aud NeNiiie9, q regularly eisetet by tina, Lesis-
lat9Ea should De seated IN the Senate IN Place
Of KELLOGG. But your committee believes that
this wound he recognizlng gevernment based
t'on Of tae yyeters OF that STATE.
here TO all Who insist the election Of MeEnery.
ths in doing 50 they insist upon the triumph
was most moastrous; Il was wonderful in It's de-
iatis aud its eXeSnt.en as shown ay tbs svlasacs-
ordinary conclusion that nobody was elected and
that TIE slest on was .ea | ieesed At i9s ss,-
losg had major ty ot the votes cast, snd that he
certainty was cheated GU. of twelve or fifteen
nder the laws of Louisiana the Returning
deeea he aS I
mem ers Of the Legislature and Parish officers.
This bGa5d consisted e. o, ss s~o Tsa IN ii.
and Secretary acs Of Ta ss .s
v Thin The Board the members shall fiI It.
by Ss 'T tn sH then a' Wouia bsooms sWarmatS
boar IN sould count the frauiniepty elected
e T a ii would e called Repa5lesn Board
Zach party trsd to fill it. The Supreme Court
Moth Gosrd. n was the lawful b9ssrd They
deeaed that IN several ssses, That s o9sra
publican candidates elected. After this
board had been elected they called upon
been sent him after the election. They made
two demands, but he refused to give them up. Tbs
and could not be found; then after waiting for
them. and not being able 10 get them. they went
where the iile5aity occurred It IS certain that
they had not before them the evidence upon which
justified their action in that case, and never justi
fed judge pursIis acton, l said ia n
lspo the STATE in regard to which was the
law lal board. The State Court ecidcd that the
fntfing % Who was elected was conclusive.
:, New one w9Tt IN regard to my own acton u
| opposed it upon the ground that the returning
elected. hsd made their DECISION and il wa. not
com petent for ConsTess to so behind IT. That
evidences or upon false testimony. They did not
hsge the RrGo but s ssey made 1ba fn ndn
and / fiatter myself that my arsnment was never
cerned the election OF State officers must be do
termined by State tribunals. and when settled
or by those tribanals created on purpose decide
State elections. that was conclusive; an the gov,
not go behind the decision Of these tribunals and
count the votes and determine who were elected.
State questions ar sing under State laws, in which
40 statute of the United States AMI no provision
2olyed was fnai and IN eonciasise fApplau,ei
dr that ct he sna.e u''an RenewSS aspauss
ccratio candidate COR governor was elected by no
ad i the city IF Ss b Eo The b ks
Go minority. but TIA. naoriy was osereoms
BY e Of Fl P5adt9ns II Ssw n1rs IAN
and voted d e whole day through. 1t Was mon
'trous fraud, and the Democratic candidate was
in the Senate to turn Hoffman ont and put the
other in It could not have bosn done; The an
declared elected by the STATE tribunals established
.or that purpose. and that the Copsrcss Of the
should contest the election Of Eon.. Thomas
Sapposa the friends Of General browne Should
say taat Governor Hendricks had olta:n, his
Evansville or New Albany. Suppose they gould
behind the State tribunals after Governor Hen
bricks, had bsen recognized ios two years and
That is the difference in the circumstances be-
tween Kellogg and McEnery. The ground took
lie Eli VS. only DETECTED two years ago br =
small ma Gritty Yet vim IT vas brought Tor
for senator Carpenter found tat it would not
have hair a DOZEN votes in the Who'd body
nited b. the Republicans of L.disiAnA; They
perae trated some frauds. undoubtedly They vio-
in thoL justification. that in their opinion they
were engaged ia 8 struggle for lie. They beltev
he signal fer murder and slaughter; thar white
would be dr.v-n .ron te -tstc. tast
L as struggle for lie, for horne. have no
apology to make for any Irregularities committed
IN tie month of April. 1878. another slaughter
Z q n Trar - hfrh We
fepublican by about three hundred majority
proved before the senate Committee to have been
orged tIsouS,, All tlroT-a y ar'Aoti men.
parishes in the s,ate governor KeIlogsfonasnis-
Toned the Eepu1ltesn sheriff and oteer parish
sars tneFS En ~ o ., 9hsI tn, Demo
.oasly defeated: About tle lst Of April. Nash. the
1enl candidate for Sher n. gave tbs Sheriff
,tFer parish Officers heard that forces we're beinx
oiieetsd in the neishborins parishes to captnr.
he place and take possession Of the oficgs. nd
:. f SsIisys :, IT, i.6 q AsIii, ,S..s:
! the Me1lory Legislature. who held comais-
ion from MeBnery. The tow, was sur.oan ed
Courthouse. on one side OF which there were no
gindoss Nash snd ais force ss-roaeh,d on that
ut Wits haniEe1chiet hes nj in '' token ken Of
urre1der. and ffen rushed ont through TIC fire.
any 81 them with their clothes burning. As they
,sssed they were seized and st.bosd or shot. The
videnee showed tlat three o. four white men
you'd hold negro while another would pat
ts5ol TO his mouth ard kill him. Many Of the
cad had twelve fifteen wounds upon their pep
ons. The evidence laid before the Grand ,nry.
raIch was the evidence / saw. showed that about
hirty 81 these inen were marched down to the
iveT b n1 and sho: there. Several men would be
laced IN n row. breast 20 beck, and one If these
nfians standing at the end OF q would
ow many bodies be could shoot his bullet
!. EoEghi Three days after the massacre fifty
ROY 1a.af los rr-.f he -
ouse; they could not tell how many killed
a all. but the evidence showed over ore hundred
Of the NOS. cr1ai and nnprovoked
daughters that ever took place. / have spoken
the reeent massacre which took place at Cou-
l7tt5. Between these killings the muir
ers have been constantly going
ov you have something of the