Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-01-10

house, 70 bring ABOUT cOnllcti nenCe
you will oblige me IL you will say few
words to the lobby.
The general retired to the lobby, and
spoke to the crowd, after which they
dispersed and order was restored.
After this interruption the house pro-
ceeded with its business, the committee
on elections aud returns reported, and
upon their report the following repre-
sentadyes We're duly sworn in and
seated as members: Messrs. John
Quinn, of the parish of Avoyelles; J. J.
Koran, A. d. Land and Thomas r.
Vaughan, Of the parish of Csddo; J.
Jeffdes, r. L. Luckett and @. w. DAT
ford, Of the parish Of Rapides, and
William Schwing, of the parish OF
Iberia. While the proceedings of the
house were quietly progressing, about
the hour of three o'clock IN the after
noon, General p. DeTrobriand, COM
mandiDg the United States troops in
and around the statehouse, entered the
hall in Uniform, his sword at his side,
accompanied by two OF mis- staff and Mr..
Vigers, the former clerk OF the house,
and addressed Speaker Wiltz, exhibit
ing documents, of which the following
are copies:
NEW ORLEANS, January 4, lS7I. J
General DeTrobriand, Commanding:
An illegal assembly of men having
taken possession of the hall of the house
of representatives, and the police not
being able to dislodge them, respect
fully request that you will Immediately
clear the hall and statehouse of all per-
sons not returned as legal members of
the house OF representatives by the re-
turning board Of the State.
w. p. KELLOGG, Governor.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, EXECUTIVE DEP'T(
New ORLEANS, January 4, 1875. !
General DeTrobriand. Commanding:
The clerk of the house who has in bis
possession the roll Issued by the sacTe.
tsry of state as legal members of the
house of representative, will point out
TO yeu those persons now in the hall of
the house Of representatives returned by
an illegal returning board Of the State.
W. p. KELLOGG.
The speaker refused to allow Mr..
Vigers to read these documents, he not
being clerk of.the house, and at the re-
quest of General DeTrobriand they were
read by his sdjutant. Speaker Wilt
thea asked General DeTrobrisnd:
Have you submitted these documents
to General Emory?
General DeTrobriand-I have not,
but l presume that duplicate copies have
been sent to him.
Speaker WiltZ-I wish to say to you
that since our organization we have ad-
mitted, sworn in and seated five mem
bers from referred parishes. Are these
members to be elected?
General DeTrObriand-I am but O
soldier. These are my orders, and l can
not enter into any consideration Of that
question.
saThe general further stated that he was
under instructions to obey the orders OF
Governor Kellogg.
Speaker Wiltz-I respect you, general,
as gentleman and soldier, and dis
like to give you trouble, but I, like you,
have a duty to perform which l owe to
my State, and to maintain the dignity
and authority OF my position as speaker
OF the house of representatives, force
will have to be used before l can permit
you to execute your orders.
Upon the refusal of Speaker Wilt and
Mr.. Trezevant, clerk, to point out the
persons, and refusal Of Speaker Wilt to
allow William Vigers to call the roll for
the purpose ofidentifying the members,
Hugh J. Campbell and T. G. Anderson
assisted General DeTrobriand in identi-
flying the members to be elected.
General DeTObriand then ordered his
soldiers, fully armed, with fixed bayo-
nets, into the hall from the lobby, and
approached the members successively
while in their seats, namely: O'Quinn,
Vaughan, Stafford, Jeffries, Luckett,
Dunn, Kelley, Horan and Land, and
one by one he caused them to be taken
from the hall by his soldiers, each gen.
tleman first rising in his place and utter
ing his solemn protest in the name Of
his constituents against their unlawful
Thus were the gentlemen ignomini-
ously arrested, and despite their public
protestations and their appeals to the
speaker and the house for protection,
which neither could afford, were taken
from their seats and forcibly eject
ed from the hall of the house of repre-
sentatives of the State of Louisiana at
the point of the bayonet by the officers
and soldiers of the United States.
General DeTrobrisnd then pro-
ceeded to eject the clerk and arrest the
proceedings of the assembly, and for
that purpose brought file OF soldiers to
arose and addressed the house as foI.
lows:
"As the legal speaker of the house of
ofthe State of Louisiana,
l protest against this invasion of our hall
by the soldiers of the United States,
with loaded muskets and fixed bayonets.
We have seen our brother members viO-
lently seized by force of arms and torn
from US, in spite of their solemn protests.
We have seen file of soldiers march up
the aisle of the hall of the house of re-
presentatives of Louisiana, and have
protested against this in the name of
once free people, In the name of the
State of Louisiana | again
enter my solemn protest. The chair of
the speaker of the house of representa-
tives of the State of Louisiana is sur
by United States troops; the
hall OF the house OF representatives is in
the possession Of armed forces; and call
upon the representatives Of the State of
Louisiana to retire with me from their
presence
Speaker Wilt then left the hall, fol-
lowed by all of the Conservative mem
bers, the ball being left in possession Of
the military. II we have dWelt thus
somewhat at length upon the details of
the military overthrow OF a sovereign
State, and her reduction to a prov
ince, 1t is that other States may see and
know the process whereby the overthrow
Of their own liberties may be accom-
plished. We solemnly warn the Amer
lean people, Jealous of their liberties,
that military power displacing q house
of representatives in the State of Louis
lana, may yet serve as precedent t.
shackle them, and thus posterity, il in
this hour Of trial, standing as we do to
day, amid the ruins of constitutional
liberty, they leave US to our fate.
All Of which is respectfully submitted.
L. A. WILT,
Speaker OF House of Representatives of the
State of Loui lana.
PETER j. IRRELEVANT, Clerk.
With sixty-twO names of members following.
AMES's CALL FOR TROOPS.
JACKSON, Miss January 4, 1S75-To
President u S. Grant, Washing gtol-The
of the legislative committee,
sent to investigate the affairs at Vicks-
burg, report TO me that a great feeling OF
insecurity prevails there, and that GER
tain officials cannot safely discharge
their duties. The sheriff of the county
reports to me that ''armed defiance of
ali law and lawful authority hold full
sway at the courthouse. Consequently
l am compelled to ask you to send troops
there to uphold and protect the lawful
authorities. ADELBERT AMES.
NEW ORLEANS, La, January 5, 1873.
To Governor A. Ames:
l have tonight assumed control over
the department of the gulf. A company
Of troops will be sent to Vicksburg to-
morrow. P. II. SHERIDAN,
Lieutenant-General L. S. A.
BISHOP WILMER TACKLES THE LITTLE
GENERAL.
NEW ORLEANS, January 9.-Un-
reports are current that the mill
itary have orders to arrest the leading
White LesgUe-s.
Bishop Wilmer and General Sheridan
had an interview, this evening, upon
the subject of the condition ol affairs in
Louisiana. They failed to agree, conse-
Iuently the interview was long and
somewhat stormy. The bishop explains |
that in his testimony before the con- |
gressiOnal committee, wherein he stated |
there was no security, he meant no Sc
curity under the courts against theft,
ETC., o. which he was speaking.
MANIFESTO pIpN'T APPEAR
Slips OF Dibble's manifesto, furnished |
the Ass Ocisted Press and city papers yes |
isIdsy evening, were from the Repu6ii- |
,Gn otilcs; ita nOn-appearance IN the |
of to-day, created surprise |
THE SCHOOLS AND THE LEGISLATURE. |
NEw ORLEANS, January 8. - The |
Jublic schools viii reopen ON Monday |
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