Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-15
TIE PRESIDENTS LOUISIANA
MESSAGE.

the state Of affairs IN Louisiana. IL Is,
- al ioSgrerts eGlinatinS from Ger
sEal Grant always are. clssr. earnest and
explicit. The .a11eatahle. alnos, chao;-
&c condition Of things in tia; State is
discussed at length. the events Of the
recent past are reviewed. aud the present
attitude o. the Government and people
cf tba. State is described. He makes
no mineius Of words IN thus dealing
xith these grave matters, but calls things
by their right uauIes-a; the same time
observing 4 characteristics impariialily
aui temperance Of expression with reli-
ton thereto. The fc!losins is a brief
condensation OF the points Of the mes
sage Gs given in the dispatches: Law
l-s5ress and bi0oisheI have character
izal political affairs in Louisiana since
is56: and there was 4 shameful con
sfiracy. in 1872 to deiraad the R-publi-
cass Of their jus: rights The case of
Kellogg -. Yarmouth in the u. s
C:rcE.; Court IS taken up and lis points
examined. Z is found that the action
this had was entirely in conformity to
tie spirit AMI letter Of the Fourteenth
AMI Fifteenth Constitutional Amend
nsnts. and that, although in some of
LIS subsequent orders the Judge went
farther than Is usual III such cases. yet
he had. undoubtedly the far reaching
powess Of chancellor in dsalirg with
persons who have treated his mandates !
with contempt. Moreover, the work |
legs VI the Constitutional Amendments |.
and the Acts of Congress passed in con- |
fornity Herewith, are novelties in legal |
process, and therefore in some degree |
startling. So far as the action of the
military authorities is concerned. the 4
same was only performedat tie instance
Of such authorities as the commanding
officers had reason for believing were
to call upon them for aid in
Iueliius disturbances and suppressins
leeds Of violence. With relation to the
..:t;crlties between the Kellogg and Nc
merry governments. 1t Is stated in sub
tance tia. the difference between the
lights Of III. two lies in the fact that
he Yarmouth Returning Board had
oan;ed IeEnery in b. siriu- him 20,-
20 fraudulent votes. while Kellogg ,
olis his office in spite of having been
heated OFT Of that number Of votes In :
his connection the horIil Eassacres Of
o,0Eci uea IL Co'fax and Ccushaita are
sf,r-ed to, AID the Pres:den: quite il
eEio;.sly says that while ii would be
airsi II great part of the people Of I
20 say the murder Of negroes ,
? vEisc Republicans is not considered i
crane. It is tras that the spirit Of ha- '
-ei and violence there Is stranger than l
.. lax. and consequently the psrPs;ra-
Us o: these crimes went still UEpun-
he'd The performances Of the Re 5
inning Board which has just CLOSED its /
.tiBss are taken up. II seems clear to
&c President sLa. this Board lid nc;
-ccei the powers granted them Iy law. 5
fi:h relation TO tio recent interference .
the military in the sitting Of the 5
sgislature the President says that he j
as first informed of it by the news {
lDzTs and declares that what was done 4
as done without any orders from the /
-IitaTy authorities in Washington. Il r
i vel aware" says ne. .'that any
Hilary interference by officers or troops
the United States with the organ:za- r
N Of State Legislature or any of lis n
occeiinSs, or with any civil DEPART a
ext of the Government, is Tspugnant a
our ideas of government. l can con- ii
i've Of no case. not involving rebellion d
insurTection, where such interference il
authority by the General Government RI
sht to be permitted or can be justified; tt
i there are circumstances connected II
tn the late legislative imbro.lio in g
,Iisiana which seem to exempt the
litary from any intentional wrong in G
=. matter. Knowing that they had u