Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-01-06
Damage Suits Against Sheridan,
Emory aud DeTrObriand.
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Up q Legal Legislature.

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Up Legal Legislature.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 5.-The Times
says The farce Of State government in
Louisiana received another illustration
yesterday. Practically We have no govern
ment, legal or Illegal, and have not had for
the past two years. What is the use Of
this show Of respect for State rights? The
rule is that Of the musket and sword, and
central authority, and everybody knows it.
Proelsmations by the President aud ap-
peal for assistance by Kellogg, are formali-
| ties which do not cloak the real nature Of
the basiness. There is no pretense in this
case Of riot or Of an insurectiOn. II is a
seizure Of the State-hOuse by United States
troops in a time Of peace; dissolution Of
the Assembly; forcible expulsion Of mem
bers.
The Picdyme says: For the first time
in the history Of the United States
armed soldiers have invaded Legislature
Hall, and bayOnets have been used TO ex-
pei the Representatives Of the people from
their seats. No one ever dreamed that the
President had the right 10 employ the army
for the purpose Of shaping the organization
Of aState Legislature. In this case there
was no emergency Of such a nature as the
law c0ntemplates, and no call was made up
on him through the channel which the law
points out. There was no insurrection, no
invasion. The General Assembly was in
session and had not asked him to interfere.
Simply there was an organization Of the
houses which was not agreeable to kellogg,
and upon KellOgg's reqUisition, he sent bis
forces TO drag from their seats the members
whom kellogg asserted not to be
properly chosen and 70 cOnsti-
tute an organization under his
directions. There is no escape from this
statement Of facts. Gen. DeTrObrisnd an
/ nOunced that he was instructed to obey
Gov. Kellogg's orders, and kellogg ordered |
him to break up the organization Of the |
/ the House. With this order he complied. /
The Bulletin says: When the hour ar
| rived for the constitutional assembling Of |
/ the Legislature elected BY the people, and /
absolutely admitted by the board for strang- |
| ling returns, the army Of the United States /
was marshaled, and, when the organization /
Of the House Of Representatives showed a /
working force againstthe kellogg usurpa- |
| ton, a General Of the Federal army /
marched his troops into the very halls Of /
legislation. and before the Speakers chair
dictates the roll Of membership and organ
ization.
ssMe,' Phil sheridan, On the Rampage.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 5.-The following
dispatch has been made p1biic:
Headquarters Military DiUiSiOH Of Ms
SiOlui, Melg Orleans, Ia, Jan. 5.-HOn.
w. w. Belknap, Secretary Of War, Wash
ingtOn, d. c.: think the terrorism now
existing in Louisiana, Mississippi and
Arkansas could be entirely removed and
confidence and fair-dealing established, by
the arrest and trial Of the ring-leaders OF
the armed White Leagues. If Congress
would pass bill declaring them banditti
they could be tried by a military commits
sion. The leaders Of this banditti who
murdered men here on the 18th Of last
September, and also more recently at
Vicksburg, Miss, should, in justice to law
and order and the peace and prosperity Of
this Southern part Of the country, be pub
lished. 1t is possible that if the President |
would issue proclamation declaring them !
banditti, that no further action need be
taken except that which would devOlye
upon me. 2. ii. SHERIDAN,
Lieutenant General U. S. Army.
The Good order that DistuFbs "Me.n |
The city is very quiet to-day. There is
no unusual demonstration in any quarter.
The military still occupy the State House. '
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 5.-The following !
explains itself:
Nel1 Orleans, Jan. 8, 1S75.-To his Ex- ! !
cellency u. s. Grant, President Of the Uni !
ted States: In the name Of liberty and all )
lovers Of liberty throughout the United
States, 1 do most sOlemnly protest against
the acts Of the military forces Of the United
States on yesterday, in the occupation Of
the State-hOuse, in the fOrcible election by
troops of members Of the Legislature and '
the elected Speaker Of the House, and the /
organization Of the House by a
the direct and fOrcible intervention of the ?
military. l affirm before the whole Amer s
lean people that the action on the part Of a
the military in the city yesterday is subver- I
sive of the republican sinstitutions Of this o
free country. JOIN MCENERY,
Governor. &
Ex-GOv. Hahn on the Breaking Up OF
the House Of Representatives.
New ORLEANS, Jan. 5.-Ex-GOv. Hahn :
testified before the Congressional Inyesti-
eating Committee:
Am a member Of the Legislature now in
session. Don't think Gen. DeTrobriand d
entered the House until a resolution was K
passed appointing a committee Of three to v
ask the assistance of Gen. UeTrObriand, | a
who restored order in the lobby according N
TO the request Of Mr.. Witt. My impress
sion is the clerk, Mr.. Vigers, did not call
The roll after Wilt left, therefore am un-
able to say who was or how many were
present. After they left we reOrganized, u
and q nomination for Speaker was made,
being the nominee, was DECEASED
elected. After 1 was declared Speaker,
Mr. Lowell called my attention to the n
presence Of soldiers. They evidently took
he hint that their presence could be dis
Densed with and left. 1 was in the House
At the beginning. Do not know how many
members were present at the first orgsniza-
ion, or at the time the election for Speak er
sr took place. hl
II was finally agreed that the counsel ki
or each party be allowed four days in
which to file briefs with the committee. n
The Cotton Exchange shows How e
Little Phil Stretches the Bfanket. y
New ORLEANS, Jan. "a full meeting
If the Cotton Exchange to-day adopted / h,
he following unanimously: N
Whereas, Gen. p. II. Sheridan, COM "
handing the Military Department Of Mis-
IOuri, has seen fit to address to the Honor
Ible Secretary Of War letter dated Jan.
/, 1875, and published in our papers Of IA
his date, in which he has given utterance -
o statements rejecting on the people of -
his State, and particularly Of such as re- -
ide in this county, singulariy at variance
With the condition Of things now and here VI
ofore existing in this city and State, and az
veil calculated not only to detract from
lur good name as laW-loving and law
hiding citizens, but also to seriously in
ure the commercial interests Of our city, In
he Cotton Exchange, an organization al
otally disconnected from pOliocal an
fairs, and instituted solely -.
or the promotion Of commercial =,
interests, feels called upon to enter its sol
mn protest against said letter. The mem-
,ers Of this Exchange give solemn assur-
nee to the people Of the United States
nd the friends of trutb and instice so
ybereyer found. that the ALLEGATIONS IF PC
lent. Gen. Sheridan are not on7v false in NJ
,Oint Of fact, but evince the spirit of the DE