National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-08-05
MILITARY InrEnrEaEEeE IE rar suurn.

Home lime ago VIZ challenged HE Phila'
delphis TINES 10 bring forward proof In
support Of IL assertion thai The Admins,
lTatlGR has beeH guilty Of interfering NY
military force with tho State governments
IN the South 10 this challenge the
Times after some hesitation, responded as
fpll0Wsl
"Well now, We should think that an id,
miRistTatiNR Of which q COMMITTEES of the
Senate OF lls9ER party, hAs said that II did
Interfere ~ state election, and by the em-
plOyment OF troops set up Governor and
Legislature without shadow of right had
been acting little outside of its powers; but
we don't want 10 fight about It, II THE RE-
PUBLICAN insists upon the proofs we refer It to
senator Carpenters Louisiana report, from
which we have quoted"
We apprehend that our amlable indie.
pendent contemporary has been misled. What
is generally known as "Senator Carpenter
Louisiana report, from which 1t claims to
have quoted, is a Senate document IRE
port No. 49," 1t was submitted to the
Senate February 80, 1873, and ordered to
be printed as the report of the Committee
on Privileges and Elections, in answer to
the following resolution:
"ReSolVed, That the Committee on Privileges
and Elections be instructed TO inquire and re-
port TO the Senate whether there is any ex-
listing State government In Louisiana, and how
and by whom n is constituted.
This document embraces majority re.
port signed by Senators Carpenter, Logan,
Alcorn and Anthony, and three minority
reports, signed respectively by Senators
Trumbull, Morton and Hill. In none of
these reports, not even in the ones prepared
by Mr.. Trumbull and Mr.. Hill, does the Ian.
guage quoted occur. The nearest approach
to 1t is in Mr.. Trumbull's report, and is as
follows: ..r 70. .afg... e.
'That neither the Pinchback nor the Kellogg
State government could have been set up, nor
the persons returned by the Lynch board as
elected to the Legislature have assembled and
organized as 3 Legislature, but for the unau-
tborized and usurped authority exercised by
Judge Durcll, supported by United States
troops. The whole trouble in Louisi-
ana has grown out Of the illegal interference
of the United States authorities, civil and mill
tary, with the internal affairs of the State"
II must be remembered that Mr.. Trum.
bull, the author of these assertions was
bitterly opposed 10 the Administration, and
therefore inclined to exaggerate the true
condition of affairs, to meet the biased de.
mands Of his prejudiees. But with all
this, he failed TO find that the military arm
of the Government had been used, except
to sustain what he Is pleased 10 term the
iusufped authority exercised by Judge
Dutell." That Ddfeii may have tisafped
that authority do nit deny bui that wee d
matter that was not discovered aRtii l6REaE
tefWafds, and the military authorities When
they went 10 bic aid did del stop 10 eeB.
slider whether he Was al asHfpef OF Ret
BE appeared 70 them a. Ae did 10 the
President, 70 be The representative Of The
judiciary branch OF the Government MFl
MeHeH, however eEeHlHsies the President
fFem direct agency In the matter, A fellewsi
1.-THE Constitution ebielHs tbe President 70
ilske care The laws be faithfully executed