The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-02-02
NO BARGAINS WITH USURPERS.

: NO BARGAINS WITH USURPERS.
It is reported that conference Of gray
g import was held Sunday evening at the 81
:. Charles Hotel, at which were present Hon. 1
. A. Witt, Speaker of the Louisiana House {
Representatives, several Conservative mem
+ bers, number of prominent Democrats
I Judge Hoar and other members of the Con
q gressional Committee; Mr.. Kellogg, Marsha
Packard, and other odiously conspicuou
{ aiders and abettors in the great Louisian
usurpation.
The meeting was private, but the purpos'
was alleged to be the maturing of some scheme
by which, under the auspices of the Investi
eating Committee, an adjustment might b.
had. No result was reached, nor is it known
that any conclusion was even appropriated.
Speaker Wilt and the Conservative mem
bers Of the House passed and presented reso-
lutions, January 23d, asking the committee OF
Congress. or the four members present, ''to
take the returns of the election Of 1874, to-
gether with all fair and relevant testimony,
and upon such returns and evidence declare
what members of the Legislature were fairly
elected"
| This appeal from the false and fraudulent
decree Of the Wells Returning Board to the
| intelligent and distinguished commissioners,
was quite as far as the appellants have au-
thority to CO. Now, if the purpose of the
conference at the st. Charles Hotel had
reference to any other matter involving the
State officers, in which conces-
sions are to be made by Conservatives
in consideration of concessions from the
usurpers, we must, in the name and on behalf
of the white people Of Louisiana, most en-
phatically protest against such offers. With
great respect for the gentlemen, and with full
appreciation Of their desire to serve the State
in full faith and to the extent Of their power,
we must affirm that they were chosen by their
constituents for the sole purpose of repre-
senting them in the General Assembly.
Expelled therefrom by the bayonets Of
Grant, they have no right whatever to offer,
concede or promise anything whatsoever for
the privilege of resuming their seats. They
the dignity of sovereign State and
are the the chosen champions of the rights, |
the franchises and the honor of the people.
As agents of the citizens of Louisiana, their
field Of labor lies exclusively in the General
Assembly. Having been thrust out by
foreign and intrusive power they are COM
PEELED to wait until they are again free to re-
turn, and resume their labor exactly where it
was stopped by the invasion of their hall by
Grants soldiers They can not buy as a
privilege what they claim as sacred right
They must not pay gate money to enter
lpon their lawful property. They are legis-
alive agents for the people whom they repre-
ent and they were chosen for the purposes
# that agency only. Outside of the Legisla-
ure they cannot must not attempt to deter
nine who are and who are not to be
ecognized and obeyed as our State officers
They have no right to bargain with the
surpers or with any one of them. They have
o right to bargain for the privilege of going
ack to their legislative duties. It is not be-
oming in them to give any indication of I
sh to compromise with the criminals who
re now exercising the functions Of State Gov a
rnment under the shelter Of the military
rces Of the General Government
They ought, most carefully, to shun all T.
lat may be misconstrued into plans, offers .
overtures to compromise. The word is
disgusting and abominable to the g
res and ears of the white gentlemen of
ouisiana. n
Since writing the above, we have been call 81
upon by Speaker Wilt, who informs us "
at he has not been present at any confer n
ce with the membeis Of the Congressional u
'mmittee, or with Kellogg. Packard Il Co. y
I. Wilt also informs US that no authorized ei
Inference has taken place, and that any con- az
rsations that may have occurred between ie
embers of the Congressional Committee and
smbers of the legal House Of Representa- B
es were purely informal and unofficial. tn