The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-01-15
COL1UMB|IlIa ! 8. &.
Friisy5 Morning. January Is, 1875.
Ths iPrssid, nt.s H.pia n.tion. .


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The Prssidsnt's Hxpianatioa.
The document sent to the Sen ate by
the Presidents. in answer to its resolu-
tion Of isquiry about interfereucs by
the military with the organisation Of
the Louisiana Legislature. 10 remarks-
BILE. coming from man OF his tenaoity.
it.issvesy evident that the voice of the
county has penetrated the White
Houss. There are great many OBJ
jectiopAbIe and exaggerated statements
in this paper, but there are many that
We did not expect, OF . somewhat dii-
ferent ohsraetes. II is carefully drawn,
and sophistieally, Of course, laying
stress where not asked. and evading
points npoe, which infpsmstion ismore
partynlsIES 4 snagH Hf /, bot, upon the
~hok.s saiH gits ! codsiasrAbls measure
of satisiaotion. u silt satisfy his own
immediate partisahs, a. the supposed
best dGfenes4at could be made, in >its
adroiK cogss Eent OF mauya Ugly
thinss3ayeS sioad u Ka, Klnx md
whiMI@ @tps, ,pripins.fon Of hs Ton.
isianS bsopS 9p The. paoplA e large,
and more pah{ lssiy ysterO Ooaservativ ve
citizens. who fsss1p H1esidan's pro-
,oeedipgs An blow ,stTp6k AZ the com
mon liberty. and the esindication Of 2
'conspild SsSaainst the rights Of States,
it viHhAstsleome. Is 80, admlsaion
that t6xPfSsiaent no'longers regards IL
.as dsfsnsible. It is an apology. In
othehs words, Tor q manifest wrong,
blendea!Sith soae Aak .balieve words
Of defence. For .lsstsEee. the Presi.
dentladmils.thAt some of the orders in
the osso Of f'KeIloeg Is. warmoth and
'othem. .snd In that Of Antoine. we're
illegal, Doubtless. he says. the Judge
made grave mistakes. But becsuse
tho PROCESS ofthis court was resisted,
(how. hea adoss'not say.) he thought it
necesSary TO enforce it BY the army
and navy. He sustained what was lille.
gal. becaase those whose rights were
thusAiasaasd objected TO it. He ad.
mits, also. that the election of 1872 was
a gIgzasioT Tfraota, ana that there Are are ho
reliable rsturns of its result But in
aamaeR ~ Kellogg obtained pSsssssion
OF the cd2oe.s hs tsls bound to sustsin
him. 80 having 1 supposed greater
rightsG 4kaR Ais' soppstisos.7 This
possession VA, however. due to The
illessl dsc54tens and orders Of Dprell,
and " Ahs iptsrferenco Of the Admi.
nistretien itsslf. upholding what 1t
considers Ia have been illegal. It 10
questsonAbies 70 ssy the leAst. to infer
any, rishts from possession procured in
this NY. and Jet everything done by
the people OF Louisiana in the en-
dsavor 10 overthrow this admitted
usurpssion, srssting only upon illegal
decisions Of court and the army of
the Government. consciously support
ing ! wrong, ,is fdsnonuced &c rebel.
lions. The election was Q fraud, the
court orders we're illegal, KelIogg's
''posssssion" Of, the Government .
mere s,aoidsnt OF Federal power, and
yet sll these thiDgs must be swallo we'd
by the people. With thanks thst they
are no wprse. - . y ? ''''S N
The Psssidsnt ooniesses. dnsther.
that sny military interfsrsnse By the
officers or troops Of the United States
with the organisation of State LIE.
gislature. oF any Of its proceedings. or
with any civil department of the Go
vernmeat. Is fepngnant to oaf ideas OF
goyefnmspt. . That alt this wss done
by tha military 10 dne to the urgency
Of tlfe'sitsatiou they were in. and to
the iaok ot proper knowledge Of the
limits within which they should aot.
They committed no 'intentional
wrong.", go. He admits again, that the
repnsed Governor OF Louisiana, in
cassiof disturbance. should have
called Upon the oonstabuIary, or, if
necessary. the military force OF the
State. Bot this he did not do, because
it vouldShave prsoipiiased a bloody