Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-01-26

whose F&uit is it?

So Ii IS ell the fault Of Congress,
according 20 t;.e President and his
cou.triea, that tie Ilou si@na g Gicu'ty
ssas not settsod IonG $50. General
Grant never Hi-.ie.i 10 Interfere wish
Ike du.cSt.c a1aifs Of tEal miserable
5tsta. he ta~ repeatedly 2s:,od Con-
gr~e, u l4ae the jnb os ms hands.
Je bgs several LitneS--at lGHg and
irrt9uisr interval, To be sure. and III
a confusing aud ii.soGGeuIisl nIan-
ner--bean ia favor ot ordering new
election, = but GoI.gres. bsS declined
30 accommodlte bim Upon that
bo4y Consequently, rests the respon
slbtltty 81 the recent military outrage
and the continuing disorderand usur-
patton.
Let US see about that. Co2ress OF
course is to blame iOr refusing to re-
dress the wrong which it SO clearly
recognizes = but who was tae original
otIeuder? The treble goes back to
1872, for it al springs from the at
mpt to keep in Office by fraud and
force Governor and Legislature who
were originally installed by fraud and
force. If the people had been alloe-
ed to register their wiIi at the balI0t-
box, this trouble never would have
happened. In lis special message TO
tie Senate, General Grant pretends
that he Only used the army in 1872
20 e.force The decress Gf the United
States court, after they had b. en- un-
IL swfully resisted. This is so f frcn
the truth that the iuterposition of The
troops no;oriousIy preceded the action
of Judge Dureil. At the beginning Of
December. 1872, the famous mid.
night order" the starting point of
ali these 0utr29es, had not yet been
issued. There had been no resistance
no disturbance of any sind, DO opretext
for Federal Interference in any shape.
Yet o. on the ID of that month the
Attorney General suddenly te!egrapb-
ed to Marshall Packard 10 cali upon
General Emory for troops, and enforce
the decress Of the courts, no matter
by whom resisted. Two Companies
of soldiers we've accordingly ordered
from Florida to New Orleans They
arrived on tie night Of the 9th.
Packard and Durail we're waiting far
them. The Judge t.en applied TO
himself at his own lodgings, without
. i,a ,,rapo-ra Ir o.,uu,oi on ai,b.r
8 de for an order iDStructing Packard
TO Ike posses sion Of the State House.
Il was an order void on Us face, des-
titutes even If legal form, witHout
the seal Of the court, Of no more force |
than q sheet of white paper Co
Packard seized II. rushed after the |
soldiers, tBtrch,d them to ,he STATE
Hs' Sc at o clock Ia The a0rnIsG. |
prevented tbe legislature from 4s>emD-
hug. GHd under the protection al |
bayouet made ap false Legislature
TO suit himself, And that is what |
the President calls eaiOrcIng tie de-
ceess sf The United 5 ates cour' h,
this fal,e Legislature, sitting behind |
a bed.e of mu>kels, Waraoth VAS
SePooed aud PluchbAck set up in his
place Theu tie President familiars,
Pack ,rd aud Casey, 5eesu telegraph
i"g 10 Wash 'Bgt0n To obtain General
Grsn-'s spprpvsl of this fresh outrage.
Did hey trouble themse .ve> to argue
that It ~as scc0rdiag To law! Oh. no
they presented considerations of
very different kind . The decree II
enforced. soiH soeoe the Republican, Nd
iortty, and give LOuisiaua Repabli-
can Legislature and State govern
nent" " ''If requisition of LegisIa-