The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-01-12
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order 81 tie gl.yeat kind. but. nevertheless
"a it took place unJer cover Of on order OF
United States Court, il Sas felt by many tina
the Officials engaged in it might ho:iesu,
plead igooga-ce OF the enofinity of the trans
action il spite OF the fact tia
the order IL question was, on its face, to q 81
tile langn4ye oi The Committee Of the SENATE
which examined the matter, most reprehensi
bic aud erroneous in point Of law and who'll,
void for wan: OF Jurisdiction; aud whereas
this occarrenca md the discussion il call et
for caEnot LGTe leg the Ad,pni, tration or il.
officers II tie dark a. to the serious nature
of the objections 10 mi;iary Interference Of
the Federal authorities wi Ii thc machinery o
state cGvoratl ats: therefore, be it
R'sp.re1. That We haze heard witt, surprise
and II r. tha. the State-House q. I.ouisians
w. taE"n possession Of and garrison by
reder~! brigade prior % he meeting Of the
Legislature On the ath Of January last .hat
member had 10 make their way under ex-
animation 20 their places through lines OF
arlaed ssntineis, and 'bcn proceed to the
discharge &. their duties inside nndeT
the eye 0. military commanders not sub
jet to their authority and holding the very
binding in which they sat AZ 8 fortified post;
that whe, dispute subsequently arose between
tEo parties into which tho Legislature is
divided. over the organization OF the House of
REPRESENTATIVES, this officer took upon him.
h'fto answer toe appeal OF one SIDE and as
same the duties OF Sergcaat-at- Arms, 10 be
police, by REFRESHING disturbance within the
building ara that when subsequently e
minority cr the House being dissat;sfsd with
t'ia vote. or with the mode of taking ii, aud
with the Qualifications If some Of those who
participated N it, refused 10 seek the ret
t,oment Of tn controversy by ordinary and
leUgsstabllshed methods of parliamentary
his, but appealed to the Governor of the
s'stte t. intertete with the proceedings,
fhe troops OF the United States, at the
Governors unlaggful request or command,
entered the Legislative hail, and then and
tAe.r settled by force the purely plriameDfa-
~ question 0. qualification Of several persons
present for seats in the House, by elpeling
thrm violently from the building.
Nherels, no occurrence of this kind has
been recorded in the history of free govern
pi"nt wthou. being stigmatized, and rightly
-tigmntize9, IN oct of revolutionary violence,
and though, awing to the peculiar condition
al the Southern States aud the multiplication
Dt our Stats Legislatures, il may seem
an event Of less moment n Louisiana in our
1ay uiau il hns seemed in Other places and at
other times, ii assumes character Of the ut
most gravity.
When We remember that It it be permits
5ibie in Louisiana. whether ii shall take place
or no, in New York or Massachusetts, be-
CONES a question, not Of legal right, but OF
Executive discretion: therefore,
Rrs0trel, That for this reason above all we
etlphatically protest against it, and declare
Gir solemn conviction thlt it were better that
legislative bodies shall be forbidden 10 meet
It Ill thar. to be forbidden to meet under their
own rules, and surrounded by their
own officers, because nothing is
more dangerous or demon .lizing than
:Initrsry yelled BY ccnsi iu.ionai forms;
and that the citizens of New York, without
distinction Of party here assembled, appeal to !,
their .elow-c citizens of the whole country to
unite with them in this protest aud
Whereas, II recent dispatch OF the Iieutcn-
mt General Of the army, addressed to the
y. crrt4sy Of War, suggesting that Congress
III Jul3 pass an act OF that tho President should |
ia>ue a proclamation in imitation Of the drag
oandes OF Louis the Fourteenth, declaring AZ
indetsrminate number of his fellow
cit;t rs bandtssii, and authorizing HIM TO hunt
Item down with al armed force, it might he
passed over as iasty and Ill considered Ian
SlGgc oS q s9ldior who, however gallant IN tie
Held has allowed himself To remain ihtgcus-
ably ignorant Of the usagag and laws of his
were ii not tuat il has received
prompt pproval of the War Department, &C
by IN intimation that the prrsi-
dent and other members OF the Cabinet ap-
proved OK it therefore,
Resolved. that we cannot refrain from ex-
pressing cur heartfelt repaobation of the dis
pttch itself. of the atrocious imput,tion il
alstt on large body ot our countrymen. and
n TIE executive sanction which it has received;
ma.
Whereas. the outrage5 on Legislative Jude
pendence, against which we have met to pro-
est have no legal relation to the problem OF
reconstruction, properly cajled, and do not
arise GU. Of any recent legislation Of Congress
States lately in rebellion.
Whereas. Federal military assistance is to
5e rendered upon his responsibility by the
President under and by virtue of provision
u the original uua-nenied Constitution and
II answer 70 a cali which Tho Legislature of
ny :,5ate. on if not in session, tho Governor
u any STATE, may make; therefore (
ReSojre;., That the manner III which the
federal troops have been employed in Louisi-
ma. constitute, an abuse OF authority which
$ dangerous to public liberty in an equal de- {
rec in every part Of the Union.
Loud and long continued applause followed {
'ach clause which denounced tho conduct Of ]
he military authorities in the State of Louis 8
ana. |,
Mayor Wiclsham put the question on the ,
lopton OF the resolUti ms, and they were car {
led amid the loudest uproar and perfect t
orient tone OF ayes Ii
Hon VIM. u. Evart, was the next speaker.
je was received with cheers lie said j
l am quite sure no Republican in this land a
au honestly complain that in the call and !
purpose o. this meeting his party has not d
,een treated with abso.nte consideration. If l
yer There was time when an opposition
'srty might make capital against Their oppo- '
ents, that opportunity WAS given tho Demo- l.
rattle party. I(
The Federal Government IS all Republican. b
he President, both IIous & of Congress, sub t
rdinate officers throughout tho Union and in v
he Safe OF Louisiana itself are Republican. 4
'ow, this under ordinary principles Of politi- !
III responsibility makes that party responsible
CT these high-handed acts of military suppress t
ION of civil government but our fellow citizens v
# New York have understood patriotism and b
Owe Of liberty and obedience 10 the Constitu- o
ion. and that no political act can be rightly v
imputed 70 the responsibility ct any great q
'ohticni party until by submission it has APP II