Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-02-05

military, received that military with
appreciation, and returned to it the
thanks Of the State of Louisiana
Wilt and his Conservatives, it
seemed, still wanted interference of
the military, Us Wilt had addressed
to the President of the United States
some very respectful heterogeneous
and urgently quested-demanded
that the troops Of the United States
should be ordered to restore the
House to the position it occupied be-
fore the interference. This Conser-
vativc Speaker, this incarnation of
the law-abiding spirit of the Demo-
cratic party, noW--after the great
lights Of the party had spoken here,
after the long radiance of their views
had reached all the way to the Gulf
addressed the President of the
United States, asking him to march
the soldiers Of the United States INTO
the halls of the Legislature of Louis
lana and reseat him in the chair.
Mr.. Conkling read from the me-
mortal of Wilt and, resuming his
argument, said he (Conkling) was
only looking to see if it was really
true rs charged here that never since
the separation of the colonies from
Great Britain had there been such
danger to the country. Was it true
that the pillars Of the temple of the
Republic were about to crumbIe?
That civil liberty was about to fade,
and that the Republic was about to
''fold its tents like the Arab and rs
silently steal away" He was done
with one scene just enacted in the
sad history of Louisiana, and now
turned to another: What WAS the
excuse for the disturbance there?
What the apology for the commotion
in her borders? The plea was heard
from the Senator from Ohio. 1t was
that Kellogg was not III truth elected,
but was falsely counted in. Suppose
he was Did that Justify the name
less horrors which have stained the
annals of the State? Other States
have known deeper wrongs than
those of Louisiana. New York had
known deeper wrong. 1t was an
open secret now that in 1868 John
II. Hoffman was counted into the
Office Of Governor when the people
had elected John A. Griswold. The
count was falsitied more than 10000
in two counties. John L. Hoffman
was falsely counted in. Who did it?
The managers Of the Democratic
party, and they seated in the Legisla-
ture, year after year, men whom the
people had voted down at the ballot
box. The same regime made the
courts, and made them corrupt. They
issued fraudulent naturalization pa
pcrs by tens of thousands. They
appointed returning boards and made
them corrupt. They appointed in
spcctors of election who polluted
and debauchcd the ballot-box. They
so divided the chief city of the State
as to bisect the blocks and houses SO
that men domicilcd in the same house
could vote and repeat i'll different
election districts They held State
of 100000 people by the throat for
four years. by such astounding
means a political party dominated
that great State, usurped the power,
and plundercd her treasury by the
most colossal robberies Of modern
times. What did the Republicans
do? They did not resort to ruthless
violence. They did not resort to the
blade, the bullet and the torch. They
did not butcher men, women, and
children. They did not sieze the
chief city of the State, barricade its
streets, shoot down its police. No;
they pcrsevered in peaceful efforts.
They asked Congress to break the
hold of the organized frauds on the
ballot-box that the citizens of New
York might vote. How was the
PRAYER received in this chamber by
the Democrats? The people of New
York we're blasted with all the con-
stitutional anathemas of the Democ-
racy. Those who remained in this
chan Der mute, while they were pclted
with a storm of denunciation, have
not forgotten the history nor the cost
of this legislation; but the law was
passed, and for the first time for years
there was an election in New York
approaching fairness. a leading
Democratic paper called upon the
populace to arm and pitch the officers
of election into the river; but rioters
have wholesome dread of the claw
and beak of Federal power. They
did not arm themselves. How diff
fcrent was the course of the men in
Louisiana who complained of fraud
and dishonest elections? Thirty-tive
hundred murders and woundlngs in
eight years, says Sheridan, for pollti-
cal purposes. Search the annals of
history, search the fearful story Of
mans inhumanity to man, and where
in modery times can you find a pic
ture of such God-daring and man-hat-
ing monstrosity? Finally, in Sep
TENDER, under the formal proclama-
| tIoIl vi elm, bllc SoNSiiu'Nho wa"
seized by open revolution and her
citizens shot down. Was it any
wonder her securities lessened in
value? Show him a mode Of pacify-
ing the South, and no matter what
party oppose it, his vote it should
have. No party could live to stand
in the way of pacification of the
South. Buster and revolution will
not pacify the Southern people,
Bloodshed will not make friends nor
wealth. If he had power to make
his voice heard and believed i'll every
Southern hamlet, i'll the sincerity OF
heart he would say, "build, mend,
heal, SOW, plant; in short, go to work.
Let fair days wages be paid for
fair days work. Dwell together in
fraternity, and all will be well. The
honorable Senator (Thurmam said
the record was u National Police
Gazette, and he did not like it. lie
(Conkling) would tell that Senator
how to stop it. Dismount the mask
ed riders, disband the White Leagues,
discontinue the bloody assizes OF the
Democratic party, and then the record
will cease to be a National Police