The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-02-24

| tlere was not SHADOW OF truth, ana ne knew
it at the time and no effort has been made to
substantiate it from that day to this-a bold
pretext to give corrupt Judge jurisdiction OF a
cause over which he had no control. At the
beginning of the conspiracy to install Mr.
Kellogg in Office, Federal Marshal
the leading manager OF one of the
! political Organizations of that State
obtains of the President, by misrepresenta-
ton, authority to use Federal troops to en-
force the mandate of that court, and then
abusing the judicial process-if the mandate
upon which these troops were employed could
be called judicial process, and if il could be
| abused. The hall where the Legislature Of
| Louisiana were accustomed TO meet was seized
by force and guarded by force for weeks. The
returns sent hither by the perjured Returning
Board were Endorsed by the pretended Assem-
| bly,. Kellogg was nominally installed in the
office, and then, under the protection OF the
Federal forces, tho u5urpatlon was complete.
From beginning to end as demonstrated III
the papers upon your table, fraud, falsehood,
perjury, forgery, military violence. and forcl-
bic usurpation constituted the title of this
man, who signed this certificate of election,
and there is no maA who can successfully
show that be ever had any other title. He
may have been defeated by intimidation and
fraud. That may be true. Ii so, he had his
appropriate remedy, which he did not choose
to resort to- But that he even had any other
color OF authority for the power which he
| assumes to exercise than that Which the re-
port of your committee ascribes to him, can
not be shown. Now, if these things are true,
the placing of his name 10 this paper styled Il
certificate of election, adds not one whit of
virtue to what that paper was when 1t was a
white blank sheet
know that it has been said that this per-
then is th,aj fprf1 IN or
of Louisiana If what | have stated and VIII 1t
the report of your committee demonstrates
to be true, he is in no legal sense, and he
| never has been, the de tttcto Governor of Lou
isiana; for essential to de tucto governor is a
color at least Of title, and this is a sheer
usurpation, carried out by force and initiated
by forgery and perjury. That is all there is
of it. There is not even the color of title on
which to build up De t0cto government If
in reference tc the citizens of Louisiana there
may Ge something called executive authority
which may be termed de tacto, thera is noue
capacified to send to the Sen tie of the United
States certificates Of election of Senator in
this body. There is no power either by the
Constitution o. the laws OF the United
States that Can execute d certificate
which So e~u recognize but the law
full executive of the State from which
the claimant comes. When a Senator comes
here with his certificate of election, the sigma
ture Of the Governor is not 70 affect limply
the citizens of Louisiana. II is to create a
part Of the law making power OF the United
States. 1t is to create /. part OF the govern
ment of the United States, and we cannot
here recognize anything to constitute part
Of the Government of the United States to
rule New York and Indiana and Connecticut,
as well as Louisiana, except the lawful author
ity OF the State from which the certificate
proceeds. In no serse is there any validity
attaching to the certificate of election which
the committee have reported back and upon
which they claim q prime t'scie case for Mr..
Ilnchback. because We are compelled to ask
what is the authority of the persons signing
this paper, and asking we are compelled to
fin tha- the L c 40 authority.
AND Nj les Gent. wish as I close to say
g word or two to members Of the majority Of
this body who may entertain such opini 1ns
as | enterta in with regard to the claim Of Mr..
incAb tcl, 10 a seat III this body. l ak YOU
not to sit here content with giving a silent
yCle. / cannot regard a favorable result OF
vote OF the Sen he upon this resolution which
sh@l! seat III. Pinch back in this body other
wise than a 2 precedent pregnant with the
most tearfa, consequences to the country. 1t
is to substitute the system Of Spanish Ameri-
car governmen tor our own. We cling to
Law. We never permit violence to take its
place, if in our power: and the party that is
defeated in an election by wrong, under our
system must resort to the due processes of
the laws to obtain his rights; and if
now for the frs. time in our history
to quote the language of the Senator fro Ia
Wisconsin Mr. Carpenter), rot now in his
seat uttered in this chamber year ago
We are to adopt the principle of ''fghting the
devil with fire II, when one party resorts to
ina init, "a t1o otl,
may resort to perjury and usurpation, and the
government OF the United States and the
Senate Thereof shall be bound to recognize
It-wno can ioras2o the end: | ask those who
entertain such convictions as | entertain to
speak to the Senate and to the country before
they permit such precedent to be set and
do believe that if the members Of this body
shall vote upon this question according to
their own deepest convictions, no such dis
as rous precedent will be set but we
shall still remain a republic in which law
and order shall be recognized-a at least in the
highest legislative body in the land.
The Danbury man wrote from Europe, pa
thatically: . You have seen pictures Of shep-
herds with the proyerbial crook in their
hands. l didn't think a party could be
shepherd withou. this crook. | was glad that
the first man saw tending sheep carried one
of these crooks. | didn't know what the
crook was tor, but always believed it was
badge Of the occupation, whose origin | could
not fathom, handed down from century to
century since the time sheep were invented
Imagine my genuine disgust when | saw this
shepherd use the !cred crook to capture the |
straying animals by cltching hold of one OF
their hind legs and tripping them up. The
awful truth came upon me like a flash, and |
sat down heavily, a broken hearted man. | I
had thought it a beautiful emblem, and it /
proves to be a hind-leg snatcher. | must
have more salary or | will sink into an early |
grave, | fear.
For Shreveport, Grand Ecore and all way
landings, the magnificent passenger packet /
C. II, Duriee, leaves wednesday a. p. VI.
positively.