Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-03-05


e God shuts the door no angel lip uncloses,
n ihey whom Christ raised no word OF guidance
: Only the Cross speaks where cur dust reposes
z 'Trus; Him who calls unto his rest our deao."
i Ill the Iedr Round.
+ Ihe LoHisIana Reports.
!, OF The several reports submitted from the
? various sections Of the Louisiana committee,
!, the minority report, signed BY Messrs. Hoar,
: Wheeler and Frye, takes the first place in
! ! point Of comnrehensi7cness and elaboration
, The majority content themselves with e1-
: cepting % certain portions Of tha; report,
and only the two Democrats except to the
reeolnnendatioas which are based upon it.
. All agree that the action Of the Returning
Boar! in awarding certificates to the Legis-
lature was wrong anl ought to be rectifed.
All the Rcpub'icaas, ;uclrding Messrs.
Foster @ai Paelps agree flat the weight of
opinion and evidence IS that Kellogg was
elected Governor and ought to be sustained
They, therefore, favor resolutions distinctly
recognizing kellogg is Governor and recon-
mendins the Legislature Of Louisiana to
correct the w-uags ia H., own constitution
and organization. These are the two rrac-
ticl! points up1n which action Is required,
and upon these ihe five Republicans OF the
committee are in harmony The two Demo
Gratis 49, Me-Sr-. Poster AMI Ma1stall-are
''utterly orro-ei' to any resolution recoc-
nizing kellogg.
Tie Report Of 5.essrs. IIoar, Wheeler ard
Frye Is altogether t., voIuminous for our
e.lann>- We can only give the conclusions
al which they have arrived. They say
I'VE c,ua1t doubt that I'll, effect of all
tae-e t1.rs- ya- to prevent full, free elec-
ton, and % intimilate the colored voters
and the white Republicans. The very for
nation of 4 Waite Mans Party was men
ace U, terrible import 10 those who remem-
| bcrcl Coi!ax aHl Hl-ier ari the Contention
| The press was filed with threats Of violence.
| Tie agreement To discharge lahorers-the
/ suggestion that Wild lsi,Ls axe tanned by
| hunger was evidence OF the same spirit The
| overthrow Of the State Government bv the
/ White League on the ! It'll Of September
/ tie turning out Of large numbers Of parish
/ officers IN the country, compelling them to
/ fly for their ives; the fearful lesson OF
/ C1ushatte the formation. array, and drill
/ ling Of tie White itlsge, the natural sue
cessors Of the Knights 0fthe White Camelin
-the-e things. ia a community where there
/ Is no legal punishment l,r political murders,
must, III TIE nature If tsing~, have filed
with terror people timil and gentle like
tie col1re1 population Of Louisiana. even if
we had nOt taken alundan, evidence as to
special ac-s oi violence and crime, and their
| effects on Particular ueshborhoo1S. Mr..
Moncure. TIE Conservative candidate for
State Treasurer, claims majority in the
whole State oi an0I5 $3.50. y far greater
number OF Republicans than enough to over
come this majority mus, have been prevented
from registration or driven hy terror from
the polls. In view OF these facts. We do not
hesitate to hud that the election Of 1874 was
neither fail, free, nor fair; that in large
portions Of the State, the usual means of
ins5ructing anl Tcrsladins the people, OF
organizing and coniucting L campaign.
could lot he carried on by Republicans
without dal. ger % their lives, and that many
more voters thaa were needed to give the
Republican party q complete victory were
prevented from voting at all or even cOereed
into voting the white mans ticket.
The final conclusions aud resolutions Of
the report are a, follows
''On the whole ea-c We are of opinion
Flrs.-IAat there las been and Is on the
part Of the party calling themselves The
White Men, Party In L1ai,icaa,' purpose
to take possession by force aud fraud Of the
State Goyerament. without regard to the
question yt who ilay lave the numerical
majority Of fair elet'iln.
Nr71%-That in tAc execution n this pur-
pose they have TctriiGed and will refrain
hom the use oi uo Instruments which are de-
signed y accomplish Il, whether these in
s;rumeat- ie murder, fraud civil var. or Gu
eleion Of laborers hy employers
Imrc-W hiie there are many men IN
their party oi mofe moderate views who do
not thcli~e-Sc- use n-r approve these unlaw-
fUl means. slch men desire the accomplish
ment Of the same end. and are powerlr~s to
restrain their more violent Associates.
fOWth-InIcc cIu-as have made il easier
to unite 80 large q number of whites Of
Louisiana in this purpose, and have rem
dere9 it m re- diihcI-t to unite the best men
among them ia ofp5sii.0n The fact that
the Administration party ol Louisiana Is
made up hy lla--n- together almost the
whole negro vote. with :; few whites. large
Il from other States the fact that there has
been great mli-ajministlatiGn by Kepubli-
can Officials. the h-.i,l honestly entertained
by large number r. &c white pcoplo of
Louisiana tiat they have been twice de
frauGed Of the result lt elections in which
they had b5en saece->iul-
fyii-Whi.e al the-e taiH-s are great
evils, much 10 re deTlorod. and likely 10 cx-
asuerate any le,irIe- The ,.,ur.e oft tie. white,
themselves has tended t. bring tLen, about
and iuilame them Ilc simple and peace-
ful remedies OF oaci,clcr 90 ilw, argument.
and decent treatment lsr tieir opronents.
woui9. IL thev had pursued them. have
proved elac.aGl long Ego.
Nlth-WAilc ~ believe GOV. Kellogg -
have received a maIJr.ty of the votes in
1872. and while We believe tlelc was ,io-
lence and f-aud when frustrated the will of
the people in many of the PARISHES in lS72.
the Illegal order u ,jalse Dlrell, and the
ille.al conduct If the leturnins Board in
attempting to care oac wron- by another.
naturally nilaned the popular discomfort.
and lent pausibiity 70 the complaints.
&rcafh-Ihe.e la. been indisputaby
much corruption in State and local admins
traton in Louisiana For This the Repuhi-
cans, especially under Wariroth's rule, are
largely responsible. although in numerous
Instances tieir opponents have beea equally
to blame
EiqIh-Thc tfec- of alI this has been to
but an end 10 the authorirv of law in 4 large
portion OF Louisiana. % deiriye the negro OF
his freedom Of suffrage. and wholly To de
stroy the value Of tie methods provided by
law for securing fairness at elections and as
certainins their results. This state Of
things overthrows Republican government
in Louisiana and seriously menaces the
whole country.
Ninh-A lew election held at this time
under national authority Is not deSirable: