The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1875-12-21

there acds not n sI,ddOm Of truth, and h,
hnetr u NJ The time, and no effort has bee,
made to s,,bstdntidte II from that day :,
His--a bold pretcxt to give a corrupt
Judge jurisdiction Of u cause over whicl
he had no control. At the beginning o
the conspiracy to install Mr.. Kellogg il
office, q Federal Marshall leadin.
manager Of one Of the political organi
cations OF that State-obtains Of the
President, by. misrepresentation. au
the mandate Of that court. and ther
abusing the judicial process-if the
mandate upon which these troops wer,
employed could be called a judicial pro
cess, and If 1t could be abused. The
hall where the Legislature OF Louisiana
wore accustomed IN meet ,CHs seizcd b,
farce md gunrdcd bu force for Meeks
| The returns sent hitherby The pe,.juy.
ed returning Hodyd merc iudmscd th
ne lnctrnded Issen,bw. Kellogg was
nonlinally installed in the office, and
then, under tho protection OF the Fed
cral forces, the usurpation was com
plete From beginning to end, as de-
monstrated i'm the papers upon your
table, Jra,td, .talseho0d. I,e,J,Ty, forgery,
military riolence, md fo,-c;ble nsiupntion
constituted he tile Of mis- man, who
signed his certificate Of eiection, md
mere ~ no nldH 1chO cdn successfully
shOn W0t he crcr h0d any OtLe, Hth. Ho
may have been defeated by intimidation
and fraud. That mny be true. IT so.
nc had his appropriate remedy, which
he did not choose to resort to. But that
he even had any, other color of author
ity for the power which he ass,itnes to
exercise than TINT which the report OF
tifn IA, a.,
be shown. Nor. If these things are
true, the placing Of his name TO this
paper styled certificate Of election,
adds not one whit of virtue To what that
paper was when 1t was a white blank
sheet.
] know that il has been said That this
person was then and is now the dc fncto
Governor Of Louisiana. IT what I have
stated and what the report Of your com
mittee demonstrates to be true, he is IN
no leyol sense, and he nerGr has been The
dc tdctO Governor IF Louisi0,,n: for cs-
se,itidi 10 dc .tdctO GOre,7,Or IL n color
al icast IF the. md his is n sheer usuy-
patton, cdyricd ont by force md initidted
bv forgery AMI perjury. There IL not
even the color OF n title on which to
build up a dc .tdctO government IT no
reference to the citizens of Louisiana
thCre may be something called cxccu-
tive authority which may be termed dc
JnGto, there Is none cdpdcifcd IL send Ia
NE Senate of me Unittri Suites certif-
.'dtcs NJ election Of n Senator IN his body.
There is no power either by the consti-
tuition or the laws Of the United States
that can execute a certificate which we
can recognize but the lawful executive
OF the State from which the claimant
comes. When ~ Senator comes here
with certificate of election. he
signature Of The GorGuor tx not to
affect simply NE citizens If Louisiana.
" ~ 10 create n l,nrt " me M,r-mnbing
potcer ~ The Uuited Suites. II is 10 ere
ate part Of The Government Of the
United Stdtcs. and ne cannot here ,cc0g-
nize anything to constitute n part of tie
Government Of the Unjted States. III ,tie
Ne'r York and Hdidhn and Connecticut,
rs WeH ns Louisiana, EXCEPT THE LAWFUL
AUTHORITY OF THE STATE FROM WHICH THE
CERTIFICATE PROCEEDS. In no sense is
there any validity attaching 10 the GER
tiiicato OF election which the committee
have reported back and upon which
they claim n p'im0 tacic case for Mr.
Iinchback, because we are compelled
to ask what Is the authority Of the per-
sons signing this paper. and asking
zoe arr. compelled 10 find that they have
no authority. e.
And, Mr.. President. wish MS / close
to say u word or two TO members of the
of this body who may enter
tain such opinions as ] entertain with
regard to the claim of Mr.. Pinchback to
= seat in this body. j ask you not to sit
here content with giving silent vote.
cannot regard favorable result OF a
vote of the Senate upon this resolution
which shall seat Mr.. Pinchback in this |
body otherwise than as u precedent |
pregnant with the most fearful conse-
luences to the country. II is to substi-
ute the system Of Spanish American
governments for our own. We cling to
aw. We never permit violence to take
Is place, II in our power; and the party
hat is defeated in an election by wrong.
lndcr our system, must resort to tho
lue processes of the laws to obtain his
lights: and If now for the first time in
,ur history-to quote the language Of
he Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Car
,enter), not now in his seat. uttered in
his chamber y year ago--we are to
dopt the principle OF Fighting the
levil with fire If. when one party re-
orts 10 fraud In an election, or intimi-
|atiOn, the other may resort to perjury
md usurpation. and the government of
he United States and the Senate there
i shall be bound to recognize it--who
'an foresce the endp ! ask those who
such convictions us l enter
ain to speak to the Senate and to the
ountry before they permit such pre-
cdcnt to be set and l do believe that
! the members of this body shall vote
pom this question according to their
wn deepest convictions. no such disas-
rous precedent will be set but we shall
till remain u republic i'm which law and
rider shall berocognized- at least in the
ighest Legislative body in the land.