The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-01-02

pa a frauds on he eleekof
frelpFs aud the membeF az turn ac
eg ha clerk we have Vi.
aNee md documents c0 5 Demo.
aie side a5eal.hily abstraoted IA
bcpunlle1n eros marked alhdfviss
sseHlthilF asserted aud aeted and
lhe election eturas themselves altered
and forged in ihe interest ef the Radi-
Icals eeks ef Use Section
Iaael IS na redress througl the
courts because hose Ia which alone
applea can made are but the
I creatures cl Hsu PATTON. whose exist
ence depends upon q continuation IF
Radical rnle h defiance 81 tile exuress-
ea VAN 81 the peeNle These returning
Officers Anve hean ncw for seven weeks
d8llYlng Nith Gle hbefties and RIGHTS
ol the people 81 an entire State ap-
parentiy Waiting until an opportunity
is offered Ion tbpm t0 conaunamate their
contemplated villainly by promQlgating
Radical majority as elected TO the
Legislature. The hope 70 DO this with
impmmity, because tie State House
where they Sit Is gafrisoned with Kel-
logg's standing army Of metropolitan
police, with several companies Of the
army 81 the United States within fifty
yards, and the whole force Of the army
and navy within the call of Kellogg
whistle, sleeping on their arms with
eartiages distributed
ln this manner are we threatened
with d mongrel herd of rapacious
plundersrs, ignorant and debauched,
claiming 70 be Republicans elected by
the Radical returning officers and III.
stalled as q Legisiature IS the potential |
force I'll the army and navy Of the |
United States, as was done in 1872. To |
such base uses are your soldiers put.
That our people are disposed to yio-
lence. and that the rights of the black I
man would not be safe il the Conserva-
tive majority In Louisiana was per-
mftted TO rule, rs stated BIZ our enc
mics, end BY the President iii his mess
sage, we know to be untrue and dis
proved by the fact chat during the
four days the elected government was
in undispnted power with large force
Of its command. not negro was hurt.
not an act Of violence committed. and
notwithstanding the great previous
proYoeation, not right OF any citizen
was violated.
Having failed in al our appeals to
5he Justice and the patriotism Of the i
President and the Congress. we now,
IS a last resort, appeal to the source Of 4
~ power the people of the whole
country, whose moral influence we In
yoke in the hope OF awakening that
with our wrongs and suffer
ng always accorded brave and free
people struggling for liberty In tie
confidence that q virtuous public sem
.iment may compel the unprincipled
men who are preying upon the Yitals
y tho State 10 let 70 their hold, we
nope it may react upon the Executive
md Congress, and compel them to
yrant rs that relief which neither their
Iense Of Justice nor regard for the
fundamental institutions of the coun-
Ivy has been able to effect.
We make this appeal la advance of
he final contamination Of the great
grong about being perpetrated upon
he peoples Is we are rs positively as
ured Of the intention Of Ole returning
Ulcers 10 defraud the people of thel
raita Of their political victory rs i'll the
ct had been already consnmmated.
We are not clamoring for party pur-
'oses that one SET of men should be
ubstituted for another as public OIL
ials. Our repugnanee to Republican
ule ia Louisiana Is not based altogeth-
4 npon the fact that IT'S being nsur-
latSon Valued as great principles are
nd grossly rs they have been violated,
ct il u not for shat reason alone that
he people Of Louisiana are clamorinQ
d relief The people demand that
hose elected hy them shalI govern, So
bet they shall be relieved from oppres
ion grown intolarable; that taxation,
hitch has become conhscation, may
g hghtaned; TINT hideous and wide
pread poverty and distrust may be
am0veds and that they may be per-
aitted % live By honest industry: chat
0nest government la1 prqAee may
e snhatituted tof systematized rob
cry to4 these reasons, we, the down
spa0en people once free Louisiana.
oW eall upon Che people of the free
iltes Of Anlerig e you would your-
elves remain tfae hua retain the right
sell government 70 demand ia tones
lat con not be misunderstood or dis
agarded that tho shaekles be stricken
rom Louisiana end the power Of the
lnlfed States army be no longer used
keep q horde at advanturera in
over.
n. b. FoRMAs, Chairman.
W. g RAyMoED,