New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-02-10

OF the State is allowed 20 send lite representative to
this Chsmber, and majority receives him In Louis
lana CONSERVATIVE body, organized certainly Win
greater conformity law. with quorum present WIN
The roll called oy the clerk Is dispersed oy the army
President is possible that the American people IN the
face OF these facts will sustain the Senate In SUCH Pro
ceduref
lnformalitlesl What did the Senator from Indiana
IN the Alabama Then informallties were nor
at all of essence Then the absence even OF quorum
was not vital Then the meeting In place M
OF members without certificates was not vital insn =
palpabe violation OF the Consultation Oh tno Ss'9 o
Alabama he acknowledges himself was the case was
not vital. That was Republican body. But now; Id a
Conservative BODY irregularities, excitement anu az
oates are 50 vital that they justify the dispersion Of
Legislature by the army. Does the Senator repy as ne
| who held no certificates In Alabama were really
electedl The reply is that subsequeDt invesllgauon
ton OF members without certificates BY Republican
Legislature lawful procedure, while the very same ae
IS when doue by Conservatives, gross frandf HOW Is
aRpublican thus constituted
legislature similarly constituted Is 70 os naoa Mas
either right or wrong in the Alabama CASE II be was
right then, he is wrong now for u Is logically
that he can be right Ia both ne h was wfopS
use tho strong language employed py tue senator br
was mob II he was right IN the Alabama case then
BODY in Louisiana ma mas Deen als
proves. Let him take either horn OF the dilemma sr
these conclusions are too logical t9 require
there Is no escape from them.
NJ Presideut, tho peope OF the United states nave
not all ideas of law and consistency, and tney WIZ
never sustain tue Senate In course III eohhcs WIN
both. ... ... .....t
THE REAL ISSUE NOT FACED
The second question whether the Constitution OF tho
United States broken In the dispersion OF the Lou
isana Legslature 1t does not matter so far as this
question concerned whether that body was legal or
illegal 1t will not be seriously urged presume, that
condition Of affairs existed at tho time OF that disper
sion which could BY any possibility ong ne use OF
There 10 word IN all the length and breadth OF that
ns Feders ar%y OF Federal authority Shall decide
upon the constituent elements OF Legisature nor Is IL
excuse to say Kellogg orderedt Kellogg had no more
were entitled to seats there than you had nor h.d no
any g nn 70 arr 1ns h 10 SO same nsrnmenS
ty have arrested him aud elected him and bis suDor-
dnates and Lis courts from their positions The Const
tuition Louisiana provides expressly for police regu-
atOns for Keeping Order for the arrest OF persons lot
the compelling OF ATTENDANCE and for the expulsion or
members by its powers aud officers, and this pre-
rogative belongs nowhere else Nor does strengthen
military Keep order In the galleries 70 clear the gal
leres The request by body itself that order snail be
| by outside force, certainly cannot logically be
pleaded excuse Tor the invasion OF that body and
Tor inquiry by the invading force INTO the rights OF
members, with power to di5pcrse But Will not pur-
sue this argument further.
be met The Senator from New York, who has just
taken his seat, spent much time IN proving how small
difficulty might be regarded 10 law as riot; but he
failed show either that there riot ia the Louis
aua LEGISLATURE, and II there was, by What Law such
riot justified the army Kellogg in deciding who were
and who were not entitled TO seats 10 that body NO
has yet any TO the great constitutional
question. When asked to point out the law winch au
Wae sS fp to the
Civil Rights bill" Such evasions OF the true issue VIII
That the law has 6een BY those Who under the
law made conservators Of the law. The honorable
Senator from Ohio (Mr. Sherman) said the other day
HaC n
majority must rule prefer to say that In tins govern.
ment the people, the sovereignty OF the people must
express itself through majority in accordance wItn
law. Sir the law is our greatest sovereign An ola
the king in h1s realm had superiors. God and the
laws" The people OF Arragon said TO their chosen mon
arch there between and taco greater than thy
self tits the law" Our fathes said that however
exalted his position meritOri0us his services should
ever the law; and that its protection should
extend forever to remotest generations themselves
aud their posterty. embracing tho humbest and the
| You can lust as easily break down tho bikes and
Holland break down the barriers OF the law aud
liberty. No, Sir; whenever the Constitution ana
the laws 10 protect then IN some mad hour law
less maiorities Democrats as well as Republicans, VIII
rampe the rights Of mn0rties and liberty Iii the dust
| REAL CONDITION OF THE SOUTH.
But have been betrayed into DEPRESSION have
said that in making up record the condition OF
the South should introduce no witness whose integrity
and truth would be inpeached. shall not attempt to
answer the absurd charges OF intimidation IN districts
where both parties indorsed the candidate. to
10 statements from inaccessible TO
| the public and from hearsay and rum0r..
Mr.. President, sample of some OF the testimony
wags has been introduced refer you to EVIDENCE re-
Capitol witness in the last few days appeared and
had made speech in Which advised the Democrats Of
Alabama to carry the election by force There Is the
made against the South and the facts are that made
such speech anywhere. was not within 800 miles
! in Alabama at any point for five years Yet there
stands the testimony Among the witnesses Introduce
upon one side and them upon the other. Democrat in
1872 Republican in 1874 and always beaten both
assigus his for becoming candidate for Con-
gress fact that had fae at everything else and
obliged to have Office prefer different class
of witnesses and different kind Of testimony.
Georgia Is stronger DsnocTato tnn any o. tne Gun
such oppressors OF the negroes and Republicans If in
be Republican il the whites had possession OF their
State Governments, certainly there ought to existn
which, the Senator from Indiana charges, could not
resist What is the conditio~ OF Georgia society," ask
wen known here VINO bears honored name-a North
err man who has voted ire Republican ticket since that
resen nj Administrator and but few months ago held
position under it, He is gentleman; and such have
always found aud wall never iail 70 nud hospitality be-
meath Southern roof as long there money left TO
extend It, the witness is Mr.. W. G. Morrill,. lately OF
Name. / askt the Secretary 10 read Lis telegram
tbs Secretary read as IolIoWs; -
tn, Hon. JOIN B. Goanoy Uahd States senator RGsssion
Toe ttaneu have received from he People Of Geor. caring
It W. o. MORRILL,
MT. Gordon--I ask also 10 have read telegram from
the same gentleman, who was the Freedmen's Bureau
agent and ought TO some knowledge OF the subject
matter of which he speaks. wish the country 10 know
what Mr. Morrill, has 10 OF the treatment OF negroes
IN the Democratic State of Georgia.
The Secretary read as follows:
ATLANTA, Ca, Jsn. IL, 1875.
The Hon JoHN B GORDON. WdshtngioD; .....
the s residence has been the city, and during
believe cood people
been treated different from class Of aborers f to that time
The Preedmen Bnreau, found
slavehoder bat all trouble
knowledge almost Invariably that shat
either usually think will above
BY nearly al the late nteg agents Of the BuA
.... .. W. O. MORRILL,.
Mr.. Gordon-I ask now to have read telegram
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