The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-24

least at the last election-not intimdate. but to
to have blacks even wn
that would be
they prevailed ae in OF the result he
tore their interest TO avoid giving any such
so,o.e5ate with and eoncaie the blacks inev voted
G9W he n II or which were
those soipred voters who would not cooperate with
ne sso by combining with c0i0red
aSes aas against the Kellogg sanaaats;
eolors n several pashes union ticket Of eoored and
testified i0t that he
The the White ~oud swallow sms s so
ored" these causes ana feelings naturally united to
Gated by the returns
any general intimidation OF the. coiored voters. or
be- so rss stare oq be ~ hsre
dstion such occur in every state, But the evidence
and that such as d exist IN ss
hs The uned ne 'G9 S
chic. was Chairman OF the ltepasiean state conmiise
by o aa The e m
ton ana the returns in the hands of Governor
KsHSs oh Their account and r., return aIa show
elected by the without any protest what
province aac duty to protest in any case where violence
and nsm, ,a 1 or rand existed .o
ss wen as the circumstances. clearly indicate
and the visit q" speca the
saee ~ Unable Srrdee IN he ns
more than haf dozen persons to testify to anything
tons who were not ottce-hoders connected with
Against such facts it idle to assume that
the disturbances SO yyidiy piearea b. the minority
Of as woaa justify the that out
Al experience shows that the the election OF
i M a. 81 retained TO the soard
we have given; :. , .ss'N.'se -. '.e e'''''
We hold therefore. that in November is74 the people
a clpur
conservative majority was elected to the lower house
and
To the resou ion ported the House the
mse As tine action q the Rearnng sosrd are all
b has dee hs s s s1 the ct the
psopis s"en sseed TO the lover house OF their ga
the conservative members thus elected were refused
q The ana s ,%s
ernment and ought 70 be aiatsly corrected BY any
power competent to correctit
The resolution oy ba ION Of cov
upon o w atsn
4 hs9ss may
dence 10 show the TACT or II there be it has been
.Ss nor ,h%R y this
both conservative and radical circ,es inciines. The
who's 70 Justify KsliSgss and ennis claims and thar
Louisiana past years deny MS right and
We to as legal and
avoid the mischief ana confusion OF change a ma
jory Of the citizens OF Louisiana willing
as compromise ke oggs RECOGNITION, anu the
ton to the conservatives OF the control OF lower
house For these Messrs Foster Phelps do
not wish TO oppose the TINT the a;min
strauon Of Governor Kellogg be recognized Neither
III view OF the fac. that they nothing the
OF tue case as Judged By competent evidence, do they
wish to be understood as urging It, They only wish TO
record their agreement with those OF their associates
who believe that such compromise might by making
termination OF the uncertainty i'll louisiana be- on the
whole less than the present situation OF that
distressed people.
POSITION MEssRs POTTER AND MARSHALL
But to any resolution recognizing Kellogg Messrs.
Potter and Marshall utterly opposed. They ind
nothing 10 justify the belief that kellogg ciecIed.
That he seized the government by the aid OF federal
troops through void fraudulent order which
vented ,he counting and return OF the be
standing presumption aHalnsl him. When the people.
outraged BY the abuses OF his government had
fully Icyaned the office he had usurped he again
reseuteu Dy federal power. through the forms
by which he hal intrenched himself he once more
sought TO nuiiy the choice OF the people at the late
election and to that end called In the federal troops
break UP the meeting OF u Legislature
For Congress. To recognize usurpation so gross and
so oppressive Is they think to establish precedent by
state government may b. overthrown, the will Of the
people nuhed, fraud and violence made perm anent
aud republican forms perverted destroy liberty.
In their judgment all that Is needed in Louisiana il to
Withdraw the federal troops and leave people Of
CHARLES FOSTER,
WILLIAM WALTER PHELPS,
CLARkSON N. POTTER
SAMUEL ). MARSHALL.