The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-02-24
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-Winder's building,
occupied by the Ordinance and Engineer s
| Department, was fired by an incendiary. The
building is opposite the Navy Department.
which has been fired three times. Either
some one is crazy or there is plot to destroy
the records.
WAsaIyGr7S. Feb 23-John A. Scudder,
President 81 the Memphis and st. Louis
Packet Company, has the mail contract from
st. Louis to Nicksburg. Capt. J. }. Brown
has tie contract from New Orleans to st.
FrancIsville.
President Grant had an interview with Mr..
Wheeler, then sent for Marshal Packard to
| whom he spoke in terms nearly like those he
addressed to the Conservative Committee, and
requested Packard to see Wheeler. Wheeler
telegraphed Kellogg whether lie would call an
extra session to carry out the compromise.
| Kellogg telegraphs he would rather not call
an extra session.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-The following are
the conclusions Of Messrs. Hear, Wheeler and
Frye. In the whole case we are of the opin-
ion: l. That there has been, and is, on the
part of the party calling themselves the White
Mans party in Louisiana, purpose to take
possession by force and fraud of the State
government, without regard to the question
of who may have the numerical majority at
tair election. 2. That in the execution of this
purpose the White Mans party have not re-
Trained and will not refrain from the use ofthe
instruments which they think designed to ac
complish it, whether those instruments be
murder or fraud, civil war, or coercion of
laborers by employers.
). While there are many men IN their
party of more moderate views who do not
themselves use Or approve of these unlawful
means, such men desire the accomplishment
of the same end, and are powerless to re-
strain their more violent associates.
4. Three causes have made it easier to
unite SO large number of men, whites of
Louisiana, in these purposes, and have ren-
dered more difficult to unite the best men
among them in opposition-the fact that
the administration party OF Louisiana is
made up by masSing together almost
the whole negro vote with few whites,
largely from other States; the tact that there
has been great maladminstration by the Re
publican officials; the belief honestly enter
tanned by large numbers of the white people
Of Louisiana that they have been twice de-
frauded out of the results OF election in
which they have been successful.
5. While all these things are great evils,
much to be deplored and likely to exasperate
any people, the course of the whites them
selves has tended to bring them about and
inhame them
Inc simple ana peaceful remedies OF ODe- |
dience to law argument and decent treatment
of their opponents would, if they had pur-
sued them, have proved etfectual long ago.
s. While we believe Gov. Kellogg to have
received majority OF the votes in 1872, and
while we believethere were violence and fraud |
which frustrated the will of the people in
many parishes in 1874, the illegal order of
Judge Durell and the illegal conduct of the |
Returning Board in attempting to cure one |
wrong by another naturally intlamed the |
popular discomfort and lent plausibilty to |
the complaints.
T. There has been much dishonesty, much !
corruption in the State and local administra-
ton in Louisiana. For this the Republicans |
under Warmouth's rule are largely |
although III numerous instances |
their opponents have been equally to blame |
s. The effect of all this has been to put an |
end to the authority Of the law over large
portion of Louisiana, to deprive the negro of
his freedom of suffrage, and wholly to de-
stroy the value of the methods provided by |
tanning their result. This state of things |
overthrows republican government in Louisi-
ana and seriously menaces it in the whole |
g. A new election hell at this time is not |
desirable. 1t is not asked for by either side |
and would inhame and aggravate the evils |
now existing.
10. 1t is the duty Of Congress to use such |
power as is vested IN it by the Constitution. 1t |
should recognize the lawful government of
louisiana by express resolution. |