The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-01-12
THE PEOPLE SPEAKI
Sheridan IN Denounced New
York, MassnC huseits, Ten
ncssec and Arltnnsns In
Line for Civil Liberty.
NEW Y0i,K,

NEW YORK.
NEW York, January THE follow
Ing address 10 the citizens of New York
calling on them to meet aud protest
against military interference In Louis
lama was issued this evening:
JANvAny ., 1879.
To.day's associated press dispatches
of events which took place In our sis
ter city OF New Orleans present the
most marked attack on the rights Of
American citizenship which has ever
been made since the establishment Of
our government, a legislative body
of sister state, peacenbly assembled,
has been broken into aud dispersed by
federal troops acting under orders from
the president OF the United States. To
give expression 10 the outraged feel.
ings which every citizen OF II free COM
monwealth must experience NJ ucrime
happily In this country so unparalleled,
against the underlying principles Of
our government, we ask you to assem-
BILE irrespective of party ties, ut Cooper
institute ON Monday evening, Jan.
uary II.
VIM, Cullen Bryant, VIM. ii. Wick
ham, VIM. NJ, Evarts, VIM. b. Dun
can, August Belmont, Manton Marble,
Whitelaw Reid, Charles a. Dana, sgd
ney Webster and others
MASSACHUSETTS,.
Governor CASTOR in his message re-
fers to the louisiana matter as fol-
lows.
The presence OF an armed force of
the United States in the Legislature OF
the state for the purpose of settling the
election contest between political par
Ties Is matter Of great concern to all
people of all states, more especially in
case where the possible effort OF such
presence may be to subvert the popular
will, and impose on the people rulers
whom they have not selected. ! in
vite the Immediate attention Of the
Legislature to this subject.
OHIO.
COLUMBUS, o., January Z. --Govcrnor
Allen has just sent the following mes
sage to the general assembly, which
was referred to The committee on fed
eral relations
To the General Assembly:
desire to call your attention to the
grave circumstances of the interior
ence of federal troops in the organiza.
ton and proceedings of the Legislature
Of sister state. If the reported action
of the military in unseating persons
claiming to be members of the Louisi-
ana Legislature and giving their places
to persons contesting the same is true
and is legal and proper, then the same
interference would be legal and proper
here; and 1t seems to me to be the
duty of representatives of the people of
this state to at once euter u vigorous
protest against an action that may be
made precedent at some future time
for the overthrow of civil government
here. III there is law warranting the
settling Of contested election cases in
state legislatures by the use of federal
troops, then, in my Judgment, you
should request its immediate repeal.
Ifthere is no law for it. then your in
dignant protest should be heard at
Washington, insisting upon such ac-
ton by congress as will prevent in the
future such fragrant outrages against
civil liberty.
TENNESSEE.
NASHVILLE, January 7.-Governor
Brown in his message to the legisla-
ture says:
Permit Inc to express my cOngratu-
lations that, unlike the legislative as
sembly of one Of our sister states, you
have been allowed to assemble peacea-
bly,, and to perfect your organization
without Intimidation. No military
force surrounds your capital or drives
from their rightful seats the represent
atives of the people The edict of a
party tyrant does not here avail to dis
perse the state legislature. Yet your
immunity from such outrage Is just
now made the more conspicuous by
the spectacle of Louisiana trampled
under foot and deprived OF her liber-
ties. five may credit the reports that
reach us through the daily press, and
which seem To have the sanction of
official authority, the power of the ma
tional ,vernmenttlrough its military
arm is being used for the subversion
of all the liberties the people OF
Louisiana have right 10 hold dear
Possibly 1t is not in your power To do
more than intnrpose solemn and
earnest protest against this glaring
crime, yet IL this he all that the rep.