The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-01-13
gBy telegraph TO the pispa'cn.I
,o,otc In the limited Ssates Se""'s "'
tho louisiana question:

I'm the ukaStt
rho louisiana Question.
WASHINGTON, January ls.-Ihc senate
,.i I'M to-day the resolution OF AR. sch' NJ
;,.,r,,cting ths Judiciary committee 10 iu'
,,,;re what legislation by congress Is ntees.
r orr IA secure 70 the people OF Lou's'ai''
81 r,chts Of srlf.govcrnment unaer tue
Cnn.tjfu;iou and report with tue ie'St posSi'
~. i,lav by bill or otherwise. mr.
" " Howe. Of Wisconsin, criticised ar;
c-m.,z'< speech Of Yesterday. ana oenleo
Ne. .hr army 0: the United states haa re-
,n,ycd nom The Louisiana LEGISLATURE any
r,or,,,lr Of that body. lie defended the
H. ~. - General Sheridan, and said he was
49,. -. command Of New Orleans when the
N -,,n, -, If Monday. January 4;h, took place.
r,f~rr.uc to The speech of Mr.. GORDON, ne
s,jt The Republican party ala not hate any
,,,~,jon OF this county. All me laws inaue
a. tAc South were also made tor the Noitu.
nv. Republican, party had poured out Tue
...,.,.r Of the country rs ireeiS ~ oPeu
49,. rf,nrcis Of southern ports as IL haa
."o.,.n The channels Of northern ones. lie
,la,,,It murder was TOO common III tile
u,n.l. and vas regarded there WIN mucn
los. slanyrcucc than III other portions OF tnc
n,n.Iyg. Murder and other species OF 'lo'
I.rc.. md been employed IN tue Soutn lot
,,',,;,I purposes. He spoke of the Red
r;yrr troubles in Louisiana, and SAID the per-
,,n,rI,or> ct thos" crimes went unpunlsueo.
Mr., t;ogpoS. o; Georgia, SAID Republicans
we're in charge Of the state. and had the lu'
dietary thereof. Il the majority OF the peo-
,Ir Supported the Kellogg government. as
ya. Gained hy senators on Tue other Sue OF
tho chamber. how waS 1t that the courts OF
that STATE, aided og the army OF the United
safes. did not bring the perpetrators OF
Thee crimes 10 ia>tlcc:
MIR. lIowg replied he would not go into
hat question nov. tut to the best OF his IN
formation the c0arts Of the State were weak.
Mr.. GoRp2N said the Senator. by lmpilca.
tinr Il rot hy direct words. charged That
,2ur5,rS were committed IN the Red RIVER
parish. If il ~ true, II was most remark
able "A e. that the attorney for LOUISIANA, VINO
BELONGED 10 the same party as the Senator,
did moi prosecute the criminals. Inc Senator
had said the courts were weak. III the attor-
rry had not The brains or the nerve 10 draw
I'D a Bit! Of Indictment the Democratic party
ga- certainly not responsible. Applause IN
Il" gtlrTy.J
MIR. HOWE said No matter what the Sem
ator mi.At think oil the personal qualiica-
ton, q! the attorney for Louisiana, ne
II0wvl would say that il the Democratic
Marty ii Louisiana would say TO Governor
Kellogg that they would sustain him IN
every effort to put down murder, no such
transactions as took place in the Red River
parish would ever take place again. he be-
l!cyrd if half dozen senators on the Demo-
cratic side OF the chamber would tell the
yroplr of the South that they would not
tolerate these offences there would be no
more OF them.
Mr. MoKrox said it was we'll understood in
the Red River parish that witnesses who
testified against those criminals, that grand
iU:or> who Were disposed TO indict, or petty
Juror, who were disposed to convict them,
would bc murdered. and that was the reason
Why these criminals il Louisiana had not
been punished.
Mr. Howg, reSuming his argument, said
The Democrats were not friends Of the co.
io-ed man; that the party was united
upon one subject only, aud that was
hostility 10 the negro. In defending
the course Of General Sheridan, he said
the senator from Delaware (Bayard) did
him Injustice in his recent speech. What
offence had General Sheridan committed?
He had suggested for a most extraordinary
state of things an extraordinary remedy
The Senator from Delaware, instead OF heap
ing condemnation upon the head Of Sheri-
dan, should have spent little OF his energy
in the condemnation Of the outrages which
sheridan denounced. He (Howe) did not
think senators should be very harsh in cen,
surfing the conduct OF General Sheridan
That officer did not say all the citizens OF
New Orleans were banditti; and as to the
DISPOSITION in that city to override all law,
referred TO by Sheridan, Congress could see
Tor itself that it was so.
Mr. BAYARD read Sheridan's dispatch in
refereace to the banditti, and said it was an
4rrairnmcnt Of the whole community OF
New Orleans. 1t seemed TO him (Bayard)
almost incredible that senator so advanced
in years and so amiable as the senator from
Wisconsin should find fault with him for
stating that Sheridan's conduct was that Of
human ferocity. The Senator, outside OF
the chamber, would find but one sentiment
in regard to that dispatch. Did he not ask
the President to issuea proclamation he had
no more right TO issue than he had the right
to issue bull in the name of the Pope!
Mr.. Howa said Sheridan only suggested
that such a proclamation be issued. Gene
raj Sheridan stood there in the presence Of
murder. He felt keenly and spoke strongly.
He suggested remedy which the law would
not warrant He (HoHe) did not regard
that as evidence of human ferocity, espe-
ci4IIy in one trained as soldier. Did the
Senator from Delaware (Bayard) believe there
was any senator, especially on the Republi-
can side, who would consent to the slightest
infraction of the Constitution? Did he be-
ileve the Republican party wanted to SUBJ
- d., Co. Tint
ernment?
Mr. BAYARD said he could scarcely be-
lieyc the Senator asked him that question Sc.
Iiously. He did believe the Republican
party had trampled upon the Constitution
TILL there was scarcely vestige of it left. lie
had seen effort after effort to break it down
IL! be believed, as be believed in his exist
encc, tina, the party paid 30 respect to 1t.
Mr.. HOWE denied that the Republican
party wanted any despotism. In conclusion,
ne argued that the Democrats in 1854 en-
piOycd Il detachment OF the army in Boston
10 take one negro out Of that city. 1t had
been said that The people are preparing to
overthrow the party which has con-
Quoted the Government since 1861. 1t
might come. He was not insensible to it,
but he could not consent 10 turn back
as admOni>hed by the Senator from Missouri
iochuEz) yesterday. He was not constituted
on the crawtish order. There might be
etorn> ahead, and it might be prudent for
those not fully insured 10 go ashore; but he
vas going to complete the voyage, and If the
snip went down before the voyage was COM
pcted he was going down with it; andf it
should ever be raised again, as it must be,
LOT The great Underwater would attend to
that, there would be found at the mast
head her flag, upon which might be read
TIA. all men, whatever their race or color
night be, bad equal rights in the pursuit OF
!lic, liberty. and hapDiness