Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-01-22

had been contemptuously defed and
that they had been made while
WILD SCENES OF ANARCHY
Were sweeping away all restraint of law
and order. Doubtless the judge of this
court mage grave mistakes, but the law
allows the chancellor great latitude not
only in Furnishing those who contemn
his orders and injunctions, but in pre-
venting the consummation of the wrong
which he has judicially forbidden
Whatever may be said or thought of
these matters, it was only made known
to me that the process of the u. 5, Court
was resisted, and as said act specially
provides for the use of the army and
navy when necessary to enforce judicial
process arising hereunder, | considered
it my duty to see that such process was
executed according to the judgment Of
the court. Resulting from these pro-
ceedings, through various controversies
and complications, state administra-
ton was organized, with William ?.
Kellogg as Governor, which in the dis
charge of my duty under Section A, Act
4, of the Constitution, i have recognized
as the Government of the State 1t has
been bitterly and persistently alleged
that Kellogg was not elected. Whether
he was or not is not altogether certain.
Nor is it any more certain that his com
petitor, McEnery was chosen. The cleo
ton was
A GIGANTIC FRAUD,
and there are no reliable returns of its
result. Kellogg obtained possession of
the Office, and in my opinion has more right
to it than his competitor, On the goth
of FEBRUARY, 1873, the Committee on Priv
ileges and Elections of theSenate made a
report, in which they say they were sat
isfed by testimony that the manipulation
of the election machinery by Warmoth
and others was equivalent to 5000 votes,
and they add that to recognize the Nc
Emery Government would be recognising
a government based upon fraud, in def
anee of the wishes and intentions of the
voters Of the State.
THE QUESTION AT ISSUE.
Assuming the correctness of the state
ments in this report, and they seem to
have been generally accepted by the
country, the great crime in Louisiana,
about which so much has been said, is
that one is holding the Office of governor
who was cheated out of 10000 votes
against another whose title to the office
is undoubtedly based on fraud, and in
defiance of the wishes and intentions OF
the voters of the state. Misinformed
and misjudging as to the nature and ex.
tent of his report, the supporters of Nc.
Emery proceeded to displace by force in
some counties of the state the appointees
of Governor Kellogg, and on the 18th
of April, in an effort of that kind, butch.
cry of citizens was committed at Colfax,
which in bloodthirstiness and barbarity
is hardly surpassed by any acts of savage
warfare.
JUDICIAL TESTIMONY.
To put this matter beyond controver.
: sy | quote from the charge of Judge
Woods of the United States Circuit Court
to the jury in the case of the United
States V. Cruikshank and others in New
Orleans in March, 1874. He said: "In
the case on trial there are many facts
not in controversy. | proceed to state
some of them in the presence and hear.
ing of council ON both sides, and if ]
: state as conceded fact any matter that
: is disputed they can correct me. After
stating the origin of the difficulty, which
grew out of an attempt of white persons
to drive the parish judge and sheriff, ap.
pointees of Kellogg, from the office, and
their attempted protection by colored
persons, which led to some fighting in
which quite number of negroes were
: killed, the judge states that most Of
: them who we're not killed were taken
prisoners Fifteen or sixteen of the
blacks had lifted the boards and taken
refuge under the floor of the court house
They were all captured; about thirty
: seven men were taken prisoners. The
number is not definitely fixed. They
: were kept under guard until dark, when
they were
LED OUT TWO BY TWO AND SHOT.
Most of the men were shot to death
A few were wounded but not mortally
BY pretending to be dead they were af
terward during the night able to make
their escape. Among them was the Levi
Nelson named in the Indictment. The
) dead bodies of the negroes killed in this
! affair were left unburied until Tuesday
April 10, when they we're buried by a
Deputy Marshal and an officer OF the
militia from New Orleans. These per-
| sons found
FIFTY-NINE DEAD BODIES.
) Thar showa1 ,,iSfoI shot ,roupIS tba