The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-02-14
MR.. WHEELER's TERMS OF ADJUST
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skillful hand, and their real intent and pu
. port were SO adroitly concealed that they we
not really understood by many Of those VIII
: on the first vote, were induced to adol
them.
The members of the Congressional Con
mittee were mere partisans, and their CHI
object in undertaking to effect an adjustmer
was not SO much to maintain Kellogg
power as it was to exculpate the Presider
from the condemnation Of the country fo
enforcing Durell's order of 1872, and dir
persing the Legislature of the 4th of January
1875; and to remove, at the same time, fror
the National Republican party the odium q
the Louisiana question. With this view, alb
solute recognition of Kellogg was not insiste'
upon, because not essential
Acquiescence and an agreement not to i'm
peach him for past official acts, was all tina
was absolutely required. This would satisf!
Kellogg, because he never laid much claim
to anything else The Governors Of Louis
lana, under the old regime would have
scorned to accept the Office had there been a
doubt of their election. But it does not seem
a matter of principle with Kellogg whether he
was elected Governor or not SO that his au-
thority be acquiesced in by the people and he
be permitted to exercise the duties of the Of
fee and enjoy its emoluments. Kellogg
was therefore easily conciliated.
But the presidential robes must be cleansed
Of the stain of the usurpation Of 1872 And
Mr.. Wheelers resolutions came right to the
point, as follows: "Whereas doubts have
existed, and still exist, as to the legal results
of the election, in this State, in the month Of
November, 1872" Now, in truth, there is
not much doubt about this matter, either in
the State, or out Of it; but whatever doubt
exists, is against the administration. But
this must be settled; and settled in favor of
the administration. This is done, when the
people "acquiesce" in the government Of
the usurper, and "accord him all necessary
and legitimate support in maintai ming the
laws"
What if the President did violate the Con-
stitution in setting up the Kellogg govern
ment; what if he did invade the rights of the
states, whatever they may be, by debating,
It the point of the bayonet, Governor for the
people, when they had elected another what |
I he maintains this pseudo Governor, who |
cannot maintain himself, by the army and
navy of the United States is not the Presi- |
lent excused, nay, even justified, when the
people 'acquiesce," and render voluntary
support to the new order Of things
But that is not all. United States soldiers
dispersed the Legislature of Louisiana on
he 4th Of January, 1875. This offense
gainst civil liberty, however grave, must be
ondoned. The resolutions of Mr.. Wheeler
overed up the matter SO well that the Presi-
ent would have come out Of it completely
indicated. "Those holding certificates Of
ection from the Returning Board hereby
'verally agree, that upon the coming in of
le award of the arbitrators, and the same
lall have been ratified by the report of the
on Elections and Qualifications
the body in session at the State House,
aiming to be the House Of Representatives,
ey shall attend the sittings of said House, :
r the purpose of adopting said report, etc.
This proposition, if accepted, would have
rendered absolutely the legality Of the Or
nization effected by the Conservatives on 4
e 4th of January, 1875, with the election of t
A. Wilt, Esq, as Speaker. In carrying
t the compromise, none of the Conservative n
smbers but those returned by the Return
, Board are empowered to act And they 4
} not allowed to act until, first, they 60 into \
} Legislature now sitting in the State
use, and claiming to be the legal Legis-
ure of Louisiana, and take part in its pro- !,
'dings, thereby recognizing it as Legis-
IRE, and Hahn as it's Speaker; and, Sec '
lily, to vote in that House, on the report of III
Committee on Elections and Qualifica- II
as, thereby acknowledging it to be a legally ca
anized House of Representatives. al
{ the House now sitting is legal, and the u
use organized by the Conservatives on the ii
January, 1875, was illegal, it ought to he
re been dispersed Can the people of pa
lisiana condemn the dispersion of the Al
tz Legislature, by armed forces, if they =
nit its Illegally, and recognize the Hahn "
use as the only legal Legislature of the so,
to Y? fire
tut the hardest condition Of all is to come
agreements and obligations of the Con-
7atives were not sufficient to satisfy the
gressional Committee Of their good faith.
compact must become law and be spread
he statute book. Like the sailors device, ~,
coed upon his arm with India ink, to bro
ain until death, SO the degradation and !
race imposed upon our people by the to
rs Of this compromise were to be written ,na
elibly in the history of the State and wa
ded down to our children as evidence Of tia
AFFECT submission to despotic power to his
Oh We were once reduced. tho
hen We now reflect that for all this we
, only to receive in return Conservative III
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