The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-01-14
The Presidents Defence.

referred the Louisiana case to Congress, aha
informed it that unless it disposed Oh tue
matter in some way he should continue the
nolicy be had begun; which was, Indeed, 10
sustain KELLOGG and the Republican party.
He OF deavors to fortify his action In persist
ing in This policy by the manufactured SIAN
ders that have been accumulated in the So
called DEPARTMENT of Justice, which the
people Of the Union have learned to regard
in their true light.
The argument, Indeed, is that policy be-
cur was, according to promise, GRANT ike
biindiy adhered to. The President degrades
the dignity OF bis Office in presenting re-
hash Of the cases Of violence and alleged
violence Of that day, including the Cou-
sbstta affair, which was adjudicated, and ail
of which have been since discussed and set
tied in the public judgment. We can ina
CINE no occasion for this except to infiame
the public mind again with the Radical raw
head.and- bloody OF the South, and TO
cover the Federal usurp1,ions with the
shield Of prejudice.
EUaKLL's midnight order is the real pre-
text of the Presidents origi mol interference
an order out of all propriety but so far as
the Legislature was concerned, in violation
OF tie enforcement act itself; upon which
ground the House of Representatives pro-
posed to inpeach Judge DCEELL, and let him
csc lpe only because be resigned.
1t will be remembered that kELLoGG's
Legislature was by the protection Of Fede-
raj bayonets inaugurated under DURELLs
decision, though the 23d section of the en-
forcement law excepted the Legislature from
the Jurisdiction of the United States courts.
We quote from it:
Section 90. and be ii further enacted,
That whenever any person Shall be defeated
or be deprived Of his election to any Office,
rrcept elector of President or Vice.Presi-
dent, representative or delegate in Congress,
or member Of q State Legislature, by reason
OF he denial to any citizen or citizens VINO
shall offer to vote of the right TO vote
on account OF race, color, or previous
condition of seryitude, Of his right to
bold and enjoy such office, DC, such per-
son may bring any appropriate suit, dc. Such
suit or procet ding may be instituted In the
Cncuit or District Court of the United
States, &c.
Therefore, whatever Judge DURELL might
have decided, it could have no effect upon
the Legislature which was assembled under
Federal bayonets. In this way the Lee
sisIature was deprived Of its constitu-
tional right to judge of the qualifications
of its own members-a right secured
to that body by the very enforcement act
itself. This Infamous and glaring out
rage has been repeated by General SHERIDAN
under the authority of President GRANT,
notwithstanding the facts brought out by
The senatorial committee, and in the very face
of the law, which shows its unwarrantable
and outrageous nature. What are we to
think of q President who coolly sustalns
such an outrage in communication to the
very body in which it has been ascertained to
be lawless exercise of power!
The responsibility, as we have said, having
been thrown upon Congress, with the pro-
mise that the policy would be carried out
in the event of the failure of Congress TO act,
General GRANT is us good as bis word, and
procteds upon bis :: bIazed line" He be-
slows not great many words upon the sc.
cond act Of his tyrannical drama, and backs
I'D his ordering troops to Louisiana upon
KE1LoGG's request with the same old hor-
rors, and the quoted agreements Of certain
merchants in Shreveport TO place men who
voted the Radical ticket and men who EN-.
lloyed persons voting that ticket under the
ban. But these agreements drew no distinc-
tions rs to race or color. But what more
did they do than the Government itself does
in appointing Radicals to Office, and filling
The navy.yards, &c., with Radical voters, upon
tho eve Of elections? Ofiice.holders dare not
v,tc any but the Radical ticket.
These statements, together with hearsay
rumors of Intended violence, the President
OF the United States offers as excuses for his
sending troops TO Louisiana. The old pre-
text Of the wolf for killing the lamb.
But what the President further says con-
corning the neglect of giving instructions TO
the military in louisiana, considering the
great delicacy OF their position, must amaze
the nation. Isit expected that the President
shall escape responsibility in this manuer
ere outrages such as have been permitted
by him-to say the least-to be left to hunt
for paternity whilst American citizens are
suffering injury therefrom? This is an
anomaly In the history of Executive proceed
ings in this country which is a disgrace to
the nation, and should but increase the re-,
sentiment of an incensed people.
The repetition Of the gross outrage OF
Federal interference In Louisiana Is under
greatly aggravated circumstances, and when
the President comes forward with wretch
edly framed partisan document, full Of I'M
confirmed and fabulous stories, we confess
that we feel ashamed of our Government.
Such disgraceful exhibition Of party malice
and incapacity has never before been made
by the National Administration. II must de-
grade us in the eyes of the world ;and We do
not like to suppose that there is man in this
Union who will arise without modification
from the perusal of this shameful document.
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Party Fealty-Popular Feeling.
The New York Times has arrayed itself
against some measures Of the Radical Admir- I.
Istration upon principles about which there
should be no compromise. Yet it gave the