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gressional Committee, arrived last nigh
] They had preliminary. meeting to-day, an
counsel Of either side submitted The pom
OF their cases as follows: 81, 4 ~
! The points submitted BIZ thu. Republican,
I. That we propose to show there we,
J over ten thousand Republican voters intim
dated from voting for Republican end
dates frst, By the CoIfax massacre; seconC
by the tsoushattas massacre; third, by th
White Leagues conspiracy; fourth, by ith
violent depGsing OF parish officers through
out the State, and the iBstallipg Of illegs
McEnery officials fifth, by general proscriE
ton and persecution of Republicans; sixth
BY the insarrectioB Of September "A. ~
2. That the White League is an ofganizel
conspiracy against the State Government
and Is copfederated with kindred orgsniZa
lions through the South, and that its ohjec
Fis the overthrow of the reconstructed gov
ernment and the virtual annulment Of con
stitntional amendments, and that one OF A
dangerous results is an extensive revival o.
the old hostility against the United States
Government. - ,
8. That the pretended Wilt organization
of the House of Representatives on January
4th was revolutionary mob and entirely
destitute OF legality, and that it was con-
spiracy to reyolutionize the entire State
lGovernment. j l.aess. /. ~.
4. We desire to submit evidence upon po.
litical assassinations and murders, proscrip-
ton in theatres and other public places, and
tie expulsion Of colored children from the
Tn RI f,oy infc Io
| by counsel of the other side we will show,
if allowed, that the intimidation complained
of by the United States military was, in fact,
only that fear which parties guilty of com.
plicity in the massacres of ColfaX and Cou-
shatta, who thought that they were sus-
pected of such completely, felt of the service
of legal warrants for their arrest, which
warrants could only be served safely in GER
tain parts of the State under the protection
of the military forces Of the United States.
We also propose to show by extracts from
the files of the White League press the
boldest and most outspoken advocacy of as
sassination and murder of Republicans. as
we'll as riots, armed revolution, and armed
resistance in the United States.
The points submitted by the Conserya.
| tives are:
/. That the election Of 1874 was free and
| fair. as we'll as a peaceable election on the
part of the Conservative party; that the
Conservatives carried the election, procuring
majority of twenty-nine in the House, ten
senator's, and their State treasurer, by four
thousand and odd majority, and at least one
additional member Of Congress not returned
| by the Returning Board.
2. That the Returning Board falsifed their
result by illegal and fraudulent practices.
3. That the only intimidation practiced
was by the Republican colored people against
colored Conservatives by the use of United
States troops under orders of the United
States Marshal on or about electlon-day to
intimidate and deter white conservatives
| from voting.
4. The general prostration OF the material
interests of the State by bad and corrupt
government, and the extraordinary depres'
sion of property OF all kinds throughout the
State.
| 5. That there has been no intimidation or
outrages against Republicans, nor have they
been ostracised on any political ground, but
only on moral grounds, when they were
considered corrupt and immoral by the
communities in which they lived.
6. That when emeutes have occurred they
have sprung from local causes, generally
from oppression and robbery OF the people
by corrupt officials, and were only political
in the sense that the people resisted the in.
vason of their rights, and that IN such
emeutes the people were first attacked and
outraged.
7. That the criminaI statistics of the State
will show more homicides, arson, and other
crimes committed by the colored race than
by the white race, and that the larger portion
of said crimes are traceable to the maladmn-
istration OF the government by Governor
Kelloge's appointees and the wholesale par
doning of criminals by said Kellogg as Co
vernon.
s, That where disturbances occurred they
were local, and without collision, co0pera-
ton, or preconcerted action on the part OF
other portions of the State.
9. That frauds were committed by the Re.
publican party to the amount of several
thousand votes in the city OF New orleans
and throughout the State By fraudulent re-
gistration by supervisors OF registration ap'
pointed by Kellogg, and that The SAID fraud
ulent papers were voted in the interest OF tne
Republican party.
10. That the present Hahn House of Rep
sentatives is an illegal body, organized In
violation of law, and has had at no time ie-
g.l quorum and lastly, we deny generally
all the allegations OF fact and conclusions en-
tertained in the brief of points submitted by
the Republican counsel, and especially that
there exists in this State any disoyalty to the
Government of the United States and OF
this we challenge proof.
The committee will meet at 10 tomorrow
to hear evidence touching the proceedings OF
the Returning Board in relation to The cleo
ton of 1874. -.