Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-03-26
The Debate ON PInehbaek.


They only know that they wish it might be
settled one way or the other, and relieve
the telegraph from repeating and them from
reading his name, with its bogus, metallic
So. !. Individually Mr.. Pinchback may
or " no. be Of much consequence but
his case has legal relations to the other
ycxed questions in the Louisiana contro-
versy. which make it important The de-
bate in the Senate, on Tuesday, was among
the lawyers chiefly, the more noticeable
speeches being those Of NJ. Edmunds and
Mr. Morton.
Mr.. Edmund- said there was no getting
away from the unpleasant fact that the body
Of men which elected Pinehback were got
together by system of contriyances which
he (Eimund-) thought it was safe to say
were without parallel in the history of this
or any other free country. The Senate was
not trying whether the credentials Of Ne
MILAN were good, or whether McEnery was
the legal Governor. Ii did not follow that,
because some other body Of men acted as
bad as the Lynch board, the claimant now
before the Senate had any rights. The ques-
ton was whetaer Pinchback was elected by
the real and constitutional legislature Of
Louisiana. 1t did not help the Senate to
believe, as he (Elmunds) believed, that the
election in Louisiana, in 1872, was carried
By an organized and vigorous system of
intimidation. The Senate would violate its
duty and become Tarty to revolutionary
and fraudulent proceedings, the moment it
/ put lis seal Of approval upon them by ad-
uniting the applicant. The constitution Of
/ the United State. made the Senate and not
/ the Supreme Court Of Louisiana the Judge Of
| the election of its own members. The Su
prcme Court Of Louisiana had as little
power to pass upon the question As to what
! body Of men constituted the legislature OF
/ Louisiana a. he (Eimunls) had as private
/ citizen Of Vermont. No court. no matter
/ low broad is jurisdiction may lie, can, in
/ a g3yernmon; Trained like ours, declare 10 a
/ degree which can be binding upon the
/ Senate, what body Of men constitute the
/ legislature OF Il State Ii there were fifty
pretended governments in . State al time
/ the courts OF one could not decide upon the
| legality OF the other. lie (Elm1nds) had
listened 10 the arguments on Louisiana for
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T,si,r;tr Of II. Go0 coloreJ over tie white
yotes. and PincAback was the representative
Of the minority. The Senators ON the other
s;le If t-e chamber we're foud of making
arreel- TO Senators to rise above party feel
/ irs-. bat he hai never seen an occasion
when those Senator's voted for Republican.
If tie Senate refused to seat Pinchback, he
U9ran) supposed Mcmillan would appear