The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-01-02
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r. TIE country ctEi tfe ntteHMQN OF Ely
people Of the Initc3 States 70 tha AZ
-~~liltiona wrongs aud iniien unde
which lhe onca free people oi Louisiana
ere now suffering.
For two year we have heon in viii
appeahng 70 the Pre- dent end 60 The
Gonoee f0E relief om Ase Injustice
the opnrsssio0s and iie robbery of D
tsnrping State HoYefumenti placed
over as IS tie pirate eEder g q drunk
en United States judge written in his
chamber, and Sustained ~ the United
states army brought here beforehand
for the purpose.
Ihls Governor. ineligible under eur
Car iitution end defeated 81 tie polls
by N9a0 majority, and hy sneh means
installed and maintained ~ power lad
been unable. after nearly tWe years of
misrule, togain Vie slightest foothoid
IN tile Confidence and respect Of the
people, and soon Is Che Federal
army W.is nitharaMn within one hour
LES shoN 81 authority mad iorce melted
inD thin lir before Tie calm Determine
alton y an puir ged people, and BE
Sought feinHe S. lhe sanctuary al tha
United States nst0mh0use 1fame-
dialalv upeu lie command of Gle Pres.
38ent all Ehc fruits 81 the brilliant
VICTORY achieved by our eitizens, with
tie State House public buildings and
archives, were surrendered 70 an officer
tlle Inisad States eTmy, who skew
cred Kellogg u Iris gabernatorial seat
0r several We ks before the election
on 81 November, 1874. the whole state,
alII pecialls the Democratic parishes.
were harried by Tie United States
army, end onf best and leading cite
zens arrested 81 trumped-up charges,
made hY iTre n1nssble tools Of the
re icai party l0r the purpose of in
tim dating the white people and car
rylug The election agaiust the viii Of
Che majority
Notwithstanding this, our people /
knowing that their continued existence
IN this Shte depended npon their
driving the government. of the plun- |
dernrs from power; Knowing that by
misRovernmeiit and ex0rbitant taxa
iipp imposed By ignorant ana corrupt /
legislators, who had no interest ia the /
State the valne ~ property had been
destroyed, and instead of being q bIes- /
atn Ind become burden knowing /
lhaf tho fountains Of law and Justice
DIG been corrupted, and Tie Govern
ant, whose end should BE protection
Ma been converted into an engine III
and xtor1ion, only limited /
ly ils imbeeility.
Knowing these facts, they PIT forth
their utmost efforts, and with all the I
q inianitons election laws
leYisea to pNrpetnate Radical rale ia
.he minds az the usurpation. and with
NE United States army at the command 1
81 the Chairman ,of the Republican
5sate Central COMMITTEES, and used as
ln electloneerilig engine against them,
ihe Conservatives sneceeded in carry
ng the State BY At least $500 majority, /
With d majority Of tWenty-eight Ill TIE
House Of heprese ltatives, and d ma
ority on joint ballot ia both Houses.
Tie city 81 New Orleans was carried
5y the Conservatives by over III. 600
minority. The fact 81 the Conserve
ives having carried the Election has
been wen known ever since the stu
November, because dhe ballots were
sOuntcd At the polls Immediately and 4
ne returns made ont n duplicate.
let even now. seven weeks after the
election, we are ifaminently threatened
nth being defrauded 0f our victory
ind "a our franchise. The election
etnFns arc submitted 10 q Board of
fetnrning Officers consisting al 1--WE
MEMBERS four of whom are identified
sith and committed 70 the usnrpinq
Thee Man. aside from their narti-
anhlp, haYe not sastained saeh y
haFacter before the community as rs
Inspire gis with confidence III their III.
eGrity O. ipipartiality, Of 20 give ant
ope that they viii fairly ana honestly
ompile and promulgate tlfe reinsrs.
hoy have already evinced dotermin
ton g defraud the people and defeat
heir VIII ~ expressed m the ballot
OK u tbs ease 81 tha parish AZ ne.
.otos Ioaeervatiye liz over one th0u.
and majority, the Radical election
Ulcers stole tho returns placed them
the lands 81 woman ID this town.
'h0 0iieKaa to give them up f0r $4,000.
nd be left thg State. Tho retufnine
Ulcers reluaed a taho any steps to
scosps thase papers. lhc attorneys
Apr nting fhe IQnaarYAgive sent I'M
leeoto ana brought down ana present
4 the dnplieate original election ro
lrna q equal yalue, which hd been
lea With tlle Glark az Che District
onft Coz tho parish. 81 pursuance 81
ana those they EefnRed io rocaiea
ava consider. Nithon9h fu Ffa3sAsf