Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-07
\ ALFONSO XII
Sharon the Coming Nevada Senator.
LOUISIANA.
Public Opinion iu New York.

4 MAS MI ErlNG OF born PARTIES TO
fHufE>r AGAINST MILITARY lNTERNEN-
NTw YORK. January a caU for a p,,b-
lac mas meeting has b-yu issued in thiS citv
10 prut'Ni against the action OF the military
iu the organization uf ;lle Louisiana lpgi>la-
ture- VIM cullen Bryant heads the list OF
Signcr>. followed bv other prninfncnt Gift
zons. mcmherS nf both political parties n
sets iorih that thc lib,rtics OF thS paople or
TIC state oi Louisiana have bccu violated hv
The military force under thc command of th,,
Etncfol government. and that A. g. imtesra-
M i've tlat me voice oi the people of this city
and state should bc hcanl la public profrSf
The meeting Will bc held some evening of
next We \. either AZ the large han OF the
Cooper Union or at the Academy of Music.
Inc Ne" hork Times Severe on Sher-
tttan.
The Tunes SAYS such a dispatch a. fhaf
which Gen. sheridan sent To me Secretary ~
war ON Iue~iaN l. not warranted by any
Facts known Ia the public. IL could scarcely
DE warranted under any conceivable rir,.lnl-
stances. We have never published >ut.b "A
a3cumcht before and we must say nothing
Ike N has ever been seen in a country under
constitutional government. N almost in
duces one 20 believe that the world has gone
back two or three hundred years. In the the
orE ana practice Of government Cromwell
ODD indeed serve Ireland pretty much a. Gen
Sherldan proposes 10 treat Louisiana buf tl..,
most OF us were under the impression that that
system OF government had been hennitiVelv
ananuoned. We are At a loss TO make out
what are Gen. Shcrdan'S ideas OF the conStf-
tuition under which he lives or OF tha func-
tlons oi Congress. or OF the powers ~ the eN-
e'uJNe, 10 say nothing of powers which may
rightiullN be exercised by Lieutenant gem
eTal in the army. There il a shorter cut
sun which Gen. Sheridan might ha W rc,,oln-
mended. II il for the President 10 declare
The constitution and all its amendments an
nulled- shut mp Congress. put down an news
papers, and then proclaim himself dictator
win Gen. Sheridan a. his sole minister and
CHIEF eNecuiioner. Ii Gen. sheridan had ad-
NiSed This course AZ once he would scarcely
have shown greater Ignorance or dfSrsgarI
oi law Than hr has done in his most eNtraor-
dlnary and we may say diSgraceful dispatch
of Jan. 5th.
eoN. Aliens Special Message 40 the
Ohio Legislature.
'oLGMBUS, ONO. January Coy. Allen
mas sent The following message 10 the gen
cral assembly. which was referred 10 the
committee on federal relations II desire 10
can your attention 10 the grave circum-
stance Of the interference Of federal troopS i'm
the organization and proceedings OF the
legislature ol sister state. In the reported
aCtlon OF The military in unS-afing persons
claiming to be members OF the Lou
lslala leg stature. and giving their places
10 persons conteSting the same il
true, and l. legal and proper. Then some in
tertefence would Ice legal and prpl,er here
and IL seems To me 10 be the duty of the ren,
reSenlatlNcS OF tht people OF this state TO ar
once enter vigorous protest against
an action that may be lnate a pr.ce-
uenl AT some tutuIe time for The over
throw Of civil government here In there
Is a law MaTranting the settling OF
contested election cases i'm state legislatures
by the use OF federal troops. then. in INV
judgment. YOU should request its Immediate
repeal ii there j. no law for IL. then your
indignant protest should bc heard at WASH
lngton, insisting upon such action by Con-
gresS as viii prevent in the future such ia
grant OutTages against civil liberty.