The People's vindicator., 1875-02-06

Crumbs of comfort for the L0uisi.
ana Radicals can be found in the fol-
lowing:
Indeed, it is conceded by all par.
ties that the Kellogg Government is
only upheld by the Federal military.
Withdraw the military and that Gov
ernment will go down. This was
true before the 4th of January as
we'll as now. Gov. Kellogg says this
is owing to the doubt that Congress
has permitted about the legality Of
his Government.
Extract from Report of Congress.
si0nal Committee.
Extracts from official report adopt.
ed by the Congressional Committee
composed Of two Republicans and
one Democrat-appointei to examine
into tie election of 1874 in Louis
lana:
The result was that in Now, 1874,
the people Of the State Of Louisiana
did fairly have a free, peaceable and
full registration and election, III which
Il clear Conservative majority was
elected to the Lower House Of the
Legislature, of which majority the
Conservatives were deprived by the
unjust, illegal and arbitrary action OF
tho Returning Board.
Without now referring to other in.
stances we are constrained to declare
that the action of the Returning
Board, on the whole, was arbitrary,
unjust, and in orr opinion illegal, and
that this arbitrary, unjust and illegal
action alone prevented the return by
the Board of a majority of Conserva-
tive members to the Lower House.
The Kellogg Government claims to
have reduced taxation. This has been
effected in part by establishing a
board to fund the debt of the State a,
sixty per cent Of its face valne. This
measure arouses great hostility, not
so mucl, because of the reduction Of
its acknowledged debt, as because il
gave to the Funding Board, whose
powers seem to be absolute and with.
out review, discretionary authority to
admit to he funded some six millions
of debt, alleged to be fraudulent. So
that under the guise of reducing the
acknowledged debt, it gave opportu
nifty to swell the fraudulent debt
against the State.
Extract from congressional commit.
tee, composed of two Republicans and
one Democrat, appointed to examine
into the election of 1874 in Louisiana
II Louisiana were a country by it.
self, McEnery and his associates would
at once be installed in power, but the
Conservatives do not propose to fight
the Federal Government. They sub.
nit, not because they want to, bu,
because they must; not because they
proclaim any enmity against the flag,
not because free labor has not been
found practicable, not because of any
hostility to the co!ored people be-
cause colored, but because they re.
gard themselves as defrauded ont Of
the election Of 1872. and yet more
out Of the last election, and because
they think their State government has
been to tho last degree destructive
and corrupt. Indeed, in our judy
ment, the substantial citizens of tl.t
State will submit to any fair deter
mination Of the question of the late
election, or to anything by which
they can secure firm and good gov
eminent. What they seek j. peace
and an opportunity for prosper rity.
To that end they will supr ort any
form Of government that vii afford
them just protection. In tn tir dis
trcss they have got beyond any mere
question Of political party.
Extract from Congressional Com
mittee composed Of two Republicans
and one Democrat, appointed to ex'
anime into the election of 1874 il
Louisiana.