Richland beacon., 1875-03-13
The Confession Of the House
against Grant and Congress-.

Says the Vicksburg Herald Referring to
the eleventh hour adm is>ion Of Gen. George
A. Sheridan, and Mr.. Eiiingham Lawrence,
Of Louisiana, To seats III the House Of Repre-
sentauves. to which they were elected in
November, 1872. the New Orleans Times
shows up tie Inconsistency and hypocracy of
the men who deprived Louisiana for tso
years OF the services of their legally elected
representatives, and tnen attempted TO quiet
their own conscences after the perpeira,ion
OF great wrong, W admmirting Messrs.
>herdan.and Lawrence 10 their seats within
fifteen hours of the close of the se>sion. AMI
paying them fifteen thousand dollars each as
compensation for being defrauied! The
Times makes a strong point in its concluding
sentence, in which II is suggested that If
Sheridan (wlo was voted for bv the people
of the entire State As Representative for the
State at larse) was elected. McEnery was
also elected
Here is what the Times says:
AT the eleventh hour these gentlemen are
admitted to their seats IN the Forty -,hird Con-
gress. There was not particle more evl-
dence before the committee when they were
admitted than there was two years ago when
they claimed their seats.
IL
confe s>on against Congress. aud illustrates, if
illustration rs needed, the complete subordi-
nation Of everyrl.in. in and about the ma
chlnery Of government TO expectancy, chicane,
points ana arrangements by coiLract, en-.
tered into with as much cold.blooded phIegm
as If seats in Congress were tie absolute
personal property of the majority instca If
the visible presence of the people. by districts
tl... IL 81.
Gated People were wont TO believe.
When there is no longer danger that Sheri.
dan and Lawr-nce will embarrass the najori.
T., nor hope that they may help III" con>i.-u-
en's with their votes, and after contrIvance
TO take away all poiricsl significance fror, the
act by recognizing Kellogg, tie county is
cool'y informed that they were elected, and
invited TO admire the magnanimty which
permitted them TO take their seats.
The sep is not likely to appease anybody
If, as is now admitted. they were elected,
their seats were the right of the people who
elected them and the fifteen hours honor,
and two years pay To their members can
hardly he accepted 10y the people as full sat.
isfacton for the wr"Ls perpetrated on them
by forc'by and unja>tiy defraudiny them of
the representation they were entitled to.
As to the case oi Mr.. Lawrence there
were scarcely TWO opinions. among honest
people, in regard to his election, anu his adj.
mission has no significance except as an illus
tration of the confessed previous subssrv'pncy
of night TO party necessity implied by il. The
case of Mr. Sheridan is different, and it wit,
long be puzzle TO the country how than astu,e
committee and the House arrived at the con.
clu-ion that he was elected, as they admit
and Gov. McEnery defeated, as they declared
10y resolution.
The result is donbly curious when we re.
member that the only evidence submitted W
SheraL was the Senate Committee repoft
based on the investigation OF the Kellogg.
McEnery vote, and which declared neither Of
those gentlemen elected. The maority will
he very likely 10 believe still that if Sheridan
was elected McEnery was also elected.
In this connections, the following from the
New Orleans Bulletin possesses more than
usual significance, and ought 10 bring blush
OF shame TO the cheeks of Grant, Williams,
Morton, and their willing tools in both houses
of Congress. The Bulletin says: r.
The following Is a correct statement. care.
fully compiled from the official returns of the
election held in this State in 1872. 1t will he
observed that Gov. McEncry received 500.
more votes than Sheridan's maImiiy over
PinchLack, and the inevitable inference from
tins showing, and from tine seating of Sheri-
dan by the House, is that McEnery is not only
Governor Of Louisiana, but that Congress has
known hm to be the choice Of the people all
along, in spite of its inaci;on aad the resolu.
tion MAINTAINING Kellogg: =.
Corernor. Lieut.. Gorcrnor.
AcEnery, 65,579 Penn, 6s,25l
heilogs. 3J,913 Antoi,R, 63,l94
Secfy Of Sac. .7itorney GencraL
Arms,cad. 6l,s5i Ogden, 66 sOS
De,londe, jJ.59I Field, 5I.S4s
.d"ditor. S"p' Pub Education.
raham, 66.7i7 Lushcr, 67,s35
Cliuton, 5I,I79 Brown, 53,55S
EOagre smaa at Large.
Sheridan, 65,0l6 Pinchback, 54.I02
McEnerys majority over Kellogg, 9,6D5
Penn maJority over Antoine, l5,j57
Armstead 5 ,natpri,y over Deslonde, 9,262 |
Ogden 5 majority over Field, 1855 |
Graham maj riiy over Clinton, 1929
Lushers najority over Brown, ;I.277 |
Sherilans s majority over Pinciaack, lU.GI4 !