New-York tribune., 1875-01-14
yTTIp OONGRESS--2D SESSION.

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homS and providing for the m .ss adcSr
Sssrs stoT ep PENN and wEIGaT IGSH,eg &9p aS
Iows rOm ts % Ss SS tho eef Of SsrioHs par
TIES and the Committee was was discharged "0" 'no
Mr' PRATT (Rey., Ind) called up the Senate bill,
eedng several states within whose limits ,hey
respectvely lie the beds OF unS0rveyed lakes ana oher
hodies of water which reported fromthe Committee
on Papc sRsT or REP os ss Senator Pratt did
not desire press the bill TO vote to-day, ne would
.teT1 states but some Of its provisions were az
picabo 70 the Pacific coast, aud he would submit IN
amendment so AS TO cover the exceptional cases o us
Mr PRATT said he was willing that the bill should be
40 the Of 5e bin "a ana upon the conSiu
sion OF hts remarks IL was laid over.
. .Ie THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
Tho vICR-PREsIDENr laid before the Senate mess
age President OF the Unrted States in reply 70
the resolution of Friday calling for Information IN
regard 10 tho Louisiana troubles and 1t was read oy
Secretary Gorham.
Mr.. CoNKLING CRop, N. " moved that the message
aud accompanying documents be printed ana i0 On '"'
a.ls THE LOUISIANA DEBATE
The consideration OF Mr. schurz's resolution, In regard
to Louisiana being the unfnshed business was then re-
sumed.
Mr.JoGAN Rep. til said he belieVedIt was con-
dered ,ho duty of sailor to stand by his ship in the
,idst Of great storm. SenstorS on his side OF the
Chsnper had eecn told THAI great storm OF IND gnaon
the Republican craft The Republican party had been
Ssr as SS s EseSaTe SsS bee
nounced even by men wne haa received eiemency H9n %
msb. he mistaken, but he Thought this was
the beginning OF the campaign OF 1876; he pfoposed
70 o nS peope truly and fairly from an hon
and legal point Of view He argued that there was
meDt Of right or not was not the question Could any
this oor to-day stand Tp ana ebeT ne lSSS
called government jure os ag1yerfmsns ds Jaeso
talk about the election of Isl2 That had to do
with the organization o. the on the an INST
was no government louisiana, as had been argued Dy
Senators the other sde why dld they maze an thIs
there no state government theTe was no Le3sia %
maSner. however. There was a government in that
State, government recognized by the courts, reeog
zed BY c2Hs Of Ss a TSS Of The coS
servatves the Louisiana Legislature on the An inst
been punished 1t had been said here that
there was intimidation IN The South He denied that
such was a fact. On the night before the election in
Louisiana lst Fall noces were posted upon the doors
II tbey voted lho Republican ticket their lives would be
10 danger Such notices two by ak inches In sze
were gwen to cOlored who voted the Democratic
ticket to protect them against tue White League. Mr.
-" i'"N '''' ~" SSw.osrE.Ss Nov. 2s 1874
The Fs %s Dsaocisio Cub
Mr. LOGAN next read from q Shreveport paper to
the effect that the Democrats wanted no favos or CON
Board should understand unless 1t made returns as the
votes given the day Of election, they should
forfeit their lives should be concert Of action
throughout the State and such action should be prompt
eas @ as %a IL the 'ss a of
bringing IN Georgia at all tunes when intimidation
M logan would speak on that point before he con,
cuded. rAat Senator mr. GordoDl had yesterday asked
where the judicial officers OF Louisiana why they
did not arrest and punish the perpetrators OF crime IN
Red Rysr PARISH de @ Logan %SnG s9 ~ nm Inn
same bandits which murdered the men ot Coushatta.
ney; where was the Enforcement Act; where was the
army Of Ine United Satesi MT me- Logan SAID S Gsss
be had railing against the use of the army Laugh
teri The Senator had denounced the Republican party
Mr. GORDON 1Dem.. Gal said he dened the Senator
10 nd an utterauce of MS against the Of
tie United statos or auy one in authority, except the
miserable men iE his State.
Mr. LOGAN said the Senator had denounced the Ad- |
nnisraiOD, and 1t mad been spoken OF IN this debate
the Government He then renewed the clreunstances
said the OF the Wtz Legislature were the acts OF
%SsSyer nSti the LsslatuTe had been taken
possession Of by by Onv mob 3 As Governor Sf Sd t9s
II II was kellogg himself VINO took the responsibility Of
20 do with H. Sheridan had nothing to do with IT, aud
the Senate had nothing TO DO with it, therefore the
nuncaIion heaped upon President Grant By the Demo
Gratis using the army, went for naugh Tor he knew
no more about than the Democrats did until he
hear ali the about louisiana. They wanted to have
poses and nothing else The Democratic party had
ipaOrssd ns@r9AtS@' ten SsWsans H6Si as S'TT1S
Iogapl believed that this raid made in the Senate,
in the NewYork press and by the New-fork meeting,
showed that there kind Of understanding that
this revolution TO be made IN louisiana for tue
pose of Oyerurniug the Legislature OF that State He
did not say the understanding was among the Demo
Gratis OF the Seuate, bIt IL somewhere. He de-
tended action OF Kellogg in calling upon the mill
tary said had the Democrats been IN power, ana
tha Rapublicans tried TO overthrow them the
Democrats tried to overthrow the Republican govern
ment in New Orleans the Democrats woaId have acted
The DemOcratic party had frequently approved the
use OF military force. Gen Jackson when III this same
oify OF New-On sans, arrested and imprisoned Judge
Hull issuing writ OF habeas corpus. few years
the Democrats elected him President or the
Boston. and Franklin Pierce Democratic President,
authorized the OF troops from the NavyYard and
the Republican party used the army 10 enforce the law
the same Democrats howled as set OF pirates were
about fire their houses, In 1856 IN Kansas, IN the
town OF Topeka, free State, the Legislature met.
FRANKLIN Pierce a Democratic President, issued mis-
proclamation commanding ihat body 10 dlsperse, and
Jefferson Davis then Secretary of War Issued order
placing the u g. an Kansas under the command OF
tho Governor OF that State. Col sumner, afteIward
General and killed III battle, did dlsperse that Legsa-
turo. That approved BY the Democratic party
oil over The country ; but that same party to-day
denounce Republicans because Kellogg, without tue
order OF the President used The army 10 put out men
who not members OF the Legislature MT Logan
thea read from order OF Gen. Geo. B.McCleIsn 10
Gen Banks Who be said was "a Conservative, ndepen
dent member Of The next House OF Congress directing
the arrest Of the Maryland Legislature sald orer oeng
dated Sept a. 1861 though the Slate OF MARYLAND had
not boen declared 70 be ia secession when tnat order
President the first they got chance. They had
eenouDcod sheridan IN this debate lie would remind
them that history sometimes repeated ITSELF One man
was made President maRing New Orleans behave
ITSELF and there might be second President from the
same cause There we're plenty of men IN toe Southern
States who ready TO rise seize aud destroy the
Government as was the case once before He sent TO
the CLERK desk and had read the resolutions introduced
in The Virginia Legislature few days ago, requesting
The Governors OF ali the States u nret Tor conference
flaaHfn the mi n