New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-12

Moth rarotna ana Georgia nnd that the sefgovern-
ment OF the people unobstructed is gradually but
steadily advancing thsse States In peace Order pros
perty They look ut Louisiana and find the sefgov ern
meut of the peope obsructcd and hear the reports Oh
turmoil an conflict. They do not fall to conclude that
thcfOcing OF Bullock and Foster Blodget upon Georgia
wouli have reduced that State to the same un-
happy condition which in Louisiana the usurpltioa
OF Kellogg has brought forth Looking Mt that picture
aud at this they begin wisely to make up their minus
that the Southern States give far better govern
mens to themselves than any insidious interference
can Impose upon them But still more the people begin
10 understand and 1t IL high time indeed they should
undersaud that the professedy used TO prevent
and suppress outrages are producing worse irue th
ouragcs themselves that the lawlessness OF power
growing far dangerous to oil than the la"'es7
ness Of mob. Therefore, think Senators graVeW
deceive themselves they believe the observation-disclosures
cry deceive the people about tho nature oil tue W
grant usurpation OF power have to deal WIN
NJ, her do think you can convince an inteilgens pun
lis opinion that the Kellogg party did carry the STATE OF
Louisiana last Fall by bona fife vote; that the uAcoh
sttutonaI employment Of Federal bayonets was merely
70 vudlcate the true will OF the people OF louisiana
lawfully expressed by the ballot. No Intelligent man
can have escaped the impression that those who exc
cuted the barefaecd usurpaon OF 1872 would not shrnk
from any device to save the fruit of that usurpaoh ny
repeating the same In 1874 IL was noticed Win soo"
astonishment that a Federal officer uhitea e'aV'S
Marshal Packard, was permitted 70 manage inc poF0
campaign as tho Chairman of Kellogg state Central
COMMITTEES, and at the same time inc operations VI
United States soldiers In arrestng Conservatives ny 'he
score n CON bination Of functions strkingy suspl
cious 20 glaringy unfair, that when had puoIl'P
called attention to 1t, many Republican 2uril"S
protested against it onse AGAINST public oecehy
THE MANUFACTURE or A RFPUBLlCAN MAJoHiIi ~
LOUISIANA.
To has not been overlooked that when el'er
tho insurrection Of the 14th OF September ar
raugements were attempted TO divest fine Returning
Board IN Louisiana Of ITS suspicious part an character
The leading spirit Of the Kellogg party strenuousY oo
iocted 10 the admission OF equal number OF Kepup-
hcans and Conservatives, with one man OF uulupe'e"'
able character be chosen by them ony 10 ACT d" u
impartial umpire in returning tho votes IL mas pc'"
we'll observed that the Returning Board having put-
poscy preserved its partisan chaGcter when the eIec
ton showed 4 considerable Conservative m"I'ti'l'
aupulae ed the returns for many weeks until, by nook
or crook they had transformed the Conservative ih'oa
Republican majority. II has not escaped puDc a''e"
ton that the Attorney General OF the UMted oaIe''
with osientatious publicity. declared lis purpose
TO stand by the Returning Board, whatever II
might do thus en- couraging them boldly to go on aud
that when the thing done he declared hlmSeh ior
heroic" policy; whereupon tie military usurp-HoA
followed.
In view Of all these circumstances and such OTTER III
formation as has come within my reacp' declare 10
here as my solemn conviction that the Conservatives OF
Louisiana did fairly carry the election by CONSIDERABLE
majority votes that they were deiratued ny 'uo ~
turning Board of the results OF that election that the
soldiers OF the United States. when they invaded the
legislative hall Of Louisiana, did not yindica'e' nut
tr,mp,d under the foot Of lawless force, the true
viii OF the people of Louisiana, lawfully tA-
pressed at the polls. That, sir, Is III! HoheS'
conviction and II current report speaks truly the eA
hers OF that Congressional Committee VINO were Sent
down 10 Louisiana to make investigation WILL as they
are honest and truthful men, majority OF them kepuo-
leans Themselves but not AFFECT tools OF party tel
Congress and the country the result OF Conscientious
investigation that the Conservatives OF louisiana dd
carry that election; that the Returning Board ulu ue
fraud them of IT, aud that the viii OF the people OF
Louisiana lawfully expressed, was tramped under the
heel OF lawleSs military Invasion; that the country
will near aud the American people VIII otieVe II as lAc
honest truth told by honest men,
A LAWLEss IEANsGREssION OF ARBITRARY POWER
No. Senators, do not deceive yourselves. no man Will
be permitted to obscure the grave constitutional ques
ton before with side issues for from Whatever
point OF view you may contemplate it, every conslderH-
ton of law OF moral right, OF justice, or the puOhc
u,cy aud the common welfare puts the deed done in
Louisiana only in stronger light as lawIesS trans
erosion OF arbitrary power pregnant with wong ana
disaster 1t; and as we are men, with the
responsibility OF guardians OF the Constitution ana laws
upon u.s. We must face it boldly. THIS II ever, is the
time when the patriot shOulu IISe dpo'e
the partisan. have heard It whispered
that some of the eminent lawyers Of this body will st
eudeayor to tiud some technical plea by which to Snow
that the intrusion of the soldier In organizing the legs
latiye body Of Louisiana was in some way JuslhaDe un
der the laws OF the Republic. appeal 10 them TO con-
slider we'll what they about TO ATTEMPT Surely de-
sire no injustice to he done 10 any man, hlgh or low Ii
there be any clear Justification OF such an act which
do not now see and soIemny declare see none let 1t
In
More thar the Constitution and laws of this Republic are
so defective IN ther most essential parts "a
to sanction an exercise OF arbitrary power
which in no free country on the face
Of the globe would for single moment be ad-
mted Then shall think 1t time to urge such change
IN the law that they effectively protect the indie
pendence OF the Legislature and the berty of the citi
zu for otherwise neither will be safe. But If there be
such justification clear sunlight and palpaby spring
ing from the sacred spirit OF the law Interpreted In the
stuctest accordance with the time-onored principles OF
constitutional government them gentlemen, let us not
have one arfuy made by the lawyers ingenuity OF
technical construction. What glory will 1t be to the
American lawyer show the ghest keenness of wit IN
defending such and establishing as precedent
which, through disastrous consequences may oblige
the American people to shed much blood and as
many tears restore their free institutions as 1t has
cost to build them up.
heard the Senator from Wisconsin exclalm the other
day that he glad to find in the history Of the
countryuo such case this, and he hoped not to see
another one in Aye, but he Will another
and more than one, he as lawyer successfully tries
to make his generation believe that this could be right
fully done under the laws OF the Republic. The lawyers
technical ingenuity has not seldom done more
harm to free Institutions than even the ar
bitrary spirit OF the soldier; for the latter
would frequently have been impotent without the aid
OF the former 1t may be the lawyers ambition success
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