, 1875-01-24

penses cannot be passed except by recorded
two-ta1ris vote IN both branches Of the leslela-
turc. Under tho present organization OF the
State Government, every officer even t.
Justice of the Peace, draws hls salary from
the State Treasury; Unless ms t"o-th,fas "A, ps
made for salaries for the current asd coming
wears, and NO provision will be mads for the
collection OF taxes. It is not within the power
OF tho Kellogg Legislature to compel Tue AZ
tendance OF the absent Democratic at mem, mem
the the swo-thirds majority: This dilemma NM
md and his % been called to the attention Of the
authorities here. Il the proposition OF the Con,
Beryatives is accented, guarantee Is oneIoa o.,
that the absent Democratic members VII! 1m-
mediately take their. seats in the Kellogg tegss-
lature, and furnish the necessary two-ta1rus 1of
the appropriation bills. The reports from Neu
Orleans Indicate that the Kellogg Government
il already severely embarrassed LOT WALL oA
funds
TIE ISSUES INVOLVED.
Special Coyrsspsnaenee af Ths Chicago TTsbtsne
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 20.-Between tho stern
logic of events and tho logic Of She1idan's 'ncon-
trovertiblo facts the public has awakened at last
to at least partial realization OF the Louisiana
csso az it is. There is Il seeming conviction
that. with all tho literal world OF matter that has
been presented in tho premises. the case, a.
best, has been but imperfectly understood II
nav be we'll, indeed, that tho awakening has
been f,sueht with no more serious consequences
than it has It would seem. on the other hand
that little short OF = national calamity could
arouse tbs public Ut large to anything like
proper understanding OF tho issues involved
Those issues, IS must begin to be apparent, In
yolye. practically the whole Of the issuss Of
In il. "a underlying the whole. was the question
OF tile rights Of the majority, as opposed to the
Claims Of the minority It is at onco the issue Of
all others as seeu in Louisi.ns. Shall the ma
iority or ahali the minority, russ7 Shall an in
disputsbie minority. again defeated At the polls'
be allowed resort to revolution7 Is the doc
trine Of revolution, in fact to be recognized ~
an established principle in American politics :
Are the American people Nation, or moro
compact OF Sovereign St2tcs7
There il no possible evasion Of the lssues
II presented systematically and persistently
cloaksd. rs they have beoo through the whole OF
this unhappy controversy, they Ars paloable
enough It Last To claim that the AcEner5
faction represents majority Of the legal voters
Of LOUISIANA is to give the lie 1t once to all tho
unmistakable figures in the case. Anything IKE
En- 1c1eHk 1UFeaElr&A0u uAot 4C&AoAAoeAA%SS ~
yond all cayii, q Republican majority Of at least
5000 or 10000 legal votes Tho fact that tue
most Of these voters FRO black, 80 far from de-
tzscting, rather adds to the merits o.
tho case. rs opposed to the claims +
tho Democracy. 1t involves as onco
tho issue Of the practical invalidation Of tho
CONSTITUTIONAL Amendments. To invalidate the
Constitutional Amendments, as all must con-
tho xpf,eta ~ thu 6Y
the War. It is to give up Ill the recognized
safeguards AZ reared by tho people Of the Ma
tion. md soncede the War for the Union
to have been vorse than failure. And
yet it is upon the constitutional right Of tho col
ored man to q vote, sud the power OF the Gen.
ezal Government, expressly provided Tor In these
constitutional Amendments, for the enforce
ment Of such constitutional right, that hangs
the whole Of the issues Il between Kellogg and
McEnery.
Admit the rights Of ths blacks ~ voters, ~
expressly secured in these Constitutional
Amendments, and you admit, in the election OF
1872, an .....--....-
rSpIspurA111 MAJORITY roR ruH REPUBLICANS.
There can be no possible claim for McEneEy d
Co. in the premises, save as based in fraud ano
intimidation They are placed at once In de-
cilcd minority. Admit, again. the power OF tho
General Government to enforce an express pro.
vision Of tbs Constitution, for the securing OF
the blacks in tho exercise of their Elghta to ths
ballot, and the sworn duty Of tho President to
carry out tho provisions Of tho CONSTITUTION and
the laws, ana you have tho merits OF
no no matter in what form or disguise, are entirely
foreign to the subject. With all Of this Is the
fact Of tho recognition, bv all the Courts In the
State of the validity OF the returns in favor OF
tho Kellogg Government. Whatever may DO
sid Of the rest the action Of tho State Supreme
Cou1t-ths whole OF tho members OF which
we're the appointees OF previous Adninistrz-
tion-can scarcely DO ipvaidated, o7en in the
miuda Of ressonab1y-fair Democracy iurn
through the practical invalidation Of the Con-
stitutional Amendments, there can bs neither
legal nor consistent claim in favor of ths pre-
tensions OF McEnery l. Co.
There can be still less ground for the constant
and up1elenting abuse Of the Preaident. He
had certainly, from first to last, II seoms evi-
don't enough, the Constitution and tho law in
uumistakable support Of his course. Ho had
also his sworn duty to perform ia carrying out
tho provisions Of ths one aud enforcing the 9th
or. He must, perforce. support and uphold the
Government OF the majority. - opposed to the
claims OF the minority. With the non~&ct!on OF
ConRre8s, at le38t.
Hg COULD HAVE 10 ALTEHyXTIyE
in tho premises. 70 deny ths right ia to deny
tho rights OF the majority; to give no all tue
issues OF the War for the Union; to accept tho
doctrine Of revolution to admit that 80 arc not
Nation.
The issues at last must be fairly and squarely
met. Whatever may be said OF the policy OF the
original plan OF reconstruction, certainly not tho
least Of the evils to be complained Of lies in the
want Of it's enforcement constitutional Amend
maots, Of themselves, must necessarily be pzac-
tlca!lv imperative in = community ulero the
mo1al sense OF the people is opposed to their op-
eration. He who says that the people Of Loaisi-
ana are not at heart opposed to bosh the letto1
and spirit OF tho Constitutional Amendments
growing out Of tho Rebellion, either intention-
ally deceires, OF knows little OF the community
he clnims to represent The settled disloIalty
and aeeply-seated opposition Of tho people to
hess Amendments, In fact, arc tha key 10 al
| tho polit,ca troubles in tbs State.
Tho n'ant Of proper provisions for their en-
forcemens, too, MAY be said. with equal csr-
taiuty, to be the koy to the terrible stAte Of an
archy, Aud lawlessness. Of which Gen. Sheridan
30 ius11Y complains. It Is simply folly, in this