The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-01-28
LOUISIANA.
Both Parties Represented by
Counsel The Points Sub
,n fhitted,


7s arrived last night. They had a prelim-
q mary meeting to-day, and the counsel Of
either side submitted the points of their
"a case, as follows;E ltN-' -fsod 'ig,n 8
POINTS SUBMITTED BY THE REPUBLICANS.
Nrst-That we propose to show that
there were over l0, 900 Republican voters
intimidated from voting the Republican
q, ticket s.0h t.1-a g'.l tW .gH.t u
by the Colfax massacre.
, 2-=.By the Coushatta massacre.
.l 13-By the White League conspiracy.
4-By violently deposing Of parish Off
GERS throught the State, and the Install
ing of illegal McEnery officials.
5-By general prescription and perse-
cution Of Republicans. .
6-By the insurrection Of Sept. IA.
Second-That the White League is an
organized conspiracy against the State
Government, and confederated with kim
dred organizations throughout the south
and that its object is the overthrow of
the reconstructed government, and the
virtual annulInent of the constitutional
amendments, and that one of its dan
gerous results is an extensive revival of
the old hostility against the United
States Government
Third-The pretended Wilt organiza-
ton of the House of Representatives on
January 4th was revolutionary mob,
and entirely destitute of legality, and
that it was part of a conspiracy to revo-
lutionize the entire State Government
Fourth-We desire to submit evidence
upon political assassinations and muir
ders, prescription in theatres and other
public places, and the expulsion of col
ored children from the schools by mobs.
In answer to the points made by. the
counsel of the other side we will show,
if allowed, that the intimidation COM
planned of by the United States military
was, in fact, only tnat fear which parties
guilty of completely in the massacre of
Colfax and Coushatta. who thought that
they were suspected of such completely,
felt of the service of legal warrants for
their arrest, which warrants could only
be served safely in certain parts of the
State under protection of the military
forces of the United States.
Wealso propose to show, by extracts
from files of the White League press, the
boldest and most outspoken advocacy of
assassination and murder of Republicans
as well as of riots, ~rmed revolution and
armed resistance to the United States.
POINTS SUBMITTED BY THE CONSERVATIVES.
First-That the election of 1874 was a
free and fair as well as peaceable cleo
ton on the part ofthe Conservative par
tv. and that the Conservatives carried
the election, procuring a majority of 20
in the House, 10 Senators and their State
Treasurer by four thousand and odd ma
jority, and at least one additional mem
Z Der of Congress not returned by the Re-
turning Board.
Second-That the Returning Board
falsifed the result by illegal and fradu-
lent practice. Ian.
Third-That the only intimidation
practiced was by Republican colored
people against colored Conservatives,
and by the use of United States troops
under orders from United States Mar
shal on or about election day, to intimi- 4
date and deter white Conse vatives from
voting. sr.s ,i.l
q Fourth-The general prostration Of the
j. material interests of the State bya Dad
and corrupt Government, and the. extra
ordinary depression of property of all
kinds throughout the State. ~. .,I
- Fifth-That there has been no ointlml-
dation of or outrages against Republic
cans; nor have they been exercised on
, any political grounds, but only on moral
grounds, when considered corrupt and
immoral by the communities in which
they lived.
Sixth-That where emeutes have oc--
Cured they have sprang from local
causes, generally oppression androbbery
of the people by corrupt officials, and
were only political in the sense that the
people resisted the invasion of their
rights, and that in such emeutes the peo-
pie were first attacked and outraged:
Seventh-That the criminal statistics
of the State will show more homlcldes,
arsons and other crimes by the colored
race than by the white race; and that a
large proportion ofsaid crimes are trace
able to NAL administration of the Gov
ernment by Kellogg's appointees, and
the wholesale pardoning OF criminals by
said Kellogg as Governor.
Eighth-That where disturbances oc-
Cured they were local, and without col
lusion, cooperation or preconcerted ac-
ton on the part of other porti ms of the
State.
Ninth-That frauds were committed
by the Republican party to the amount
Of several thousand votes in the city OF
New Orleans, and throughout the State
by fraudulent registration by the super
visors of registration appointed by Kel-
logg, and that said fraudulent papers
we're voted in the interest of the Repub-
lican party. n
Tenth-That the present Hahn House
of Representatives is an illegal body,
organized in violation of law, and has
had at no time legal quorum.
o Eleventh-We deny the legality of all
the conclusions contained in the brief of
points submitted by the Republican
= counsel and especially that there exists
I, in this State any disloyalty.
5ai Twelfh--We deny, generally, all ale
Sations of fact and conclusions contained
IN the brief of the points submitted by
the Republican counsel, and especially
that there exists in this State any dis
loyalty to the Government of the United
:. States, and of this we challenge proof
q The Committee will meet at ten a. M,
tO-tnorfow I'd hesf evidences touching
: the proceedings Of the Returning Board,
ia relation to the election of 1873.
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