The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-01-13


made for the south were also made for
the north, The republican party had
poured out the treasure Of the country
~ freely 10 open the channels OF the
southern ports ~ II Ind TO open the
channels Of northern ones, lilo thought
murder was too common In the south
aud WIS regarded there with much less
adherence than In other poIllons OF
the country, aud that murder aud
other species OF violence had been en-
ployed In the south for political pur-
poses, lie spoke OF the Red River
troubles In Louisiana aud said the per-
petrators Of those crimes went unpun-
ished
Mr.. Gordon, Of Georgia, said the re-
publIcans were In charge OF the state,
and had the judiciary, and, therefore,
lfa majority OF the people supported
the Kellogg government, as was claim
ed by the senators on the other side Of
the chamber, how was II that no courts
Of that state, aided by the army of the
United States, did not bring the perpe-
traitors Of these crimes TO justice?
Mr.. Howe replied that he would not
go into that question now. To the best
of his information, the people Of TINT
state were weak, aud that was the ren-
son why these criminals In Louisiana
had not been punished.
Mr.. Howe, resuming his argument
said, the democrats were not the
friends of the colored men. That
party united upon one subject, and
that was hostility to the negro. In
defending the course of General Sheri-
dan, he said the senator from Della
ware, (Mr. Bayard), did him injustice
in his recent speech. What oifense
had General Sheridan committed?
He had suggested for the extraordi-
nary state of things an extraordinary
remedy. He Howe thought that the
senator from Delaware, instead Of
heaping condemnation upon the head
of Sheridan should have spent little
of his energy in condemnation of the
outrages which Sheridan denounced.
He did not think senators should g
very harsh in censuring the condu t
of Sheridan, as that officer did not sly
all the citizens of New Orleans we've
bandltti AS to the disposition in that
city to override all law, rs referred to
by Sheridan, congress could see for it
self that it was so.
MIR. Bayard read Sherdan's dispatch
in reference TO the banditti, and said
that it was an arraignment of the
whole community.
Mr.. Gordon said the senator by inn
plicaton, if not by direct words, charg'
ed that murders were committed in
Red River parish. If it be true, it was
most remarkable fact that the attor-
ney for Louisiana, who belonged to the
same party as the senator, did not
prosecute the criminals The senator
had said the courts were weak. If the
attorney general had not brains or
nerve to draw up bill of indictment
the democratic party was certainly not
responsible. Applause in the CALLER
les. =,
Mr.. Howe said no matter what the
senator might think of the persons l
qualifications of the attorney general
of Louisiana, he (Howe) would say
that ifthe democrats of Louisiana won d
say to Governor Kellogg that they
would sustain him in every effort to
put down murder, 10 such transac-
tons as took place in Red River parish
would ever take place again. He be-
lieved If half dozen senators on the
democratic side of the chamber would
tell the people of the snuth that they
would not tolerate the Otienses, there
would be no more of them.
Mr.. Morton said it was well under
stood in Red River parish that wit
uesses who testified against these
criminals, the grand jurors who were
disposed to indict, or the petit jnrors
who were disposed to convict them,
would be murdered.
Mr.. Bayard, in resumlng, said per-
sonally ne had scarcely an acquaint-
ance with General Sheridan, and nc
desire TO detract from his merits rs a
soldier, but it seemed to him almost
incredible that senator so advanced
i'm years and so amiable a. the senator
from Wisconsin should stand here ia
find fault with him for stating that the
conduct of Sheridan in New Orleans
was that of human ferOcity. The sena-
tor outside of this chamber would find
but one sentiment in regard to thi'
dispatch. Did he not ask the presi
dent TO issue proclamation he had nt
more right to issue than he had the
right to issue bull in the name of th,
pope?