Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-01-16

to Congress on Wednesday last. 1t is
quite lengthy document, but the fol-
lowing synopsis contains all the mate
rial points:
LAwLESsNEsS AND BLooDsHED.
The President says that state of
hwlessness, turbulence and bloodshed
has characterized political affairs in
Louisiana since its organization under
the Reconstruction Act. A reference
to the fraudulent elections of 1868 and
the bloody riots of 1856 shows that the
disorders there are not due to any
recent causes or to any late action of
the Federal authorities. Preparatory
to the election Of 1872 shameful and
undisguised conspiracy was formed t.
carry it against the Republicans, and
to accomplish which the most glaring
frauds and forgeries were committed
in the returns, after many negroes had
been denied registry and others intim-
idated from casting their votes.
KELLOGG VS.. wARMoTH.
He reviews the history of the action
Of the United States Court in the case
of kellogg vs.. Warmoth, wherein
kellogg was declared Governor. These
proceedings have been widely de-
nounced as suiiwarrantable interference
of the Federal judiciary with State
elections; but he argues that they were
strictly in accordance with the COnsti-
tntion and it's amendments to prevent
denial or abridgment of the right of
suffrage on account of color, etc. He
concludes that if Kellogg's bill in the
above case does not present case for
equitable interpOsition of the United
States Courts under the Act, as pro-
vided therein, then no such case can
arise under it. The President holds
that the right of the United States
courts to interfere in various ways with
State elections,so as to maintain polit-
ical equality of rights therein, ire
spective of race or color, while COM
paratively new and somewhat, per-
haps, startling, results as clearly from
the Fifteenth Amendment and the
Acts passed to enforce it as does the
abrogation of State laws upholding
slavery.
THE UNITED STATES COURT DEFIED.
As to the assertion that some of the
orders made by the Federal Judge were
illegal, he says: at is not to be forgot
ten that the mandates of his Court had
been contemptuousiy deiied and were
made while wild scenes of anarchy
were sweeping away all restraint OF
law and order. Doubtless the Judge
of this court made grave mistakes, but
the law allows the Chancellor great
latitude, not only in furnishing those
who contemn his orders and injunc-
tions, but in preventing the consum-
nation of the wrong which he has ju.
dicially forbidden. Whatever may BIZ
said or thought of these matters, til,
President says it was only made known
to him that process of United States
Court was resisted, and he, actins
according to the law, ordered the army
to see that such process was executed
and as result Kellogg was declared
! Governor. He had, in the discharg,
of his duty, recognized him as Gov
ernOr. AS to whether he was elected
he says it may be a question, as tn
whole election was u gigantic fraud
and there are no reliable returns of it.
resalt.n
| FRAUDS AT THE POLLS.
The President quotes from the repor
| of the Senate Committee on Elections
in 1873, that the manipulation of the
| election machinery by Warm0th an6
others was equivalent to 10000 votes
and that to recognize the McEnery
Government would be to recognize {
Government based upon fraud in def
| ance of the wishes and intentions o.
the voters of the State, and says; "The
| great crime in Louisiana, about which
so much has been said and done, is
that one man is holding the office of
Governor who was cheated out of 90
GOO votes, against another whose title
to the Office is based upon fraud and
in defiance of the wishes of the
voters.u
OUTRAGES AND MURDERS.
The President then refers to out
RACES committed on Republicans in
various parts of the State, and the
displacement and murder of kellogg
officials by the supporters of McEnery
| rehearsing the story of the ColfaS
massacre and the Coushatta troubles
at length. He concludes: awhile il
would be unjust to the greater part oi
the people of Louisiana to say that
murder of negro or white Republicans
is not considered a crime, it is true
that the spirit of hatred or violence
there is stronger than law, and conse.
quently the perpetrators of these
crimes went still unpunished.
THE BY THE MILITARY
Respecting the alleged interference
by the military with the organization
of the Legislature of Louisiana OH the
4th inst, the President says: ~ did
not know that any such thing was an
ticipated, and no orders, no sugges-
tions, were ever given any military
officer in that State upon that subject,
prior to its occurrence. / am well
aware that any military interference
by officers or troops of the United
States with the organization of a
State Legislature or any of its pro-
ceedings, or with any civil department
of the Government, is repugnant to
our ideas of Government. | can con-
ceive of no case, not involving rebel
lion or insurrection, where such inter
ference by the authority of the Cen
eral Government ought to be permit
ted or can be justified; but there are
circumstances connected with the
legislation imbroglio in Louisiana
which seem to exempt the military
from any intentional wrong in that
matter, knowing that they had been
placed in Louisiana to prevent domes-
tic violence and aid to repress it.n
THE SOLDIERS SIMPLY STRIVE "To
PREVENT BLoODSHED.o
The stationing of troops in various