The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-01-21

| lhave dsp1ored Tie nsceosity which
seemed TO make i ny duty, un6er
| The Coastitseios and kws, % uabe
saoA issssfessaoe. hsve s3vays
rsfossd, e1osps whers il eoeasod .
b NY imperative ausy, - - h
such . msnner % ~ Couslitueiea
and laws Of the Unissd Stssss ~
qsirsd. ! havs rspsstsdly aa1 earn
estly entrsatsd the people of ths
South TO i've together IN psacs and
obey the laws, end pothine wsaA
give Ne grsarsr pleasure thsa - -
rsooaciliaaioa ard srsaqsifsy svusy-
where prevail, and thereby ssnovs
all nscessity for The pssssoes of troops
among them. ! regrst howsvss, 10
cay that this sssss oftkines does nee
exist, nor doss its exisesoes sen 10
bs desired ia localities, and - thoss
il may b proper for ne 70 say dat,
to the extent that Coagrsss kas eon.
ferred the power q NJ 10 prevent il,
neither Ku-klux- Klaas, White
Leagues, nor any otAsr association
using arms and violenes 70 exscute
their unlavfsl purposes, csn Be per.
mitted in that way 70 govern any
part Of this coantzy; nor csae / -
with indiGersacs Upoa nsa o. Re-
psblicans sstsscissd, psssses ted, md
murdered on sccoant Of their opin-
ions, . they now ass 10 sone local
tiles.
have heretofore urged The sase
Of Louisisns upon the attention Of
Congress, and | caanot but thiak its
inaction hes encouraged the grsas
evil. To summasise: In Ssptsmbsr
last IN armed, orEsnised body Of nea,
in the support Of candidates who had
been put in nominstiea for The sGoes
Of Governor and Liessenan.- Cover
nor at the November slsction in 1917,
and Who had been declared not elect-
ID by the Beard Of Casssssess that
had been recognised By I'll the courts
to which the question had been sub
mitted, undertook TO subvsvt end
overthrow the State Goveruueat
that had been recognized BY ne in
accordance With previous precsdsnts.
The recognised Govsrnor was driven
froa the SlAts House, asd bat for bis
6nding shsltss in the Unitsd A4GaAss
Custom House 10 the capital of The
State il which he was 0ovsEnor, il d
scarcely to be doubled that he would
have been killed.
From The State HOUSE, befors -
bad besn driven TO tho Cssten Hoase
; call was made in aceordaace with
The 4th section Of tho 4sh artiels Of
the Constitution Of The United Sestes
for the aid Of the Gsnsral Govern
mcnt 70 suppress doaestic violencs.
Under those circumseances, and in
accordance With NY swosa' autiss,ny
proclamation u the l5th Of Sepesm-
Der. 1874, was issued. This served
to reinstats Govsrnor Ksllo9g 70 his
positioa nooinally, bat il cannot b
claimed that the insur9sats have to
this day ssrrendersd 10 ths Sesae
suthorities The arms bslongiag 70 ths
State, o. that they hsvs in any ssnss
disarmed. On the coatssry, Il 10
known that The ssss osgsaiastion
thst existed On the 18th Of Ssptsm-
Der, 1874, in opposition 70 the rsoog.
nized State Govesnmsat, seill retain
tAsir sFg.aa.aao., sq.'Pas.ss. sad
commanders, ssd csa p cellsd ont
at any hour to rssast The State Gov-
eminent. undsr tasss circumstances
Ne ssme maiisa!y toroe has beea ooa-
tinued IN Louisiana % was sent un-
der the hrst call and under the gen.
srai instsucsaons.
repeat that the task assumed y
the troops 70 not pleasant one to
them; that the army y noe composed
OF lawyers capable of Judging at .
moments nstics OF just how i:r tsey
oan 80 in the maintenance Of 'a. and
order, and that It W: impossible to
give oPecihc instructaoos Providiag
for ail possible contingencies that
might arlss. The troops were bound
70 act upon the judgement OF ehssr
commanalng omcefs upon each SUD
asn contingency tsae asoss, or await
instructions wnich could oniy rssch
them AFTER the tareeesreo wro0gs
had been committed which they were
called on TO prevent. 1t should %
recollected, TOO, that upon my rscog..
n'taon OF the Aea'ogg Govesnmeat !
reported the iacs, with the grounds
OF the recogniuon, 70 Congress, and
asked that BODY 70 take acaoa N the
matter; osherw'se l should regard
tss'r silence . scqulsseoce 10 ny
course. NO acsioo has 3sen taken
y y..y 'ass u1y, suu : nv s"'s'su
by the army in thess matters, It hes
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