The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-05-13


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Judge Wm. b. Kelly s. the Hepnb
6can Hp4 tive in tto FORTY
Fcarh Cennr from the Fourth
Penn rs cor eng q siN
81 Philadelphia. His
m Republican MAJ
M whole ei6N a the same
t 1ty Ehird Congress nv q vote
of go a against I3 81l 8 % dority of
96s Sc had previously served as Re-
Nubla 7 from The sagne Dis
iaiat a successive terms. end viii,
"a point ni continuous service. be the
oldest member 81 1he House Previous
to ealarine Congress, he served ten
Jnae8 0f the Court Of Gem
en Pleas &c Philadelphia. and had
heas tWios pre- scouting attorney for the
county
e prevSpusly an eminent mem
bar 81 tae BIZ. lac was born il I8lt
rms FIRST 8 printer, and Afterwards
woEksd Eve years a. 9 5Ourneyman jew
alcg before commencing the study and
practice 81 Iaw He Was an able and
popular orator more than thirty years
ago. and vas especially conspicuous gs
- raneYnationtst When the party
Iii 1ppo ti0n to the Democrats es-
pousaa free soil policy and bent IT. ex-
eriirns against slavery, 2s came 10 the
platform 81 men Ike Kelley. who had
~ advantage over men Who esp0used 1
Abel soaisn IS e new doctrine, be-
csnsa Il naet with popular favor His
strength Is shown b. the strong hold
which q Lac long had upon the conf /
dance 81 Gle Radicals 81 Ills district
These laets iend significance to what I
orr Washington telegram Of April so 1
reports. respecting recent remarks
made hy him respecting the condition
ana sentiments i the people Of part of /
Che Sunihern States through which he
had recently iournoyed at leisure and
with every facility for correct and ex.
lea0ea observation. il was what he
sau III aud around Richmond, Charles
ton, Columbia Savannah, JacksOn-
VILE, Atlanta, Augusta, Akin and lesser
cif.es, fhas I'D him, veteran Rspub-
liean Congressman % change Ills opin-
Ions on Southern Affairs aud on the
policy Of the government towards the
Southern people. It was personal
knowledge. derived from travelling for
Nv days through six States, that IN
dnced him % regret his vote in favor
of The Force bin more than any other
vote east BY him IN the course Of his
fourteen years a continuous service in
the Congress Of the United States, aud
70 declare that In the States which he
Ind visited there was DO more neces-
sity for the nse of Federal military
force than there is ia Pennsylvania or
Ohio, aud that e there was rs feeling
of fear or distEust on the part Oh the
e0i0red people
Declarations like these, founded on
and deliberate observation,
coming from en- experienced Northern
Republican legislator and party chief
ain. must needs produce great effect
upon The minds Of the members Of his
party. It is, perhaps. too early 70 a.
Iempt 20 anticipate the effect which
LIBERAL Republicans In the House,
where Democrats viii have q large ma
GRITTY, and IN the Senate, where the
have . solid working ma
ority, may be able 10 produce upon
ne Southern policy Of the Govern
nenk Radical politicians Of The Forty-
Fourth Congress slill have several
months 10 reciily their estimates OF
subtle opinion, and they win not be
low 10 shift their snils Ii The popular 1
'reage demands q change Of policy. b