The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1875-12-21
- .TOR FERRY'S SPEECH On THE
LOUISIANA CASE.
rhe Question Of Admitting Pinchback.


nav. .,hysical strength necessary to sucf
tnepmacrtaking. But upon the rcsolu
Oh u' now pcnding before the Senate
wv exceedingly strong convictions
nn,sV1 have felt that one entcrtalng such
anu ,iotions ought rot to be contcntcd
~ vcastipg merely u silent vote, but
w'l Will briefly and however fccbly
no.u oynress myself, IL is my duty to the
ma, and nv duty to the country. Il
ps ~" come Of the reasons why ! cnnnot
Rl,o,ort the resolution reported from
ruplCyommittec on Privileges and Flee
ugn q mo say. IN the outset, Mr.. Prcsi.
AZ, that listened with almost pain
a s Interest on Monday, when the Scna
w. w. ram Indiana opened his remarks
~, y. ,he hone Of hearing something which
u . sI eI,icidate the real inquiry before
W. hody. and / must say that in that
,u,o I was utterly disappointed. The
nn vp from Indiana seemed to melt
os s, mo nv fault-not even to touch the
w. uas.,ion which H. really before us.
dThat l. the controversy? On the tth oi
,,arcb 1873. n vacancy occurred in this
s nas which should have been filled by
M sIectiou of u Senator from the State
~ To,,isiaDn. There was no want Of
ol.lmants. Two gentlemen presented
c csr,iScatcs of election Mr.. Mcmillan
wi MI pjnchback both In due form
e end sivnct. in each ease, by n person
adaasicneling himself as Governor of
IonIsinpa, each countcrsigncd by u per
son designating himself ~ Secretary Of
Tho State OF Louisiana; and both au-
,hentjcnted by tho great seal of the
u,ate These both complied i'm particn-
lsra with tho act OF Congress providing
FAR Tho certificates Of election, In case OF
,he electjon Of 10 Senator. But the per-
son designated as Governor, and the
nerson designated IA Secretary OF the
slate on one of these certificates, were
different from the persons 80 dcsignat-
cd on the other.
Roth certificates Of election were re-
nrred 10 the Committee on Privileges
and Elections Both are now before the
Senaie. and every word that the Senator
lrom lndiann uttered the other day, and
avery precedent that he cited. and all
the de6utes Of past years that he caused
Ia i've read. apply with exactly the same
force 10 the certificate of election of Mr..
Mcmillan as 10 the certificate Of Mr..
plncbback. How Is IL, then, that this
committee presents itself before the
senate with declaration that Mr..
pinchback Ii prind t1cic entitled to the
seat. without u pretcnse of having gone
mtsde of thecertiticatcs of election and
even denying the right 10 go behind
them? Why not choose Mr.. McMillan's
certificate instead Of Mr.. Pinchback =?
The truth Is, sir, the case Is peculiar aud
anomalous. Admitting all the prece-
dents OF the Senator from Indiana, we
are nevertheless In this case absolutely
compelled TO 60 behind the certificates
oi election. We cannot help ourselves,
for the question is of the authorities
signing the certificates. Who was the
Governor and who was the Secretary Of
State Of Louisiana in 1873, when these
certificates bear date? These certiti-
Gates do not tell us, and me cannot de-
eide behreen these certificates until noe
hare dscertainsd icbich Of me persons
enecuting them possessed the authority
tOereCuting them under the Constitution
and lars Of The United States. So, sir, in
reference 10 the resolutions pending be-
fore us, We IRE, from the very papers
upon our table In reference to this cleo
ton, compelled TO make inquiry whether
upon the certificates which the commit
tee have reported back, VIM. Pitt kel-
logg was, Oh the 18th day OF January,
1871, Governor Of the State of Louisiana.
and IN order to ascertain whether he
WIS or not. we arc ut once plunged |
into the mire and degradation
Of The proceedings in that unhappy |
Mate In the autumn Of 1872 and the com
meDcement OF 1873. We cannot evadc
t. Wecannot get away from il, and
nqairing into these proceedings, we
have no further TO go than 10 the great
volume OF 400 or 500 pages OF testimony
before our own committee, now lying
upon our tables, and unfolding unto us
The whole sickening history from its be-
ginning 10 It's end. Upon that tcstimo-
nywe have the elaborate report of that
committee, chosen from the ablcst and
most trusted members Of this body, and
tae evidence sustaining every word of
,hat report in all the strength of its
anguage; and tho passage Of time and
aevelopment OF events during the last
xo years have only tended still more to
mIl!y the correctness of tho conclusion
athai report. | therefore am not called
apon to go into the history of those
ansactions further than to find the
Elsreegarding them, AZ they lie upon
al Mbies IN the evidence, and in the
Npon Of that committees. What, then,
M lne factsg ] shall not 80 over these
aIy length. 1t has been called a twice
viz tale; Vas William Pin kellogg
@ea Gor7n0r Of Louisiana by he
pmp9 " hc autumn of 1872? No, SIR;
\ aa EVIDENCE IN THAT VOLUME DEMON
uS THAT, or THE VOTES CAST, HE DID
~, W. MckivEA MAJORITY, AND THE COMMIT
-. - tsspREssLY FIND TIE FACT. The Sen
NJ from Wisconsin (Mr. Carpenter).
~ senator from Illinois (Mr. Logan.
s ~ senator from Mississippi (Mr. Al
i sap,, anu the senator from Rhode
s ,,auu Mr.. Anthony, append their
nv sa%'s 20 he finding or the fact that IN
Mr. es,i,on Mr Kellogg ,cds dcfedted
au any returns canvassed by which I
.a sas returned as elected? None what
\. Ing pretended canvass by his Return I
~, o oa Is delineated in the report of ,
han yfpalLhlit,ee in stronger language ,
IT, should care to use here. Vas s
&mJanM Ivy mmf,u Returning Board or {
hmSsY odhpdssers that n,at,e such re- |
Id oc,, n9ne. 80 that there is not npon
saas a ~ ldcts eriSting eren ne color of I
lams h election IF the person mhoSe ,
| IN on y y ay.ed % the certificate Of cleo
Iaaor ~ ~ The committee as Cor !
d p so,a msn, came he to ASSUME to mace
lacori" 'n, % m.S certificate ?? Again the
lthetiaana h ~ the facts There was an Z
H. roisa ~ ina, mat State. The majority Of J
lave h ssn we're against him. They may c
Ihros 81 procured by intimidation. or Z
Iapv - - \. uaud. We now, on this in G
s|p rS 70 The capacity of Mr.. Kellogg g
late a. 10 alu send hither such a certifi, 3
he hct ~ mas done, only to ascertain
Isriv ~ whether he did receive 4 ma q
Ihr ~ - .ne Votes or not, and tho re- v