The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-01-14
PHE LOUISIANA; OUTRAGE.

the Secretarysof War he says that he regrets 10
announcesthe existence of a. spirit of defiance
to all lawful authority, auoug the white con-
sesvativessl ltandan insecurity 'ofe life and prop
erty. Under his direcsien' the sWorkto of break
ing, ,upithe rLegisla latuEe was completed yestere
day. When the House Of Representatives
came 70 q vote for permanent speaker, ex-
Mayor Wiltz (ConA received 81. votes. Rahn 2, 2,
and blank 2: A quorum Of. the members hav-
ing voted. Wiltz was declared elected. Some
OF the -Radieat members gradually Withdrew
from the chamber, and the speaker ordered the
ssrgeant-st.arms to prevent the departure Of
any more while the perrnanent organizaSlon
was being completed. The Conservative can
didste fol, clerk of the House was then elected,
and the swearing in of the members began.
Several scufles took place IN consequence OF
the persistent efforts of the Radicals to leave
he;hall. These, Radicals fat last sent for the
troops, and three Federal army officers came
into the hall Subsequently these officers call
ed IN squad Of fifteen soldiers, and these sol
oilers forcibly elected from the hall some of the
Conservative members who were lawfully elec-
tedy hut who had been counted out by the
returning board! They 'vaihly made +aiprdtest.
The soldiers then removed the newly elected
clerk and placed the. Radical clerk of the for
mer House at the desk. At this point Speaker
Wilt and the Conservatives withdrew, and the
Legislature was left withopta Q quorum..g2ec =
Gen. Sheridan bas sent the following dispatch
tDSecretary Bafknap :a:iosffii - :
.eMesu Orleans, La, .aaa1dry 81 think the
terrorism now existing In Louisiana, Missis-
sippi and Arkansas could be. entirely removed,
and confidence and fair dealing established, by
the arrest and trial OF ther rsngleaders OF the
armed, WhitesL Leaguersj qlf Congress would
pass q bill declaring them tbanditts they could
ditti, WHO murdered men here on the 18th OF
last September, and also more recently at
VicEsburg, Miss, should i'm Justice to law and
order, and peacs and prosperity in thus south
ern part Of the country, be punished- us
possible that If the President should issue a
proclamation DECLARING, them bandittiy that no
further action need be taken exceptlthatwhich
would devolve upon me!'7P. Il. SHERIDAN,
.a1s1 a!g:st ~ Lieut.: Gen. q. S. A.
The city is very quiet TO- day. There was no
unusual demonstra atoms, in, any quarter. The
military still occupy the State House .,i.u !.
The 1Smes-this ueEningesays:: "The farce OF
the. State, Government In? Louisiana received
another. Illustration yesterday. Practically we
have no government: legal or illegal, and have
not had for the. past tive years. What is the
use Of this show Of respect for State rights ?
The rule is, that of, the musket and sword and
central authority, and everybody knows it.
The. proclamations by the. President and the
appeals for assistance by Gov. Kellogg are
formalities which do not cloak; the real nature
of the business. gThere. is no pretence, IN this
case, of riot or an insurrection. It is seizurej
state Honseiby thel United States troops
in time of peace; a dissolution Of the Assem-
bly, and a forcible expulsion of it's members"
The Picagielae says: - For the, first time in
the history Of Che United States armed soldiers
have invaded the legislative hall, and bayopets
have been used to, expel the representatives OF
the people from their, seatss ., No, one ever
dreamed that the President had the right to
employ the army for the purpose of shaping
tbeiorganization of the State Legislature ~ In
this ease there was no emergency such as the
law contempiates, and no call was made upon,
him through the channel which the law points
out. There wasno msurrection. The Genera!
Assembly was in session, and hadnott asked
him to-interfere. There was an organization
of the Hoase which was rot agreeable Soy
Keltosg, and upon Kelloggs& &fequisidon Shes
sent bis forces to drag from their seats the
members whom Kellogg asserted not to be
properly chosen, and to constitute an organlza-y =
ton under bis directions. There, is no escape.
from this statement Of facts. Gen. pelro6rl-
and announced that he was instructed ITO obey
GoE., ,Kellogg's orders, and Kellogg ordered him
TO-. break UP the organization Of the House!
With this order he complied" ~. hI.'
The Bulletsaa says aWhei the hour arrived
for the constitutional assembling of the kegis-
lature,, elected by the people, and absolutely
admitted by the retiring board, the army of the
United States was marshalled, and when the
organization Of the House}of Represe1tatives
showed a. working force against the Kellogg
usurpation, q General of the Federal Army
marched his troops into the very halls of legis-
tion, and before the Speakers chair dictates a
roll l-call for membership and the organization
- sIi'S. '7As~ NEW YoRR, Jan. s.
Referring to the proceedings at New Orleans,
Yesterday, the Herald says: "There was wit
messed in the Louisiana Statehouse, yesterday,
q spectacle which is>the first Fits kind lin
this country and which should cause every
trueJAmerican to blush with shame and indig;
nation. We congratulate the citizens Of Lou
isiana and the people. of, the country that. this
extraordinary and most revolving scene did not
provoke violence and: bloodshed. -Forcible
resistance would have been justifable IN this
case if it be justiiabse in any case fora great
er outrage on every principle Of free govern
ment was never perpetrated--were it not for
the fact that the people of Louisiana have
sure recourse forIthe redress Of fhelr grieyan-
ces in the sense of Justice of the whole country
and in the public resentment which wiil
be 7kindled to- the highest pitch by these
atrocities andiunezsmpied proceedings" ~ %
The TFi6ane Says: 7aNothing in the history
of even the great conspiracy by which the
border rufhans undertook to seize the Territory
and State Of Kansas; can furnish any parallel e
for this, croHning iniquity of the Federal ad-
ministration > The citizens of Louisiana have
seen themselves cheated and defrauded, and
when thefraud came near to failure, they have
seen the whole power of the General Govern
ment used to consummate it and make the vii
lany successful They makg no Gut9,y ~ but put
liberate IPer te Judgment Of the American peope
The World says: '''We hope. there is no
Anierican who can read the. news from New
Orleans without thrill of shame and rage"
The Evening, Post says; 1.-THE employment