Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-13
LATEST FROM LOUISIANA
significant senatorial Debate
on Louisiana.
What sheridan Wants 90 do with
white LeRguers

SION OF MISSOURI, NEW OTLENs,
La, Jan. 9Th, 1S75.-TO Hon. w. w
Belknap, Secretary of War, Washing
ton:
think the terrorism now existing
q Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkan,
sas could be entirely removed, and con-
tidence and fair dealing established, by
the arrest and trial of the ringleaders
of the armed White Leaguers. IfCon-
Sress would pass bill declaring them
banditti, they could be tried by a mill
.tary commission. This banditti who
murdered men here on the l4th of last
september, also more recently at
Vicksburg, Miss, should, in justice TO
Jaw aud order, and the peace and pros
perity of this southern part of the
country, be punished.
1t is possible that, if the President
would issue a proclamation declaring
hem banditti, no further action need
re taken except that which would de.
volve upon me.
Signed, p. II. SHERIDAN,
Lieut.. General u. 5. A.
The city il very quiet to-day, there
being no unusual demonstrations in
any quarter. The military are still
occupying the State House.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3, 1875.
Mr.. Thurman, OF Ohio, offered the
following resolution and asked its
present consideration
Resolved, That the President of the
United States, is hereby, requested to
INFORM the Senate whether any por-
son of the army of the United States,
or any officer or officers, soldier or
soldiers of such army did in any man
uer interfere or intermeddle with
control or seek to control the organi-
,:ation of the General Assembly of the
state of Louisiana, or either branch
thereof, on the 4th inst. and especially
whether any person or persons claim
ing seats in either branch of said Leg
stature, have been deprived thereof
Or prevented from taking the same by
any such military force, officer or Of
Ecers, and if such has been the case
there, that the President inform the
senate by what authority such mill
AIRY Intervention and interference
have taken place.
Mr.. Conkiing said he would suggest
nat it would be better to preserve the
customary phraseology of such resolu-
lions by inserting the words, If in
LIS Judgement IL Is DOl luNJlil lullulS
With the public interest"
Mr.. Thurman said he did not agree
with the Senator as to the propriety of
inserting words suggested, that this
Nuestion did not relate to any foreign
power, if it was such question, then
: would be proper to insert these
words. Itwa not for the Senate to sub
nit to the opinion or judgment Of the
President
SOMETHING LIKE WAR.
1t was proper that the Senate should
know the facts. 1t was not a case
where the information would interfere
With the warlike movements, although
his Louisiana trouble had the appear
&nce of war. 1t was not war made
by the people. He would not say
who did make the war but would wait
for the facts in the case.
Conkling said he inadvertently had
given the Senator, Thurman 1.-THE OPP
pOrtunity to make quite an impressive
sad eloquent Speech When the res
OlutiOn came up for consideration, he,
Conkling, would move to amend ii by
inserting the words which he had sug
rested, and he would ask a vote OF
me Senate to see what the
asage of the Senate had been.
A single objection, he believed, would
carry the resolution over, and as ii
was not yet before the Senate, the
Senator from Ohio seemed to think
that he distinguished this case from
III others, by observing that the topic
did not concern our relations with any
foreign powers. II there was sense OF
reason in the rule which committed
something's to executive discretion he
(Conkling) thought it should apply to
This resolution, which relates TO the
disorder in one of the States of this
Union. He thought this rule was sug-
gsstivr of the considerations which
should address themselves to every
Senator not as a partiZan, but as he
stood upon his oath to be true to the
great trust committed to him.
DEFIANCD OF LAW.
Turbulence aud defiance of law stalks
nigh handed ia a public way, and the
Senate did not know but that now,
even while it was celebrating over
This resolution, peace, order, security
Of life and law were being trampled in
The mire in the streets of New Orleans.
The Senator, Mr.. Thurman, says il
IS for us, in the uncertainty, the dan
ger, and the grave peril which sur
rounds the subject, to say absolutely in
the twinkling of an eye, before the
sun goes down tomorrow that the
President must communicate all the
facts to the Senate. He, Conkling,
argued that the Senate had no facts up
on which it could so act, and say to the
President, he must with all prompt
ness communicate to the Senate so that
hat there can be flashed back to
louisiana by telegraph the exact truth
n respect to the employmentof that
power which may alone of all other
powers be used to trample out disor-
Derby disposition on the one side or on
The other. This resolution was espe-
alally one in which the Senate should
cave to the reason, the prudence,
The discretion of the Presiden. AS to
furnishing the information, it should
De left to the President to say whether
this publication would be incOmpati-
bic with public interest.
The Senator from Ohio, Thurman
desired the Senate to direct the Presi-
dent touching the army of which he
vas commander-in-ch chief.