The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-01

the duty OF the PRESIDENT 10 recoynllc one
as the de J;tcto government Of the state.
This duty he discharged by recognizing
Kellogg and his adherants. That decision,
we willingly concede, was honestly made,
and Kellogg must remain the de Jacto gov
ernor until competent authority decides
otherwise. Congress has, heretofore, re-
fused to act in the premises and, hence,
the difficulty has been aggravated instead
of healed
Again, In 1874, all election was held.
This time, there was but one returning |
board and their 'results" are before the |
people. As to that result 1t is sufficient to
say that the majority of the people both of
Louisiana and of the whole country believe
IL to have been arrived at by a liberal use
of means which, III Vermont, would be
called perjury, forgery, fraud and illegal
ity. In that opinion, according to our
present light we entirely concur. We
are however, willing to be convinced to
the contrary, and await the report of
Mcssrs. Foster, Phelps and Potter, the con-
gressional committee. which, unless they
belle their reputation, will set the ques-
ton of legality or illegality at rest So far
as the action of the republican senatorial
caucus is concerned. we take it that 1t is
only recognition of Kellogg as de .fact0
governor, and the assertion that they will
regard credentials signed by him as prima
| -. 1,tta ot,l
iillng Pinchbeck 70 his seat. In other
words, as the President has recognized
Kellogg as de tacto governor, the senate
will do the same temporarily and until the
matter can be investigated. In the mean
while all eyes are anxiously turned towards
New Orleans. Two parties hold the peace
of the state in their hand. If the President
acts hastily, on the opinion Of Attorney
General Williams, without hearing from
the congressional committee, it will be n
"trihing and weak" handling of combust-
ible materials. However good his motives
may be, who will be responsible for the
bloodshcd that will cnsuc ? On the other
hand, the New Orleans conservatives may
so demean themselves as to convince the
country of their patience still longer to en-
dure unledressed wrongs, or they may kin
die n flame which will engulph that city
and state in q common ruin. Their heroic
patience daring tie past two months can
but he commended, and they owe it to
themselves and the country to still longer
await with patience the inevitable end-for
truth and right are mighty and will pre-.
: vail.
How tins will be wrought out 1t is i'm
possible to forecast. Ii the statement of
Hon. II. II. Mari, chairman Of the New
Orleans committee of seventy and "one of
the ublest lawyers of the south is TO DC re-
lied upon, there would seem to be no REM
edy through the courts. He says
The governor will give bis certificate 10
all persons returned as elected by theboard
and no court on earth can change the de-
cisiop. We are absolutely without legal
remedy for our grievances. A supervisor
of election has the power to refuse to reg
lister any person, aud 10 court can compel
him TO do 30.
If the courts cannot rcctify the wrong,
force of arms certainly cannot. Any at
tempt to unscal the fraudulently returned
members and seat, in their stead, those
claimed to be legally elected can only pre-
cipitate conflict, in which the general
government will take part and the streets
of New Orleans made to iun red with
blood, while the great wrong will still be
unremedic1 and the great crime against
Louisiana unpublished II ia difficult &c
patiently endure great wrongs, 10 patiently
await redress without seeing where. OF
when, or how the redress is to come. But
the wrongs must and will be rcdresseG, an(
If Congress does not find way, how, the
people will. We can, in conclusion, az
bearing on the solution Of this great prob
lem, commend TO the people CT Louisian;
and the country and especially to the re
publican majority of Congress tie word
of the president pro tempoe of the Senat'
words that would do credit to the mos
: partisan democratic sheet in the country,
but which, We take It, is good republicai
uOCtIluc COiulu5 lTOU tnc sOuICc IL uota
Il He says-mark the language: "'Tne fac
! is that the republican party is answer
cable to the people of this country for tn
} d" con luct of this business, and we ar
' answerable TO our constituents, TO gu
% Is conscicnces, and to our God for our par
y "of it. If we leave the President wit
> "this responsibility on his shoulders, vii
= tually compel him to stand by that shan
% "and .fraud through the summer an
through four years, we shall hear fror
- I" it and wish to know what reason an
excuse | shall render to the people TO
. " such course on the part OF republica
&. congress in great emergency like this.
= And have We not heard from lido "
:, wish to hear again ? True enough, wha
=" answer, what reason, what excuse shall W
= make to the people Oh republicans i
Congress we await your answer.
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OF \ valuable NccOgnItIOn
'e Mrs. J. p. II. Daniels, sister of the lat
ls George Peabody, and resident of George
y town, some three or four years ago wa
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