The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-01-22
HOW 1T WILL BE DONE.
BIRD s-EYE VIEW OF THE POSSIBLE REvoLU-
TIoN THAT WILL MAKE GRANT DICTATOR.


is At u o'clock, the hour fixed upon for tn
to assembling OF the Senate and the counting o
,h the votes Of the Electoral College, the privat,
er secretary Of the President stepped into hi
re carriage and proceeded first to the Govern
re ment Printing Bureau, where he remained fo1
C. q few minutes, and then proceeded to the
q Senate Chamber. He was attended by body
rs guard of 800 marines from the capital navy.
d yard. On reaching the Capitol building the
re- marines were ordered to take possession OF
70 the halls and corridors leading to the Senate
er Chamber and the House of Representatives
r The Senate was already in session, and, at
the conclusion of the prayer by the chaplain,
: the members of the lower house presented
= themselves at the doors of the Senate Cham
i Der, in obedience to the constitutional order
I requiring their presence at the counting of
4 the electoral vote, seats being provided for
e them on the floor Of the chamber. AT the
3 proper moment Senator Frelinghuysen rose
! in his seat and moved the vote be counted.
e At this moment the private secretary OF the
q President entered, and was recognized at once
: by the clerk of the Senate, with the usual
q MIR. President, message from the Presi-
! dent. - In place of the expected message. the
following proclamation fell upon the stunned
ears OF the Democratic Senators:
+ EXECUTIVE MANSION, Feb. 20, 1877.
, To the President Of the Senate:
! Extensive and glazing frauds have been de-
tected III the electoral certificates returned by
, certain OF the States, I therefore, as the Exe
cutive head Of the nation, and acting in it's
behalf forbid the counting Of the votes Of the
Electoral College, and hereby declare the
Senate dissolved.
Given under my hand and seal this goth
day of February, 1877, etc.
4 THE SENATE sURRENDERs.
A similar proclamation was sent to the
House of Representatives upon its reassem-
Nha L L
centralIsm, surrenders without struggle |
after voting down a resolution offered by one |
Morton to postpone the counting of the vote |
to subsequent day. The House, the i'm |
mediate representative of the people, refused |
to adjourn, and scene of the widest confu-
sion followed, during which member from
New Jersey, Andrew Jackson Smith, jumped |
into the Speakers desk and commenced to
address the House. He had scarcely begun
when squad of soldiers under Gen. Bah
| cock entered the hall
Order was instantly restored and in firm.
distinctive tone the proclamation Of the Presi-
dent was again read by the Clerk of the
House by the order Of the General In five
minutes the hall was closed and the National
Legislature was suspended, and guard Of
five hundred regulars was stationed around
the Capitol. On passing into the street
proclamation from the President to the people
Of the United States was in the hands of the
populace, now occupying every avenue and
cross street leading into the Capitol. 1t had
been posted besides in every public place,
and read as follows:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Feb. 20, 1877.
To the People of the United States: II
Citizens -Frauds the most glaring and {
overwhelming, have been detected in the re-
turns of the electoral vote transmitted to the 9
Electoral College.
The sacred right of suffrage has been tram
pied into the dust by those who should have
upheld it. S
AS Commander Chief of the army and a
navy of the United States have placed the I
whole country under martial law. The mill il
tary power of the nation is at this moment in fl
full possession of every State and Territory a
and subject to my order. a
l have forbidden the counting of the cleo
toral vote in the Senate, and have dissolved n
the National Legislature. :
A new election will be Immediately ordered. u
but in the interim the civil power Of the :.
nation will give place to the military ARM in W
order that justice may be promoted and the +
public tranquility be preserved. =
SECURING THE CAPITAL
Passing under the bayonets Of strong of
guard into the street, the members of both OF
Houses beheld a scene never before witnessed CT
~ Republican eyes in Republican America vi
There were no barricades thrown up at the CT
corners of streets like those that met the gaze to
# all Paris at the fatal insurrection of June, or
S4S No mob sent its discordant yells to the te
LIQUIDS on that memorable day. In place of in
and bastions, the glare of torches, yo
nd the sobs of women flying before an in to
uriated populace, there were seen here and
here, at convenient points between the Capt. -,
d and the Treasury the mouth of cannon W.
uarded by squad Of regulars and marines. ="
In an hour, as if by magic, every vulnera- ~,
le point in city of more than hundred -,
nd fifty thousand souls was secure against a. q"
ny attack that could have been made upon oe
by an unarmed mob. At the Navy Yard, ~ ~
'ound the Capitol, the Post-Office Treasury, -,
lterior, War and Navy buildings, strong ~ ~
lard was placed, ready fer any emergency va
lat might arise. At the sight Of the soldierv
panic ensued-not one which arose from Tn
" fear Of immediate disaster, but from a gal
ameless apprehension of something terrific of
come. thi
A vague feeling that the nation had sur abe
ndered and without blow being anywhere it
ruck in its defense parayzed fear ITSELF and cri,
r the moment resistance was impossible Sta
Ould the reaction ever come, or would Re-
ese little squads of armed men continue to pos
I'D nation in subsection at will At l the
lock a rush was made for the telegraph II
ices throughout the city, The military .,.l
i hoen ;srnad ,,rob;h;+;re. - - ~ oi"e and
" teleoram not antbor;1ad hr TO- ania ~ aga
mmand. ir c :,
with the order to place Wash w III
,ton under martial law similar order had ~,
en- executed at each State capital, so that ~
Encouragement, by the click of a single LES
ttery, the whole nation lay PROSTATE at the L
t Of its military master. Five thousand bro1
mon and 10000 armed soldiers. without vest
sdding drop Of blood. had awed nation er I
40, 600, 900 into silence profounder than act
18th itself. At several Of the State capitals to
BILE attempts were made to wrest the State sary
from the hands OF the military
but without success. A
rhe dav folIowno came The order for nam aftid
ction for President and T;ce pras;aan. dams
e day fixed for it was the 2Sth of February, ulal