The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-02-17
A VOICE FOB ARKANSAS.
EXPRESSION OF INDIGNANT REMoNsTRANCE AND
PROTEST.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
Little Rock, Ark, Feb. %, 1875.

ernor of the State of Arkansas, have til
honor to transmit herewith a Joint Resolr
ton of the General Assembly Of this State
this day adopted by unanimous vote in bot
Houses, as follows
Whereas, the President Of the Unite.
States did, on the 9Th day of February, 1876
transmit to the Senate Of the United States
message, in which we find the assertion tina
JOSEPH Brooks was lawfully elected as Gov
ernor Of Arkansas; that the said Brooks ha.
been unlawfully deprived of his Office since
that time, and that in 1874 the Constitution Of
this State was by violence, intimidation and
revolutionary proceedings overthrown, which
assertions are coupled with the plea that such
alleged action forms a dangerous precedent,
ana with call upon your honorable bodies
to take action in the said matter as he, the
President says, "to relieve the Executive from
any action upon the questions which should
be decided by the legislative branch of the
government and
Whereas, it is wholly untrue that the said
JOSEPH Brooks is or has at any time been, or
was ever chosen to be the Governor Of this
State, or that the existing ,Constitution and
government were in their inception and es-
adjustment in any degree attended with
violence, intimidation and revolutionary pro-
ceedlngs, as by the President alleged, the call
for Constitutional Convention having been
made by majority Of seventy-two thousand
votes, and the Constitution approved by a
majority of more than three -fourths of the |
voters of the State, in the largest vote ever
given in this State, and the present members |
of the Senate and House of Representatives
of this State, together with Governor and
other State officers, having been chosen at
peaceful elections under said Constitution bv
najorities ranging from fifty thousand to
'eventy-six thousand; and
Whereas. Gov. Baxter, the predecessor of
ais Excellency A. H. Garland. the present
Governor, was recognized and quoted in the
peaceful possession of his said office Of Gov.
rnor against the adverse claims of the afore
aid JOSEPH Brooks by the Honorable the
supreme Court of this State, the General
assembly then in authority being by the same
rlbunal decreed to be legal, valid and true .
nd the said Constitutional Convention hav- !;
ng been truly, fairly and legally called by the
foresald Baxter Legislature, and fully con- =
rmed by large maj GRITTY of the people at
ocular and most orderly election; and
Whereas, the people of this State are now
condition of profound peace while uni
,rsally recognizing this body as the true and :
lie Legislature and the Hon. A. H. Garland .
the true and sole Executive of the State of :,
KANSAS; and
Whereas, we, and the people whom we y
present, do fear and believe that it is the -
'rpose of the President of the United States. ;,
force OF arms, to arrest and depose Gov IN
nor Garland; to disperse this General AS h
nbly; to suspend our Supreme and lower in
urts; to ignore our Constitution, and to an IL
Il all the laws, acts and appointments made
'o. ~ A'l' III pursuance Oh us provisions; sli
W therefore a,
BE dreSolred jy the Senate and House of Rep \,
entatiues Of the State of arkansas, IN General 20
sen,bly conreaed, That the aforesaid message 60
his Excellency, the President, has filled us -,
our people with astonishment and most Ia
found solicitude being without precedent NJ,
parallel in the history Of these United a.
ties, wholly untrue in statement, wholly un-
full in intention, and altogether dangerous 60,
he liberties Of the people of Arkansas; and ~
in the threatened acts of deposition of our the
ges. Legislature and Executive, we recog- =, =
, most outrageous and atrocious plan of :,
rpatlon, which, as we fear, is to begin -,
a this State and to extend thence to sister o,t
es at the will of the President Where -.
!, we do hereby most solemnly protest A.,
INST the threatened action of the President.
call upon the Congress Of the United an
es to pass such acts and to cause such ! !,
sures to be taken may prevent the con- ~,
plated act of military tyranny snd secure aa.
people in the peace and quetude which ~
now enjoy. ~.
g il further ,eSOlued, etc., That his Excel n
y the Governor be, and he is hereby H.
estly requested to lay these joint resolu- s,a,
) before the Senate and House of Repre- ian
atives of Congress without delay, and to ;,,s.
ard copies Of the same to the Governors a
he severa. States and to the Legisla. 1,.o
5 thereof
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further reso'rel That the Governor is go
by authorized and required to take meas no,
to secure the State against the perpetra- boo
Of the threatened usurpation, and to no,
the same at all hazards, for which pur- y, y
full credit for procuring and full warrant ,,,s,
ing the required means are hereby given. !
n his support we hereby pledge for our -,
$ and our constituents our property, our =,
r and our lives.
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compliance with the foregoing request hear
7 lay these resolutions before you, with eide
respectful and most solemn assurance He r
concur in all they contain and affirm natr;
ey assert to be true. In the name Of the natp
e OF Arkansas add my protest against ND b
ltended act of Executive military vio- oane
Il, IL II. L.