The daily gazette., 1875-01-21
The South On tie Message.
From the New Orleans p;e,v,ae.

From the Nev Orleans P;cdyuae.
The President admits that some of
Judge Durrclfs orders were illegal.
suppressing the fact that only the Tile
gal orders had any practical bearing on
the results and that they were the only
orders for the enforcement of which
the Federal troops were used. His as
sertion that they were issued because
the mandate of the Couit had been
contemptnously detied is simply false,
The officers against whom Durelfs in
Junction was issued scrupulously obey
ed it-so scrupuously, indeed that their
failure 10 compile and canvass the re-
turns, the consequent absence of Off
cial information as TO the vote, is made
q conspicuous point to Grants defense
OF his conduct 80, 100, the assertion
that 1t was only made known to him
that the process of the United States
Court was resisted, and that he used
the army to execute heprocess 'accor-
ding to the judgement of the Court re.
sulting from these proceedings No
process OF the court was resisted There
was no Judgment of tue Court at the
time the military seized theState House
There was no Judgment of Court ut any
time, iR any Case, involving the con
fiicting claims of McEnery and Kel-
logg. No such case ever came before
the Court. We challenge denial of
these propositions. We challenge
word or line OF eyidence of any kind
that there is particle of truth in any
one of the above assertions Of thepres
ident, except that which admits and
declares the illegality OF Durrelrs or
ders
Having thus presented this part of
his case, the President devotcs himself
to recital of the political outrapes
which he charges upon the Conserya
tive party oil Louisiana The affairs
OF Colfax and coushatta are again mar
rated as II their horrors, or the impu.
nity OF the persons engaged in them,
had and relevancy TO the suppression
OF State Government and the disso-
luton ofa state Legislature by mill
tary force. And, finally, as a crown
ing illustrution, he refers TO the mur.
ders OF Judge Crawford, and District
Attorney Harris. These are his speci.
men assassination; they are the sam
pies which he keeps in his show case
ior the display of Southern outrages-
But Distinct Harris, was a
wellknown Democrat, an intimate
personal and political friend OF Cover |
nor McEnery, and determined adver-
sary OF Kellogg usurpation. Judge
crawford was popular and respected |
man. esteemed even by his political |
opponents Both Crawford andHarris
were murdered by desperadoes whom
they sought to bring TO justice The |
OF Louisiana are as
much responsible for their assassina-
ton as General Grant was responsible |
for the murder of President Lin
coin.
After devoting more than half of |
Lhls Message to information of this |
kind, the President eondescends to
say something concerning the question
at issue. He denied that
he gave any orders to the Federal
Lroops TO interfere in the organization
1f the Legislature He admits that
such interference is illegal. He dis.
claims responsibility for the act vet
he palliates and excuses IT. The Uni
-ed States officers are not lawyers, he
'eminds us, and, consequently, may
,,verstep the limits of their powers and
tuties. 1t is difficult TO imagine
more serious reflection than this on the
Intelligence OF the army officers It'll
implies that not only do they act with
,ut orders IN so serious a matter as
hat OF interfering in the organization
II Legislature, but that they do not
now when they violate the law. 1t
ioes not follow that all men who are
lot lawyers are likely to commit mur-
Ter, burglary or arson. Neither does
follow that because Federal officers
ire not lawyers they are apt to make
raids on State Legislatures.
such things never happened before
n this country and the public cannot
DC persuaded that they have happened
Louisiana only because tho officers
II the United States army have not
been educated to the bar.