The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1875-01-21

of 1872. That had no more to do with
the organization of the Legislature on the
4th inst, than the election of hundred
years hence. IF there was no govern
ment in Louisiana, as has been argued by
the Senator's on the other side, why did
they make all this noise and confusion
about turning out Legislature. 1t there
Is no State Government there is no Leg
islature. He did not propose to evade
the question in that manner. However,
there was government in that State,
government recognized by the Courts, and
recognized by both branches of Congres,
and by majority of the citizens of that
State. The acts of the Conservatives in
the Louisiana Legislature on the 4th in
slant were acts of treason against the
State, for which they should have been
punished. 1t has been said here that there
was no intimidation in the South He
denied that such was the fact On the
night before the election in Louisiana last
fall, notices were posted upon the doors
of white and colored Republicans notify
ing them that if they voted the Republi
can ticket their lives would be in danger
Passes for safe travel were given to color
ed men who voted the Democratic ticket
to protect them against the White Lea.
guers
Senator Logan read from one of these
passes as follows:
New ORLEANS. Nov 2sth, 1874.
"This is to certify that "a barber
by occupation, is member of the lst
Ward Democratic Club and at the late
election worked and voted for the Demo
cratic candidates"
Senator Logan next read from Shreve-
port paper to the effect that the Demo
Gratis want no favors or concessions from
Kellogg or Packard, and that the Return
ing Board should understand that unless
it made returns of the votes as given on
the day of the election they should for
felt their lives There should be a con-
cert of action throughout the State and
such action should be prompt and en-
phatic. Resuming his argument he said
the Senator from Georgia (Go-don) was
in the habit of bringing in Georgia at all
times when an intimation was spoken of
to show that that State was peaceful
He Logan would speak on that point
before he concluded. That Senator Cor
don had yesterday asked where the judi
cial officers of Louisiana were; why they
did not arrest and punish the perpetra-
tors of crime in Red River parish. He
| tLogan) would tell him where they were.
The Attorney was murdered by the same
banditti which murdered the men at Cou-
shatta
Senator Gordon interrupted and asked
where was the United States Attorney?
Where was the enforcement act? Where
was the army of the United States?
Senator Logan said, Great Heaven!
did the Senator want the army? He
thought he had been railing against the
use of the army. Laughter. The Sen
ator had denounced the Republican par
ty and the Government.
Senator Gordon said he defed the Sen
ator to find an utterance of his against
the Government of the United States or
any authority, except the miserable men
in his State
Senator Logan said the Senator had
denounced the Administration. and it had
been spoken of in this debate as the Gov
ernment. He then reviewed the circum-
stances which took place in New Orleans
on the 4th inst, and said the acts of
Wiltz in the Legislature were the acts of
a revolutionary body. Governor Kellogg
took no action whatever. The Legisla-
ture had been taken possession of by a
mob. As Governor Of the State it was
his duty to do all in his power to preserve
peace and order. 1t was Kellogg him.
self who took the response bility of calling
upon the troops. President Grant had
nothing to do with it, Sheridan had moth
ing to do with it, and the Senate had
nothing to do with it. Therefore the de-
nunciation heaped upon the President
Grant by the Democrats for using the
army, went for naught for he knew no
more about it than the Democrats did un-
til he saw it in print The Democrats
could not wait to hear all the facts about
Louisiana. They wanted to have clam
or raised before the country for political
purposes, and for nothing else. The
Democratic party had endorsed resolu-
tions, ten times as strong as this COM
planned of in New Orleans. He logan
believed that this raid made on the Sem
ate in the New York press, and by the
New York meeting, showed that there was
some kind of an understanding that this
revolution was to be made in Louisiana
for the purpose of overturning the Leg
islature of that State. He did not say
the understanding was among the Demo
Gratis of the Senate but it was somewhere
He defended the action Of Kellogg in call
ing upon the military and said had the
Democrats been in power and the Repub.
lcans tried to overthrow them as the
Democrats tried to overthrow the Repub-
lican government in New Orleans, the
Democrats would have acted just as Kel-
logg did. The Democratic party had fire.
quently endorsed the use Of military
force Gen. Jackson when in this same
city New Orleans) arrested and impris-
oned Judge Hull for issuing a writ of
habeas corpus. Afterward the Democrats
elected him President Of the United
States. In 1854 there was a runaway
slave in Boston, and Franklin Pierce, a
Democratic President, authorized the use
4 of the troops from the Navy Yard and
\ Fort Independence to arrest this slave.
When the Republican party used the
4 army to enforce the law, these same Dem
ocrats howled as if a set of wolves were
i about to devour them and their homes.
In 1855, in Kansas, in the town of To
peka, free State Legislature met. Frank
lin Pierce, a Democratic President, issued
his proclamation commanding that body
to disperse, and Jefferson Davis, then
Secretary of War, issued an order placing
the United States army under command
of the governor of that State. Col. Sum-
ner, afterwards a general, did disperse
that legislature That act was endorsed
by the Democratic party all over the
country, but that same party to-day de-
nounce the Republicans because Gov. kel-
logg, without an order of the Presidents,
used the army to put out men who were
not members of the Legislature.
Senator Logan than read from the or
der of Gen. Geo. B. Mcclellan to Cen.
Banks directing the arrsst of the Legisla-
ture of Maryland, said order being dated