American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-02-13
CLOSE OF THE LOUISIANA INVESTIGATION,

At the close OF the investigation
of the Louisiana muddie, on Mon
day evening last, the following III
ci,lents are recorded by Bulletin
reporter
MIR. Fr, came forward and said ::
The people down here are Ger
tainly mistaken in regard to the
feeling OF the North toward them.
The VI ar gave us great respect for
the soldiers Of the South, as it also
did in the South for the soldiers OF
the North, and when the war closed
we had IL respect for them which
otherwise we should probably
have never entertained.
Now. came down here with all
these feelings of respect. 1t be-
came necessary before the investi-
CATION was closed that the counsel
on both sides of the case should not
he allowed to examine witnesses,
hence it devolved uIO" some OF the
members of the committee to pur
sue the investigation. That neceS-
sarily made it incumbent upon me
to pursue such an examination rs L
believed that the counsel would de-
sire to pursue, 50 that l assumed
the place of counsel as far as the ex
animation OF witnesses was con-
q .rned.
Many of you thought pursued
it more vigorously than u commit
teeman should. Now. l want the
people to un,lers and that it was
not a place solicited by me. but one
assigned TO me Ivy the committee to
crOss-cXamine witnesses on tie
stand. endeavOred to do my
duty. So far as 1 am personally
concerned l have experienced the
greatest COURTESY, and have been
highly pleased with the counsel on
both sides.
Mr.. HOar then made few re-
marks, wherein he expressed on
the part Of the committee their ap-
probation for the court sy Of the
counsel who represented the OPP
posing parties, also for the hos
pitalIties received at the hands of
the citizens of New Orleans.
In response to the remarks 81
Mr.. Frye, Mr.. Zacharie said the
counsel have understood Vf. Frye's
position in the matt.~, and have
also made all ALLEGIANCE for his line
of cross.exapination. 1t is true
this was pc understood by some
of the illnesses and some of the
newspapers, but from the beginning
enc Conservative counsel in the
case have thoroughly ui.derstO ID
the motives which prompted him,
and have not at all misinterrrcted
his actions.
Mr. Marshall then arose, ard said
it devolved upon him to say a few
words, wheI eupon he said: came
down here to do what was a very
unpleasant duty, because my pre-
sence was required elsewhere. l
have not been very familiar with
the management OF this kind of
testimony.
was appointed on the commit
tee lust befnro it left for New Or
teams, because of the absence OF one
of the members, and hence had no
opportunity of preparing myself for
a duty OF this character, and was
not us well informed as l might
have been This is my explalr.
ton.
With the members of this com
mittee l have become better ac-
Quaiuied than l ever could in the
House. L have to say that my for
mer high opinion of my associates
has been increased by my associa-
ton with the members of this com
mittee, and our relations are more
cordial than they have been hereto
fore. 1t is impossible for me to
conjecture what effect our coming
may have OH your fate. l would
be very glad to know that the PEG
l,le could, consistently with their
rights and the honor of the State,
come together and cooperate in
measures looking to termination
OF this condition Of anarchy in this
beautiful State, which, with order
and good government, would SOON
he one Of the most prosperous III
our commonwealth.
In the North things are said
sometimes that would not be ut
tered if the people could give the
subject a judicial examination. l
believe that the people of the North
would rejoice if they could know
that these unfortunate difficulties
were settled in Louisiana. The
people would be glad to see Lou
isiana prosperous, and peace aud
order established between the races;
to zee them accorded all their rights
under the constitution, and settle
down to peace and harmony, to de
velOp the great resources of this
very inter es;ing State. When l
return to my position in the House
! will endcavOr to give an unpreiu-
diced judgment OH the result of our
an the condition Of
affairs here without doing con-
sciOus injustice to any one, and l
think Try associates OH the commit
tee will do the same. Possibly We
may differ on some points,. L Ie-
greet that have not bad the Op-
pOrtunity to become better ac--
quainted with the good people OF
the State. L wish TO say to all be-
fore going away that l express the
wish the time is not very distant
when all this bitterness of feeling
shall have passed away, and we
shall have the greatest of earthly