The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-01-30
Senator Logan's Speech.

,e speech Of Senator Logan on
Sf-government in Louisiana y has
ca, to hand. 1t il n formidable
.loo,ent in length, and, as it would
occ,y about four pages Of the 7ri-
bM, it il maEifestly impossible to
pri it. The telegraph has furnished
a II summary Of It's contents and
l'nsiven its general spirit, 30 that it
is dy necessary 70 glance At a few
pots III the embarrassment 1t
rich not hitherto presented in de-
taihnd these the historical seem tn
posss the most value, especially in
the ght Of precedent
Atl,e time Mr. Logan delivered
his ,eech the whole Bourbon party
wasla moring against !" the military
usn,ation," as it was termed. Gem
cradle Trobriand and his fifteen
sold~ were denounced on the
stun, in Legislative halls, in Con-
gre, aud in the press, rs the iDiDiOns
Of ayrant and snbverterr If popular
libey and constitutional law, regard
lessf the fact that :" the military
usn,ation" was inaugurated by the
Democrats themselves, who made the
tirstsll upon the troops. Mr.. Logan
emphasizes this fact by placing the
Democrats upon the record to the
2" military usurpation," and cites some
hist6cal facts which will bear repeti-
ton. Over sixty years ago General
Jacla,n arrested Mr.. LOuiallier, a
menpr of the Legislature, who was
one the most troublesome Of lis
eneles, and then put the Judge of
the United State court, who had
gran,l the prisoner a writ Of habeas
corps, in Jail, and banished him from
the ~. Tie Democracy enlogized the
GENIAL for the act, and afterward
elecM him President of the U. s.
In lS4 Franklin Pierce, the Demo-
craft President Of the United States,
sent everal soldiers aud marines inttl
the dy of Boston, arrested Anthony
Burn, a fugitive slave, and returned
him the State of Virginia on a gov.
nsnt vessel. In 1856, under the
ordes Of Jefferson Davis, Secretary
If Wr, acting under the authority 81
y Democratic President, Colonel Sum
tner, { the head Of the United States
troop, dispersed both houses Of the
Free State Legislature ut Topeka,
Kanss, by force, and this action was
indosed and applauded by the Dem
"craG al over the country. In 1861
Geneal Mcclellan issued his order
for I'll, arrest Of the Maryland Legis-
latur, and the first opportunity that
presoted itself the Democrats ran
him br President. These instances
are sIfRcient to stamp the inconsist-
ency # the Bourbon cutlery over the
use 4 the troops N New Orleans.
That point ID now well settled, and
has Already ceased to be used az a
the Louisiana problem. The
only distinction which a Democrat
draws 10 As to whose Or is gorsd. II
it 10 to Republican,, tho use Of the
troop, is all right; il the Democratic,
It 10 al wrong. When Witt called
for til, troops to tlisperse the police,
i was all right. When Kellogg called
FOR trsops it was ell wrong. Even
whiletl Bourhona all over the coun-
try we're cIamnring against military
tyranny, Willis called upon the Prssi.
lent h roinstate him with the mill
Isry, aud it was all right. Senator
LOgar deserves the credit Of having
pushed the Democrats to the wall
,pon this question and silenced thei,
over the use Of troops.-Chi-
Mgo Tribune.