The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-01-20
TO THE RESCUE!
RISE UP WILLIAM ALLEN IN TIE
CAUSE OF FREEDOM, HU-
MANITY AND JUS
TICE!
Ohios Governor the First to Rebuke
the Tyranny of the Gross
Usurperl .gf 49,
TO WHICH TENNESSEE RIGHT MOLLY
RESPONDS OTHER STATES
THEN FOLLOW ." - -
SUIT,

CoLuMBus, O., JANUARY 7.-Gover-
nor Allen has just sent, the following
message to the General Assembly,
which vas referred to the Commit
tee on Federal Relations: -.
To the General Assembly. of Ohio: e ?a g..
/ desire to call your attention to
the grave circumstances Of the inter
ference of Federal troops in the Or
ganization and proceedings of the
Legislature Of sister State. If the
reported action Of the military in I'M
seating persons claiming to be mem
hers of the Louisiana Legislature,
and giving their places to.persons
contesting the same, is true, and is
legal and proper, then the same in
reference would be legal and proper
here, and it seems to me to- be the
duty Of the Representatives of the
people of this State to at once enter
a vigorous protest against the action
that may be made a. precedent at
some future time foriEthe overthrow
Of ciyilgovernment here. If there is
a law warranting the setting of con-
tested election cases in q State Leg
is%lature by the use ofFederal troops,
then, in my Judgment, you should re-
quest it's immediate repeal. If.there
is no law for it, then your Indignant
protest should be heard at Washing
ton, insisting upon such action by
Congress as will prevent. in the fu-
ture such fragrant outrages against
civil liberty. ,i. 7'''' q.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, January =
Governor Brown, in his inaugural
message to the Legislature, concludes
as follows: "Permit me to express
my congratulations that, unlike the
Legislative Assembly of one Of our
sister States, you have been allowed
to assemble ~peaceably, and to perfect
your organization without intimida-
tion. No military force surrounds
your Capitol or drives from their
rightful seats the Representatives of
the people. The edict of a petty ty-
rart does not here avail to disperse
the States Legislature. Yet your
immunity from such outrage is just
now made the more conspicuous by
the spectacle of Louisiana trampled
under foot and deprived of her liber-
ties. If we may credit reports that
reach us through the daily press,
and which seem to have the sanction
of official authority, the power Of the
National Government, through its
military arm, is being used for the
subversion of the liberties the people
of Louisiana have q right to hold.
Clear, possibly, it is not in your pow
er to do more than interpose a solemn
and earnest protest against this glar-
ing crime; yet, if this be all that the
representatives Of so valorous a State
as Tennessee may do, I trust that
your protest may be made with such
emphasis as to arrest the attention of
every patriotic citizen in this Repub-
lie, and awaken the people every
where to a sense ofthe danger which
threatens our constitutional liber-
ties" =
MASSACHUSETTS IN THE BREACH.
BosroN, MASS, January Gov.
CASTOR in his message refers to. the
Louisiana matter as follows: 1.-THE
presence Of an armed force Of the
United States in the Legislature of a
State for the purpose of settling an
election contest between political
parties is q matter of great concern
to all people and all States, more es-
pecially in case where the possible
effect of such presence; may be to
subvert the popular will, andimpose
upon the people rulers whom they
have not selected. I invite the i'm
mediate attention Of the Legislature
to this subject.".g 81 fs!H oiist- {"
THE FEELING IN ST. LOUIS.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, January'7,-A num-
Der of prominent merchants held a
meeting at the Merchants Exchange
to day to consult as to what action
should be taken regarding the affairs
in Louisiana. Although most of
them present sympathized with the
people of New Orleans, they deemed