The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-03-07
LOUISIANA.
PeliticuI sen t1ment I'm the Country Views
IA Of the Press.
TANGJpAUOA.

POltttcUI Scnesment IN she country view
TANaIpAHoA.
Dispatches i'm the N. y. DEMOCRAT
4 from, all parts of the State, urged th'
itnpehclfrnent of Kellogg. The House
did its duty, but the infamous Senate
violated every rule OF parliamentary
usage and Justice. and defled the people
and their wishes. These dispatches
were specials, to be found in different
issues of that paper previous to the
passage of the impeachment reso
1utions by the House of Representa4
tives, aud were from the parishes oJ
| Bienville, East and West Feliciapa
Webster, Tangipahoa, st. Helena, Or
leans, Ouachita, Caddo, Vernon, Avoy.
elles. and n great many others-eaeh
containing an imperious demand for i'm.
parchment.
Such contempt for the wishes Of q peo-
Pile has no parallel in history. 6 Peace
ably IL we can, f9rcibly II we must y.
these miserable Senate thieves should
malicio,lsly pollutedl-Amite CIV Dem
| Ocrdt.
~ tArorRcHr.
Act in earnest are words spoken in du-
plicity by our worthy President: In
vestigate, iinpeach, and let no guilty
man escape. -5Thtbodd,ty Sentinel.
CADpo.
Desperate cases require desperate
remedies, and certainly Louisiana is In
IL most desperate strait, II the Legisla-
ture adjourn without the passage Of any
OF those reforfnatory measures which
have been SO earnestly, and, by some,
hopefully looked forward to- The con
tinuance of the Returning Board, the
most Infamous system of fraud ever
devised by the ingenuity of unprinci-
pied Legislators, settles for years, if not
for all time, the destinies Of Louisiana.
By it's means the supremacy of the
party in power Is assured, without the
least regard to the wishes OF the majori-
ty Of the people. srss vet -tt sstspfE
The Radical leaders, of course, pre-
tend that the object of this board is to
protect tho cvlored voters against tvio-
lence and intimidation, but this is only
a pretenee. They very well know that
thousands OF COlOred voters in Louisiana
have become wearied Of carpet-bag rule
of the false promises held out to them
il they will remain true to their ale
glance to the Radical party, and that
other and more certain means Of retain
Ing positions which will enable them to
continue to practice their devilish
schemes OF .pluhder, must be. resorted
to- Hence the tenacity with which they
Of all villainies. They very we'll know
that with such scoundrels as Matt Wells
and Tom Anderson on that board the
Radical candidates will be counted In,
even were every parish III tho State to
vote overwhelmingly Democratic.
Shreveport Times. l'5,rn..
"a ryaft.t EAST FELICIANA. 81 ..ts
IT anything were wanting to convince
the people OF the State of Louisiana that
the time has arrived from them to crush
the Radical party at once. by forcing
Kellogg and his satellites to "step down
and out, the action of the Senate on
the 2sth ult., should be more than suffi-
cient. Ii our people can stand to be |
longer robbed, insulted and fettered by |
d set of cowardly demons like those who |
answer the beck of William Pitt Kel. |
logg they deserve their fate, anda brave |
and liberty loving people everywhere |
will 50 admit.--PdtriOt Democrat.
DE soTo.
The New Orleans Times speaks i'm |
sounds entirely too uncertain for the |
times. We cannot imagine how jour
nal that pretends to be conservative,
and to have at heart the interest Of the |
in immeasured terms that |
Ddious and most Radical institution, the
Board That paper says the
attempts OF the Democracy, in reform
ing the election law is for political
,apital Any men, or any party,
who can obtain capital by striking
lown, and forever, this most disgrace
'ul and unrepublican feature in the pre-
,ent election law OF Louisiana, will have |
,apital that is worth keeping Any men,
,r party, who will expunge from the
statutes of the State, that law which
makes five men the supreme judges Of
Ill elections In Louisiana, and places
heir decision above the Supreme Court,
md even above the Senate and the
House, assembled in their legislative
deserves the commendation of
III good and honest men.
Such conservatism is more obnoxious
han radicalism itself, and we advise
he Times to change its tune or its
'olors, and be ut least consistent. -
Mansfield Reporter