New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-15
preposterous contradiction of the whole
republican theory of individual equality
or the representation of numbers.

preposterous contradiction Of the whole
republican theory of individual equality
or the representation of numbers.
Senator Bayard has assumed to repre-
sent this small sovereignty. He has assert
ed in debate that the elections, as con-
Quoted in Mississippi, were in accordance
with law, and has added that the Democ-
! racy of that State were justified in the acts
| Of violence attributed to them IN the con-
duct of that election. We have seen a
| telegraphic notice of the position OF Mr..
Bayard, but not surprising he could have
gone so far as reported have preferred to
await more authentic version OF his
position. This has come to hand in the
| debate upon the resolution to award
Mr. Pinchback the usual pay for the term
that he has been compelled to await the
decision of Congress upon the validity of
his credentials as a Senator We make
no reference to the personal abuse Of the
claimant uttered by Senator Bayard. We
find reiterated his opinion that the Dem
ocracy were no more entitled to the State
| government than the Republicans. He
repeats there has been no "entity of a
| State since 1872. There has been no adj
Indication Of anybody being entitled to a
seat from Louisiana. Mr.. Eustis has
shared the same fate with Mr.. Pinchback.
1t was, however, in an incidental debate
that Mr.. Bayard vindicated the ku-Kluz.
| Mr.. Bayard assailed the Republican adj
| ministration in Louisiana. He said:
| Louisiana ground into the dust. her true
| voice etiried her constitution Overihrown,
| Der laws trs a.ed with contempt, and the
| man who has been one OF the Chief consplr-
| ators of this crime comes to this Chamber
| and they propose to treat hin with respec
! in order TO honor the State that he has IN
suited and assisted TO overthrow.
This provoked reply from Senator Nor
| tor:
The Senator from Delaware says that the
| history of Louisiana is a foul blot upon our
| civilization; that louisiana was ground IN
| the dust, wac degraded as a State agree
| to that. ! agree that IA large majority OF
the people of Louisiana we're stricken down
| leuce and fraud The attempt has bee n
| made in this body to make that enormous
| fraud a success by giving to the minority
| OF the people Of that State the control OBJ
tanned by violence, by murder and by fraud
| OF every description.
Ii ia as well known as any other fact that
in 1872 there was Republican majority IL
the State of Louisiana on TAR election OF
| from Ii, 900 TO 10000. This was recognized
By men on beth sides; and the very report
the Senator refers to shows that TACT. 1t
was reported by the very Senators whose
| names he mentioned, and that an attempt
was made to destroy that majority by I'M
lawful and wicked means. 1t has been in
| sisted that the attempt succeeded; thai TINS
large MA iority was stricken down, and that
the minority was triumphant; but l shall
not 90 into that matter to day. say II was
an enormous wrong; it was wicked: 1t was
| a blow at the free institutions OF this coun-
trv, and the cry and the grief to-day IS that
il was not successful in every particular.
| And. sir, feel that it is to be repeated
Repeated it was last year in the State OF
Mississippi, and majority Of $4,000 stricken
down by the same means; and now we are
about entering upon great contest, ana
| the success of one party in this country de
| pends upon overthrowing by fraud and
! violence an aggregate Republican me- orlty
of not less than Deco ii four States Of this
| Union.
1t is confidently expected that it will be
! overthrOwn by the Same means; that the
shotgun argument will prevail ID Louisiana
| in Mississippi again. in Alabama again, aun
| in South Carolina, where an organization ID
now being made, as we are advised, iof
| that very purpose.
should not have referred to these things
but toc the language OF the Senator from
Delaware lie has brought thu III here again
| But when he talks about the blot on the
history of this country in Louisiana IN 49,
| g. want to tell him what the blot Ia. That
| blot ia the result OF base and Infamous
| ATTEMPT to strike down a majority OF the
| people of that State By fraud and violence,
| and the complaint to-day Is that 1t did not
fully succeed.
This raised a question as to the pro-
priety of the means attributed to the De-
mocracy Of carrying the elections IN Mis-
sissippi. OF this Mr.. Bayard anticipates
the repor. Of the Mississippi inyestisa-
tons:
Tha, report will show the Governor OF
| the State, armed by the laws OF that State
with the right and the duty to protect its
| people, deliberately wagiDg war with
| weapons upon unarmed men, and massiag
| one race against the other for the des'ruc-
| ton OF both. Then ne will find that II there
| were shotguns they were shofguns g'th.
! cred hastily for the defense OF hreslde anu
| home, for the defence of rights that every
| American holds dear aud OF all that m@jl-
| rood should seek to protect, and If 1t tailed to
protect would be unworthy OF the name.
| This statement is contradicted by q
member of the committee, but the de-
| fense of Democratic violence IS clearly
placed by Senator Bayard on the basis OF
a patriotic duty. lie confirms this posi-
ton by saying that if there was threat
of violence il was violence created IL
| seIf-defense, and that the white people OF
| that State would have been less than men
| if they had not prepared themselves as
they might against danger that threat
| ened to sweep their homes and their chill
| dren out of existence itself Assuming,
| then. the tinid and unarmed colored pop
ulation as competent ''to sweep the homes
and children OF the Democracy out OF ex-
istence,' Mr. Bayard justifes the armed
| canvass and control Of the State, the con-
| pulsory capitulation and abdicatlon OF
| Governor Ames as the acts OF {. people
trembling with fear Of the consequences
assumed by Mr.. Bayard to have been i'm
minent. We would ask any impartial
| mind il the conduct and results of that
campaign do not prove the Republicans,
though the most numerous, yet the weaker