Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1876-11-22

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ture. Packard, and other Kellogg
officials, including the lattcl's owl
counsel, atterward testified that thi.
was issued by Durell on his motion
and without application.
OF this order and the others. Sena
tors Carpenter, anthony, Logan and
Alcorn, all Republicans, said, in then
report: ''Nlewed in any light, the or
der and injunctons made and granted
by Judge Durrell, in this cause, arc
most reprehelsibly erroneous in point
Of law, ana are wholly void, for want
of jurisdiction and your committee
must express their sorrow and humil-
iation that 4 Judge of the United
States would have proceeded in such
a fragrant disregard of his duty, and
have so far overstepped the limits of
Federal jurisdiction
Under Durells order the Kellogg
Returning Board declared Keljogg's
majority to be 1856, The extract
from the testimony betole the Senate
Committee, shows how this accurate
majority was obtained Mr.. Lynch,
was member Of the Kellogg Board
which was called the Lynch Board at
ter him
Mr.. Lynch. We took all the evil
dence we had before us; and on
knowledge OF the parishes and their
political complexion, and then we de-
cided.
Senator Carpenter You estimated
it then upon the basis of what you
thought the vote ought to have been.
Mr.. Lynch. Yes, sir; that was
just the fact, and think on the whole
we were pretty correct.
The "evidence' was afterwards
found to consist of newspaper articles,
letters and several thousand attidavits,
discovered to have been all forged, by
negroes, that they had been deprived
of the right to vote. This Board,
which declared kellogg's majority to
be 1861, never had an official return
before it, and this pretended accuracy
was sheer, impudent falsehood. Both
organized, and John Nc
Emery and 100 of the wealthiest cit-
zens telegraphed to Washington that
they were about to come North to lay
their case before the President, and
prayed hun not to recognize either gov
eminent until he had heard them.
the Attorney General, sent
an insolent reply that the visit would
De ''unavalling;' that 1.-THE Presidents
decision is made and will not be
changed"
The Senate investigation followed,
md the report of the majority of the
Committee, signed by Senators Car
oenter, Logan, Alcorn and Anthony,
concluded as follows:
t ~ to is IN, the 1nniG;G,; Of yGr Committee that
)ureli, whose orders were executed by the |
United States troops, the canvass made BY
he De Ferret Board, and promulgate bv the .
Governor. declaring McEncry to have been
lected Governor, and also declaring who had
'een elected to the Legislature, would have
'een acquiesced i'll by tho people, and that
government would have entered quietly up
N the exercise Of the sovereign power of
state. We have already seen
hat the proceedings of that Board (thc Kel-
ogg Returning Board) cannot bc sustained
Without disregarding Ill the principles of
aw applicable to the subject, and ignoring
he distinction between good faith and fraud.
Considering all the facts estab-
ishcd before your Committee, there seems
10 escape from the alternative that the Nc.
emery Government would be recognized by
congress, or Congress must provide for a
lew election
The Senate, however, was still too
much under the influence of President
1rant, to carry out the recommended.
ions, though they came from some Of
lis warmest friends. The Kellogg
Government was recognized, and the
ROWING outrage Of the century was
hus made complete. The Senate,
owever, stultifed itself by refusing
o admit either of Kellogg's Senators.
hereby acknowledging that its former
elton was unjustifiablc.
This is an accurate and impartial
istory of the Louisiana outrage. Is
here to be another DO the Repub-
can managers suppose that if Louis
ma has gone Democratic the Ameri-
an people will permit the man
tho was made Governor by such
leans to count in by the same method
President who has not been legally
|ected? God forbid that they should
lake the attempt, for they do not
now the awful storm that would ,
reak upon their heads.
Under the heading of "Facts for ;
[ayes to Study" the ". Y. San, of
.ct SntnnIn,. 4lun alnrnl -. .l .