The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-12-15

they were not made WitEln the Time
prescribed by law, but were made after
the election in New Orleans to count out
Nichols and count in Packard.
Mr.. West said that in the election of II
when the State machinery of the election
was in the hands of Democrats and the
Returning Board was composed OF Dem
ocrats, parish after parish Was thrown
out, without even an affidavit or protest
from supervisor. They were thrown
out upon affidsvits made in the city OF
New Orleans, ten days after the election
No matter what the Returning Board OF
to-day did, it had abaudsnt precedents
in the acts of its Democratic pre-.
! deeessors. He denied that the
act of the Louisiana legislature OF
1872, repealed the election law of 1870.
The act of 1872 was to provide for the
purity OF elections, and it would have
been an sbsurdity TO pass law TO pre-
Serve the purity of the elections, and mt
the same time repeal all election laws and
say there should be no elections.
Mr.. Morton said that the great ques-
tionf before the Louisiana Returning
Board was that of intimidation, murder
and violence. The country wanted tn
hear about these crimes; it wanted to
hear from the Democratic committee
which visited New Orleans in regard to
this intimidation. The report of that
committee touched this great question OF
intimidation with sing paragraph not
as long as his finger.
Mr.. Thurman withdrew his motion to
postpone the further consideration of the
subject until to morrow.
The amendment of Mr.. Thurman to
have printed and stitched or bound with
the message of the President and &c.
companying documents, the memorial of
Messrs. BOgy, Stevenson and Mcdonald,
embracing the report of the Democrat Ic
committee which visited New Orleans
was agreed to,
Mr. Bayard asked what Governor of
any State, except Louisiana, would have
assisted in preparing compilation
which showed hot only the miserable
condition of his people, but his own
criminal negligence in not protecting
them. Mr.. Bayard argued that the
effect of the document now before the
Senate would be 10 consign to everlasting
infamy the false men IN control Of that
State, who had never performed the frs.
duty Of honest government in suppressing
crimes they now parade. He did not
wish to shut out the truth. Let it come
out and it would show the results of
Congressional interference with local
State governments.
Mr.. Sherman argaed that the authori-
ties OF Louisiana had done all they could
to punish criminals. but n criminal could
not be arrested outside of the parish
where the crime WAS committed, unless
proceedings in the parish should have
been commenced against such criminals
Mr.. Bayard said ..the Senator from
Ohio Mr.. Sherman must be in error in
saying that criminal could not
he arrested in Louisiana out
side of the parish in which the crime
was committed. II such state of facts
did exist who was responsible? What
party had been in power there. He
then quoted at length from the reports
Of the investigation into Southern affairs,
and said he never heard of sin gle case
where man was assaulted IN the South
for giving testimony before II Congrcs-
sional committee.
Mr.. Sherman said there would bc
peace in Louisiana but for the unlawful
acts of the Democratic clubs in that
State. lfthis violence and intimidation
should be successful in electing u Presi-
dent now, the same violence would soon
spread all over the United States, and
our government would be at nj end.
He did not want 10 see war of the races
but It would come unless the negroes in
the suuth were given the rights guaran-
teeu tucm by the Constitution.
Nr. Bayard said the rules Of the
Sennl might have been involved when
the ; nstor from Louisiana charged
him with having by example encouraged
violence On one side stood the records
Of his Bayard's debate in this chamber
and his own personal character and on
the other stood the charge OF thn Sena-
tor. He would leave them there for
those who knew both.
Mr.. Morto. said he desired To con
cratulate the cause of humanity and jus
tice upon the evidence Of progress cN-
hibited in the Senate to-day and that
it was d fact that the existence
of violence and enormities IN the
South was no longer denied in the
Senate. lie argued thst crimes IN that
seetl on had not been punished because
init midstlon went into the courts, and
Ass sasslnation awaited both Judge and
Jurors. This rutiianism would be- stop
ped when n great party NO longer "H-
Cused il.
Mr.. Thurman said that % course there
had been violations of law in the South.
but he denied that the Southern prup."
were a set of asssssIus. He argued That
the Democrats had denounced crlm" m
the South where crime existed. TU,s'
charges of intimidation were cNsGgrru.-
ed. but they would not Ccts" 80 .uus -
the vote Oi a whole state cngl! b. uEa--
thrown by them. Iii, c'iiea-y" ~a,--
man spoke about the color me. H.
Thurman was prepare to prove tha,
the responsibility O. establishing r1."r
line rested with the R.puri can nu.,.
When the right OF sIllragr "a- e. - .r-.I
upon the negro 1t was openly avu"r!
IN the Senate that tac Z i1na-
CAR party needed the votes Of
eight hundred THOUSAND negroes.
ThStrouble now was that the RnIu.i.
cans did not get them. II" then -'."--
red to the use of the srmy IN these State,
and said if the elections were 10 be car
ried BY the army Of the United States 1t
was the worst Kind of intimidation, and
there would be an end to republican IL
stitutions. The world had had is Caesar
and lts Bonsparte who represented
republican governments, but =
republican government had never
been overthrown by this kind OF intmi-
dstion which his colleagu" Mr. Sher-
man aud the Senator from Indiana Mr..
Morton complained Of.
After further discussion by Messrs.
Stevenson, Morton, Thurman, and
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