, 1876-08-08

mctn'crs were also organized gen.
esally into military conlpanlcs, and fa1nsi,ets
wssh tlo beet nrrns that could bic procured In tie
cviicnee to have irayerscI varous cour.
tics for weeks before the election
~, sG'crs provoking as'uroanss Or
riots At VIsksbarg and Clinton md killing q
out lhe country. About half thc white voters
In Republican districts were thus orgunze'i,
nominations to be Withdrawn III sonic counties,
ind forced tho Republicans to vote for thu
Democratic ticket or deprived then, Of any op-
porlunty to Yute otherwise
The majority also find that civil authorities
% or 10 pmnisl, offenders. he Committee ,ii ] aesert
that the Democratic Victory the STATE wa*d *ducto
t!'s o1,sfsEss hsrpe,satsd # Tiers l esen
avc bccl, chosen a.ld tr character of Tue Leg.
ialature 50 changed that there would hayc beGt
6G Republicans to 6D Democrats III lhe House,
and ~ Republicans to Il Democrats IN thr Sen.
atc. Co,IsGqucnt's tie present Legislature VI
NOT 4 1E0AL popr,
and Its nets not entitled to recognition By the
pu'tttca! department Of the GUyrr.ltncnt 1f tho
United States, although the President tnay. IN
facto fur the preservation Of public peaet. The
resignation Of Gov. Anl-s was ELECTED by II
b.,dy o[ llcn calling themselves the Legislature
Of tie State Of Misalss!ppI by measures MUTT
tstSs tSs Ssvs1or IL a .as 5 ssate s ' c + fsas s7
t'cnce show further that the Stnte u
Atississippiis vt present under the control u!
political organizations, composed largely of
pr!yc the 1egroesa af tho trce exercise Of te right
OF suffrage, and to establish Ald malntutn the
supremacy VI tho white lne Democracy In vio-
lAtion nlikc OF the, Constitution Of tl'c!r own
State lna Constitution of the United States.
Tho report concludes as follows: Tie mem
Of 1916, Will tic knowledge Tilt
their opponents can command Al! i:lstant PRES
voting. place, will deter tho Republican purity
from my general effort to regain tile
puwcr wrcstcd FROM them. These disorders
exit also i' nelgl'norinE states, null tho spirit
aud ideas which Ere rlsc 10 Disorders arg evcn
tnore general. The power Of the National Gov
cvMncnt will be invoked, and huilor and duty
will alike require its eyelrlsc. The nation cali-
not witness with indifference tue du,ntnfon If
lawless1'css and anarchy j, Staty, with their
incident erlls, md knowledge Of the inevitable
thu United Status residing in Mississippi. This
duty It 1nnst perform. 1t has guaranteed to tho
State Of Mississippi n republican form Of Gov-
Tic MEASURES cast r Necessary and possbc in ~ % OK.
iEency arc these: First, laws may be pnssed by
Congress- for tho protection of tho register Of
citizens In tho respective states. Second, States
III anarchy or wherein afIAlrs arc controlled by
sanitation in Congress. Third the constitutions
al guarantee Of Il Republican form uf govern:
1ncnt to every State will require tho United
States, II these disorders increase, or evcn Gun
ttIuc, md n!l!dcr Ncasuros prove lncileGtual, to
remand thu State to territorial condition, and
through system Uf public education antl kttl-
drcl t,lcans of improvement, clinugc the fcas
Of tho multitude and recorBtruct the Govern-
mcnt upon Il Republican basls.
THE MINORITY
Of tho Committee, Senators BaynSl and Mr.
D0nnld, present their views at length. They
say that while writing them they read with sur.
July 81, transmitting to Congress certain cor
rcspondcncc relating to murders lately c0tn-
mittcd at Hamburg, IN which he says: But
recently Committee Of tho scnnta OF tho
take Testimony, on the subject Of frauds and
violence In elections. Their report Inns not yet
been made public hut wait It's forthcoming
With feeling OF confidence that 1t Will 1ully
settlc a. that have stated relating TO- frau4s d
bis letter Of tho, 2Dth Of July, to Gov:
Chamberlain, he had stated that Mississippi
Is governed today by officials chosen through
fraud aud violence, sucl AZ would scarcely be
accredited to savagcs, much less to 4 civilized
and Christian people. This last statement,
eone It from wl!on It may, wo pronouuee, tn
the faco Of the testimony, taken By tlis Com,
inittcc and not yet presented, to be untrue and
Of anlinoslty Il tic white people Of the South
which hreathcs throughout the Presidents mes
aagc mud letter ta unnllstukable In his mes
snEe OF July 81, SIX t1ays subsequent to this let
ter, thc President says, "Thc report on M!ss!s- @
Should Ile anticfpatot Wo hold and believe It
will ~ So held by. rlgllt.thinkInE men
everywhere, dlscreditablo for the Chief Mni;ts.
trate thus to havo exhibited such evidence of
1tafIIfi1pn rrn1nAf Nf hfA fn11f H.fti-
zunt. 1t M!ds, however, but another PROOF to tlle
many given heretofore, that the heart md mini
Of President Grant are closed to oil scHae OF
justice where his political opponents, especially
III the Southern States, arc concerned.
This minority sl,oW other attc!nnts to Tore
stall public opinion i'm relation to affairs IN Mis-
stesippl llayS been made calculated to grossly
se2d ef whea oSy Ass ss1 s u MS tSa 1sa a o S
ai aa HssDt ocer 1t tlS''0st tl,e State % wo vas not not
member VI the Republican party. There was
not . country official 70 be a1ppontt;s'a by tnc
lin. In all tho Republican counties <lna n1l
weru lsepublcan) in which tile ncgT0cs wcrc In
majority, oycIy Official was member q t!'e
same party. Thus the en!irc control of tle
pnrty associates. In all tEcsu Republican strong
holts In which charges OF turbulence and mis-
government aro alleged to have existed, It Is
noted that tho entire local power was III Repub-
liran fla1tls.
The minority asscrt that Gov Amcs proati-
tutcd lila oflleG and bargainetl with annolntccs,
aud apcnk Of the State Militia being oTEnna'xcd
preparatory to thu canpalgn tlie officials being
partisans, black and white, Of tic State All
ilInistratton, 1nnny OF them hcing u,lab'o to
read. This ercatvd grcat alarm anlong the
white population, aud violence, bloo!lsl1e1, and
'%sss %sss rst '"' sy sisi tms sfs'e
profound pcace, Iii tic State OF Mississippi,