The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-31
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80 F5sld. upon which, by yog
-. is.ssfgr ard courtesy, ] desire u
* some comments
n 1issserxs49fta sSys that 'athe kttDrneI
Fl n...'srzl always hol1s himself ready ~
y 49, - Information ~ any citizen u
III frfea legal proceedings. ~ 1nyaB
ard defeat al these fra1dglsn
oes ~ THE Radical There's. Hs
r.srer refused ~ omitted ~ Do "
m fDro7ghs within his kD0ule5gs."
Jpstftia' adds that the bond
v9glarilE obtained ~ Li1E'eisng asfs
sslTF,as by Kellogg under the advice o
~ 6,s-iysguisted member ~ the Bar
80 Ka3ieal 81 carpet hagger-sDG
srasr,st the opinion II Attorney Gen
- field The Judicial Determination
n tfgair validity was U949s = suit il
vtseh tie state Wac represented fy :
.rgrr3nert member y, the Bar y strODs
tsmoerat. "
have nothing ~ say against After
tpY General Field, He has 6orge good
yry f0T the people Cf louisiana IN
nas5D2 the bonds ~ the Mobile at11
Fe1ss Railway Company, ens9rse1 ~
rHsrantes9 BY the State. ~ bs 9s'gl@f. z
Invalid A. against tie STATE B5f ~
l1ti,.,ef to fJzs-if8s ~ getting in tlntsD-
4,gasf3y ~ enthusiastically al sEsslase
~ Fefjovs. who oel5Tays1 them upon
~ .sries ~ Lg8egjDgs Own lawyer.
", Willfa-a Hunt OF course, Mr. Hunt
,srss.sss Kellogg 80 deliver ts5s1se bonds
H. 4 .te personal friend. paid attorney
"a - la15at0r ~ LB1sliDg. hi. Hunt
n s4spks L85sljng an honest Man" Df
,rgurse BE- opes. He sa3d ~ ID Wash
..v-gsr before the Supreme Court ri the
TsissJ 4tat4s He said LUdsjjDg MA
80 honest man before Judge WDctls.
1. - ttfsr day. in the United States Cir
M. Court il tt81s e3tg. lie sa35 the Su~
,ss-r1p Court u the United states had,
4 III ~ Gs-arAs. WrDDgss9 LuGe]8Dg and
- aaaDelatf-s III this railroad purchase.
81 that the ea2se ~ justice had s0t-
s,.ad BIZ the decision VI the Supreme
f5aur1' ordering him 10 surrender the
-sslrrrsd t. il bOuobOlGeFs. and also TIE
sF-gcftsr gaits be had MADE cut u it,
N ig11. before Judge Woods. Mr. Hunt
suloglzs9 Lg1sIlnX u tie skies-sajd
- Lad been "esalgrF9- lated. ard all
-ist st5f- n thing. BE said that the al
pwsssgrs % the b0D5bolGsrs against
! fASe9jng were fAIsasbDr1s4 ts,isa rsave
n a his printed argument in that
/ sass H asserted that IgGsj1ng. "ogf1-
sgayus ~ TIE reetituse " hjs motives.
had borne himself III patient silence"
sgasus5 the attacks ~ tie plaintiff. ~
.5esr npgnssl aud ri the newspaper
,rsss apgn him. And finally, be gave
iuas3iDg this flrst~eIass eDdorsernerts
II The meantime, be has faithfully
md liz fEr1lallY administered the duties
a liz high Office, r. tie advancement ~
FL srwr reputation. and with the in
ersas4ny confidence u the tar and
leggJs u louisiana. ;"
aitpY tbi4. DO one will be surprised IT
Nc. Eurfa opinion. given - Kellogg.
LA; h. VIA bound to deliver to La9dsl-
M aid associates State bonds 10 the
era0uri u s57s 800. a. any other amount
NJ al ought to t,e thankful that IL uas
psf more II might just Az well have
bssn two 0r three millions ~ d0Ilars
But why did - Jl1stitja. " while be- was
about IL. bot tell your readers that the
osess5or 81 the Supreme CO1r1 u Louis
iaaa. upon which Mr. Hunt based his
Qtgr5sp. and Kellogg acted in deliver
IN the b0nda. was q decision rendered
br Iu5sI8ng's own colleagues Oh the
Supreme bench IL pot that enough to
s4rrf il with lufamT il Was written
N Judge Rafus K Howell. who was tie
wvar " the court il the case. II Was
cg.eurrsg in bY Associate Justices
TsllsserrD. WYly and KenDara- II was
founded upon q decision rendered by
ggsln r. LD9eliDg himself, In the ta3O-
nDn l. Simpson care u An Rep. well
ktgwr 70 the bar. In that case L15eI-
suT held that these bonds Of lis were
iHndiny upon tie State. He named
them specially il his opinion.
Ii il true hIs bonds were not ia the
tie SUI. be Was deciding. but the rule
EDQ the principle governing them were
tie same. Hls boDds were In the same
s2serorv a. the obligations be validated
IL tie Solomon K Simpson case. See ~
Annual Rep0r1s. Besides, WHO ri the
tay DOES not know that TaliafsYTo and
Howell have eonc11rred with Labelling
In s9rne. it not all. the infamous deci- 4
hqns rendered 81 approved By bin1s
That Labelling has ID fact g0rerned the
CogrT until recently, when WY and
E0rzan began to show more jDosf@Lo- 4
snee n spirit and more desire than
heretofore To decide cases il accordance 4
wit Law and jnstlces
lgair. WHY did j lEsit3a" not tell
~ that in the case u the State u Louis 4
aas versus LudeliDg, Ray and assoc I
Esss or rather versus The North Louis 4
ans and Texas Railroad Company, the 4
yrDseading was . shaHs enc, got ~ ~ 4
themselves. Or al al eTeDts ~ that emil 4
lsntiy pure man. Simeon Belcer, 81
At.orney GeDeral5 II Was not managed
By Democratic lawyer 81 prominence 4
1. The tar IL AJuat1fta" SAVE. Mr. Id A
FN8s n &8#S&s4 ~ n ~ - 49, 49, - 49,
Gsr'E representative, and pretend 70
E.-ue the case. but be did not allege
snd contend that the bonds were not 4
ianding upon the STATE The proceed 1
irg !i.elt assumed that they were valid \
tepdE-tbat the acts u the Legislature 4
tv.AOriziDz their Issue were valid also 4
TIE tac- Il be gave away the case,
rhs1ter by instructions from Attorney 4
General Beldea or Dot l. 5rnDater1al- I
Il was not a real zu8t i- behalf Of the
State. II il had been such i suit the
state would have alleged the pneoD- 4
g3igtlonality u the acts lD- 81 l-6S and 4
d. ls7z. because they we've based upon I
gr1&s MISREPRESENTATION and fraud HE 4
III l{+ u 1865 was also Unconstitutional. 4
because the title 81 il wa- fia-rsniIg
E5sassiTe 81 that provision Il our fuuoa- 4
Es1tal Law which requires the title 81
&c scs To contain words sufficient 10 III
eiz;e the purpose and Object 81 tie at
nd the substance 81 it, various sections.
Anybody with half glance al AT No
- u lot-, can re thai it main object,
Fnleb was 10 get a subsidy 81 81 ,lzz,e,g
trn the State, IL not indicated by .
kngle word
II Attorney General Field wants 70 90
lE people 81 louisiana q further SCI
f3es, and 10 add 10 their obligations -
lii. IL him look into these matters
ta9 institute suit 10 recover these 4
s9ofs from LuGeling, OF their proceeds
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