The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-14
SHALL the GREIT FRAUD BE CON.
StMMdTED.
Views ola Venerable Patriot.

SPEECH or SIR. WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT Or
THL LOUISIANA UstHrArION.
De"re'd az Tie coo'er r. nf.'' {" hoHdig Jan. Il,
The venerable William Cullen Bryant.
who was greeted with storm Of applause, was
the FIRST speaker lie said:
A few days since the intelligence was brought
MS that the armies OF SpAin hau turned az ,tns [
the republic. mad overturowu Il, ana paced Don
Alfonso tue son oi Isabella on the throne,
eiOcuus the President, SerrAno, VINO had He'd to
Fran q. We reJuiced that we belonged TO a
country where such proceedings were unknown,
and where the Government changed HANDS only
IN obedience to tue Will OF the people, De cc-
auly expressed AT the polls. We were, however.
almost 1T Abe s.me moment astonished to hear
from New Orleans mat Gen. Sheridan, TAT ely
sent To New Orleans by the y esident, mad occu-
pied the nall OF the Loui.ian, LEGISLATURE and
purged Il Of the Conservative members, as they
IRE He'd. by thru-'ing them into inc street.
My friends, suth {, method Of changing the gov
emmett II - .te may do for Span. but IL viii
NOT do for this country. few years since,
while lstueih VS. yet an the throne. Cen.
O'Donncl. dissatisfied with her Ministry, sent
his soldiers to turn them out, and they aid IT,
lilo r. placed the obnoxious CABINET with one Of
his own. nd The Government went on in new
hands. We are ~ tue hanit OF damaging ,hings
olncfentlY here, and, hy Gods heip, we shall
continue to do so hereafter. We have COnsti-
tuition, my friends. and Oy that instrument tue
Ir silent has no rgh e. informed lie IN tae
hnhirs OF state, save 10 two cases. nrst. to pro-
tect tue state from Invasion. ana, secondly.
on application Of the Legislature or the TX Gu
tive. when the Legislature cannot he convened,
TO BRO ect the state against domestic violence.
What authority. fellow citizens, Is there in
these PROVISIONS for the President to set himse I
w as a judge OF elections. aud drag from the
legislative chamber those wnom he chooses to
regard "a having no right TO their Sc itsT lie
shuul1 have lett TINS 10 the courts OF law. lie
might rs well. II he should De "A candidate TO a
tltifd term Of the Presidency. send his muions
To di-perse the electoral colleges IA those states
when shall refuse hlm their vote.
How happens II That men edu ,ated 70 the pro-
fesston uf arms at our national milit ~ school
seem not To understand what are the fights Of
the citizen and what the due limits 81 tue MILF
tary powetf II Cen Sheridan, tnat daring sol
der. nut despisef OF civil rights had either been
properly trained or mad not forgotten bis train
ing. ne would never have obeyed the mandate
which ordered him 10 New Orleans On that
guilty errand. lie would have said :" owe my
elucalpn TO this republic was brought up to
be rs soldier ana servant. and not the yassa OF
the President"
a f,rmer application of GOV. Kellogg Of Lou
III ma, made 10 the President Tor military AID
-FOUR months since, l. u ed Is the lretcXl OF thls
lnNiSllu OF 'ne reg naive Vll hutt ol hlui-ltni'
mat appli 1T on u ld us effect AT the time the
President issued III. procl matiOn Of warming,
ana thc uo'sle sulHtlrd. IA re were luur
months OF peace. new state Of things has
ARISEN ami # It VS. attended with danger of
q mes lc violence, the ifrsideut should h We
been rNq1es ed to lutctpuSe. Bat no surh re-
quest wh7 made-in fuct, there was no dn ger
on which to found the request. II IN nuuscpsu
to say that turning i've membcrs out 81 the
iegl-i tive chamucr = "a protection against do
tiou ~ th, made IS Gov. KEEL, ~ m forccf II
good i'r tour months, /. Is good ior folty-good
Tor a century.
that the whole state OF Louisiana Is given over
t. lawlrs,he-s ana ana Guy, nnd mat murder "a
the .tural ana usual form ~ death in I'll I
Sttte- his Is solemnly denied on very high
authority.
The wrong done has no possible extcnua ion.
rcg,rI ms question solely "A, nsuiemn que--
ton of constitutional law, 40 mat er who d 70
sired TIE interference II tha m,li arr, n -huuld
not have been given nut IN the way oil the Guu-
stltution, otherwise II h an acc from winch no
citlen has a r-ht To withhold I'M con lemua-
ton. H. must be reOuked the Instant I. Is per
a In