Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-05-25
Nc Warns the Republicans Against
Internal Dissensions.
Tho Fate OF the Great Party OF Jus.
tIce Trembling In the Balance.
lsrn1AL DnrArcH TO u goLp BILL
DAILY EEwsl

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Nay 25.-The Jour.
nal publishes = letter from Senator Nor.
ton In answer to the open letter addressed
to him through tho New York 7;mss. soma
weeks ago. on behalf OF . large number Of
southern Republicans, stating their visws
Of the political situation, and asking his.
lie says no has received many letters ask.
ing tho condition Of the Senatorial contest
from Louisiana at the adjournment Of the
Senate. He then says the Committee on
Privileges and Elections met after.
wards and the Republican members united
In n report that "prima Jaeis," ]. ID.
Packard, was
n LAWFUL GOVERNOR or LOUISIANA;
That the Legislature WAS the lawful Lsgis-
la.ure, and that william p. Kellogg had
been elected In conformity 10 the Act OF
Congress, and Wal entitled 10 DO sworn
in and take his seal. As . number OF
members Of the Senate were absent, and
tho subject would lead to . long debate.
and there was . general anxiety TO cd.
journ. the report was not laid before tho
Senate. II q majority Of tho Senats shall
at the next session be Of the opinion that
Kellogg; was lawfully elected by the Legis.
laturs OF Louisiana, he will be entitled TO
his seat, Notwithstanding the events thai
have since occurred. No subsequent
BREAKING uP or % L~EoisLAruHE
Combination or arrangement can Affect his
title or destroy tho legality OF what took
place at tho time, though the very. mem
bers who proclaimed the election o. Pack.
ard. and made that OF Kellogg. should snb-
sequently declare that OF NICHOLS 2 AXE
part IN tho election Of spanord; Tvs voc
clear LOT .rsument. Insy Jul not trke
away r,snts wnien nsa ,esssI, OF m.He
ins' un,aSIui when hAu pees oc,ore iaw'
ini' Unless hehogg ,oluhIar,Iy WIN
draws the senato WIN nave 70 decide tne
question OF ms election as ~ $1,000 ~
the time OF Adjournment. Ths Republican
governments OF Louisiana and south Car
olina have yielded to force. They have
gone down before an armed minority
whose threats OF future violence wsrc
guaranteed by q lonR IRAN nt bioody deeas
IN tue past. 1 regret mat mo icaI eharao,
TER OF the TRANSACTION mould DO opscurso
~ 1850 fese Ns' W
negotiations. Stripped OF all dlsguiscs
and pretenses. tho simple fact 10, that
Packard and Chamberlain were
o ABLE TO MAINTAIN THEMSELVES
In authority. and the Government OF the
United States, In the exercise Of Its dis
cretion, refused them United States sup
port. Their Legislatures, finding them
selves dcicnseiess, Tell 10 Pieces, . from
their ruins, III part, new legislatures have
been constructed. whose Legality consist.
only In ths TACT thai they e1iit and that
there arc none TO oppose them. The
Administration decided that such acts
OF invasion and violence were not such -
authorized tho National Government to
intervene. and that tho ~contending parties
must be left TO their own strength and re-
sources. II WAS apparently worked out
through the presence Of the Commission
and seemed To take the form Of nssotia-
ton. Assurances were given that the
rights OF all classes should be protected.
and the government administered for the
equal benefit Of oil.
GENERAL rRoHisEs or rms HiSp
Amount to little, especially when left to
the voluntary execution Of . party which
believes thai the celortd man ought not to
have political rights, nor even personal
freedom, and who have mover considered
him q part OF tho people. President
Hayes was urged to give up Louisiana and