Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-05-26
OLIVER P. MORTON.
A Noble Letter From q
Noble Man.
lsrsciAL psrArcn TO rux 0otp nill
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70 him through the New York Ti~ss. some
weeks ago. on behalf Of large number oi
Southern Republicans, stating their views
Of the political situation. and askins his,
lie says he has received many letters ask
ing the condition Of the Senatorial contest
from Louisiana at the adjournment Of the
Senate. lie then SAYS the Committee on
Privileges aud Elections met soon after
wards and the Republican members united
In . report that ''l'r'a's .f'e's." j. d.
Packard. was
THE LAWFUL GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA;
That the Legislature WAS the lawful kegis-
laturc. and that william l.. ksllog: had
lceu elected in conformity 10 the Act Of
Congrcss. and was entitled 10 bo sworn
In and take his seat. As number Of
members Of the Senate were absent. and
tho subject would leal % long debate,
and there was general anxiety To AL
journ. the report was not laid before the
Senate. TIA majority ~ the Senate shall
at the next session he Of the opinion that
kellogg vas lawfully elected by the Isegis-
lature of Louisiana. he will be entitled 10
his seat. notwithstanding tho events that
have since occurred. No subsequent
BREAKING w ~ ruE LE0isLAruRE
Combination or arrangement can Affect his
title or destroy the legality of what took
place at tho time, though the very men,
bers who proclaimed the election of Pack
ard. and mad. that % Kellogg, should sub
seauently declare that Of Nichols aud take
part In the election u Spanord. IL IL too
clear for argument. They could not take
away rights which had vested. or make
that unlawful which hal been before law
full. Unless Kellogg voluntarily with.
draws. the Senate will have to decide the
question Of his election as IL stood a,
tho time of adjournment. The Republican
governments of Louisiana and south Car
olina have yielded 10 force. They have
gone down bsfors an armed minority
whose threats % future violence were
guaranteed by long train of bloody deeds
In the past. regret that the real charac-
ter Of the Transaction should be- obscursi
In the least by pretended investigations or
negotiations. Stripped ~ all disguises
and pretenscs. tho simple fact Is, that
Packard and Chamberlain were
NOT ABLE To MAINTAIN THEMSELVES
In authority. aud the Government of the
United States. in the exercise ~ it, dis
cretion. refused them uniiei States sup
port. Their Legislatures. finding them
selves ,lefcnseless. fell 10 pieces, and from
their ruins. In part, new Legislatures have
becn constructed. whose legality consists
only in the fact that they exist and that
there arc mono To oppose them. The
Administration decided that such acts
ot invasion aud violence were not such as
authorized the National Government to
intervene. anil that the contending parties
must be loft to their own strength and rs-
sources. II was apparently worked out
through ths presence ~ the Commission
and seemed to take the form Of negoiia-
ton. Assurances were given that the
rights Of all classes should b. protected,
aud the government administered for the
equal benefit % all.
GENERAL PROMISES 90 THIs KIND
Amount tn little. especially when left 10
the voluntary execution sf party which
believes that the colorcd man ought not to
have political rights, nor even psrsonal
freedom. and who have never considered
him part of the people. President
Hayes was urged to give mp Louisiana aud
South Carolina at once, and was told that
II was only q question of time; that
At the next election they would 70 as MIS-
.issippi. Alabama and other States hal.
and ID would be better 10 give them up al
once, However repal.ive this argument.
n WAS unfortunately too true. The same
crime. anal yiolerce which had wronched
Mi..i..ippi and Alabama from the Repub-
lican party. and hal 80 nearly captured
Ioni.iana aud south Carolina, would GER
tainly succeed the next time. This was
an argument of exprdisncy. not of right
anil Justice. President Hayes has
simply accepted the present situation.
Republican Government In Louisiana ansl
Soith Carolina could only IL kept in place
by the army. Would u have been In the
mower of the President tn maintain them
bv tho srmyp 4 Democratic House OF
Representatives recently withheld appro-
priat,ons for the support % the army, ex'
ccpt ON the condition that u should
NOR M usEp ~ SOUTHERN STATES.
2. vas clearly Unconstitutional 10 pu,
.ueh a condition into the bill, bu, II did,
and was likely To do II again at the extra
session thus male necessary. The major
ity OF the House. made up Of Southern
Democrats, late Confcdoratcs, and Jcsper-
arely earnest. and Of Northern Democrats
vholly sub-eryient. threaten the existence
of the army, aud had IL in their power io
destroy II. The question was. should the
Pr,.iieut Weld to the inevitable defeat
While In INV judgment IL was clearly the
rirht of the President under thu C0nsti,u'
tion IN recognize tho Packard Government
anil support IL by military power. the un-
dertaking would have be.n futile and the
failure disastrous. With divided public
opinion In his own party, and both Houses
Oh Congress against him, he would have
failed. l do not believe that President
Have. intends to desert or destroy the l.e-