New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-03-13


lodged from my position by a quotation
| from the late President of the United
| States, of whom / would only speak in
terms of personal respect, because the late
President of the United States having, like
| every one of the rest of us, the right to
change his mind and alter his views of pub
| lie policy, did not, in the dispatch read by
| the Senator from Delaware, maintain the
came attitude which l shall now read. The
following dispatch was received Sunday
evening at headquarters of the Department
of the Gull:
WAsHINGToN January II, 1877.
| To General C. @. Augur, New Orleans, Louisiana:
1t has been the policy of the administra-
ton to take ns part in the settlement of the
question Of rightiul government in the State
OF Louisiana, at least not until the congress
sional committees now there have made
their report, but it iB not proper to stand
| quietly by and see the State government
gradually taken possession of by one of the
| claimants tor gubernatOrial hUnOrs by il
legal means. The Supreme Court set up by
Mr.. Nichols can receive no more recogni-
ton than any other equal number of law
| yers convened at the call of any other citi-
zen of the State. A Returning Board, exist
| ing in accordance with law, and having Judi
| cial as well as ministerial powers over the
count of the votee, and in de claring the result
| of the late election, has gwen certificates
| A legal quorum of each house holding such
certificates met and declared Mr.. Packard
| Governor. Should there Do necessity for
the recognition of either it must be Pack
ard. You may furnish a copy Of this dis
US. GRANT.
The President, it will be observed, STATED
the case in January, with the facts all be-
| fore him, Just as have stated it to-day, and
| he gives very correct portraiture of the
| Nichols judiciary, and highly Landed by
| the Senator from Delaware. The SEN
ator from Delaware said that the few
| inuCc cent remarks which l made yes
terday sounded to him like the fire bell in
the night They seemed destined to re-
| kindle the fires of sectional aggression.
| That Senator and myself represent widely
| different schools in politics. We come from
different seetions; we have represented diff
ferent ideas before the war, during the war
and since the wal; wholly and entirely diff
ferent. While have the greatest respect
and kindest regard for him personally,
do not propose to take his advice on this
question. do propose for myself, as long
as may be intTusted with a seat on this
floor, that whoever else shall halt or grow
weak in maintaining it, go long as have
strength, / will stand up for Southern
Union men of both colOrs, and when cease
to do that, before any presence, North or
South, in official bodies, or before public
assemblies, may my tongue eleave to the
roof of my mouth and my right b md forget
its cunning. Manifestations of applause
in the galleries
The Vice President raped with his gavel.
Mr.. Anthony-I give notice that if mani
festatiOns of applause in the galleries con-
tinue | shall move that the galleries be
cleared.
Mr.. Morton-Mr. President, suppose
that the question before the Senate is a
| Of 10 hnt ha lau IA hort tb0
only thing which l have not heard dis.
Cussed. The Senator from Delaware made
some reference to it, but in what be SAID |
! think he was entirely mistaken. The first
question arising in this case is whether the
certificate of William p + ellOgg is signed
by the Governor of Louisiana, aud upon
that subject beg leave very briefly prefer
to the record. The Senator from Delaware
Saws that the votes for Governor in Louisi
ana are to be counted only by the Legisa
ture, and that the Returning Board of tina
State under the constitution and laws Of
the State have no power to oonnt the votei
| for Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
, the Senator from Delaware is totally mis-
taken in that point, the force of his argn
ment is materially weakened. l will jus
call attention to the provision OF the con
! stitution of Louisiana upon that subject
1t ia article forty eight, which treats OF the
I executive power of the State. | will no
1
, pertinent;
0 1.-THE qualified electors for representa-
. tives shall vote for Governor and Llenten
+ ant Governor at the time and place of VOt
: ing for representatives; the returns o
8 every election shall be sealed up and trans
L mitted by the proper returning officer T.
Z the Secretary of State, who shall delive
them to the Speaker Of the House of Rep
I resentatiVes on the second day of the sef
. sion of the General Assembly then to b
= holden"
a The returns are to be sent by the prope
I returning officer to the Secretary of State
q who is to transmit them to the Legislature
l. Who is the proper returning oficeI@ Tba
= officer is not fixed by the constitution, on
Q is fixed by the law; and now refer to III
law l read from the second section Of th
- act of 1872:
II THAT five D. rsOns, to be elected by th
Senate from all political parties, shall b
J the returning officers for all elections in tn
Safe, mejoriBY of whom shall constitut
10 a quorum, and have power TO make the ri
turns of all elections"
b The section provides that this Returnin
= Board of five members shall be the Return
. ing Board for all elections in the State {
g Louisiana. Now l turn to sectlen forty lot
"a of the same act;
'tThat it shall be the duty of the SecretaT
"a of State to transmit to the Clerk of I'll
IL House of Repreeentatl yes and Secretary
the Senate OF the last General Assembly
list of the n 4mes of such persons as, a
III cording to the returns, shall have bee
!, elected to either branch of the General A
10 sembly; and it shall be the duty of the sal
70 Clerk and Secretary to place the names
OF the Representatives and Senators eject
u furnished upon the roll of the House an
u of the Senate, respectively; and those lie
. resentatives and Senators whose names a
y so placed by the Clerk ard Secretary, r
spectiyely, in accordance with the fCreg
y ing provisions, and none other, shall
!. competent to organize the House CT Repr
ls sentatives or Senate"
u The names of the parsons who are 7
AZ turnS Il by the Returning Board as electt
Ia to the Legislature are to be transmitted
IA the Secretary of State TO the Clerk OF Il
y former House, and from this list, and th
80 list only the new Legislature ia to Do orga
~ lied.
~ diana allow me to ask him just one cue
~ | ticns
nt Mr.. Morton-I prefer that tbs Senat
IS would allow me TO pass on. desire
~, ms make my remarks as connectediy az p'
y, sible.
ca Mr.. Bsyard-I emily desire to state
ld The Vice President-The Senator fro
III Indiana declines to weld.
Mr. MOrton-Hne Senator will have amp
tine to correct me if l am mistaken.
The Legislature of Louisiana was orga
III lied from the list transmitted by the Sscl
IN tary of State 10 accordance with this act
ne do not know that there was b quorum pr
hit emit on the first day. but there was ON t
IN second day of the session, in both hous
mr. The House of Representatives in louisa
to consists of 100 members. Sixty. one OF Il