New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-03-09

differing in that respect from the Senator
| from Delaware, am not ready for
that. | do not propose either at the
/ beck Of Mr.. S'anley Matthews or Mr..
Evarte, to say that the public good
requires that the brave men who have
borne the flag and brunt OF the baltic in
| the Southern States against perteeutiOns
| unparalleled in this country shall retire
for the public good. loud applause do
not propose it; / am here to do battle with
any one, in my humble way, who espouses
| that policy. l lay that gage down for any
| Senator who stands sponsor to the sugges-
| tions of Mr.. Stanley Matthews and Mr..
Evarts on the question. Nor am / to be dis
lodged from my position by quotation
from the late President of the United
States, of whom l would only speak in
terms of personal respect, because the late
President of the United States having, like
every one of the rest OF ne, the right TO
change his mind and alter bis 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. TIE
following dispeteh was received Sunday
| evening at headquarters of the Department.
of the Gulf:
WASHINGTON, January II, 1877.
| To General C. @. Augur, New Orb anE:
1t has ben the policy of the administra-
/ ton to take ne part ia the settlement of the
| question of righJtul government in the State
| OF Louisiana, at least not until the congress
sional committees now there have made
| their report, but it 10 not proper to stand
| quietly by and see the State government
| gradually taken possession Of by one OF the
| claimants for gubernatOrial hOn0rs by IL
| legal means. The Supreme Court set up nv
1 Mr.. Nichols can receive no more reeogni-
ton than any other equal number of law
| yers convened at the call of any other citl-
| zen of the State. A Returning Board, ex-
1 Iafiun in with Ihyu haNinU iuAi.
| cisl as we'll as ministerial powers over the
count of votes, and in declaring the result
| of the late election, has gwen certificates
of election to the Legislature OF the STATE;
| 8 legal quorum of each house holding such
| certificates met and declared Mr.. Packard
| Governor. Should there be necessity for
the recognition OF either it must be Peck
ard. You may furnish q 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 to-day, and
be gives n very correct pOrtraiture of the
Nichols judiciary, and highly lauded by
the Senator from Delaware. The Sen
ator from Delaware said that the few
innocent remarks which 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 sectiOne; we have represented diff
ferent ideas before the war, during the war
and since the wal; wholly and entirely diff
fereDt. While 1 have the greatest respect
| and kindest regard for him personally,
do not propose to take his advice on this
question. l do propose for myself, as long
az l may be intrusted with q seat on this
floor, that whoever else shall halt or grow
weak in maintaining it, so long as have
strength. l will stand up for Southern
| Union men of both eOlors, and when cease
to do that, before any presence, North or
South, in official bodies, or before public
| assemblies, may my tongue clesve to the
roof of my mouth and my right hand forget
its cunning
MIR. Morton followed in favor of Kellogg.
Z The question being on the substitute of
Mr.. BAysrd for the original resolution of
Mr.. Blaine, in the case Of Kellogg, it was
, then agreed to-yeas IS, nays 90,
{ The substitute is as follows: That the
case of William Pitt Kellogg, claiming to
be Senator from the State of Louisiana,
do now lie upon the table until the ap-
pointment of Committee on Privileges
3 and Elections, to whom they can be re-
ferred.
/ The vote in detail was as follows:
{ Yess-Messrs. Bailey, Barnum, Bayard,
+ Bogy, Booth, Burnside, Chrisdaney, Coke,
a | COnkling, Davis of Illinois, Davis of West
Virginia, Dennis, Eaton, Garland. Gordon
. Harris, Hereford, Lamar. Hill, Johnston
1 Jones of Florida, Jones OF Nevada, Herman
3 | McCreery, Mcdonald. Mcpherson, Ma1ey
l Morrill,, Randolph, Raneow, Salisbury
' | Thurman, Wallace, White and Withers-35
Nays-Messrs Allison, Anthony, Blaine
a Bruce, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Oh atee
3 Conover, Dawes, Dorsey, Hamlin, Hoar
Q Howe, Ingalls,, Kirkwood, Mcmillan, Nit
Q chell, Morton, o Ilesby, Paddock, Pattsr
, | son, Plumb, Rollins, Sargent, Saunders
4 Sharon, Sherman, Teller, Wadleigh and
' WiudOm-29
Mr.. Patterson, of South Carolina, sub
. | Initted a resolution that the credentials o1
Q David T. COrbin and NJ. c. Butler, eacE
i claiming a seat as Senator from South Caro-
lima, lie upon the table until the eommittei
6 are appointed, and that their credentiali
o shall then be referred to the Committee OF
Il Privileges and Elections. Agreed to.
q Mr. Morton moved to go into executiv'
Il session.
4 Mr.. Bayard requested the Senator tt
d withdraw that motion, that he might Offe
n a resolution to have General John T. Nor
/, gan, Senator elect from Alabama, sworn in
'. Mr.. Morton declined to do so.
% The motion for an executive session wa'
e. rejected. Yeas 80, nays 81.
d | message WIS received from the Pcesi
n dent of the United States BY Mr.. Rodgers
v his secretary, conveying Cabinet nomina
0. tons.
tt Mr.. Bayard then submitted resolutio
c. that the credentials of John T. Morgan
ID Senator elect from Alabama, bs taken trOI
a. the table, and that he be sworn.
lie Mr.. Spencer, of Alabama, said he desire
a. TO speak upon this resolution, but was nc
sr able TO go on to day.
IS Several Senators iusiste that he shout
go on.
IS After q brief discussion, Mr.. Morrill,, I
Vermont, renewed the motion to go int
Q. executive session, and it was agreed to.
IS