The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-02-10

from Madi>"n (Dlnkgravr) and those
who cIerrrd him so lon'lly wanted
war-~lf they were actually seeking
tor 't-whN, they had bnt to shoulder
Il mn>krt and step outside Of the
Stat"-llon>" to find it. There had
not been a day during the past three
weeks when the gentleman
and his friends. it they were war;
; hungry, r"nld not have had their hum
ger appra>c' in very short order.
The RrpnhIiran Government Of the
state had not Il particle of autho,itr
outside of the State house., and yet it's
WarmcSt supporters were crying in
tones almost as eloquent as those of
Patrick Henry for war. Did not
every stronghold OF Brpuhlirauism
surrender without Il blow on tilc 9th
of January And on.ht rot that
tact alone be sufficient to restrain
Republicans from yivin" too loose
'tihS t" their anxiety for war
Dlnk gave wanted to know whctl.
or Warmoth thought that Nichols or
Packard was elected.
WHrm"th said ON the face Of the
".'ria' +; turns to the krtt'i ,..."y Board
It appeared that Nichols received!
about ten thousand majority. The
l<oard reported a majority Of $500
for Packard. He did not know by
what means the Board arrived at the
result. II" was not prcrd.cd to adj
nit the legality Of the means used hy
the Board to produce the result which
they did. When it was explained to
him how the result was reached, he
would then be prepared to say who
had been legally elected Governor.
When all the mrmbrrS OF the Leg.
lSlature who were elected should de-
clare in joint Assembly who had
chosen the Governor, he was. ready
t" recognize that man, Dc he Nichols
or Packard.
Mr. Mcmillan said his advice to the
Legislature was to keep its hands oft
the question. Louisiana is an inter
rstrd party. 1t is Ter vote which is
in dispute. 1t would DC in bad taste
for the Legislature, under the present
circumstances, to take any part liz
the matter.
Mr.. Warmoth hoped the gentleman
from Carroll would not assume the
responsibility of defeating the Electo.
raj Kill now before Congress, as it
won)d not pass without the LcSisla-
tnre of Louisiana being heard from.
"Now,' said Warmotl', cas- we have
got Il quorum Of bob. tailed members.
it would be as well, perhaps, for the
Legislature to take action upon so
important a subject" lie facorcd
the motion offered by Mr.. BurclI.
While doing SO he viewed with amaze
mcnt and surprise - Willie United
States S~""t"r" avid ncpr, oc"toti,ts
and the greatest minds in the conn
try We're deviSing means to avert by
compromise tumnlt, riot, bloodsIlcd,
and perhaps civil war on the Pre<i
Dental Qntstion-tle Legislature OF
Louisiana rushed uuhcediny into the
vortex Of Scttlin: it by a hnrral. If
members of the Joint Assembly had
read the Electoral Bill, they would
vote as unanimously for onr Repre-.
scntativeS in Congress to support the
measures as they had voted inrtruct
ing them to oppose it. Considering
the Questionable condition in which
the State stood before the country to-
day, it was in extremely bad taste to
hurry through snch an important
measure as this without due consider
alton.
Mr.. Burch thought the power Of count
Ing the Electoral vote belonged to the
President of the Senate: that the Re-
turning Board Legislature was the legal
Assembly of the State, and it's voice ought
to be heard in this great crisis. He did
not propose to admit by keeping quiet,
that the body to which he belonged was
not the legal Legislature of the State.
The resolution was put to vote and
carried, and Congress was bull-'lozcd-
and yet the Electoral Bill passed.