The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-08-15

seuusnt to the original law crea-
ting public debt by which the
obligations of contract have been
made more tonerous.
AN HISTORICAL REVIEW.
That we remember with graft
rtude the heroic and patriOticefforts
of Gen. If. N. Ogden, and the citi-
zens soldiers of Louisiana under
him i'm theestablishment and main
tenanceof the peoples Government
of this State; the fifth, That the
vote of Louisiana at the election IN
the wear 1876 was cast for Samu y.
'Tilden, for President, and Thomas
"A. Hendricks, for Vice President,
by q majority of over 5000 and was
fraudulently counted for Ruther-
ford B. HAYES and William A.
Whealer, under the pretense that
the result was accomplished by IN
ftimidatiOn and wholesale murder,
and that the failure of the Repub-
llican party to produce witnesses to
sustain these charges, when invited
to do so by the Potter Committee,
is a confession of their inability to
maintain their allegations and of
the falsity of the changes them
selves and that the result Of the
investigation by the said committee
lis an affirmative proof that there
was no foundation for those false
and unjust charges and allegations.
UNITED STATES SENATORS.
Resolved, That the recent ad-
mission of w. p. Kellogg as a Sen
ator from this State was an abuse
of partisan power for a transient
partisan end, and a breach of the
constitution, which assures to each
State two Senators, to he chosen
by the Legislature thereof; that
long before Kellogg's admission lit
had been conclusively settled that
the General Assembly known as
the Nichols assembly was the true
and the sole Legislature of Louis
lana; that i'll the opinion of this
convention it was beyond the com
lpetemts of the United States by a
Ipostmortem recognition to galNan
iize into life and Legislative power
another assembly, of whose exist
lence there is no token upon the
statute books of the State, and
which dissolved before gaining
recognition anywhere, and that in
view of the unprecedented char
.acter of the case a revision by the
Senate of its action on This subject
lis due to justice.
INTERNAL IAIPROyEMEN AND THE
BRAZILIAN MAIL SUBSIDY.
That we regard with serious dis
satisfaction the indifference and OPP
position of the members of the
National Congress to a system of
internal improvements to tdeNelope
the industries and restore the pros
perity of the Southern and South
western States, and we urge our
Senators and Representatives. to
use their utmost tendeaNors to Sc
cure such unity of action as will
lead to a speedy completion by the
aid of the National Government of
the Texas and Pacific Railroad, on
Or near thirty-second parallel, and
"a system of levees to protect the
alluyial lands of the Valley of the
Mississippi from ,oNerhows, and OF
navigation adequate to the de
mands of commerce, which meas
iures are national in Importance and
beyond the control of the respect
i've State Governments.
That we cordially indorse the
memorial of the Chamber of Com
tmerce of New Orleans, i'm behalf OF
the South American and Brazilian
steamship line, and calling upon
our Representatives i'll Congress to
urge for said line the mail contract
via New Orleans, and a subsidy in
such amount as has been called fol
to enable them to open this trade
,ot such great and valuable impor-
tance to the West and South.
making o new highway for the exit
and sale of our surplus grain, flour
land other products, and bringing
lin return the articles and products
of South A4merica-one alone, lcof
fee, lis a trade of much interest tte
|lIthis State.
4 "A farmer who had employed i
gyeen EmeraIder ordered him ttc