The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-03-13

expected on the part Of those who desife TO
profit bv that patronage.
THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE CoMDnTTEE.
The report concludes with finding that full
effect was not given to the Electoral votes of
Florida and louisiana that Noyes, Sherman and
certificate from Louisiana was forged as to two
Of it, names, Kellogg and Clark being PRIV to
It, and that Tilden and Hendricks received .
the rea Choice Of the people At the lat Presidens
tial election.
The Teller Committee.
MAJORITY REPORT.
WASHINGTON. Feb. q.
The report of the Teller Committee,
made to the Senate to day, reviews the testimony
of ninety-one witnesses in Louisiana and lO7 in
South Carolina. It states that the frauds in South
Carolina, by the use of tissue ballots, extended
tween thirty and forty murders We're &C." Committed
The committee, in drawing their conclusions,
ton in these States to restrict freedom Of speech
aiscusson Of the relations Of Labor to capital.
jects, is calculated to array the coiored people
against the whites, and thus endanger the safety
of the people. This determination is not
Who attend poitics G Meetings as
not only of their own party. but also Of
the opposition. are in the habit OF refusing to al
various forms. Any reference to the condition
of the colored people before the war, and the
causes that led to the war, are condemned as be-
lily seen that if it is allowed to the attendance at
. public meeting to determine what is and what
is not incendiary or inf1ammatory material, and
vii &c end IF e BE-
unless the speaker shall consent to discuss the
questions in accordance with the views Of the
erty must be allowed in discussion Of ali politi-
cal questions, and it will never DC to permit a
crowd of heated partieans at a public meeting to
deserpne Tnat y and what Is not an aI l,Hcendia
occasion.
All attacks which have been made on colored
have made threats against the whites. However
false and destitute Of foundation these reports
may ma h. have been. they have been made the excuse
rection is made the excuse for outraees on the
c col people it may not be amiss to say that
that point, all agreed that the negro was peace
full and unrevengeful, and that with all the re-
ports of the uprising of this class of people to
stance in American history within their knowl-
edge when this had been done, and all admitted
that it would require great provocation to induce
the colored people to resort to violence against
Respect for authority. obedience to law and
attachment to persons and things are notable
tons have been instituted by the State Of South
Carolina against the violatOrs of her laws, and
no effort made to punish the men who have thus
United States Courts have been resorted to for
the purpose Of Furnishing outrages on the ballot,
complainant has In very many instances been
authorities on charges of perjury, and commit
ted to Jail unless he gave bail. Citizens are
threatened that if they attempt to punish of
be punished in the State Courts. and thus the
State not only declines to punish these crimi-
nails, but refuses to allow it to be done in the
The State Government is a white Govern
ment. No colored men are represented in it.
and SO far no man connected with it has had the
dress the outrages ON these unfortunaes men Of
color. The laws of South Carolina and L ,uisi-
ana are undoubtedly sufficient for the protection
able failure to enforce them. This course must
in the end be the destruction of government in
these States. Thousands of persons in those
BY these outrases condemn them, but they LACK
the independence and courage to make them
selves heard in opposition to them. There new
prosperity, in the South while any considerable
number Of white people deny the colored people
the rights given them by law.
To insure lasting peace to thefreople the full
est and the freest exercise of all political rights
must be conceded to all. The honor and pros
perity of Louisiana demand that these outrages
against citizens these violations # State and
devoives upon the State all admit. and whatever
may be said of the duty of the General Govern
ment to redress the wrongs of its citizens under
State authorities for failure to punish these Of
tenders.
the short time they had been in session, to inves-
tgats the elections held ia AZ the QSneTsssiopa!
sively that in several districts in these
b not the for
officers as we'll, were neither fair nor free,
and that BY violence and fraud the honest
was prevented, and thousands of citizens of these
States deprived of the elective franchise. In
Louisiana, both violence and fraud were extern
sively used. In South Carolina fraud was more
cies, SO disreputable in themselves and so dan
gerous to the stability of republican form of
government, were used, not only against candi-
dependent Democratic candidates. and D can d
dates by whatever name known, who were in Op-
position to the regular Democratic candidates,
and accomplished was not the prevention Of the
Of the so-calied home-rule," but the success Of
Nation by whatever means and at whatever cost.
South Carolina shares like spirit with Lou
isiana; The Democratic leaders seem to be in
sensible to the fact that the stability Of our
Government is involved in these questions, and
to be utterly unable to comprehend that their
course renders the return of material proeperi-
ty to these people absolutely impossible. With
out peace and good order there can be no obe-
dlence TO. or enforcement of, the law. Material
prosperity cannot come to these States in the
absence of this requirement, and there must be
affairs. The framers of the Constitution ap-
pear to have considered it cafe to have 1.-THE
times. places and manner" of holding elections
under the control of these States, but it is very
evident that they foresaw condition might ex-
IT. n the future under which the safety ct the
might require that the times places and manner
OF elections should be under its own control, and
not under that of the States. The time has come
when Congress should exercise the power it clear
y possesses of providing by law for the fair and
and manner OF holding elections for Members Of
Congress necessarily implies the power to provide
for the punishment of violations of the law. II
will scarcely be cOntended, certainly it cannot be
fairly claimed, that the National Government ID
compelled to rely for the punishment Of offenses
against its own laws upon the laws of the several
States.
The minority of the committee have not yet
prepared their views for presentation to the
Senate.
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