The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-08-21

could have kept sup throughout Ith,
State spch q feeling of lntitnidation q
would justify the assumption that bu
for that feeling the State would hav,
gone Repubfican. All experienci
shows that tho result Of the election o
4 1874 in Louisiana as returned to tn,
Returning Board was natural, and t.
be only accounted for by the reasoni
we haye given. =.
We hoid, therefore, that In Novem
bcr, 1874, the people of the State O.
Louisiana did fairly have ee,peace.
able aud full registration and election
in which q clear Conservative major.
ity was elected to the Lower House
OF Representatives, Of which majority
the Conservatives were deprived by
the UNJUST, illegal and arbitrary action
Aof the Returning Board we are all
agreed. = hlaslss
| We understand the committee I'd be
unanimous in findiRR the fact that the
action of the Returning Board has de.
feated the will of the people as ex-
pressed by them at the polls on Ne
vember 3, 1874. seias s.'Iss =!
| The people then elected to the Low
er House of their Legislature major
ity of Conservative members. A pOr-
| ton OF the members thus elected were
refused their certificates. This Is an
act of injustice to the indisid uals, OF
gravest danger to the State and free
government and ought to be imme-
diately corrected by any power COM
petent to correct II. ess
The resolution recommending the
recognition of Governor kellogg is
based upon general information, and
not upon evidence. On this point no
testimony was taken, either by the
committee or any part of ii. ! Kellogg
may or may not have been elected IN
1872. but there il no evidence to show
the fact, or II. there be, 1t has neither
been sought nor found BY this COM
mittee, 1a4s s,iss ~ .fiF 81 s5sssii
Messrs. Fog ter and Phelps think tliat
the popular, belief, taking both Com
servative and Radical circles incline
on the whole TO justify Kellogg aud
Penn's claims and that, as KelfoggIis
and has been the actiny Governor bf
Lonisiana for the past two. years, bo'
deny his right and install .anoihee in
his. place after this lapse of time, might
involve much mischief to the afe&af'
aud political interests Of the State. =
To avoid the miachief and con ntasidn.
OF q change, q majority Of thascitixehs'
or Louisisna seem willing to Accept b.
. coanpf0mise iKsil0g's Fec0Rnftfon,
and the .restorationi to the Consesye-
tlyes Of the control OF the, Lower
House. ,z, s......,.ss
For iithese reasons Messts. Foster
and Phelps do not wish 20 6pposo the
Recommendation that. the Adminfstra-
tiop of, Governor kellogg be recog-
nized neither, in view OF the fact that
they knew nothing OF the merits Of
the case as judged by competent eyi-
dence, do they wish to be underAto0d is
urging il s6ss14 fslf7, E5.lsas::s
They only wish to record their
agreement with those of their asse-
ciates who believe that such 3 COM
promise might, by making an end Of
the uncertainty in Louisiana, he ION
the whole less intolerable than the
present DISTRESS.
But to any resolution Recognizing
Kellogg. Messrs. Potter and Marshall
are utterly opposed. They find moth.
ing to justify the belief of KeIlogg's
election. That he seized the Govern
ment by the aid of Federal troops,
through fraudulent order, which pre-.
vented the counting and return of the
vote, should be standing presump-
ton against him. Then the people,
indignant at the abuses Of his Govern
ment, had successfully regained the
Office he had usurped, he was again
seated by Federal power.
By the forms of legislation with
which he had intrenched himself, he
once more sought to nullify the choice
ofthe people at the State election, and
to that end called ON the Federal
troops to break up the meeting of the
Legislature.
For Congress- to recognize usurpa-
ton so gross and 80 Oppressive is,
they think, to establish . precedent by
which, under pretexts that can readi-
" BIO found, any State Government
may be overthrown,s the will of the
people defeated, fraud and violence
made permanent, and republican forms
perverted to destroy liberty.
In their Judgment all that is needed
in Louisiana IL to withdraw the Fed
eral troops, and leave the people Of
that State to govern themselyea.
CHARLES FOSTER,
CLARKsoN n. POTTER,
s WM. WAITER PHELPs,
SAMUKL4 MARsHALL,
6slg-s5 - Committee.