Year: 1874

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dy-Pro6able Result Of the Ciua Rights BR. |
tUIu Il ST. LOUIS No., septemberA
Senator sehurz made long and elaborate |
speech upon national and State questions at the |
Temple tonight, i H.H
After referring in general terms to the present |
condition Of the public mind, the widespread and |
deep distrust and soeptcism which have .aken the
place Of the confident assurance and sanguine ex-
pectations formerly prevailing, he entered into
a discussion Of Louisiana affairs. He reiterated
his opinions expressed in the Senate, that Kel-
logg's government Is a usurpation. But ithad


been recognized by the President, and when last
week the McEneryites overthrew 1t the President
constitutlonally reinsaedit it, and that was the end


Of the Louisiana revolution. But 1t Is notthe end


Of the disease neither Is It the final remedy.
great wrong has been committed. The wrong
does not consist in the Intervention Of the Presi-
dent against those who by force Of arms had


driven Kellogg to flight for the President acted


in the exercise of his constitutional authority


Neither can in Republic the right Of selfhelp
by force be admitted, for such admission would


encourage every party and every individual that
has geevance, either real or imaginary, to resort


TO force for redress, and state Of anarchy would


ensue which no political OF social organization


could withstand But the great wrong was com


mitted before. 1t was, when Federal judge, pal


pably overstepping the limits of his jurisdiction,
and perpetrating an outrage without precedent In
our history was supported by the power of the
National Government, in the act of virtually Gre
ating a State Government which had not the least
| evidence Of an election by the people 1t was
| when, even after the President had confessed his
| doubt Congress neglected TO undo the usurpation
and to make room for those who had prima Idcieev-
idence ofan election by the people. Norwas thatthe
only wrong committed in the South. There was
another, and ON the other side. 1t was when
bands Of lawless rufians infested the Southern
country, spreading terror by cruel persecution and
murder It was when helpless prisoners were
slaughtered in cold blood. 1t was when neither
officers nor volunteers could be found TO arrest the
perpetrators of such bloody deeds or no juries to
convict them. It was when the better classes Of
society cOntented themselves with cOndemnatory
resolutions and pious wishes instead of straining
every nerve to bring the malefactors to justice.
He then referred 10 the fact that an election for
new Legislature Is impending and that United
statet troops are there professedly to enforce the
laws in that election, but whether they be used
impartially or not will depend upon who controls
them. This CONTROL will be in great measure In
the hands Of United States Marshal Packard who,
besides being marshal was one Of the principal
accomplices of Judge Durell and Kellogg in the
usurpation two years ago and is now the manag-
ing spirit of the State Central Committee of the
Kellogg partp. This is not fit person to control
the United States troops to be used in that cleo
ton 1t is of the highest importance that, especi-
ally under existing circumstances, the people Of
Louisiana should not only have fair election,
but also that they should be made to feel that they
shall have one. The past performances and pres
ent functions of Mr. Packard are not calculated to
inspire confidence. No White Mans League will
do the southeners any good. An Anti-Ruffian
League of which every good citizen is an active
member, is the thing the South wants After
: showing the bad effects Of teaching the negroes
that their safety lay in organization as a race
against whites and making them partisan sup
porten Of corruption and robbery and denounc-
ing the men who did this as the crueest the most
treacherous, and most dastardly enemies the col
ored people ever had, he discussed the Civil Rights
Bill. After saying he could not support the bill
because he regarded 1t unconstitutional he said Il
1t becomes law 1t will break up the whole public
school system in the Southern States and nobody
viii be greater sufferers thereby than the colOred
people, But in still other respects, the enactment
Of such law would not be beneficial to the col
ored man 1t would be dangerous venture tC
the colored people If their social position wa
made the objective point Of new strife under cir
eumstances so favorable. Now that they have the
political rights of citizenship it is much wiser and
safer for them to trust to the meags they already
have to make themselves respected and to leave
all else to gradual progress Of public opinion
which has already outgrown many a prejudice
that few years ago was still deemed invincible
He then said that the way to solve the most diff


cult problem Of protection tn the colOred people
Is in their own hands Instead Of exercising owe
one another system of terrorism in order to en-
force party discipline, they should encourag,
among themselves individual Independence


The Senator then entered into an elaborate dis
cussion Of the finance question, and dwelt q
some length upon State affairs. f -f