Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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T|olosrf.plitc?Poretun Affairs. Madmd, January 12.?-Alfonso was ontbusiasticallj received lat Valencia. Paris, January 12 ?The Le Soir says rumors were circulated in.the lob? bies of tbe Assembly, to-day, that the Garlists had taken Pumpoluna, and General Bforionee, commanding Na? tional troops in the North, had pro? nounced against Alfonso. Telc?roohlc-,\ia?nr,un Untier?. Nbw York, .January 12.?A Herald special from London says Don Carlos has issued a proclamation, dated at headquarters, Vera, January 6, in wbiob he declares as the head of Spa? nish Bourbons, he contemplates with profound sorrow the attitude of hie cousin Alfonso, whose inexperience has led him to consent to being tbe Instrument of some persons who ex? pelled him and his mother, but not-! withstanding be makes no protest. The. dignity of hims-elf and bin army is the only protest be can offer. He uvera be Will remain faithlji CO his holy mission - and keep the flag un? stained. Mosos Chamberlain, convicted of sending scurrilous postal cards through tbe mail, was senteuoed to a fine of 05,000. Gov. Tilden bus refused to interfere in the pases of the two murderers, Jaokeou and Jar vie, and they will be bunged on Friday next. A cable despatch announced two months ago, that a portion of oue of Murlllo's pictures in tho cathedral of Seville, containing tbo picture of St. Anthony? of Padua, had been out out of the canvas and stolen. It was sup? posed the fragment was taken to Ame? rica. '. This turned out to be true. Mr. Schaue, u well known art dealer ou Broadway, was recently offered, by two Spaniard", tbe missing picture, and, after identifying it, purchased it for ) $250. Mr. Schaus has voluntarily and unconditionally placed tbe work of art, which is badly damaged, at tbe disposition of the Spanish Govern? ment, through Senor De Verarte, its Consul in this city. Tax&ahassbe, January 12 ?Tho Se? nate met and adjourned. No organi? zation. In the House, a resolution was adapted, requesting Messrs Gor? don und Stephens, of Georgia, to look after toe interests of Florida until Couover, Purmau and Walla find it convenient to return to Washington. It v/us ordered that a copy of tbe reso? lutions bp sent to Messrs. Gordon und Stephens. The resolution waa adopted by 20 to'U . . Indianapolis', Janfi*ry 13 ?In the Democratic caucus, Holman received 30; McDonald 44; balance scattering. San Fuanoisco, January 13. ?Nevada elects -Sharon, Republican, to tbe United States Sonate. New Orleans. January 13.?Pinch back baa been re-elected to tbe United States,Senate by tbe following vote: ? Senate 18 to 5; House 48 to 7. W Tbe Legislature, in joint session, f confirmed Pinohback as Ssnator. Washington, January 13 ?Con? gressional proceedings outside are un? interesting South. Confirmations?Maury, Minister to Equador; Booker, Minister Jfj Russia; George W. Ingalls, Agent for the Cherokee*, Creeks, Chootaws, Chicka saws'and Semiuolea. Probabilities?Daring Thursday, in the South Atlantic and Eastern Golf States? higher barometer, lower tem? perature, North-west to North-east winds, partly oloudy weather and possibly ocoveiooal coast rains will prevail. NewYobk, January 13.? Tbe Steam? ship South Carolina is still ashore at | . xssrnegas, bus is expected io ?uat hourly. Specie shipments, to-day, $1,000, 000, The Union Bank, of Jersey City, has suspended. Proceedings in tbe Beeoher-Tilton B trial ar.e tob indecent fer telegraphing. ' Louisvriiiat, January 13.?Ex Gov. Bramlette la dead. CnAniiraTON, Jannary 13 ?Arrived? SteamshipsGeorgie, New York; Equa? tor, Philadelphia; Sea Gull. Balti more; sahooner A. E. Baboook, New York. ' Washington, January 13.?The President has sent the following mes-1 sage: To xhb Senate of the United States: I have tbe honor to make the following aoMwer to n Senate resolu? tion of the 8th inst., asking for in? formal ion as to any interference by any military officer, or aoy part of the army of the United States, with tbe organization or proceedings of the General Assembly of tho State of k Louisiana, or either branch thereof, Band also inquiring in regard to the ex Bstenoe of armed organizations in that SRStato hostile to tbo government there ^of, and intent on overturning snob government by foroe. To say that lawlessness, turbulence and blood-shed have characterized the political affiirs of that State, since its re-organization under the Reconstruction Acts, is only to repeat what has Become well known as a part of its auhappy history; but it may be proper here to refer to the election of 1863, by wbiob the Repub? lican vote of tbe State, through fraud and violence, was reduced to a few thousand, and the bloody riots of I860 and 1868, to show that the dis? orders there aro not due to any reoeut causes, or to any late action of the Federal authorities. Preparatory to the election of 1872, a shameful and undisguised conspiracy was formed to carry that election, against the Repub? licans, without regard to \~~ or right, and to that end I be most glaring frauds and forgeries were oommitted. In the returns many of tbe oolored citi? zens bad beeu denied registration and others deterred by fear from casting their ballots. When the time came l for a final canvass of the votes, in | viaw of ,tbe- foregoing feqfcs, W&V ft Kellogg,' the Republican candidate for Governor, broaght eoit upon tbe equity aide of tbe United States Oir onit Court for Louisiana aud agaioat Warmouth and others, who had ob tained possession of the returns of tho-election, representing that' seve? ral thousand voters of the State bad beeu deprived of tho eleotive franchise, on account of their color, and praying tbat steps might bo tukeu to have said votes counted, and for general relief. To enable the Court to inquire as to tho truth of these allega? tions, a temporary restraining order was issued against the defendants, which was at once wholly disregarded aud treated with contempt by those to whom it was directed. TOobo pro? ceedings have beeu widely denounced an an unwarrantable interference by tbe Federal Judiciary with the elec? tion of State officers; but it is to be remembered that by the fifteenth ameudment to the Constitution of tbe United States, tho political equality of colored oitizuus is secured, and uuder the second section of that, amendment, | providing that Congress ehall have | power to euforce its provisions by ap? propriate legislation, an Act was I passed on the 31st of May, 1870, and amended in 1871, tbe objeot of which ' was to provsut the denial or abridg-1 tnontof sutTragu to citizens on account of race, color or previous condition of! servitude; and it bus been held by all! tbo Federal Judges, before whom the question has arisen, including Justice Strong, of tbe Supremo Court, that the protection ufi'orded by this utneud meut and these Acts extends to State as well as other relations; that it is tbe duty of the Federal Courts to enforce tbe provisions of the Constitution of the United States und the laws panned in pursuance thereof, is too clear for controversy. Section 13 of said Act, after numerous provisions therein, to prevent au evasion of tbe fifteenth amendment, provides that the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of tbe United States shall extend to all oases in law or equity arisiug under tue provisions of said Act, and of the Act amendatory thereof. Congress seems to have ooatemplated equitable as well as legal proceedings to prevent the uCUSai of ?u?i'ug? to colored citi? zens, and it may be safely asserted that [ if Kellogg'.-i bill, iu the abovo named I osse. did not present a cause for tbe equitable interposition of tbo Court, that uo case can arise under tbe Act. That the Courts of tbe Uuited States havo the right to interfere in various ways with State elections, so as to matutuiu political equity aud rights therein, irrespective of race or color, is comparatively a new and to some seems to bo a startling idea; but it re? sults as clearly from the fifteenth amendment to tbe Constitution uud tbe Acts that have beeu passed to en? force that amendment, as the abroga? tion of State laws upholding slavery results from the thirteenth amend? ment to tho Constitution. While the Jurisdiction of the Court, in tbe case of Kellogg vs Warmoth aud others, is clear to my mind, it seems that some of the orders made by I be Judge io tbat and the kindred cuse of Aatoine, were illegal; but while they are so held aud considered, it is not to be forgot? ten that the mandate of bis Court had beea contemptuously defied, aud they were made while wild notions of an? archy were sweeping away all restraint of law and order. Doubtless, the Judge of thia Court made grave mis? takes, but the law was the chancellor ?great latitude not only in punishing those who condemn his orders and in? junctions, but iu preventing the con? summation of the wrong which he has judicially forbidden. Whatever may be said or thought of those matters, it was only made known to me that process of the United States Court was resist? ed, aud as said Act specially provides for the nee of the army and navy when necessary to enforce judicial process urisiug therefrom, I considered it my j duty to see that such process was exe? cuted according to the judgment of the Court. Resulting from these pro? ceedings, through various cootrover-1 siea and complications, tbo State Ad? ministration was organized, with Wm. P. Kellogg as Governor, which, io tbe discharge of my duty, under Sectiou ?1, Article 4, of the Constitution, 1 have recognized as the Government of tbe State. It ban been bitterly uud per? sistently alleged that Kellogg was not elected. Whether bo was or not, is not altogether curtaiu, nor is it any more certain that bis competitor (Mc Eoony) was chosen. The election was a gigantic fraud, aud there are uo reli? able returns of its result. Kellogg ob? tained possession of the office, uud, iu my opinion, bus more right to it than bis competitor. Ou the 20th of Febru? ary, 1873. the Commit toe ou Privileges and Elections of tho Senate made a re? port, io which they say they were satis tied by testimooy that tbe maaipulu tion of the election maohine by War moth und others was equivalent to 20,000 votes, and they add, that to re ooguize tbo MoEaery Government would be to rcoogaizu a Government based upon fraud, iu defiance of the wishes aud iuteutioos of tbe voters of the State. Assuming the correctness of tbo statements in this report, und tbey seem to have been generally ac? cepted by tho country, the great crime in Louisiana, about whioh so much has been said, is tbat one is holding tho office of Governor, who was cheated out of 20,000 votes, against another, whose title to the office is nndoubtodly based on fraud, sod in defiance of the wiabro and iutentioo of tbe voters of tbe Stato. Misinformed and misjudg? ing as to the nature and extent of this report, tbe supporters of 'MoEaery proceeded to displace by force, in some Co on ties of the State, tbe appointees of J Kellogg, and on the 13th of April, in an effort of that- kind, a/ butchery of citizens w>a fcoTnfcijftdd 'at ' Qolfai; wbiob, in blood lbiretinoH? and barba? rity, is hardly surpassed by any acts of savage, warfare. To pot the mutter hoynnrl controversy, I q;:;:ie. from, the oharge of Judge Woods, of tbe United ' States Circuit Court, to tbe jury, io tbe case of tbe United States vs. jCruiksbuuk and others, in New Or leatis, in March, 1874 He said: "In the oaso on trial, there uro inauy facts not ic controversy. I proceed to state somo of them, iu the presenoe and bearing of counsel on both hides, and if I state as a coucealcd fact uny i matter that is disputed, they aan cor? rect mo." After stating the origin of tbe difficulty which crew nut of an at? tempt of tbe white persons to drive the Parish Judge and Sheriff, up pointees of Kellogg, from office and their attempted protection by colored persons, which led to some fighting, in wbiob quite a number of negroes were killed, tbe Judge states: "Most of those who wprn uot killed were taken prisouers; ?fteeu or uixteeu of tho blanks bad lifted the boards und taken refuge under the floor of the Court House. They were all captured ?about thirly-soveu meu were taken prisoners ? tbe number is not detiuitely fixed; they were k?pt uude-r guard until dark, wlieu they were led out two by two und uhot. Most of the men were shot to death, nod * few wer? wounded uot mortally, and by pretend ing to be dead, were afterwards, dur? ing the night, able to make their escape. Among them wus the L-'vi Nelson, named in the indictment. Th< dead bodies of the negroes killed in this affair were left uuburiod until Tuesday, April 15, when they were buried by u Deputy Marshal and mi officer ot the Middu, from New Or lean--. These person? found ttfty-iiltie dead bodies: they showed pi>tol shot wounds ? the great majority m the heud and most of tbem in the back ot the bead. Iu udditiou to the fifty nine dead bodies found, some charred remaius of dead bodies Were disco? vered near the Court House. Six dead bodies were fouud nuder a ware house?all shot in the bead, but one or two, which were ehot iu the breast The only white meu injured from tbe beginniugot tbe troubles to their close were Hadnot and Harris. The Court House und its contents were entirely consumed. There is uo evidcuuo that any one in tbe crowd of whites bore auy lawful warrant for the arrest of any of the blacks. There is uo evi? dence that either Nash or Ca/, that, after the affair, over demanded their offices, to which thuy had set up claims, but Register continued to act as Parish Judge, and Shaw as Sheriff These are tbe facts iu this case, as I understand them to be admitted. Tu hold tbe people of Louisiana generally responsible for these atrocities would would be just; but it is a lamentable fact that iusuperuble obstructions were thrown iu tbe way of punishing these murderers, and the so-called Conserva? tive papers of tbe State not only justi? fied tbe massacre, but denounced as Federal tyranny and despotism, the at tempt of the United States officers to bring them to justice. Fierce de unuoiationa ring through the country about office-holding and election mut tors iu Louisiana, while every one of tbe Colfax miscreants goes unwbipped of justice, aud no way cun be found in this boasted laud of civilization and Christianity to punish tbe perpetrators of this bloody and monstrous crime. Not unlike this was the massacre in August last. Several Northern young men of capital and enterprise nad started tbe little aud flourishing town of Couebata. Some of them were Republicans and office-holders under Kellogg; they were, therefore, doomed to death; six of them were seized and carried away from their homes aud murdered in cold blood. No one has been punished, and tbe Conservative press of tbe State denounced all efforts to that end, and boldly justified tbe crime. Mauy murders of a like cha? racter have been committed iu indi? vidual oases, which oaunot here be de? tailed. For example, T. S. Crawford, Judge, and P. H. Harris, Dislriot At? torney of tbe Twelfth Judicial District of tbo State, on their way to Court, were shot from their horses, by men in ambush, on the 8th of October, 1873; and tbe widow of tbe former, iu a communication to tbe Department of Justice, tells a piteous tale of tbe persecutions of her husband because he was a Unioo man, und of the efforts made to screen those who hud com? mitted u crime, which, to use her own language, 'left two widows and nine orphans desolate.' To say that Hie murder of a negro or a white Republi? can in not considered a crime iu Loui? siana, would probably be unjust to u great part of the people; but it is true, that u great number of such murders have been committed, and no cue Iihh been punished therefor, and mani? festly us to tbem tbo spirit of hatred aud violence is stronger than law. Representations were made to me that the presence of troops in Louisiana was unnecessary and irritating to the people, and that there wu*. uo danger of public disturbance if they were taken away; consequently, early iu last summer, the troops were all withdrawn from the State, with the exoeption of a small garrison at the New Orleans barracks. It was claimed that a com? parative state of quiet had supervened the political excitement as to Louisi? ana, but tbe November eleetion was approaching, and it was necessary for party purpose* tuat the name should be rekindled. Accordingly, on tbe 14th of Septomber, D. P. Peun, claim? ing that he was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1872, issued an inflam? matory proolamation, calling upon tbe militia of the Slate to arm and assem? ble and drive from power the usurp ftitgl be designated the officers of tbe State.' The Whits Leagues, armed and " ready for the 'conflict, promptly responded. Ou tbe name day, tbe Go veruor made a formal requisition upon me, pOrnunUt to the Act of 1795, und Section 4, Article IV, of tbe Constitu? tion, to aid io suppressing domestic violeooe. On tbe next day, I issued my proclamation, commanding tbe :URtirgeut* to dispers? within five daya from tbe date thereof; but before the proclamation was published in New Orleaus, tbe organized and aimed fuioe.s, recognizing a usurping Go? vernor, had tskeu forcible possession of tho State House aud temporarily subverted tbe Government. Twenty or more peoplo were killed, includiug i number of the policu of tbe city. The streets of tbe city were stained with blood All that was desired iu tbo way of excitement bad been ac? complished, aud in view of tbe steps taken to repress it, tho revolution wuh apparently, though it is believed not really abandonod, und tbo cry of Federal usurpatiou aud tyranny io Louisiana was renewed with redoubled energy. Troops bail been sent to tbe State under this requisition of tbo Go? vernor, aud as other disturbances se? med imminent, they were allowed to re um in there to render the Execu? tive snub aid us might become uooes sary to enforce tbe laws of the State, and repress the continued violence, which seemed inevitable the moment Federal sopport t>bould be withdrawn. Prior to aud with a view to the late election iu Louisiana, white meu asso? ciated tnemsclves together iu armed bodies, called White Leagues; and at the same lime, threut* were made iu t he Democratic journals of the State, that the election should tie carried 'tguiusi the Republicans at all hazards, which, very naturally, greatly alarmed the colored voters. By Section 8 of I the Act of Februarv 28, 1871. it is made tbo duty of United Slates Mar? shals aud their deputies, ut polls where votes are cast for Representatives iu i Congress, to keep the peace, aud pre? vent any violations of tbe so-called F.uforcement Acts and other offences against the laws of tbe United Slates; aud upon u requisition of tho Marshal of Louisiana, and iu view of said armed organizations, and other por? tentous en 'OUOjatauces, 1 caused de? tachments of troops to be stationed in various localities in the State, to aid him in the performance of his official duties. Tbat there was intimidation of Republican voters at the elec? tion, not withstanding these precau? tions, admits of no doubt. The fol lowiug are specimens of the means used: Ou the 14th of October, eighty persons signed aud pub? lished the following at Sbreveport: "We the undersigned mcrchauts of the city of Sbreveport, iu obedience to a request of the Sbreveport Cam? paign Club, agree to use every endea? vor to get our employe* s to vote the people's ticket nt tbe ensuiug election; and in the event of tboir refusal so to do, or in case they vote tbe Radical ticket, to refuse to employ them at tbe expiration of their present contracts." Ou the same day another large body of persona published iu the same place a paper iu which they used tbe following language: "We the under? signed merchants of the city of Sbreveport, alive to the great impor? tance of securing a good and honest goverumeut to the State, do agree aud. pledge ourselves not to advance auy supplies or moooy to any planter tbe coming year who will give employment or rent lands to laborers who vote tbo Radical ticket in the coming election." I have no information of the proceed? ing of the Returning Board for said election which may not be found in its report, whioh has been published; but it is a matter of public information, tbat a great part of tbe time taken to canvass the votes was consumed by the arguments of lawyers, several of whom represented euch purty beforu the board, i have no evidenoo that the proceedings of this board were not in accordance with tbe law uuiler which they acted, whether in excluding from their count certain returns they were right or wrong, is a ques? tion that depends upon the evi? dence they bad before them; but it is very clear tbat tbe law gives them tbe power, if they choose to exercise it, of deciding that way, aud primtt facie, the persons whom they return as elected aro entitled to tho offices for which I bey were candidates. Re? specting the alleged interference by the ni'litary with the organization of the Legislature of Louisiana ou tbe 4th instant, I have uo knowledge or information which bus not beeu re? ceived by me siuce that time aud pub? lished. My first information was from the papers of tbe morning of the 5th of January. 1 did not know tbat j auy such thing was anticipated, and no orders and no suggestions were ever giveu to any military officer iu that State upou that subj.ot prior to j tbe occurrence. 1 um Well aware that any military interference by the of? ficers or troops of thfl United Stated with the organization of a State Legis? lature, or auy of its proceedings, or with any civil department of the Go? verumeut, is repugnant to our ldoas of goverumeut. I cau conceive of no case not involving rebellion or insur? rection, where such iuterfereuco by authority of tbe General Govern meu t ought to be permitted oroau ba justi? fied; but there are oiroamstances con? nected with the late legislative em broglio in Lonisiaoa which eeem to exempt tbe military from auy inten? tional wrong in that matter. Know? ing that tbey had been plaoed io Loui? siana to prevent domestio violence aud to aid iu the enforcement of tho State laws, the officers and troops of tbe United States may well have sop posed tbat it was their doty to act when called ?pnti by the Governor for that purpose. Each branch of a legis? lative assembly is tbe judge of the election and qualifications of its own members; bot if a mob or a body of onantborized persoDB seize and bold tbe legislative hall io a tumultuous and riotous munuer, and so prevent uny organization by those legally re tarned as elected, it might become the dnty of tbe State Executive to inter? pose, if request*d by a majority of the members elect, to suppress tbe dis I tarbauoe und enable tbe porsoOB oleot ed to organ? the House. Any exer? cise o( this power would only be justi? fiable under most extraordinary cir? cumstances, and it would then be the duty of the Governor to call upon tbe constabulary, or, if necessary, tbe military force of the State Bat with reference to Louisiana; it is to be borne in mind, that any attempt by tho Governor to use the police force of j that State at this time, would have un? doubtedly precipitated a bloody con? flict with tbe White League, as it did on the 14th of September. There is uo doubt but that tbe presence of the United States troops upon that occa? sion, prevented bloodshed und the loss of lifo. Both parties appear to have relied upon tbem as conservators of the public peace. Tbe first call was j made by the Democrats, to remove I persons obnoxious to them from tbe legislative hall, aud tbe second was from tbe Republicans, to remove per- j sons who had usurped seats in the Legislature, without legal certificates authorizing them to seats, and in auf-1 ?cieut number to change the majority. Nobody wus disturbed by the military who hud a legal right at that time to occupy a seat in the Legislature. That the Democratic minority of tho House undertook to seize its organization by fraud aud violence; that in this attempt they trampled under foot law; that tbey undertook to make persons not re? turned us elected members, so as to create a majority; that tbey ucted under a preconcerted plan, und under false pretences introduced into the hall a body of meu to support their preten? sions by force, if necessary; and thut coiitl et, disorder and riotous proceed? ings followed, are facts that seem to be well established; and I am oredibly in? formed that these violent proceedings were u part of a premeditated plan to have tho House organized in this way, recognize what has been called the MeEnery Senate, then depose Gov. Kellogg, aud so revolutionize tbo Slate Government. Whether it was wrong for the Governor, at the request of the majority of the members returned as elected to tbe House, to use suob means as were iu bis power to defeat tbe lawless aud revolutionary proceed iugs, is perhaps a debatable question; but it is quite certain that there would have been no trouble, if those who now complain of illegal interference had allowed tbe House to be 1 or? ganized in a lawful und regular man? uer. When those who inaugurate disorder and anarchy disavow such proceedings, it will be time enough to condemn those who, by such means us they have, prevent tbe success of their lawless aud desperate schemers. Lieutenant-General Sheri? dan was requested by me to go to Louisiana to observe and report tbe situation there, and if in his opinion necessary, to assume the command; which he did on tbe 4th instant, after tbe legislative disturbances had oc? curred, at 9 o'clock P. M., a number of hours after the disturbances. No party motives, no prejudices, can rea? sonably be imputwd to him. But ho i npot.lv convinced by ??ha.t hs Lss seen aud beard there, he has characterized the leaders of tho White Leagues in severe terms, and suggested summary modes of prooeedure agtin-t tbem, which, though they cannot be adopted, would, if legal, soon put an eod to tbe troubles und disorders iu that State. Gen. Sheridan wsb looking at facts, and possibly not thinking of proceedings, which would be the only proper ones to pursue iu -time of peace; he thought more of tbe utterly lawless oouditiou of society surrounding him at the time of his deepafqh, and of what would prove a sure remedy. He never proposed to do an illegal act, nor expressed a determination to pro ceed beyond what the law in tbe future might authorize for the punishment of the atrocities which have been com? mitted, and the eommissiou of which oannot be successfully denied. It is u deplorable fact, that political crimes aud murders have been committed in Louisiana, which have gone tiupu-, uisbed, and which have been justi? fied or apologized for, which must rest as a reproach upou tbe State and country long after the pro seut generation has passed away. II havu no desire to have the United 'states troops to interfere in the do ! mestio concerns of Louisiana or any I other State. Ou the Uth of December last, Gov. Kellogg telegraphed to me bis apprehensions that the White League Iutended to make another at? tack upou tbo State House. To which, ou the same day, I made tho following answer, hi nee which uo communication has beeu sent to bim: "Your despatch of this date is just received . It is ex? ceeding iinpalatubio to use troops in aulieipution of danger. Let the Stute authorities be right, and then proceed with their duties without apprehension of danger. If tbey are then molested, the question wilt be determined whe? ther the United States is able to main? tain luw and order witbiu its limits or not." I have deplored the necessity which seemed to make it my duty, i under tbe Constitution aud laws, to ' direct suob interference. I have al? ways refused, except where it seemed to be my imperative duty, to not iu suob a manner under the Constitution and laws of tbe United State. I have I repeatedly and earnestly entreated the -1-ii ?? y T\ v" '? P -r? r people of tbo Sooth to) live together in peace and obey the laws, and nothitig would give me greater pleasure than to nee recoaoiliation and trananillity everywhere prevail, and- thereby- re? move all necessity lor the presence of troopc among them. I regret, bow*. ever, to say that this state of things does not exist, nor does its existence seem to be desired in some localities; and as to those, it may be propor for me to say that to the extent thai Congress has conferred power upon me to prevent it, neither Ko Klar Klans, White Leagues, nor any other association using arms and violence to execute their nnlawfal purposes, can be permitted in that way to govern any part of this country, nor cap I see with indifference Union men or Be-, publioaos ostracised, persecuted and murdered on account of ./their OU?j nions, as they now are in some locali? ties. I have, therefore* urged the aase of Louisiana upon the attention of Congress, and I cannot but think that its inaction bas produced great ovil. To summarize: Id September last.'.an armed aud oiganized body of men in the support of candidates who bad been put in nomination for the offices of Governor aud Lieu tenant-Govern or, at the November election in 1872, and. who had been declared not eleofed 'by the Board of Canvassers,' recognized ' by all the ooortS to which the question had been submitted, undertook to sub? vert and overthrow the State Govern? ment tbut had been recognized by mo in accordance with previous precedents^ The recognized Governor was driven trom the State House, and but for hin finding shelter in the United States Custom House in the capitol of the State of which he was Governor,' it it scarcely to be doabted that be woald have been killed. From the State House, beforo bo ,had been driven to the Custom House, a call was' made, in accordance with the 4th Section of the 4th Article of the Constitution of the United States, for the aid of the General Government to suppress do? mestic violence. Under theso circum? stances, and in accordance with my sworn duties, my proclamation of Iba 15th of September, 1874, was , issued. This served to reinstate Goy. Kellogg to bis position nominally; but it cannot ? be claimed that the insurgents' had to I this day surrendered to tho State au> ' thorities the arms belonging to the State, or that they have,! in any ceaao, disarmed; on this contrary, it is known that the bqmo armed Organization? that ' existed on the 14th September, 1874, io opposition to tbo recognized State Government, still, rotain their organi- . zation^ equipmentsfand. oommaj^ersj,. und cm be called oat at any hour to resist the State Government. Under these circumstances, tho samffinilitory foroe has been continued in Louisiana as was sent thoro, under, the flrst^eall,' and under tho came general instruc? tions. I repeat, tbut tlie task assumed by the troops ia not * pleasant onQ to them; that the army is not composed of lawyers, capable of judging at a mo? ment's notlee of just how far they can, * go in tbo maintenance of. law| and order; and that it was impossible to give specific instructions providing for all possible . contingencies that. . might ariea. The troops . V7cro bouad to apt upon tbo judgment, of the communding ' 'officer,' dpon v each suddeo contingeney that may arise, or wait inot ructions wbiob odtlld >. only reach them after tlie threatened wrongs bad been committed which they were called on to prevent; "it should be recolleoted, too, that upon my recognition of the Kellogg Go iciuuiGut, x lepurttna. Mia iejuc, Wltu the grounds of recognition, to Con? gress, and asked that body to tska action in / the matter; - otherwise iX aboaid regard thtvir sileooo an acqui? escence in, my course. - No BCtiojH(rt9 - been taken by ^bot body, and I have. maintained iho position then marked out. If error bas been committed by the urray in these matter's, it hat always been op tho.tjido of tbo pre? servation of good order, the mainte? nance of law and the protection of life. Their bearing reflects credit upon the soldiers, uod if wrong has resulted, this blame is with tho turbulent element* surrounding them. I now earnestly usk that sach action be taken by Con? gress as't? leave my duties perfectly clear in dealing with the affairs of Louisiana, giving assnranoe at the same time that whatever may be done by that body in the premises will be executed according to the spirit and latter of the law, without fear or favor. 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