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Editorial
December 27, 1874
The Morning Star And Catholic Messenger
New Orleans, Orleans County, Louisiana
What is this article about?
The editorial condemns the Louisiana Returning Board's manipulation of 1872 election returns on December 24, reversing Conservative majorities to install Radicals in the legislature and State Treasurer position, naming U.S. Grant and other Radical figures as responsible.
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The Crowning Infamy.
The Returning Board adjourned, finally, on Christmas Eve, 24th inst., after having canvassed the election returns from all the parishes of the State excepting four. As was expected, from the character of the members of that Board, the Conservative majority of 5,000 gradually dwindled away under their manipulation of the returns, until, at their last session on Thursday, they consummated the deed of infamy by throwing out a sufficient number of Conservative votes to enable them to declare elected the Radical nominee for the office of State Treasurer. So far as the Representatives of the people in the Lower House of the Legislature are concerned, their action has been even more flagrantly unjust. According to the official returns, seventy Conservatives and forty-one Radicals were elected. The Board has declared elected fifty-two Conservatives and fifty-four Radicals, thus changing a Conservative majority of twenty-nine into a Radical majority of two. The cases of the parishes of Grant, Winn, Bienville and De Soto, all of which gave heavy Conservative majorities, were referred to the Legislature, which, by the rulings of the Board having a Radical majority, will, of course, declare all the Radical candidates elected.
Comment is unnecessary. We give the facts :-our people and the world can judge.
It would be well, however, for all true REPUBLICANS, for all lovers of CONSTITUTIONAL liberty, to remember the names of all who were concerned, as principals, in this dark and damning act; they are:
The Radical party of the United States;
U. S. Grant, President of the United States;
G. H. Williams, Attorney General of the United States;
Wm. Pitt Kellogg, Nondescript;
S. B. Packard, U. S. Marshal.
HENCHMEN.
J. Madison Wells;
Thos. Anderson;
G. Casanave;
Louis Kenner.
The Returning Board adjourned, finally, on Christmas Eve, 24th inst., after having canvassed the election returns from all the parishes of the State excepting four. As was expected, from the character of the members of that Board, the Conservative majority of 5,000 gradually dwindled away under their manipulation of the returns, until, at their last session on Thursday, they consummated the deed of infamy by throwing out a sufficient number of Conservative votes to enable them to declare elected the Radical nominee for the office of State Treasurer. So far as the Representatives of the people in the Lower House of the Legislature are concerned, their action has been even more flagrantly unjust. According to the official returns, seventy Conservatives and forty-one Radicals were elected. The Board has declared elected fifty-two Conservatives and fifty-four Radicals, thus changing a Conservative majority of twenty-nine into a Radical majority of two. The cases of the parishes of Grant, Winn, Bienville and De Soto, all of which gave heavy Conservative majorities, were referred to the Legislature, which, by the rulings of the Board having a Radical majority, will, of course, declare all the Radical candidates elected.
Comment is unnecessary. We give the facts :-our people and the world can judge.
It would be well, however, for all true REPUBLICANS, for all lovers of CONSTITUTIONAL liberty, to remember the names of all who were concerned, as principals, in this dark and damning act; they are:
The Radical party of the United States;
U. S. Grant, President of the United States;
G. H. Williams, Attorney General of the United States;
Wm. Pitt Kellogg, Nondescript;
S. B. Packard, U. S. Marshal.
HENCHMEN.
J. Madison Wells;
Thos. Anderson;
G. Casanave;
Louis Kenner.
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
Constitutional
What keywords are associated?
Election Fraud
Returning Board
Louisiana Elections
Radical Manipulation
Conservative Majority
Constitutional Liberty
Reconstruction Politics
What entities or persons were involved?
Radical Party Of The United States
U. S. Grant
G. H. Williams
Wm. Pitt Kellogg
S. B. Packard
J. Madison Wells
Thos. Anderson
G. Casanave
Louis Kenner
Returning Board
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Manipulation Of Louisiana Election Returns By Returning Board
Stance / Tone
Strongly Critical Of Radical Election Fraud
Key Figures
Radical Party Of The United States
U. S. Grant
G. H. Williams
Wm. Pitt Kellogg
S. B. Packard
J. Madison Wells
Thos. Anderson
G. Casanave
Louis Kenner
Returning Board
Key Arguments
Conservative Majority Of 5,000 Dwindled Under Board Manipulation
Board Threw Out Conservative Votes To Declare Radical State Treasurer Elected
Board Changed House From 70 Conservatives And 41 Radicals To 52 Conservatives And 54 Radicals
Cases From Grant, Winn, Bienville, And De Soto Parishes Referred To Radical Majority Legislature
All Involved Should Be Remembered By Republicans And Lovers Of Constitutional Liberty