The New York Herald Newspaper, January 6, 1875, Page 3

NEW ORLEANS, Intense Indignation Over General Sheridan’s Order. A Federal General Accuses Him of Falsifying Facts. THE MERCHANTS DENOUNCE THE IRON RULE Governor Kellogg on the Situation. Statements from the Con- gressional Committee. THE QUESTION IN CONGRESS. Exciting Debate on a Resolution Asking In- formation from the President. Bitter Partisan Recommendations in the Senate. THE ARMY DESPOTISM Democratic Warnings and Re- publican Threatening. New Orweans, Jan. 5, 1875. Governor McEnery has just informed your correspondent that he has good reason to be- lieve that General Sheridan contemplates ar- | resting himself, Lieutenant Governor Penn and General Ogden to-morrow. PROSPECT OF RESISTANCE TO GENERAL SHERIDAN. If the arrest is based upon or backed up by civil authority it will be promptly submitted | to; ifstrictly a military order on General Bheridan’s authority it will be resisted to the last extremity. The excitement among the citizens here is nnabated. THE MILITARY DENOUNCED. New ORLEANS, Jan. 5, 1875, | at a meeting of the Merchants’; Exchange, i largely attended and held to-day at noon, the fol- jowing series of resolutions were unanimously adopted :— Whereas Lieutenant General Sheridan has tele- | graphed to the Hon. W. W, Belkna| ‘War, at Washington D. C., as follow: HEADQUARTERS OF THE MILITARY Division Of THE MissOURI, New ORLEANS, La., Jan. 4, 1875. Secretary of | Hen. ¥%, BELKNAP, Secretary of War, Washing- n, D. C.— Tt is with deep regret that Ihave to announce ‘to you the existence in this State of a spirit of de- Dance to all lawtul authority and an insecurtty of life which is hardly realized by the general govern- ment or the country at large. The lives of citizens have become so jeopardized that unless something 48 done to give provection to the people all security usually afforded by law will be overridden. De- lance to the iaws and the murder o! indtviduals seems tobe looked upon by the community here trom a standpoint which gives impunity to all who ‘choose to indulge in either, and the civil govern- ment appears powerless to punish or even arrest. I have to-night assumed control over the De- partment of the Guilt. P, H. SHERIDAN, Lieutenant General. Be it resolved, That we condemn as a positive fantruth and as a libel upon the community the statement of General Sheridan, contained in the above; that we deny herewith that the spirit of efiance against lawful authority exists and that the lives of citizens have become jeopardized ‘hereby; and be it further Resolved, That we emphatically condemn, as law-abiding citizens, and do most solemnly and earnestly protest against the miulltary interference with and tne disorganization of the Legislature of Loutsiana, which was duly elected by ourselves and the citizens of the §tate, THE BOARD OF UNDERWRITERS met and appointed @ committee to draft resolu- tions denunciatory of General Sheridan’s letter, ‘who are to report to-morrow. A unanimity of sentiment prevailed. A meeting of Northern and Western men has Deen called in the rotunda of the Exchange for the same purpose. A RUMP LEGISLATURE, The conservatives will probably organize a ramp Legislature, but no further demonstration will tae place, Troops still garrison the State House, bu everything is peaceable and quiet, ‘ A TALK WITH GENERAL SHERIDAN, ‘bur correspondent called this morning on Gerral Sheridan, in room No. 16, St. Charlies Hot, and found him in company with Colonel adwnced very pleasantly, extending his hand towrd the HERALD correspondent, and remarked, “1 m going to put a stop to the people down Imesponse to the request that he would give a wumary of his idea of the situation, he produced acoy of the following letter, which he had just thatit was all embodied in that document, And thiss the document :— SHERIDAN’S BEPORT. MILITARY DIVISION OF Missouri, NEW ORLEANS, La,, Jan. 5, 1875. HorwW. W. BELKNar, Secretary of War, Washing- Ijink the terrorism now existing in Louisiana, | Mistsippi and Arkansas couid be entirely re- , mojd ana confidence and fair dealing established | arm White Leagues, If Congress would pass a bill) declaring them bandittt they could be tried by a military commission. This | l4tlot last September, also more recentiy at Vicburg, Mias., should in justice to law and or- derhd the peace and prosperity of this Southern thaif the President would issue a proclamation decting them banditti, no further action | neebe taken except that which would devolve Lieutenant General United States Army. Hadaed, in the conversation which ensued, “Tieolution of all troubles is proposed in that conned they are over.”” Y¢ correspondent then asked if he had con- solt| any of the commercial commanity or other thegere jounded solely upon his own observa- tion, ral Sheridan answered, “I have not con- Foryth and another friend, Upon entering he here? Gesptched to the Secretary of War, remarking | HEADQUARTERS OF THE &, D. C.:— by © arrest and trial of the ringleaders of the bartti, who murdered men here on the | parof the country be punished, It is possibie | upome. P, H. SHERIDAN, destch, So far as the troubles of to-day are citigs in coming to his conclusions, or whether cluzens, It is simply my own impres- | NEW YORK HERALD, WENESDAY, Men, All these troubles are prompted by poll- ticiang and for political purposes,” ‘ When aeked if he was willing to give an indtca- tion of the policy he proposed pursuing the gen- eral answered briskly and decidedly :— “It the government and the President will in- dorse me I will settle the troubles myself, 1 know what they are, You cannot have good govern- ment in any country where secretly armed bodies of men exist without putting them down. | pro- pose to do it.” When asked if he thought such a summary course could be pursued under the law the Genera! replied that there was a law for it—he did not call to mind now exactly where—but it had been applied before when based upon the Presidenwa proclamation. ¢ The General then lightly turned the conver- sation into other topics, while Colonel Forsythe prepared a copy of the letter, receiving which your correspondent withdrew, 4 PROPOSITION POR COMPROMISE is on foot and 1s entertained by the Congressional Committee, who have already despatched Mr. Potter to Washington in connection with it, The detaiis are clearly indicated in the statement of the Hon. W. W, Phelps, made this evening in an iatervicw with your correspondent, From the present tone and temper of the people, whose in- dignation is intensified to-night by the publication im an extra of General Sheridan’s second ietter to the Secretary of War, there is only a faint chance Of its ever proving successfal. WENERY TO THE PRESIDENT. Governor McEnery has just telegraphed tne fol- lowing letter to the President:— To His £xcellency U. S. GRaNnt, President of the United States :— In the name of liberty and of all lovers of liberty throughout the United States I do most solemnly protest against the action of the military forces of the United States on yesterday, in the occupation of the State House, in the forcible ejection by troops of members of the Legislature and the elected Speaker of the House, and the subsequent organization of a House by the direct forcible intervention of the military. I affirm before the whole American people that the action on the part of the military in tnis city on yesterday is subver- sive of republican institutions in this free coun- uy. JOHN McENERY, THE EXCITEMENT 1S INCREASING, This is principally attributable to the tenor of General Sheridan’s letter to the Secretary of War, published in all this morning’s papers, The radi- cal Legislature is without a quorum, and have sent out sergeants-at-arms to arrest conservative members, STATEMENTS FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE, Your correspondent called this evening about dusk upon Messrs, Phelps and Foster, of the In- vestigating Committee, and solicited a statement for the HERALD of their opinion upon the present critical situation. This was given in the form of an interview, as follows:— MB. PHELPS’ VIEWS. Idon’t hesitate to say that sufficient evidence bas been taken by the committee to give grounds for a decided opinion as to the character of the | public acts they are called upon to investigate; but I ao not deem it wise to express any at this time. It is true my position here is mereiy one of inves- tigation, and not of jadgment; but as a member of Congress that may be called upon in the House to act in a judictal capacity, propriety demands that I should not in advance have nor express any absolute convictions, Mi Isee no reason, however, why it is not proper to state the scope of the committee’s investigation, and why:it was made less general than the case required and the people of Louisiana expected. Our commission to investigate ends, ot course, with this Congress. Any Congressional action based upon our investigations must be had before the 4th of March if we are to participate mit. Hence @ necessity that it should be completed in time to receive the action of the House before adjourn- ment, THE ELECTION OF 1872, Magnitude pertaining to the past which have al- Teady been treatea by committees of the Senate and House, who have had to inform themselves as to the credentials of contesting members from the State of Louisiana, You will remember that in the Senate and in review of this case Senators Carpenter, Morton and others made long and exhaustive speeches, We thought proper, there- fore, not to touch on old matters, already investi- gated, but preferred investigating those heretofore untouched. On the side of the conservatives of the State the action of the Returning Board, which had protracted its session through six weeks, had, been made the subject of great complaint. The Returning Board, com- posed, with one exception, of radical politicians, possessed not simply ministerial, put legislative, executive and judicial powers, was allegedt o have defeated the will of the people, expressed at the polis, by throwing out polls in democratic parishes and altering the returns in republican parishes 30 as to accomplish a close division of the new House of Representatives, but assuring the certainty of republican supremacy. The committee therefore decided to review the action of the Returning Board to ascertain what was the foundation for these serious charges. On the other hand the re- pubitcans of the State complained with equal bit- terness of the existence and action of s White League organization, said to ramify throughout the State, to hold armories, well filled, and to be made up of active men, bound in secret league, drilled to the use of arms and under the control of @ thorough military commandery. Accordingly, in the interest of the republican party, we DETERMINED TO FIND OUT THE TRUTH. about the White League. There were two prin- cipal supjects of the investigation touching the White League. We examined its constitution, its organization, its public acts, ana gathered otherwise its purposes and objects from the com- mander-in-chief and other oMcers whom we sum- moned to testify, at the same time gathering what information we could from federal officers and re- publicans, who had seen them drill, attended their Meetings or learned anything of their character, In looking into the action of the Returning Board, 48 we found some twenty-seven polls in dispute; We were forced, through the lack of time, to choose two parishes where the action of the Soard had been especially harsh and arbitrary, The officers of the polls in these parishes, the citizens and oMcers thore stationed, gave testimony as to the conduct of the election, as to the intimidation practiced upon the voters, and Ijthink I may go 80 far as to confess that, for my part, upon ali the testimony taken upon intimidation, there was nothing to show that the various methods of irightening an ignorant voter were not used with equal skill on botn sides. Ifa planter was shown to have forced his republican hands to vote the democratic ticket against their Will, the next wit- | which seated Mr. Kellogg, involves questions of | Murderous city r JANUARY 6, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. ness was apt to show that democratic voters, White and black, were driven to the woods by the appearance of a deputy United States mar- shal, accompanied by several United States horse- men, armed with few or many warrants of arrest. After the events of yesterday the committee de- cided to take upon the spot such testimony as wouid furnish to Congress and the people the true story of the strange scenes enacted in the State House, We have just closed the examination of Governor Kellogg, who, with much frankness, detailed to the committee all his actions during the trying scenes of yesterday and gave to it a copy of all orders, telegraphic or otherwise, which he directed to commandants of United States troops, and under which they acted. I am unwill- ing to give any fuller indication of the impressions which the committee may have received from what they have seen and heard in the city, for the reason that proceedings are now pending which may make it necessary for them to soon return here in the capacity of arbitrators or judges in the case, I refer to tne fact already known by rumor im the streets, that the leading officers of the McEnery and Kellogg governments have, either orally or in writing, expressed sach confidence in the Judgment and-impartiallty of the committee as to confide to them the solution of ail the Louisiana troubles, Should this task be assumed by us it would act rather as 4 BOARD OP ARBITRATORS created by the mutual assent of the parties than as a Congressional committee. Our utmost power would be derived from the fact that Kel- logg and McEnery had virtually placed their resig- nations in our hands, so that, as honorable men were the committee to decide that Kellogg was rightly elected Governor, a practical result would be obtained by McEnery publicly withdrawing all hia claims and Antoine offering his resignation. As to:the manner in which Penn could, under color of law, take his seat as Lieutenant Governor, there is a variety of opinion. But, assuming the Antoine vacancy and the consent of all parties as to Penn’s installation, there would be no difficulty, Tam assured IN ACCOMPLISHING THE OBJECT. For instance, a Senator might resign in one of the city districts, and Penn could be immediately elected In his place as his successor. Once in the Senate he would be elected its President, since in the case of a vacancy in the Lieutenant Governor- ship the President of the Senate becomes Lieuten- ant Governor, I suggest this as the only way which the committee might find it possible to act as arbi- trators, In case our decision was adverse to Kellogg and Antoine, as the conservative leaders here insist it must be, we have the assuranée of Governor Kellogg and his solemn declaration, voluntarily made at his public examination that he and his would cheerfully va- cate the office and assist in providing the legal machinery by which McEnery and Penn could properly ana formaily assume them. Upon these propositions that we should decide the whole matter we have made no final decision, and shall not previous to our return to Washington; but it ie probable that our chairman wiil, for further assurance of all misunderstanding, address a formal letter to the omicers of State de acto and de jure asking them to repeat their proposition in explicit and formal language, 80 that each and all shall, upon the finding of the committee, resign office and claims on assuming office. When in formal possession of this proposi- tion he will consult with the rest of the commit- tee. They will have one friend at the national capital, Afterward we will decide whether or not | to return and assume the great responsibility it is proposed to intrust us with, WHAT WAS ASKED OF MR. FOSTER. Upon Mr. Phelps finishing his statement your correspondent asked permission to interrogate | him and Mr. Foster upon one or two points. The | first was whether they deemed this a riotous or Both gentlemen answered to the effect that they did not deem it any more so than previous to the war, and that it was now | comparatively AS ORDERLY AS NEW YORE or any other large Northern city. Second, whether they deemed the people they have come in con- tact with to bear any of the characteristics of “banditti ?? To this they both smiled and pro- tested that they never met a more genial and orderly set of people, Mr. Foster adding, “I think if they had a good government, one that they had confidence in and fairly elected, there would be as much security for life and prop- erty in New Orleans to-day as there was in older and more prosperous times.” To this opinion Mr. Phelps gave a hearty assent, Your correspondent said the HERALD would no doubt appreciate their opinion on this subject after the publication of General Sheridan’s letter. SHERIDAN’S FULMINATION. Neither of the gentlemen had as yet read that document, and when laid before them by the re- porter united in considering it intemperate, inju- diclous and calculated to exasperate the people, and feared it would have 4 detrimental if not fatal effect upon the proposed settlement of the | difficulties now under consideration. MEETING OF THE COTTON EXCHANGE. The meeting was called to order at half-past three P. M., the President stating that it was the first time that body had ever acted upon a po- litical question, but he deemed the object of the meeting so vital to the interests of the city that he had thought it his duty to call them to gether in order that they might make a formal protest against the unjust slanders contained in General Sheridan’s letter, and declare whether or not such @ state of affairs ashe represented, existed in this city, J.B. Latin then offered the following resolu- tion:— Whereas General P. H. Sheridan, commanding the Military Division of the Missouri, has seen fit to address to the Honorable the Secretary of War aletter dated January 4 and published in our papers of this date, in which he has given utter- ance to statements reacting upon the people of ‘this State, and particularly of such as reside in this city singularly at variance with the condition of things now and neretolore existing in this city and State, and weil calculated not only to detract Irom our good name as law-loving and law-abiding citizens, but also to seriously injure the commercial interests of our city, the Cotton Exchange, au organization totally disconnected from political affairs and institute promotion of commercial interests, feels called a to enter a solemn — protest against the allegations contained in said letter. The members of this Exchange ‘ive solemn assurance to the peopie of tne nited States and to the friends of truth and jus. tice whereever found that the allegations of Lieutenant General Sheridan are not only false in point of fact, but evince the spirit of tne mere partisan rather than the nobility of soul which should characterize the utterances of anomcer commanding the army of a great nation. It is painfully evident that coming among an almost entire stranger General Sheridan nh: inmited his inquiries as to the condition of affai here to those whose interests -It 18 not only to fal sify facts but to promute that spirit of lawlessness with which We are falsely charged, It would not indeed @ matter for surprise if crimes in our midst were more irequent. when it is borne iu solely for the | mind that the police force, for the maintenance of which we are heavily taxed, is now and has been diverted irom its legitimate duties to such an extent that large districta of our city are entirely without protection, and many of our citi- zens are compelied to employ private watchmen for protection against thieves and burglars. Here follows a long string of resolutions framing a heavy indictment against the Stare government and confidently appealing to the peopie oi the United States for justice, THE ROOM WAS CROWDED with people, and the Secretary of the Exchange assured your correspondent that nearly all the 300 merchants representing the cotton trade and a commercial interest of over $100,000,000 were present. A FEDERAL GENERAL'S WORDS. The resolutions were frequently applauded dur- ing their reading, and upon their conclu- sion General Cyrus Bussy rose to make & few remarks. He said he had been @ general of the federal army during the war. At tts conclusion he had come to this city, where he had since resided, engaged 1n the cotton business. He had always eschewed politics, but under the outrages recently perpetrated tn this State, and the foul standers of General Sheridan, he could no longer keep quiet, He repudiated the charge that life or property waa any more insecure here, ex- cept through the ineMciency of Kellogg’s brigaded police, than in any other city. He had walked its streeta for ten years at all hours and all places without any shadow of weapon, and had never been in- sulted or exposed to violence. He was very em- phaticin his denunciation of Sheridan’s letter, and called upon the people to unite m protesting to their fellow countrymen against the outrage and indignity, The resolutions were then passed Unanimously, and when your reporter left the members were crowding around the Secretary’s desk with eagerness to aMx their signatures toa copy which is to be formally delivered to the In- vestigating Committee to-night, STREETS FULL OF PEOPLE. The night is ratny, but the streets are full of people, St, Charles rotunda is crowded with People to repletion, and an indignation meeting of Northern and Western citizens is progressing in parlor P, in which violent and denunciatory Speeches are being made against Sheridan. The publication of his second letter has raised public excitement to a pitcn that may be considered dangerous, THE CONSERVATIVES IN CAUCUS, ‘The conservative members of the House of Rep- resentatives met in caucus this afternoon, and prepared an afdavit stating that upon the assem- bling of the House 102 members were in their | seats; that those members were returned by the Returning Board, and that when the United States soldiers commenced ejecting the seated members fifty members of the House of Represen- tatives who were returned by the Returning Board withdrew in a boay, leaving fifty-two only in their seats to transact business, thus leaving the Kellogg Legislature without a quorum, Two other conservative members, who were returned by the Returning Board, have arrived ana indorse the action of the fifty members who withdrew. Mr. Dun, of Cameron Parish, has also arrived and joined the conservatives, and they further recog- nize but one Legislature and that one with the House organized under Wiltz as Speaker. MEETING OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, The Chamber of Commerce of the city met at the hall at seven o’clock P.M. About 350 mem- bers were present. The proceedings were short and to the point, The chairman stated that the meeting was called in the commercial interests of the city and for the purpose of refuting the shame- ful charges made against the community by Gen- eral Sheridan, Great excitement prevatied during the reading of the resolutions which were adopted, and they were loudly applauded and adopted unanimously. Mr. Putnam then offered the appended resolution in regard to the President of the Chamber, who ‘was deposed by the Chamber last night. They were adopted unanimously, after which the body adjourned :— Resolved, That the Chamber views with surprise the testimony reported to have been given by | its late President, Mr. J. H. Congressional Committee:. ‘That the city of New Orleans is now in as pros- perous a condition as it has been for twenty-five years, and that its prosperity is not impaired by the political condition of the State ts not iu- dorsed by thts Chamber, bat, on the contrary, this Chamber believes the prostration of all business and depression 1 all values is are attribut- abie, thougn not wholly so, to the political con- dition of the State and city. NORTHERN AND WESTERN MEECHANTS IN MASS MEETING. The almost spontaneous meeting of the North- ern and Western business men now in New Or- jeans was an overcrowded affair, the rotunda, corridors, and parlors “R” and “S” of the St, Charles Hotel being literally packed with people. The organization was constituted as fol- lows :—President, G. A. Jahn, of New York; Secre- taries, L, ©, Keever, of Cincinnati, and A. B, Cruickshank, of New York; Committee on Resoiu- tions—New York, E. T, Martin; Boston, J. @. Case; Rhode Island, General Hazara; New Jer- sey, S. W. White; Pennsylvania, J. N. Phinney; Onio, Leopold Block; Maine, Amos Patton; New Hampshire, Alfred A. Lewis; Vermont, L, Spaulding; Indiana, L. Swamstead; lowa, F. D. Rust; West Virginia, G. W. Bodley; Wisconsin, T. M. Oney. The remarks of all the speakers were Oglesby, beiore the most emphatic. Mr. J. M. Pomeroy, of New York, stated that he was a sol- | dier during the war, and the last speech he made was in favor of the second election of General Grant. He was impelled to speak to-night because civil liberty in this country was threat- ened only to foster a hoard of thieves and for establishing the supremacy of the African race, ‘thereby placing @ pyramid on its apex and inverting mature. Generat Sheridan's de- spatches, ne asserted, contained not one word of truth, and if he attempted to arrest him (the Speaker) in New York he would be protected, \John A. Thompson, Colonel of a volunteer New York regiment during the war, said:—‘Among other things I tell you that if an outrage like that perpetrated here yesterday occurred in New York the streets would run with blood. It is not that Louisiana 1s attacked, THIS TIDE MAY GO ON until it may one day sweep Massachusetts, I tell you, if this condition of things continues, I have lost my leg for nothing, ana, instead of decorating the graves of our Union soldiers with flowers, we should write the word ‘fool’ on cacn head- board.” Speaking of Sheridan’s despaten, Mr. Thompson added :—“And yet he, as the old adage Says, tells a lle that, by repeating it, as he did, it might become true.” Mr. Crukshank said he was @ member of the Second Massachusetts regiment and fought side by side with Sheridan, “_ say that his despatches are simply false, Thave been through the streets of this city and made it my business to see whether the Ives of citizens, even though they were from the North, were safe, and I found that [could trust my wile and family here with as easy 4 heart as anywhere else.” General J. G, Hazzard, Union army, appeared and said:—“I am pleased, gentiemen, that here in Louisiana | to-day there is evinced such a cool determination to keep the peace as becomes prave men, The | citizens act as cool and vigilant men. I have asked in the North how long such a condition would last here, and invariably received put one answer, and that was that twenty-four houre | would not elapse before a change would be | effected.” formeriy of the THE RESOLUTIONS, The following resolutions were then offered and enthusiastically adopted, atter whicn the meeting adjourned :— Resolved, That we, the undersigned, citizens of the Northern and Western States now in New Orleans, representing business Interests ihersin, Dave read with astonishment the despatches of General Sheridan to the Secretary of War ot yesterday and to-day; that we are in the city for non-political purposes, and that, having no artisan ends to serve, our chiefand only desire ing forthe government of @ people by @ ma- jority of those having ite supreme interests at heart; that during the present period of excite- ment we have been inipartiat Ovservers of the people of this city; that we have witnessed no display of force or have we heard any ex- .pression of opimon in the business circles in ‘Which we have mingled that would give color to the statement that in this community there exists any spirit of deflance to lawful authority nor any special insecurity of iite, mor do we believe that the lives of citizens have become so jeopardized tbat unless something 13 done all security usually afforded by law will soon be overridden; that, on tne contrary, on all hands we have heard assurances of an eurnest desire for submission to tne lawfully constituted powers and of disapproval of any and every display of menace toward federalauthority, with uoqualified Acquiescence in the action of the properly organ- ized State government. QUIET AT MIDNIGHT. 12 P. M.—At this late hour everything is quiet, the streets and public resorts presenting no un- usual appearance, The State House is still guarded by troops, but no signs of disturbances are apparent, No doubt the excitement will be Tenewed to-morrow and a peaceful solution of the Louisiana diMculties will depend in a great meas- ure upon the events of the day, SCENES IN THE CAPITOL. WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 1875, It would not be surprising if 1t should prove that General Sheridan yesterday killed the repub- lican party, while acting under orders from Gen- eral Grant, EFFECT OF THE NEWS, The despatches in the morning papers filled the city with excitement. The friends of peace and order were deeply disappointed, for the latest news here last evening reported that the Legisla- ture had peacefully met and organized at New Or- leans, and it was taken for granted that thus the Jast pretext for armed interference was removed. No one except General Grant dreamed of sheri- was @ genuine surprise. OLD TIMES IN CONGRESS, Congress met under a good deal of excitement. In the Senate Mr. Thurman, as soon as the morn- ing hour expired, introduced a resolution, asking the President to inform the Senate by whose or- ders and on what pretext General Sheridan had dispersed a legislative body in Louisiana, And | now was seen in the Senate, and later in the | Mouse, the utter demoralization of the repubii- | cans. Instead of at once joining Mr. Thurman in | | demanding the information, they sat silent while Mr. Conkling made @ sarcastic attack on Thur- | Man and on the form of the resolution. In the | debate which followed upon Mr. Conkling’s | amenament, leaving it discretionary with the President to give or witnbold the information, a good deal of feeling was displayed. Mr. Edmunds, | glancing over the thin line of democrats, asked, in vhe words of Tweed to the peopie of New York, ‘What are you going to do about it?” THE AMERICAN BRUTUS. Mr. Saulsbury startled the Senate by the words, “If this Cesar of ours means to wrap around him the purple robes, the people will tear them from his shoulders.” A REPUBLICAN MENACE, General Logan ‘‘warned his democratic friends that tne army should be used to stop their mur- ders in Louisiana.” Mr. Morton made a bitter speech, in which he spoke of the New Orleans White Leaguers ‘‘cover- ing the streets with blodd and carcasses.” Mr. Bogy, of Missouri, surprised the Senate by his vigorous and slashing attack on the President and his Southern policy. Judge Thurman bore the brunt of the attack from the republican side, neither Bayard nor Stephenson having returned to the city, He maintained his ground weil, A HISTORICAL SCENE, This scene in the Senate was picturesque. Ex-Senator Foote, of Mississippi, sat a grim and silent listener, where, nu doubt, he would like to dan’s act of usurpation, and the morning's news | 3 Dad asked Congress to investigate and lay dow a policy to guide him in regard to Louisiana, an@ had said that unless it did so he would be obliged to continue his past policy. That in accordancg with tnis recommendation the House had sent @ committee to New Orleans, but that, knowing this, and in spite of it, the President, before the committee could re¢ port, bad stepped in and with arms driven @ Legistature from its hall, where it was peaceably deliberating. There was no answer to this, and presently, amid much confusion, tne House ad« journed, 4 Of the republicans Butler alone spoke with any effect, and he defended the President and Genera Sheridan’s act, and, so far as was apparent, did 80 in the name of his party. REPUBLICAN CHAGRIN AND DISAPPOINTMENT, Meantime of the silent and demoralized repubil« cans, many did not hestitate in private conversa- tion to express their strong disapproval and hor- ror of what had been done in New Orleans. One of the leading men in the House said, “There is no warrant, either in the constitution or im the Ku Kiux law or in the Enforcement act for Gen- eral Shefidan’s deed. It is a wrong without the | Shadow of an excuse.” Others spoke in similar terms. Some thought (t was weil to wait for fuller | and trustworthy tnformation. OBSTINACY OF THE ADMINISTRATION, Some said, “What can we do? It ts a serious matter to quarrel with the administration, It isa pity that the President does not take wise advice, but he will not, He heeds no one and we cannot prevent or turn him.*’ GRANT'S PARTY AFRAID OF HIM. Of those who thus spoke, some did so from & probable experience, for they were men who hava tried to advise General Grant, As to attacking) the President, who they are conscious is dragging, them down to a defeat without honor or credit, ast to demanding that the Executive shall observa ‘the constitutional limitations, or making or evem séconding inquiry into his acts, so far as to-day’s, work or sentiment shows, they dare not. What they may pluck up determination to do to-morrow remains to be seen. There has been tclk of & committee of leading republicans waiting upom General Grant to ask him to change his policy an® also his men, but nobody thinks it of much use, THE DEBATE TO CONTINUE TO-DAY, Of course the debate-wili be resumed to-morrows In the Senate it is known that General Gordon, of Georgia; Mr. Merrimon, of North Carolina, and) Mr. Hamilton, of Maryland, will speak on the democratic side, and probably Mr. Bayard, who arrived in town this evening, will also be heard. In the Honse the discussion, though it must be in- direct, 1s likely also to take a lively turn, unless it should be interrupted by the arraignment of Irwin at the bar of the House. SHERIDAN’S LATEST SUGGESTION OF CRUELTY. The latest event this evening is a despatch fromk Sheridan, suggesting virtually that he shall be authorized by the President to begin a work of wholesale assassination in Louisiana, Arkansag, Maryland and Mississippi, This despatch, which Sheridan appears to have given to the press in: | New Orieans at the same time that he sent it to the President, was this evening withheld from the press by the authorities, perhaps because then were ashamed of it. 1ts brutal and lawiess suge | gestion reminds people here of the Piegan massa- | cre, GREAT DEMAND FOR THE HERALD NEWS, The RERALD to-day has been in great demand, The admirable despatches in regard to the scene in the Louisiana State House yesterday have been eagerly read and commended as the fullest and the most satisfactory account of the event. THE DISCUSSION IN CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 1875, After the introduction and reterence of various bfls and memorials the Louisiana question came | up in the Senate as follows and occupied tne re | mainder of tne day :— THE LOUISIANA DESPOTISM. Mr. THURMAN, (dem.) of Ohio, offered the follow- ing resolution and asked its present considera tion: “Resolved, That the President of the United States is hereby requested to inform the Senate whether any portion of the army of the United States, or aby officer, officers, soldier or soldier of such army did in any manner interfere or int meddle with, control or seek to control the or ization of the General Assembly of the Str Louisiana, or either branch thereof, on inst.; ani especialty whether any perse Sons calming seats In eituer branch of + lature have’ been deprived thereof, or irom taking the same, by any such in’ officer or soldier; and, if such has t then that the President inform ‘ what authority sucn military inter terierence have taken place.” Mr. CONKLING said ne would would be better to preserve tr seology of such resolutions by! ‘af in hia judgment it is not iz public interest.” Mr. THURMAN sald he did Senator (Mr. Conkling) as & serting the words suggested. not relate to any foreign Powe question then it would be prop. | words. It was not for the Sena the opinion or judgment of the Pr have been heard. Old Ben Wade stood near one of the doors listening, with his bronzed face lighted up with excitement. Senator Podks, of North Carolina, moved about industriously among his fellow Senators; one joker said, canvassing for the provisional Governorship of ope of the in- surrectionary States, when the President sbail once more place them under martial law and rule them as provinces, which, rumor says, will be the republican programme, if ever they arrive at a programme. un the whole, it was one of the most serious days the Senate has seen for a long time, and Senators on both sides evidently felt that the battle was worth the efforts of the best men, SIGNIFICANT WORDS IN THE HOUSE, In the House, after some preliminary business, | General Butler, with Singular maladroitness, con- sidering the news of the day and the temper of the House, amused himself by moving that the Civil Rights bill be taken up from the Speaker's tabie, This was, of course, a firebrand, The democrats resisted, and, being taunted with fAlibustering, Mr, Cox very pertinently said that it ‘was trifling with the country to discuss a social rights bill when the most important civil rights of the whoe nation had just peen grossly invaded and outraged by the dispersion of a peaceable legislative body by @ military force, BUTLER’S LOUISIANA MEMORIES, Genefal Butler, in replying, saucily remarked that he Knew all about New Orleans, that he had been there once and would like to be there again; and at this audacious speech the galleries ap- Plauded and laughed. He added that the Prest- dent was acting only on his policy stated in bis Message. BXECUTIVE HASTE TO FORESTALL CONGRESSIONAL ACTION, But here Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania, made the proper that the Senate should know | was not @ case where the informatic | terfere with warlike movements, aith | Louisiana trouble had the appearance of | Was not @ war made by the people. He | not say who did make the war, but would wa. | the facts in the case, | Mr. CONKLING sald he had inadvertently given | the Senator (Mr. Thurman) the opportunity to | Make quite an impressive and eloquent speech, | When the resolution came up for consid. sideration he (Mr. Conkling) would move to amend it by inserting the words which he bad suggested, and he would ask a vote of the Senate to see what the usage of the Senate had been. A | Single objection, he believed, would carry the resolution over, and it was not yet before the | Senate. The Senator from Onio seemed to think j that he distinguished this case from ali others by | observing that the topic did not concern our rela- tions with any foreign Power. Ii there was sense | Or reason in the rule which committed something to Executive discretion, he (Mr. Conkling) thought i should apply to this resola | tion, which related to serious disorders ; In one of the States of thia Union. He thought this result was suggestive of consid. erations which should address themselves to every Senator, not as a partisan, but as he stood upon his oath to be true to the great trust com- mitted to him, Turbulence and defiance of tha law atalks hign handed in a public way, and tha | Senate did not know but that now, even as it wag deliberating over this resolution, peace, order, security of life and Jaw were being trampled im | the mire in the streets of New Orleans, Tne Sen« ator (Mr. Thurman) says tt 18 for us in the uncere tainty, the danger and the grave peril which sure rounds the subject, to say, absolutely in the twinkling of an eye, before the sun goes down to« morrow, that the President must eommuntieste all the facts to the Senate, He (Mr. Conkling) argued that the Senate had no facts upon which it could 80 act and say to the President he must with all Promptness communicate to the Senate, so that there can be flashed back to Louisiana by the exact truth in respect to the ployment, in respect to the location, hit of the discussion. replying that the President CONTINUED ON TENTH PAGE.