Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1872-12-27
The Louisiana Trouble Explained.

The scenes that are now taking place in
Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas are enough
to make any one doubt the permanence even
of Republican forms in this country. The his
tory of the case in Louisiana, as given by
contemporary, is simply this The November
election vas TO decide whether William Pitt
Kellogg, at present the carpet-bag United
States Senator; should be Governor, or whe-
Their John McEnery should be Governor.
Kellogg WAS run by the Grant Republicans.
McEnery was run by fusion of about half q
dozen clements" including all who were
opposed to straight-out Republicanism. Be-
sides this, elections were held for Congress
men, Presidential Electors, and members of
the Legislature. fihe McEnery side won the
understanding was that Governor Yarmouth
should be elected United States Senator. If
the Grant side won Collector Casey. brother
in-law of President Grant, was to be United
States Senator. The place in the Senate which
the expiration of Keloggs term would create
was the real thing at issue.
The election law of Louisiana vests in the
Governor the appointment Of inspectors and
registers, and requires that all the votes be
sent in to II returning board, comprising the
Governor and four others. Warmoth, as Gov
ernor, removed several members of the Return
ing Board who were political rivals OF his.
Kellogg brought suit in the Federal Court for
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them. While that suit was pending War
moth and the persons he had appointed on the
Returning Board kept at work, canvassing re-
turns and granting such certificates as elected
Greeley and Brown electors and clear War
moth majority in the Legislature, 10 make
Warmoth's election to be United States Sena-
tor certain. Wafmoth, as Governor, issued
proclamation calling on that Legislature to
meet in extra session, at the @ Stale Capitol,
81; H. I; Tncti INT bui in
New Orleans.
During this time the Federal Judge, Durell:
had decided in favor of Kellosg's motion, had
issued an order on Warmoth to reinstate the
members of the Returning Board whom be had
removed, and had nvadated or declared in
valid everything which the Warmoth Return
ing Board had done. Warmoth paid no at
temton to The order, except TO give bail in a
suit to show why he should or should not be
punished for contempt Of Court.
Then the Legislature as Warmoth had made
it out, was to meet in the Mechanics Institute;
whereupon Judge Durcll issued an order to
the Marshal to take possession of that build
ing, and to prevent access thereto OF those
whom Warmoth, in defiance of the order of
the Court, had declared to DO the Legislature.
The Marshal called on General Emory for
troops, and two companies of them took pos
session of the building, turning out the War
Judge Durell ordered Warmoth to reinstate
in the Returning Board have formed Return
ing Board of their own and have returned
Grant Congressman, the Grant Electors, and
"A Casey Legislature elected.
AT the last accounts the Kellogg Legislature
had impeached Warmoth, and Pinchback, the
negro Lieutenant Governor, was acting as
Governor, and recognized as such by the Uni
ted States Government. Grant sustains Kel-
logg, and Kellogg will make Collector Casey,
Grants brother-in-law, Senator. Pinchback
is Yankee mulatto, and has white General
under him by the name of Longstreet, form
erly of the Confederate army. The whole
case is now before the United States Supreme
Court.
Both these warning factions are Radicals,
The only thing of general interest is, that the
military can be called in by United States
Marshal TO change State Government, and
that the capitalists and property holders
of New Orleans propose virtually that the
United States shall put them under military
rule again, as better for property and life than
their present condition. The whole country
seems destined to come at last under the rule
Of soldiers.
The Attorney General of Louisiana publish
es an address, showing from judicial stand
point the great wrong the Federal Admins
tration is ntlictng upon free government in
recognizing the Pinchback faction, and at the
same time refusing to live a hearing TO the
Committee of Citizens. That committee, by
the way, are determined 10 go to Washington,
Notwithstanding the official notification that
their errand would be fruitess.
The Citizens Committee left for Washington
this evening Although drizzling rain had
set in crowd of at least five thousand people
bad collected about the depot to see them de-
part. Gloom and sadness were pictured upon
every face, and it looked as if the people were
following the corpse of some beloved citizen.
As the train moved off cheer upon cheer rent
the air, which was kept up until the cars were
out Of sight.
THERE is pothos in this part of our New Or
leans correspondents dispatch of Sunday last:
Prayers were offered in the churches of
all denominations to-day for the down-trodden
people of Louisiana. Bishop Wimar, of Loui-
sana, Mill issue letter tomorrow annouuc-
ing that the church of his diocese will be open
during the whole of next week to offer prayers
for the people of unfortunate Louisiana"
Were the Louisiana struggle mere brawl
between rival politicians the churches of New
0reans-the Catholic and Protestant alike,
the Presby and palian-would not
| have been the scene Of this special prayer. 1t
is felt that despotism has come at last; that
the Federal Government has made a mulatto
gamester, who was not even candidate, the
Governor of the State, and United States de-
putty marshals have returned one set of men
as Legislature while the people elected
other. II is n hard thing for frce-born men,
and Americans above all others, to be bayou
! eted into CeSarism and then denied even the
poor liberty of protest.-New York World.