The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-12-20
LOniSiann,S MiserieS.

In troubles In LOUISIANA nave be.
cOme,5) complicated as to require expla.
nation for the general reader. There
are two Legislative bodies. each claim
ing to be legally elected. One of these
is known as the sKellogg Legislature
the other as the Warmoth Legislature.
Kellogg is the present U. S. Senator
from that state ; Warmoth the present
Governor. The Kellogg Legislature has
impeached Gov. Warmoth the War
mouth Legislature has been served
with an injunction from the U. s. Cir
cult Court; the clerk of the House of
the old Legislature has been imprisoned
to keep him from calling the roll of the
Warmoth Legislature Judge FL
more holding Gov. Warmoth's certifi-
cate, as Judge of the Eighth District
Court, has been sent to Jail, but prompt
ly.pardoned by Warmoth; and the
Capitol is in possession Of the U. s.
troops with Gatling guns and similar
Republican means of persuasion.
In addition McEnery, Democrat,
and Kellogg, Republican, both claim
the Governtship. Kellogg's claim
is denied on the ground that the law
renders an U. S. cffice-holder ineligible
he being now U. s. Senator. Such a
conglomeration of entanglements was
never before known.
AT a recent mass meeting held in
New Orleans one hundred prominent
citizens were selected to 60 to Washing.
ton and lay the ma tier before the Pres.
dent, and Mr.. McEnery claiming to be
Governor sent message to the Presi-
dent asking him to suspend action in
the matter until the committee of one
hundred had conferred with him. Here
is the Presidents reply:
WASHINGTON. December 13-IO
Hon. John M Eaery. Neo Orleans
Your visit with a hundred citizens will
be unavailing 50 far as the President is
concerned. His decision has been made
and will not be changed, and the soon.
er it Is acquiesced in the sooner good
order and peace will he restored.
(Signed) GEORGE H. WILLIAMS.
Attorney General"
1t can be seen from this that the Pres.
ident has made his decision without
waiting to hear a fair and impartial
recital of the facts in the case, and sup.
ports the negro Lieutenant Governor
Pinchback and his legislative followers
because upon them hang the hopes of
brother-in-law Casey for future high
positions.
AS we are not of those who expected
different course from Grant than that
which he has pursued heretofore, we
are not surprised at his action, and the
day for being startled at any such &C.
ton has long since gone by. Brother
in.law Casey still reigns Supreme in
New Orleans and yearns for the u. s.
Senatorship. OF course he must be de.
Tended whatever the result to the peo.
pie. This We presume is Civil Service
Reform and those of Grants admirers
who can get any comfort from it are
welcome eto do SO. Soldiers, Calling guns,
bayouets, Federal. Courts and Executive
interference are all in the category of
appliances to secure the rights of the
States and the people, and are all used
in a quarrel with which the Federal
Government has no concern whatsoey
er.
AS we have said, we are not surpris-
ed. We expect no less so long as Grant
has in Louisiana, or elsewhere, abroth-
er'in-law to look after, or any other
interest to subserve. To secure perfect
neutrality on the part of the admins.
tration in any State quarrel there must
be total absence of anything which
can advance his interests.
1t is one of the terrible results of the
last ten years of Republicanism, that
thepeople can look calmly ON this strug.
gle and merely shrug their shoulders
when the power of the Federal Govern.
ment is used to coerce the citizens of a
State. There will be worse to come
before this reign of Grant is over. There
are other States which may prove con-
tumacious and may require armed
troops OF the United States to lead the
people into the ways of pleasantness
and peace.
We commend this Louisiana affair TO
the attention of such ofOur Democratic
brethren whose "stiaight outn stom.
achs revolted at Horace Greeley and
who preferred to cast their ballots for
this other man, whom fawning admir-
ers delight to term with bitterest IRONY.
"the soldier statesman" We wish you
JOY of your work.
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