The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-04-26

INTO office, that the people had been
'windled out OF the result of the elec-
ion, he would not contend for the posi-
ion, even though it were the high
position Of Governor of the State of
Louisiana. He would not be party
20 any fraud upon the rights Of the
people. He was in receipt of com,nu-
nications daily from all sections of the
from people of every color,
and from representative men every
where, appealing to him to be firm to the
people of Louisiana to be firm, and that
all would yet be right, and Louisiana
would yet have the government of her
choice. Hence, the necessity Of the
people to be united; to be firm and
confident, and in no way to recognize
the Kellogg government, but to resist
it by all constitutional and legal means.
We are engaged in a great moral battle
the last that may be fought
for American freedom-and if we sue
coed, to Louisiana would belong the
glory of having been the battle ground
and it will rebound to her everlasting
glory. He was conscious that in this
contest he was upheld by the universal
public sentiment of the country, and he
relied upon the intelligence and virtue
States to do Louisiana justice, to hear
her cries of distress, and to release her
from the pollution which was upon her.
He referred to the riotin Grant
parish, and stated that it was the direct
result Of the usurpation of Kellogg. In
less time than three weeks four sheriffs
had been appointed in that parish. The
rioters were permitted to hold violent
was powerless to afford relief. Had he
been permitted to exercise tho functions
of his Office, supported and upheld by
the people, the riot would have been
stopped in its incipiency. In fact, there
would have been no riot-would have
been none in the State. White and
colored citizens would have been in
relations everywhere, and no
been known in the State.
The opposition to the kellogg gov
eminent is not because he is Itepubli-
cannot because he is personally OBJ
noxious-but because his government
is not the government Of the people !;
it is in opposition to the popular will !;
was never elected, and was never pro-
nounced so by any legally constituted
authority. II had been so characterized
everywhere, and all Of its pretensions
rested upon force, fraud and perjury,
and as such is an insult, an indignity,
to the people OF this State, and an insult
to the whole American people. 1t is a
pure and unauthorized usurpation.
The citizens of the parish of Ounchita
had assembled here to-day to place
themselves in unison with the people
of other portions of the State to devise
some means Of peaceably and legally
resisting this foul usurpation; to devise
some means of preserving themselves
and their posterity from degradation.
The object of the Association Of Tax
Payers had been explained to them.
Imagine all the Taxpayers Of this parish
united firmly and solidly to resist the
payment Of taxes to the Kellogg col
lectors and now imagine the whole
people of tho State united, what will
Mr.. Kellogg do: His government will
go down in thirty days. There is to
be 4 grand central council in the city
of Now Orleans, with q council in each
parish, governed by such rules and reg
ulatiOns us will suit their several local
tiles. The courts will be rCsortcd to,
and able counsel will assist you, free OF
cost. The attorneys are always found
on the side of right, in great political
contests, when the liberties of the pco-
pie arc involved. 1t is Il distinguishing
trait of that profession. to which l have
the honor to belong, to be always found
helping the oppressed, and Offering
freely their strength and their abilities
in the cause OF right and justice. Here
let me say that l know the Judge of
this District, Judge Ray, will ito you