The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-06-07
Gen. Grant and Louisiana.

The President is obeying the requisition
of Gen. Kellogg for $4,000 worth of the
munitions of war claimed to be due the
State from the Federal Government in
the general distribution of arms. Instead
of the rebuke and defeat deserved, Kellogg
is receiving cavalry belts, sabres, muskets
and Winchester rifles, howitzers and Cat
ling guns, while two Napoleon guns, in
addition to those which the Metropolitans
have, and a large quantity of other arms
and war materials, are on the way. Be-
sides these Kellogg has about 80 cavalry
horses, snd the boat Ozark is to be used
to move his troops There is now nowhere
in the State any armed resistance to the
Kellogg Government The Federal Gov
eminent having thus interfered Governor
McEnery has issued an address in which
he says:
You are commanded by the President to
oppose no armed resistance to this admitted
usurpation, which without the potential aid
Of Federal authority would cease to exist in
thirty days, and counsel and advise you to
obey this peremptory order Of the President
President Grant, as the Chief Magistrate of
the nation, has assumed the high and grave
responsibility of foisting upon the people of
this State a usurpation without precedent in
this or any other free country, and he is an
swerable before the bar Of public opinion Of
this Republic for this high.handed measure,
so utterly destructive of free government in
this country The President of the U. s.,
with the army and navy at his command, has
the physical power to coerce the people Of this
sntn Epa .,l,o,, Ii.
to dictate, and it would be but folly and mad.
ness to interpose any resistance likely to bring
us in conflict with the national authority; and
as it has already been successfully demonstra-
ted that MIR. Kellogg's government unaided
by Federal power, was poweress to enforce
its mandates, further violent demonstrations
will prove barren of useful results; while the
Presidents proclamation will speedily repress
any threatened outbreak in every part OF the
State"
The McEnery address also exhorts unity
between the races, patience on the part of
the whites, and order throughout the State,
trusting to the future to correct the pre-
sent and punish the past. The temper of
this address is wise, and its conclusions
necessary. So long as the President
chooses to sustain the monstrous usurpa-
tions of the Kellogg Government, it is as
useless to resist them as it would be to at
tempt to tear down stone walls with ones
fingers. Without the interference of the
President, Gov. McEnery would have re-
stored peace, order and good will to all the
people, those alone excepted who both be-
lieve in usurpation and profit by it.
All that is left to the people of Louis
lana is to do the best thing they can under
the circumstances. Let industry take the
place of idleness, hope of better future
the place of present despair; let every
manly effort be made to recover what is
lost Of material wealth, and as soon as
possible every step taken to restore to the
people the liberty of which they have been
robbed.-Meio FORK Express
ARKANsAs,-The wretched faction
fight in Arkansas has been renewed, and
as pretty much the same issues are involv-
ed as were prominent in the affairs of Lou
isiana, there is no predicting what may or
may not happen. The Attorney-General
of the State has applied to. the Supreme
Court for leave to file writ of quo ,edr-
ranto against Gov. Baxter, who, 1t will be
remembered, disputes the jurisdiction of
the court in such matter The whole
thing, the reader will bear in mind, is but
device of the Radicals to get possession
Of the State Government, and in this nefa-
rious design they seem to be, as usual, cal
culating upon the support, in the last re-
sort, of the Federal Administration. Gov.
Baxter denies the jurisdiction Of the court,
and If the quo ,cdTanto is granted, he
threatens to resist it. Let Grant dispatch
his squadrons to the scene and bayonet all
persons who dare to think and act as free
men.
Democratic candidates for the Governor
ship Of Ohio appear rather slowly. Only
two have thus far been mentioned
Thomas Ewing and Gen. Samuel +. Cary.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says at looks
very much now as though General Tom
Ewing would be the Democratic candidate
for Governor In fact there Is no nppo-
sition to him,
Ignatlus Donnelly Is named as the ag.
riculturists' candidate for Governor Of
Minnesota. He supported Greeley last
fall.
The municipal election in Easton, Pa,
on Friday, under the amended charter,
resulted in Democratic victory.