New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-05-21
Railroad to Shreveport.


Nothing can exceed the malignity Of the
persistent attempts Of the Warmoth ring
Hew1ld to mix Governor Kellogg up in the
issue of bonds to the North louisiana rail.
road. The simple facts are that the law
was passed under Warmoth's admins ira.
ton, signed by him and promulgated just
before the election. in defiance OF repeated
promises he had made to veto it. This law
required the Governor to sign the bonds,
and this plain duty. with the sanction o!
the highes: legal advice, the Cove rnor
has conscienciousiy discharged. Had he
done otherwise. the HeraM would have
treated him as usurper. Indeed, ia dye
Walker, who is an able lawyer with the
aid of a newspaper. has had ample time to
protect the interests Of the State, which he
has SO much a: heart, By getting out
an Injunction to restrain their issue. II he
can draw up an excuse for no: doing SO.
there is no excuse for his failure 10 &c.
nounce the law, together with Warmoth.
the partner of his bosom III the holy cause
of reform, when it was promulgated in Sep
TENDER. He was then boss Of the Tunes.
Although Governor Kellogg had no mere
10 do with these bonds than any ministerial
officer obeyirg the requirements of the laws
he finds in the statute BOOK. it is his pr!vi-
lege to know that the issuance will be
fraugnt with almost instantaneous results
of a tangible nature. The company is now
in a condition to close and comp lete the
transfer of its franchises to Tom Scott, who
vii! at once proceed to finish the gap from
Shreveport: to Monroe. thus extending 'he
great Southern Pacific clear across the
northern portion Of our State.
Governor Kellogg says this is the only
climate in which be can enjoy good health,
and has determined to remain here the res:
of his DAYS. Those who have had an idea
that epidemics and assassins can run him
away are previously mistaken in the stat.
the Man is made of. Instead OF weaken!D g
before opposition he dDurishes fighting it.
The greater the obstacles the greater are
his exertions. Contrary TO the expecta,
lions of his enemies, each day and each
new difficulty only develops in him little
more of that backbone and pluck OF which
thew delusively hoped he was deficient.
He is one OF those interchangeable men who
really enjoy hard work and never dream
of rest. His achieveme nts, under the most
adverse circumstances. in the United States
Senate. acquired him reputation for in'
domitable energy which the herculean labor
he is now performing only increases. In
deed. the Democracy have got tough Gus
toner to clean out. No wonder they tal!
back upon assassination.
We have heard a vague cumor that com.
mittees have been appointed by the Dem.
ocrArc aiders and aobettors of the Coiiax
massacre in this :ity to offer certain colored
leaders fat offices 10 sell on. their race. /:
any coored man has been perfidious
enough to even allow snch propositions
to be made to him without exposing 'the
whole business. we want his name 70 pub
lish it 70 all the world. He deserves the
blue ribbon as the premium fool of America
if he thinks that any leaders, white OF
black. can deliver the co!ored people into
the hands of their enemies after the sale
10 made. That cOlored as well as white
Judas Iscariots. backbiters. and assasihs
can be found, no one doubts: bu: Che man
who can convince the coiored masses that
the Ku-Klux are their best friends has no.
yet been born.
&c. Zacharie, whose voice has not been
"raised in favor of action" since the nigh,
of jackson square, says he intends to send
Booths address all over the North. Now.
we would like to know what harm the
N nth ever did to Mr.. Zachacie that lie
should treat it in this heartless ways
Certain Ku.Klux gentry in Livingston
have served the parish judge with written
threat upon his life and signed their names
TO the document. Before MANY days pass
over their heads they viii wish Shat they
had never been born. Rebellion against
the State will heneeforth be rebellion
AGAINST the United States in essence and in
the consequences.
II is the Intention of the Governor &c: 10
appoint all the assistant clerks authoriz ID
bv law for the new police courts. In ihls
way the expense OF the new system, which
is otherwise so satisfactory. will be reduced
fully $4,000 less than the old courts. In
every respect the bill is an improvement
and calls forth universal commentator.
The valuable space of the Pieayn"e is
still too crowded to make room for the
lengthy descriptions of obnoxious laws
which the McEnery Legislature repealed.