New-York tribune., 1873-06-14
LOUISIANA HOPEFUL.


or THE PEOPLE-MoyEMENT TOWARD A COM
MERCIAL RECOGNITION or THE BLAcKs-Tux
REIGN or THE POLITICIANS NEAR IT'S CLOSE.
| lFRoM THE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT THE TRrBUSEI
| NEw-ORLBANs, June 2.-The Presidents lata
proclamation has crowned the work Of usurpation in
this State 10 which he lent hs aid the beginning
and after the tumults and the turmOils the past Win
ter and Spring. the riots and resistance OF taxes and the
solemn but vain protests OF the people order regns in
| Warsaw On Saturday, Gov McEnery, In a calm we'll
considered address to the people advised them to obey
the will Of the President, 10 preserve order. and 70
await the meeting OF Congress for a vindcaton OF the
right cultivating IN the meantime, the hndest feeling
between the white and black races striving break
down that prejudice which has brought nothing but mis-
understanding and injury upon all. This advice viii be
| obeyed and Mr. Kellogg when his army and navy ara
fully equipped his battery Of Nap0oons h manned. his
cavalry mounted and armed, and his infantry well
drilled will not find within the borders Of the State
single who will oppose hi' authority with foroe.
though, like the schOolboY, they'll keep up devil Of
| thinking"
It s unnecessary for me- at this late day, write at
any length OF the train Of events that has ended In the
overthrow Of the legal State Government and the
lishrnent OF Mr.. Kellogg in power These az per
fecy understood at the North here How the people
feel and act under this oppression, what they and
what they propose to DO, is matter Of far in
| terest. ,- -
There are in Louisiana professional politicians
in proportion to the number Of people than in any other
State in the UniOn and NewOrieans is full Of them Ths
OF this various. Politics here, as 10 many
other Southern States since the war has been the best
paying OF all the professions. Men who have held Office,
Federal State have gone in 70 mako all they could.
and while they have sadded the State with
debt they carefully lined their own pockets from
the proceeds This public stealing has not been eonhned
90 any class OF public officials 1t has been The com
mon practice among all grades until tho people have
come to look upon all politicians with distrist. Tie
form Of government in Louisiana fosters ohceseenng
Under the present Constitution there in the 5ats
about twice as many public officials there ought % be-
and nearly all OF them either appointed by tho Gov
ernor or Offices at his pleasure. WaTmoth
used 20 boast 1t is said, that he had more patronage
than President OF the United States; this Of course
was an exaggerat0n but the assertion was iOundedoo
fact" The Governor Of this state Is little king aP
pointing and removing nearly 1000 officers at his own
sweet WILL Again. the general stagnation OF business IN
New-Orleans causing thousands Of men TO be out oi
employment produces restlessness aud general desire
for Office on the part OF who look 10 n as THEN ai
resort in the struggle for bread IL makes little dR;r-
ence what party s power these people constantly
begging threatening intriguing for place II MT ket
lopc Mr. Casey, or Mr.. Packard removes one man from
office and appoints aaOther he makes At least hundred
enemies; the who removed and all his friends are
offended ana then there are ne scores VI men NAo OK
| pected the place aud did not get it.
The greatest danger to the peace during
the present Summer arises from this enforced dlencs
and the consequent poverty Of many OF the people
Politics may be made the excuse, but n there any
riotng here between now and December the want Of
bread the 20 obtain IT, will be the chief
tive. Plunder the object OF the mob OF boys fo
there very few in IT, who broke into the gun
shops on the 9Th Of May. Subsequent investigation
proved beyond reasonable doubt that the arms taken
that night were wanted to shoot anybody with, but
to SELL md had the rioters been alone the gunhops
would not have been the only 70 suffer but the Jew
elry stores and banks even might have been sacked
A MOVEMENT TO OVERTHROW THE OFFICE HOLDERS
said that the people Of Louisiana have lost conc
dence in the politicians and by this don't mean 10
fine this remark TO those OF either party. II the cem
are ever allowed again have voice In the manage
of their local affairs they WILL believe, throw
overheard all Of those who have heretofore been prom
nent on either side and choose to Office who ENJOY
the confidence of the people without respect TO party
Already earnest effort is making to bring about some
such result. The NeU- orleans Times nominaly Demo
cratic in politics. and at the same time repued to be
much Kellogg's organ The Republican, is earnestly
advocating the formation OF q new party in which all
the old lines shall be broken down, and the people.
without regard race. shall unite for the purpose OF
securing an honest State aud local administration THIS
movement Is approved by many Of the most respectable
business men in the city who have heretofore taken
little part In politics. well by some OF the better
class Of colored had the good fortune 70 meets
DAY two ago, eminent physician OF this city,,
gentleman who believe never held public Office IN
his fe and who could be hired take but
who laborng earnestly TO bring about the new COM
bination TO which have referred He said that tho
reason why Northern journalists who had recently Wis
tied this State had failed to represent faithfully the peO
pie Of louisiana was that they had generally fallen into
the hands Of politicians on the one side or tho Other all
of whom had their own ends to subserve.
Louisiana" he said, will get relief as long
these boodsucker allowed 10 draw their subsistence
from her Though have always been Democrat ani
WAS member Of the Reform party Of this State. oe
fore the fusion, last summer have never taken su
active part in politics. beleve, however, that the
time has now to the State and we are dong
what we csn TO bring about this desirable result The
first thing to be done bring the best men Of the two
races together No solution OF difficulties that con-
templates having all the most OF the white men IN
one party and the black in the other be permt
nent. The interests OF the two races are dentcalH
this State. Co0red men $50 100000 worth OF prop
erty in Louisiana, and sl4OOoOOO in tho City Of New
Orleans alone. They much interested in havins
an honest economical government that shall do some
thing 20 reduce taxes, Nothing but prelu-
dice keeps us apart and nothing but breaking do"n@
that prejudice u.s."
And how do you propose TO DO thati' asked
APPROACHING RECONCILIATION or Tue RACES
flfst, Dy getting uulLoeI oi lcduluk tl1lAeS
agree to treat colOred as they do white men OF
equal attachments Some Of Us have always done co.
One OF leading colored physicians Of the city called
upon me this morning talk this matter have
consulted freely with him for years. though many OF our
physicians wOad not do asked him what evidence
he desired sincerity in this movement. He said
that his people wished only 10 have the opporsu
mites that white have He said that there were
hundreds OF colOred who by nature and education,
were capable OF filling responsible places They could