The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-05-17
THE LOUISIANA RAsCALITY.

II was hoped, after MS OuaWa posi- oilcc
tiasco the editor of the Republican would put
on Il little manlincss and cease defending
ecery rascality President Grant or his pets or
officials might commit, no matter how bcas!ly
or outrageous His defence of the Kellogg
usurpation in Louisiana, however, shows that
the habit of apologizing for and defending
party rascality has from constant practice,
become so ingrained, that no reformation is
to be hoped for in that quarter
The Kellogg rascality in Louisiana has a
short and simple history. All the facts were
clearly established by "A radical congressional
committee, of which Carpenter was chairman,
and who, in his report characterized it as the
most shameless outrage against popular
rights in our whole history. The people of
Louisiana had elected MeEnery governor by
5000 majority A drunken l. 5. Judge
with no more authority than Judge Leland
has in the case, set aside this election, and
placed Kellogg, the defeated candidate, in
power Kellogg, to give his usurpation still
further judicial sanction, appoints low
scoundre supreme judge of Louisiana with
out the shadow of legal authority, and this
! Judge, on made up case, gives pretended
decision of the Supreme Court of Louisiana
in his favor. But still Kellogg was not
happy. He was afraid of the people of Loui-
siana, and he must have L. S. bayonctS to
support him, which were only promised from
Washington in case of armed opposition to
his power Kellogg therefore deliberately
planned the outbreak at Coltax, in Grant
parish He commissioned one set of parish
officers, with the understanding that they
were not to qualify until further orders. Then
| he commissioned another set of officers who
did qualify according to law; and then he
allows the first set of officers to qualify and
take forcible possession of the parish offices
Thus the outbreak and the murder of 100 ne
groes in Grant parish were the result of Il
deliberate plan by Kellogg to give him an
excuse to call on the L. 5. government for
military aid.
That such aid is Indispensable to him is
apparent enough from the following incident
Immediately after Kellogg had been shot at
in New Orleans, as mentioned in our last.
We copy from the Ptcaynne, remarking that
the Bob Rivers" here mentioned had hither-
to been one of Kelloggs warmest friends
After the crack of the whip or the pistol
shot, or whatever it was that frightened KEEL
logg last evening" he jumped into his carriage
and was driven ut a furious rate to the st.
Charles Hotel. Kellogg got out, and in a
very nervous manner, and as pale as ghost,
inquired for Mr.. Bob Rivers, the proprietor OF
the hotel. When he came Kellogg seized him
by the arm in very excited manner and
hurried him into Rivers back office His
first words were, "Mr. Rivers, | am in great
trouble" Said Mr.. r., What is the matter,
II have been shot at | don't know what
Ihavc done to this people that they should de
sire to take my life. What shall do? oh
what shall do ~ clasplng his hands in his
extreme agitation. on tell you what would
do if / were in your place. | would pack NJ
Inv trunk and leave the city at once. The
4 people don't want you here" Kellogg asked
I"How can | get away with safety? | have
tried to do my best for these people. Why
should they desire to kill me-" NO" said
j Mr.. Rivers Governor, you have not done
your best; you have deceived every man who
has placed any confidence in your word. You
promised several gentlemen in my presence
} that if ever you became Governor you would
not commission that negro, Brown, as Super
|intcndent of Public Education. You had not
been in Office twelve minutes before you had
commissioned him Besides you ought to
know best yourself whether you were elected
Governor or not; but you must be satlshed
now that YOU are not even the choice OF the
negro and every white man in the state repu
dates YOU You have everything that men
fight for in this world You have wealth and
talent and YOU are man of family. BE salts
fed, and don't try TO govern people who
hate YOU You have escaped this time, but
this is not the only attempt which is likely
to be made upon your life, and perhaps you
may not escape in the future"
After some further conversation, Kellogg
sent for some deputy marshal or police, ano
was driven to Gen. Emory's headquarters.
This is the sneaking coward and filthy
usurpation which the Ottawa Republtcd'
spends column or more each week to de
fend, placing the defence on the ground tina
"the Kellogg government is the dc Jarto al
well as the de .jHre government so far as thu
questions involved have been decided by
competent authority" But it's false that TIT
question has ever been decided by "compe
tent authority The Carpenter report, al
/. ready alluded to, scouts both Judge Durel
| and Kellogg's creature Delahay as "compe
e tent authority" insisting that neither had thu
: least shadow of authority, and conclude:
G chat the judgments Of every court, the mos
exalted in character, are absolutely void, i
r rendered without jurisdiction
Tho saving that ALMIGHTY mean men ge