The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-04-19

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present, (and he looked as if he would
rather be away,) and they wanted him
to go on the committee. But he was
not here to Justify his own course in the
Legislature, and thought he ought to be
excused. Others thought so too. 1t
looked like croWding the mOurners to
pile such committee service on top of
such a term in the Legislature. He
ought to have time to rest. This way
OF keeping a good horse in the traces
all the time, will wear the best of them
out.
Finally the committee was made up,
and the members left the Courthouse,
for some more suitable place to draw
up the resolutions. After the necessary
absence they returned, and the resolu-
tons were read. They will be found in
the proceedings of the meeting, which
we publish, furnished us by the Secre-
tary.
AS to the resolutions, "Kell0gg is an
usurper." So was Cromwell, yet the
English people paid taxes to his govern
ment; and Sir Mathew Hale, one of
England's greatest and purest judges,
held office under him and administered
his laws, though he considered King
Charles justly entitled to the British
throne from which Cromwell had de-
posed him. Gen. Grant is "an usulper,n
for jeff. Davis ought to be President of
the Southern States. If it had not been
for Kellogg, McEnery would be our
Governor; if it had not been for Grant
there would be no Kellogg so if it had
not been for Grant we would have both
JEFF. Davis for President and John Nc
Emery for Governor; and if it had not
been for the Northern States there
would have been no Grant; and if the
South had not been too weak she would
have whipped the Northern States; and
1t the four millions OF slaves in the
South had been four millions of white
citizens, the North could nothave whip
ped the South; or if there had never
been any slavery in the South, and her
population had increased as fast OF fas-
ter than that of the North, she would
have whipped the North or there would
have been no a Our tax resisters,
therefore, should go to the fountain
head and settle the question, and not
endeavor to involve a people, whose
burden is already heavy, in greater
trouble.
AS to holding office under Kellogg,
and having his commissions, one thing
is to be observed: everybody who was
elected to Office has or wants one of his
commissions; and those who are hum
gering after an appointment, smell af-
ter a Kellogg commission.
AS to not giving laid and c0unten-
ance" to KellOgg's government "by the
payment of any license" this is very
easily said after the licenses were paid.
Three, out Of a committee of six, all
from whom licenses were required, had
already paid their licenses. That reso-
luton should have been left out, as sur
splusage. =
AS to urging and beseeching the good
people Of Louisiana to stand firm in
their adherence to McEnery's govern
ment, in the name of common sense
what good will such barren adherence
do McEnery, if they pay their licenses,
like Our patriotic resoluters, to Kellogg?
This resolution could have been con-
sistently left out also.
AS to the efforts toward resisting the
payment OF. taxes to the Kellogg gov
eminent being futile, unless the Dis
trict and Parish Judges throughout the
State aid the resisters therein of course
they will, and they would if they did.
But that resolution might have been
left out also, for one of the committee
was heard to say that neither the Dis
trict nor the Parish Judge, in this par
ish, though both elected on a regularly
nominated Dem ocratics licked, would
give the resisters any aid o. comfort
As to the Police Jury ~suspending the
collection of Parish taxes, that was done
until it was decided which was which:
who was Governor and who was col,
1ector, and the Kellogg collector was
then directed to go on with the colec,
ton. If the collection of the Parish tax
was stopped, warrants would not be
worth a cent, and the creditors of the
parish would have a bigger meeting
and raise q bigger row than the tax re-
sisters can. The parish tax does not &C
into Kellogg's treasury, so what do they
want that stopped for? 1t would be g
pleasant thing to have no taxes to pay
at all; but somehow or other, ver since
the organization Of human society and
human government, there has beer
taxation. Why, in this very tax resist,
er's meeting, they talked about passing
round the hat to take up collection fol
the purpose of fleeing the lawyers to be
employed. And when this kind Of tall
began, things looked squaIly. The
meeting looked as if it had the seal Of
dissolution on its brow; but a lawyer
came~to it's relief and said that they
could let that subject drop, he thought
he could have that question settled
among the lawyers themselves. IF the
Police Jury, which is not a part of Kel.
logg's government any more thar
our Town Council is, stops the collec,
ton of taxes, it will have to stop issu.
ing warrants, and stop having worl