National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-06-10
PRRs,DENT,s PROCLAMATION.


PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION.
tFrom the Cleveland Leaderl
few years ago, during the existence OF the |
schleHwig- -Iolatein lmbrOglio, which resulted IN
asked Tor an explanation Of the difianlty. aaid
he There were only two men that ever under
stood that question-Lord Palmerston and my
% III about Il" To = many many PEG people he LouisisnS
imbroglio Is about as lncompfehenaibe as that
Of sohleswig, ,Iostein, 30 faeetously Illustrated
by Russell. For the bcnelt OF those who are still
befogsed over the Louisiana question we will en-. |
deavor to give brief history OF the case, anu |
show the necessity Of the Issuing OF the recent |
IouisianS has shown herself to be the most |
turbulent and unrecOnstructed OF all lhe sates
recently In rebellion. This Is probaDly owing IN
a great measure to the fact that mHJoIly OF
the white people Of that staie are Of different
race and religion, being descendants OF inc
French and spanish settlers, and who appear 70
haye the same turbulent and dissatisfied spirit
shown by the people Of France, spain, Mexico
and the south American republics. Hence " u
lhat tne law and oLdeT sPSt g, ne ASsSsSSSH NS
class all belong to the rebel element, aud tries TO
be the most aristocratlc and exclusive people OF
any in the land I0 such an n extent . ,ssn tns en
wnBhappens to settle In New Orleans can he ad-
mlttcd 10 the socalled best society In that city,
SSp SOT hS s' nss sSS Se
may be, and no matter how wealthy and estiina-
BILE he Ia. ,
Inc spirit OF hOslillty 10 NOfthetheIs " lFc-
quently shown by the ladies' Ia the most oien:
siye manner, For instance, when the writer OF
this was In New orleans recently, he was told OF
case where young planter, residing IN mat
longing to one OF the oldest and wealthiest fami-
lies in OHIO, to furnish capital 70 enable hun TO
carry on his plantation. The Northernef had
filled a social position equal, II not superior to
the best in the South, olc evening the planter
invited his friend and partner TO call with him
on young lady 20 whom he was engaged 70 oe
as Mr.. -, Of Ohio, and as personal friend,
the lady drew back In a most naughty manner,
saying she never allowed Northern gentlemen 70
southeTner mortified and apolOgizlng 10 his
| friend-the NOrthener much amused and COM
pllmenting '.the spuuk Of the lady,"
| IL ls amusing, 10 say the least, to look at the
| QuixotIc style these rebel aristocrats put or,
| when II Ia considered that, unlike the Boston
aristocracy for instance, they never produced
| name known to the literary world, showing
lack OF intellectual attalnnents that speaks vol
umes for the presumption Of their aristoeratlc
We mention these facts merely to show the
| hostile spirit st existing among the wealthy
/ class against NOrtherners as IN days gone by,
and the continued existence Of bitter rebellious
| feeling.
When the writer Of this nrst arrived OF New
| Orleans, he called on an old rebel acquaintance,
| q gentleman largely engaged In business, anu
Of recalling "the days OF Aud Lang syne," but
/ he was at once forced into discussion OF the
| issue between the MoEnery aud Kellogg par
| ties. Tue rebel gentlemen went into long dis
| sertation TO prove the usurptng character OF the
Kellogg government, and the legality OF the Nc
KneTy government. In the course VI his afgu-
mcnt he stated that ''had II not been for the in
reference OF the Federal Government there
| would have been formed an association OF S,00O
young men In New orleans, who would have
marched up TO the Mechanic Institute and killed
every Niger and carpet.bagger In the Kellogg
LegIslAtnrel" lie was asked II that would have
really been done u the President had not inter;
fered. lie replied, "there was nc doubt OF II II
Uncle Sam had not interfered!n
It would seem from this that the same devil
Ish spirit still exists that caused the massacre OF
| Dr. Dostie and his associates In 1880, aud the
massacre OF several scores Of blacks In Grant
! parish within the last seyenty-nve days, and
that the same people who were engaged IN the
bloody work OF those massacres are the ones
who are now supporting the McBneTy and op-
posing the Kellogg government. II "a perfectly
clear, therefore, that the interest Of law and
order, OF humanity, OF Christianity and the
safety Of the Union men OF Louisiana require
that the Kellogg government be sustained, and
thAt the President pursued the only course he
could to preserve the state from ho1hle war
Of races, which came near being inangurAted
| by the brutal and inhuman murderen Of Ihe
blacks In Grant parish.
| The state election last fall resulted In the
| Lynch returning board declaring the Kellogg
| Legislature to have been elected by large ma
loTity. The opposition claimed that the NC
Emery ticket was the one really elected; that
the Republican or Kellogg party had been gullty
OF stunning the ballot-OOXes and falsely register
ing votes, II was proved, however, before the
returning board that there were frauds on both
sides, but, after throwing out all fraudulent
votes proved to have been cast, the returns
showed a large majority for tile kepu0lican
nominees In addition To the proof SHOWN by
the returns, the following analysis WIN show
couclusiyely that the board were Justified In the
course they pursued:
The white population OF Louisiana, according
to the census OF 1870 Is 962,O65, and the black
population Is 36i,2lO, giving n majority 70 the
black Inhabitants OF LAS. supPoslng the macks
voted soldly for their ticket, and the whites for
theirs, the blacks would certainly have major
ity. But the truth In the case shows that very
respectable minority OF whites voted with the
blacks, decreasing the white and increasing the
black vote, making double the difference IN "a.
yor OF the latter vote. THIS minority u CON.
posed Of Northern men, reconstructed rebels Of
the General Longstreet class, aud original Union
men. 1t Is q popularity OF the BLACK man thai
| he never fails to vote on election days-a newly
acquired right he seems to avail himself Of &C
the fullest extent, to make up for lost tlme-and
that he invariably votes with the party OF AbTa
ham Lincoln, that liberated him IRON slavery
Then, again. many white voters, owing TO being
away from home during election day, nevel
| vote while q black voter Is scarcely ever absen
from home. Consequently the absent whit,
voters weaken their party 10 that extent. And
again, large number OF the whites, especially
In New Orleans, are naturaliEed fOreignens
which alone would make formidable dinerenct
In the white vote.
This analysis OF the vote of Louisiana mus
show that the Lynch returning board, with tn,
light they had before them, were JUSTIFIED II
making the decision they did. They threw ou
all votes on both sides proven to be fraudulent
Ss ssn 'GoSsG the ksGsS
: borne In mind that Colonel Lynch, the head o
the returning bodrd, is not a partisan, for h
ne@ NVpg abe Sp s Ua aa Isat s
was the least OF the two evils"
IL was declared by the McEnery party that tn
! Lynch returning board was not legally appointe,
| aud consequently It's decision WAS OF no force
J The question was taken before one OF the lowe
courts, which decided In favor Of that board.
was Appealed to the highest state court
and the decision was sustained Ia adll
ton to this the Federal court also Tecog
niEed the Kellogg government. In tn
. face Of these facts what was there for th
! McRneTy party TO do but 70 SUBMIT The high
/ est tribunal had decided against them, and the
, had no other legal recourse. Instead OF submit
ting like law.ablding citizens, they are counsel
ing resistance by violence TO the decision Of tn
courts. They have commenced q war agalns
, the blacks, resulting In the Grant parish massa
! ere, where several scores OF blacks were mur
, dered In cold blood as they issued from burn
ing courthouse. Under these circumstance
whit was there for the President to do when ~
peAled to for federal aid to save the state from
war Of races lie could not ofiicialy decld
which was the legal government of Loulsianl
All he could do was TO ascertain which govern
D meat had been decided 10 be legal by the courts
and having ascertaned that the federal cour
had recognized the Kellogg government 70
S the legal government, and that the highest stat
tribunal had decided the same way, II becam
| lncuinDeut upon tue ffesluentr IN hCCOfuAnC
with his oath OF once, 70 sustain tho action o
the federal court and TO recognize the kel
, loRg government as being the government d
! juTe as well as de Jaeto, and by so doing 4
save the State from terrible state OF anarchy
, IL has been claimed that Judge Durell ex
:, | ceeded his jurisdiction and went out OF his wa
] TO recognize the Kellogg government Sup
: posing he did do so, which we do not admit. l
Is not for the President TO pass judgment upoI
him. That can only be done by the Suprem
Court, or a court Of impeachment, The Pres
dent is merely an instrument 10 lnforce the law
r and the DEGREES Of court.
|. Our Democratic friends should remember tn,
Il arguments with which they Piled the anti
I. slavery men during the days OF slavery, whe
. the Infamous fugitiye-slaVe law was In force
i. They argued that the courts had decided tha
y law 10 be constitutional, that property exlAte
" IN man, that n Blaye-catcher should claim
4 negro woman, even for no other purpose than I
N make her his concubine, 1t was the duty of IN
4 antl-slI ~ man to submit, because II was
Al accerdffee with law, and that the courts had 5
n decided. The Democracy Of Louisiana AhOul
\ apply their own arguments TO themselves, AcceI
the decision OF the courts In the Lynch returnin
board case, and submit to the Kellogg goverI
ment In the same spirit they required ant