New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-25
SOME THOUGHTS AND QUESTIONS
The Present Condition of tie Country

Addressed Especially to the Voters, Tax.
payexs and Citizens of Lincoln, Jack.
son and Union Parishes, Irrespective
OF Party Antecedents.
From the Homer Had!
lnas!nuch as / am the Senator o. the
nineteenth senatorial district. | deem it
my duty to, say few words in the way of
advice and edmonton. before my constitu.
ents may aet too hastily on matters which
| conceive to be Of great importance-mat.
ters affecting the peace. happiness and ma
terial interest of our immediate neighbor.
hood, and Of the entire State.
We all see constantly published in the
Democratic OF Fusion journals all over the
country. call after call, urging the people 20
meet in tax resisting conventions. These
urgent calls are false and futile, and only
intended to int1ame the passions CT the peo.
pie against the State and fedora! govern.
ments. tor these agLIators well know that
the payment of taxes can not be success
fully resisted: and therefore It would be
vel, for every good citizen to ask these
gentry" the following important questions,
and demaud definite answers before pro-
ceediug to act:
l.Can we exist as community and have
any kind OF government without paying
taxes!
,. Can we escape anarchy. war and
bloodshed, without government.
s. Can any one, or any number of parishes
of the State, successfully resis: the pay
meEt OF taxes!
4. Is it right and just tina. people should
enjoy the protection OF q government and
refuse to assist in paying the common ex.
pense of sustaining the same! That Is to
saw is it right to withhold from Cesar that
which Justly belongs 70 him:
5. Will not the strong arm OF the govern.
ment be brought to bear against ali local
combinations intended 70 resist the execu.
ton OF the laws, and will not the people
eventually be forced to pay double or triple
the present rate OF taxation in order to
make good the extra expense growing out
OF the futile attempt to resist the laws:
Did not these same law reslsters tell
Us on the stump and through the press, II
the year 1860. that it was safe to resist the
authority Of the government! And did any
Southern man profit by needing tina. adj
vice' And is not this tax resistance the
starting point to bring out the same Old
"wolt in sleeps clothing:
:. Has not the Kellogg government
been fully recognized by the courts. and
the decisions of the courts being fully
sustained by the President. and the Presi-
dent fully sustained by the refusal of the
Senate Of the United Ststes either to re.
cognize McEnery or 20 order a n w e;tiOn
or IN any manuer 1uttIlere "i.N o1i olalo
elections!
8 Does net every man know that the
President is sworn to see that the laws
are faithfully executed. and ara NOS the de.
cision of the courts which decided our tate
political conflict predicated upon the laws
of Congress and the laws of the State.
.. Does net every reading man know
that President Grant viii fight it out On the
line which he knows to be just and right!
And do these leading agitators hope to hide
the fact that they are going back upon
themselves in tho most ludicrOus manner by
asking Congress to decide State election
II :heir favor
10. Viewing the action of * courts
and the action Of the President, >ud tbs &C.
ton or non action OF Congress. :. 4Ot VIII
liam Pitt Kellogg clearly the lega! Gov
ernor of this State and are not the officers
appointed or commissioned by him the
legal officers! And why then should we
not yield obedience to their acts. And if
we pay taxes to these officers. where is the
| power that can question the validity OF
| such payment. And is not the plea OF the
| Fusion tax resisters only intended to arouse
! the bad passions of ignorant people tor
political purpOses-creatr. II possible,
! war of races-and in any event cripple the
material prosperity OF the country.
| II. If. as Colonel MeEnery and his
| followers contend in their puDlc )ouE-
nails and secret leagues, they are to be sus-
tanned in the end. why, then. in the name
| OF common sense. do they not cease howl.
| ing, and wait at least until they are recos-
nized by some court or legal authority.
II. Is not the present course, as pursued
| jy Culone! McEnery and his followers. rev.
Dictionary. reasonable and criminal: and
vii! not our State and federal governments
bring the violators OF law and order and
| the perpetrators of assassination and muir
| der to a strict account! The recent mas
sacre in Grant parish wa. but the natural
result of this tax resisting howl. and the
! oryanized resistance of the opposition to
law and order: and finally
! -. Do these Murierers suppose that
they can reside nd.prosper IN this State
or elsewhere in the United States. and
without Atonement tor such bloody ottenses
Will not the State and federal governments
bring every one to a just account: AND
then will John McEnery and his more
prominent and turbulent followers pay tht
cost and serve Che time in the State or fed
eral prisons allotted 20 their more easily
duped adherents' And viii; or can they
heal the wounded hearts Of the hundred
upon hundreds of poor innocent womei
and children that vii! be brought to suite
and bleed,
These are some hasty thoughts and point
concerning which would respectfully asl
nv ow-citizans and constituents TO re
feet seriously before listening to the machi
nations of designing men, who desire On!,
to lead them to trouble and perhaps +
death. ALLEN GREENE.
Senator Nineteenth District.
G.eenesboro. Lincoln parish. May !. lS'a
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