Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-03
louisiana.

Gous element of the Democracv-to de-
stroy the prosperity of the Southern
States, to drive capitalfrom the country.
to check the growth of commerce, force
the merchant and the farmer to bank
ruptcy, depreciate the value of land
and stop the tide of immigration, cannot
fail at last to bring upon them the gem
eral indignation of the people. Every
ku-klux murder, every assault upon the
supremacy of the law, every threat of
| violence and of usurpation, tends to pro-
duce infinite loss to the country. and
helps to reduce to poverty and decay a
region fitted by nature to TEEN with ma
terial wealth, and support in afiuence
an immense population. Lands in va
rlous portions Of the United States that
under a peaceful government would
prove more productive than the rich
fields OF Minnesota are left idle and un-
titled. Farms are sold at prices SO low
as to seem Incredible to Northern cult
vators. The mineral resources of the
mountain chains are left untouched.
Railroads that would open up wide
districts of country to foreign immipra-
ton are stopped in their progress be-
cause the capitalist is afraid of spolia-
ton and oren robbery. The commerce
Of the Southern CITES languishes. while
the cities of the great West press on
with unprecedented strides. The mer-
chant, the honest laborer, the mechanic.
and the investor shrink from the home
OF the Ku-Klux, and avoid a region
where life and property are threatened
by brigands and revolutionists.
Louisiana has suffered as severely as
any of its sister States from the cruel
deeds of it's rebellious faction. The
great majority of its people, no doubt.
desire repose; but their Democratic
leaders will not suffer them to rest.
The recent riots in New Orleans are only
the latest of a long series of outrages.
The same faction that has never ceased
to threaten and i'll treat Republican
voters and peaceful colored men has at
last covered the streets of New Orleans
with bloodshed. They have been the
first to shed the blood of their fellow
citizens. They have not only defed the
authority of the State and national
courts, but have endeavored to seize tile
Government by armed violence.
The particulars of this contest deserve
a general attention. Two governments
existed in Louisiana, each claiming to
represent the majority of the people.
The Warmoth and McEnery faction. sun
ported by the rebel leaders, and com
posed OF many men who had served in
the rebel armies, assert that at the fall
election they had large majority of the
votes. The Kellogg party, embracing
all the Republicans, insist that the ma
n11f hnI, IL
as to the validity OF either claim was
submitted to the Supreme Court of New
Orleans, and also the United States
Judge, Durell. Both courts decided in
favor of Kellogg and his associates.
They were declared elected by the high
est legal decision. They entered upon
their offices, took possion of the public
buildings, organized the police, proceed
ed to discharge their proper duties, and
the national Administration as it was
obliged to do, respected the decision of
the courts, and acknowledged the State
government of the Kellogg party. 1t
could have done nothing else it was
forced to follow the ruling of the courts
and, besides, the Kellogg government
was In existence de .f0ctO is well as de
jure. 1t was the only one known to the
law.
Meantime the McEnery party also or
gained a government, assembled a Leg
islature, and proceeded to perform va
r1ous acts annoying and obstructive to
its opponents. 1t next, as was most
proper, appealed to the President and
to Congress. The President had no
power to interfere, but Congress, per-
haps, might have determined the con
troversy. 1t would seem, however,
gather question for the Supreme Court
and even Congress would scarcely care
to reverse the decision of the New Or /
leans judges. But however this may
be, the plain duty of the McEnery party, |
# they found themselves aggrieved, was 1
TO commence such legal proceedings as
might expose the errors of their oppo- |
nents and obtain justice for themselves,
large military force, and |
made an attack upon. their opponents. |
which ended in the loss of several lives |
md the wounding of fifteen or twenty !
persons. Their object, it seems, was to |
seize the court-houses and reinstate their
own judges they might thus gain
show of legality on their side, which is
now wholly wanting. The rebels fought
with courage but their plans had been
revealed to the Kellogg officials, and
Gen. Longstreet, by his prudent dispo-
'ition of the armed police, saved the
,ourt-houses. Gen. Emory, the United
States officer in command, next ordered
he rioters to disperse, and, obeying the
Instructions of President Grant, aided
n restoring order in New Orleans. For
his the President has been assailed
with extraordinary bitterness by the
friends of Warmoth and McEnery, by
'he opposition press of the North, and
'he enemies of the public peace. The
people of the whole country, however,
will probably approve of his conduct,
md show the rebellious portion of the
Southern population that they are re-
solved to check at once their constant
tendency toward bloodshed and crime.
The chief sufferers from the violence
If Warmoth and McEnery, next to the
lead and wounded, to whose fate they /
nave been accessory, will be the mer-
chants, mechanics and farmers of Louis