Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-04-26
Louisiana-Plain Talk Before the
Late Tragedy.

UOV. AellORS mas Deen prOmls-
ing, ever since he assumed the GU
beruatorial mantle of this State, to
labor for the restoration of public
confidence and the advancement of
tho best interests of louisiana.
Thus far, however, he has been only
" keeping the word Of promise to
the ear to break it to the hope"
Never before, in the history of this
State, bad single man 30 glorious
an opportunity of making aproud
name for himself by the redemp-
ton of commonwealth from pros
tration and the conversion of oppo-
nents into friends. That opportu-
nifty he has partially wasted
through a hazardous game ofinsin-
cere expodients.
TO people SO fearfully oppressed
by unjust laws, any hand of relief
extended would be welcome. Gov.
Kellogg has extended his hand, but
he draws it back when the critical
moment has arrived. He is profuse
in promises, but failure in per.
formances He has made n few good
appointments, but a great many
bad ones. By his acts he is driving
from him friends who had counted
on his manhood and his statesman.
ship, and has confirmed enmities
which by fair dealing might have
been turned into friendships. s
Let him not cheat himself by the
idea that he can trife with this peo-
plc, or delude them by petty con-
cessions which carry with them no
substantial assurance of relief
They must be restored to a few, at
least, of the privileges of selfgoy-
ernment, or We would not like to
answer for the consequences. The
negro outrages just reported st
Colfax, and the threatening aspect
of affairs in st. Helena and most of
the. interior parishes of the State,
should admonish him of tho dan
gers by which his administration
is threatened. Even here in New
Orleans, where he is backed by The
State police, which our citizens are
obliged TO pay for their own subju-
cation, and backed, too, by courts,
judicial machinery and United
States troops, large numbers of our
influential citizens have openly
combined to resist his government
as a usurpation. This feeling of
opposition is. intensified by the res
cent mischievous interference with
our public schools and the many
opportunities for righting our
wrongs which he has neglected. He
can only amend his status by ad-
herring to and practically enforcing
the compromise, based oniprinciple,
which the fusion Legislature, after
one informal rejection, finally ap-
proved. 1t is not necessary to re-
peat the details >; suffice it, that
where the election returns are con-
fused, at fault or contradictory, the
census statistics were TO M substi-
tutcd, so as to furnish an accept
able basis of probable majorities,
with an approach at least TO an equi-
table adjustment.
The compromise may yet be ef-
fected, if Gov. Kellogg has the
courage to become master of him.
self and TO make himself master of
the situation. Such an act would
be TO the State as an awakening
from the dead-a resurgent move
ment, instinct with renewed, hope,
csnfdence, energy and enterprise.
We are certain that President
Grant and bis Cabinet favor that
compromise. Let Gov. Kellogg re-
member that, under his circum-
stances, q who doubts is daD<he ed,
" who hesitates is iost. compro-
mise alone caa wo find 5Gystion.-
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