The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-03-22
EFrom the Mobile Register.l
THROTTLED LOUISIANA.


The Northern press continues its in
dignant outcry against the Louisiana
shame. Yesterday we commented at
length,.upon the 'EIerald's" views of;the
general situation, giving copious eX-
tracts. The 'sSun," condensing its ire
upon the Louisiana outrage, indignant
~ demands to know:
Why do these Louisiana usurpers
dare to still cling to the power they
obtained through the purchased decrees
Of the degraded scrountlrel Durcll, and
to carry that unfortunate State once
more to the brink il not over the prcci-
pice of n disastrous outbreak: There
is but one answer to this question.
From the outset Gen. Grant has aided
and abetted the usurpation. He in
stantly recognized the al interim, Gov
ernor, Pinckbacl>, who was to hold on
to the stolen chair Of the Executive
until the time came for Kellogg to seizc
it. BY order of his Secretary of war,
Col. Emory, in command of the troops
at New Orleans, he took the DEGREES of
N&rell on the point of his sword and
fofed them down the. thronts of the
Legitimate rulers of the State.
sAnd this strong statement is the
simply true one OF the case. Whatever
nay have been the weakness either OF
onNbination, or OF execution, on the
part of the legitimate authorities of the
State, Grant has crushed all semblancc
OF justice, IS we'll as all opportunity,
in the maiiid hand Of military opprcss-
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truth full before him and the legal road
ut plain and unobstructcd. For truly
docs the "Sun" add:
McEnery and his supporters are not
only the legal Government OF the State,
but they reflect the opinions and the
kNiShcS of more than seven -cighthS Of its
Intelligence and honesty. Kellogg and
~fts followers are shameless intru,lcrs,
and they represent nobody but Il cubul
of office holders, :, horde of carpct-bag
thieves, and II mass of ignorant nc
grocs.
And yet the "Sun" feels, with us,
that this whisiiing down the whir1wind.
The McEnery government will be bay
oncttcd out and the satrap of Ulysses the
II, successor to himself, will be bayo-
Noted in. That is Uins Louisio,,ieusis
il. U,tce.
The "N orltl' believes the case would
have been a different one had the iocus
quo been New York, not New Orleans.
We do not. The masses OF the North
err people arc SO habituated now to
the government OF the strong hand
that they are more beasts of burden, as
compared to the few, but daring, beasts
of prey that harry them. This is the
way the "Norld' thinks New York
would have done it:
Nobody needs to be told that if that
occurrence had taken place in New
| York instead Of New Orleans, aud Gov.
Dix had been called on, he would
simply have ordered out one or two
! regiments of state militia, which might
have been kept on duty for a day or
two, while the excitement subsidized
Why was not 4 similar course pursued
in Louisiana? 1t was because tho kel-
logg affair is not q government, in any
proper sense Of the term. 1t does not
control tho physical force of the state
1t lacks the power to enforce obedience
and maintain order which belongs &c
| every valid State government. Never
having been elected by the people, il
is not supported by the people, and u
| moro breath would blow it away in the
absence of Federal protection.
THE MINlSTERJA CRISIS