Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-05-22
Kellogg and his Partisans 0verrid-
ina the Popular will.

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from power the legitimate authoritie
of Louisiana and installing the minor
ity candidates in their place, the PEG
pie Of New Orleans compelled t.
choose between massacre and submis
sion, yielded their liberties to preserve
their lives. Their city was in the
hands of Federal troops; their halls
of legislation were filed with armed
men and surrounded by artillery theil
courts were broken up at the point Of
the bayonet; their public officers were
seized and confined on the authority
of orders issued by Il debauched Uni
ted States Judge and executed by al
INSCRIPTIONS United States Marshal
The President, advised by n partisan
Acknowledgement, approved and en-
dorsed the acts of the usurpers, recog,
nized the Kellogg gang as the regular
State Government and refused to al
low any appeal from his arbitrary de-
cision. If the people Of New Orleans
had then executed the law on the rev
olutionists, and melted out to them the
punishment they deserved, the streets
of the city would have been swept by
the United States artillery, and men,
women and children would have been
the victims Of a general massacre. The
citizens weighed the cost of asserting
their rights and declined to pay so
heavy price. - It II The Kellogg
usurpation, emboldened by the success
OF its first crime against the laws and
Constitution, is seeking to render its
power absolute all over the State. The
ignorant negroes, rendered brave by
the discovery that the United States
Army is at their back, are prepared to
aid in any outrages the Kellogg whites
may prompt Kellogg and his asso-
ciates have therefore resolved to over
ride the popular will in every parish,
and to place creatures OF their own i'll
every public Office. Appointments
are made without any pretence OF
authority, and the hired ruiiians known
as the "Metropolitans," an armed force
created in New Orleans i'll violation of
law, and composed of all the thieves
and cutthroats whose knives are at the
service OF any one who can pay for
them. are sent from parish to parish
to make war upon the people, if neces-
sary. to drive out the legal authorities
and to install the Kellogg appointees.
With characteristic cowardice the
white ut,ians prompt die negroes TO
take prominent part in the fighting,
and hence the trouble is fast assuming
the terrible aspect OF Il war of races.
Already one fearful massacre has oc-
cured and the unfortunate blacks
have suffered the most severely, their
white prompters leaving them to their
fate. In the parish Of st. Martins a
state of civil war actually exists, and a
regular battle between the New Or
leans cutthroats and the negroes on
one side, and the citizens Of St. Mar
tins on the other side is imminent.
st. NIauinsyile is in a state Of siege.
We read Of the throwing out of pick
cts. OF the arrival Of recruits and rein
forcements. Of the blockade Of the
Court House and Of other military
movements. just as ifa state of war
actually existed. II Do the
American people pause to reflect upon
the fatal consequences of this condi-
ton of society in one Of the sovereign
States of the Union? Do they per-
suade themselves that the liberties of
the people of Louisiana can be strip
ped flom them, that the legally elected
officers of the Louisiana State Govern
ment can be driven from power at the
point Of the bayonet and the liberties
and rights Of other communities and
other States be yet preserved? Do
they picture to themselves the horrors
Of a war Of races, or imagine that in
the event Of a conflict between the
whites and blacks of Louisiana the
scenes that would follow could be con-
fined to one State Of the Union? The
occurrences in Louisiana to day are
fraught with danger to the peace of
the Union and to the lives ofhundreds
of thousands of innocent persons. The
only hope of safety lies in the continu
ed patience and endurance of the I'M
happy people of that oppressed State.
" Y. Herald, May Sh.