The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-26
THE REIGN OF LAW In LOUISIANA.

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) THE REIGN OF LAW in LOUISIANA.
That able and eminently conservative an,
temperate organ Of the New York French
speaking population, lie Courier des Etot
Unis, publishes the following appropriate
comments on our present situation
One of the most remarkable peculiaritie
presented by the late events in Louisiana il
) the surprising Immunity with which the,
were accomplished and the not less sur
prising unanimity Of opinion they have elected
In the first instance, there is unanimous repro
baton Of the Kellogg Government, unanimous
action against it, unanimous desertlon of the
uphOlders of the usurper, and, finally. unani
nous submission to the United States Gov.
eminent In the second place, the wrongs
complained Of by the Louisianians are unani-
mously conceded; unanimous satisfaction i,
felt at the overthrow of q power odious to the
people, imposed upon them and sustained by
force; unanimous appreciation is expressed Of
the conduct of the victorious authorities be-
fore, during and after their victory? Is there
something else? Yes-Gen. Grant is unani-
mously held responsible for all these events
'What is to be done now? That is the
question. IT, in the opinion Of the President,
kellogg's is the legitimate Government, he is
bound in logic to restore it to power. But
there are two kinds of logic. In the physical
world, logic is infexible and everything must
yield to its laws; in the moral world, logic
| carried to an extreme, lands us into absurd
| conclusions. If politics were an exact science
like mathematics there could be no wars, and
mankind would live in perfect harmony. I'm
fortunately it is not SO, and for this reason
compromises have been invented In the pre-
| sent case, there is one question to be solved.
els there, or has there ever been such a
thing as a Kellogg Government Under the
Republican system in general, and under the
Constitution Of the Unite States particularly,
a government which is not based originally
upon popular election, which acts without the
consent Of the people, which has not even a
party to sustain it, but only faction of hun
cry adherents; government which cannot
hold together for twenty-four hours without
extraneous support, is no government at all.
"NOw, no one disputes or doubts that such
from the beginnirg has been the condition o.
the so-called Kellogg Government, and that
such it will be again tomorrow if MI. Grant
restores it to power by means Of the army and
navy of the United States. To restore such
pseudo-government is therefore not logical, or
if it be SO, it is the reductiO dd dJsurdua Of
logic.
Nevertheless Louisiana must have gov
ernment--but what is to constitute that gov
eminent? This is what all the American
press is trying to find out, and the solution
which is most generally adopted is that which
we have indicated, and which consists in
placing the government in the hands Of
military ruler until new election can be held
under such guarantees Of justice and fairness
as will elicit the true sentiments OF the peo-
pie, and place into power the men of their
o WI choice.
:" 1t is barely possible to understand that
President Grant should in the first place as
sert the authority Of the United States, and
issue his order for unconditional obedience to
what he conceiyes to be the law We may ad- |
NIT that he was bound to do so under his view
Of his duty to the country. But now that
the country has spoken through the press, and A,
after ratitying what he has done, loudly |
advises him to try conciliatory policy, he |
cannot fear to be accused Of weakness, and be
ought to adopt course which will De a com
promise, not between instruction and legiti- |
mate authority, Tut between a legality at least |
very doubtful and the requirements of justice, |
about which there can be no doubt whatever
in this case
At the meeting of the lady managers of the
entertainment to be given on Tuesday ut Ex-
position Hall, for the relief of the families of
the victims Of September IA, have appointed
the following named gentlemen as a reception
committee. The committee is lesques ed to
asse lble to-day at l o'clock P. NJ, in the gen
tlemen's parlor of the ST Charles Hotel:
Gov. J. McEnery, Lieut. Gov. d. B. Penn,
Gen Fred. N. Ogden, Hon. r. II. Mari, Col
Chas. Roman, J. N. Payne, Octo Ogden,
Fred. Southmayd, James Buckner, Capt Ino.
Glynn, Jr., Capt H. +. Shropshire, Capt.
Arch. Mitchell, Capt. R. B. Peasants, Capt.
BorlAnd, Col. W. Il. Behan, Felix Lmet,
Capt +. John Ellis, r. Weightman H. N.
Ogden, Col E. Waggaman, Capt. Bosworth,
c. E. Whitney, Alf H. Isaacson, Felix Sauve
Hon. Albert VOORHEES,, George HoggShett,
Fred Norman, Wallace Wood, S. p Colt
reaux, DR.. John Angel, Col Marshall j.
Smith, Hon. L. A. Wilt, Capt Geo. Dupre,
Wash. Marks, Paul Waterman, Willie Caut-
zon, Gus. Micou, Charlie Keep.
From all we hear the concert at Exposition
Hall on Tuesday next, will be magnificent
success. The ladies-God oless them-have
taken this patriotic work under their special
charge, and we have no earthly doubt that the
families OF Louisianas martyrs will be pro-
vided tor in q befifting manner
Everybody will be at the concert of the
ladies, ut Exposition Hall, on Tuesday next
woman was fined 91O in London, re-
Gently, tor taking child suffering from scar
let fever into street car.