, 1874-12-25

! through slavery, mud III that, allu that nlOuc,
}iyea aud moved al,d Ind its lcng IL. Id.
] LOUISIANA.
(! HTATEsfENTs THoM 4 KELIudo STANDPOINT.
| spec,at Correspondence of 1he Chicago Tribune.
| New ORLEANS, Dec, alt iB said that oonling
| events cast tllosr shadows before. II QUO Is pcr-
| lnlstcd to Judge from tho shadows aa reelected
upon tho political horizon in Louisiana, tho
times arc certainly pregnant with those for tho
| reception Of which tho public IL i'll prepared.
There y no MISLEADING Tho fact TINT thoso royolu-
| tiouists III Louisiana are dcsperAto and dcter-
mined. They arc undoubtedly bout OH nothing
less than tho revolution and
TOTAL sUByEnsIoN or THE GOVERNMENT
of the State. II one, too. IL TO accept t!tho Of
| the evidences as presented on every hand, tho
| caso DOCS not rest even hero.
| Lot tho thoughtful obHoryor look, for a mo-
| mont, at tho situation Of tho two Statos Of Lou-
iBinna and mississippi. They arc soon as
| tho only two 6tnteH III tho whole South
! Wcat In control OF tho Republicans. Tho rest
aro all in tho hands Of tho old original soushorn
Democracy. What that moans, Of itsolf must
be nirendy making itself manifest to the nyerago
| Republican, In n system of reconstruction at
| least somewhat at variance with tho original
programme. Louisana mud Misslssippi, then,
aro surrounded by tho samo old elonlouts Of tho
Southern school. Thoso elements, aa before,
aro In complete and abHoluto control. Tho two
States wore originally siao by sido. Louisiana
perhaps nick ahcnd, aB tho leading spirits Of
sua ..,,,,a .,,,;. ,.".ar Co.," a~.
roA"S ~ '.'0I' ~ 49," H. a,,s" r,."1' 49,
49, i,,,,n1 1.a., 20,
4AA3 . ~ n"a;.a,,''."
,,,.'s. w. =, .ho onro,oro, ,.ooa,,r,"r,,
| "A"s 'nAs n'3'''a, =" N"' ~
Of tho Southern Democracy, is botter lmagluod
than described.
rho boav nolitio in Louisiana as evidenced to
H., .,t.;Ia ,,,,,,,;o a. 1o,at has lonn 1,co, rout.
.s'o 'otapo f"o.4o ~ 1o]n' 4's7 s D 4eas
loas anu d'ecohtonted' II has !ate'Y peen seoI
aB In open revolution. 1t ls holu IN sllpJectton,
| rs veil understood, only by tho presence Of tho
in,d ord navo, fnrcca nf thc General noyorn-
,.nt A. ,,,,.. hoer;,, n la o,noront TN II Ia
lnca9' 1An n"as ooe'n W ~ spt n'.,. ~
| again on TUG very FeFeool u" "ouso'oah. ~ "Alcn
tho clements OF REVOLUTION onco set III NOTION
IN ha aot nj dof}ance. In Mississipn;. in tbo
a,s,:rr" tI.a raa ,nna ~ ,,o1onco il aoo,, a.
l',e''lslc' tuo .eu 'A" ~ " a,,,,;a IT, ,.. a.
utterly subvors1yo OF everything hRo ia~
md order That which In another community
| wo111 result, Mt most. IN IegaI controversy.
! s,s.1..ata, -. ,;at
eu'p4'4'"'o' - 4Ao,
nAsshcAG:
appo|latIou,-in which tho blood Of hundred
.;,t;,, ,,,nro Ar 1auu Ia ofrared I'm IN Tho fall
1,st ~ ,,;n1anao thnt a,on,;an,v ,'roo,.a ~ m
pp''N w 'tu,oAse, m sass ssh. ,,,,;, ~
restraint. Lilo state authoflt'es, as IN Louleana,
appear poycrless in the premises Their author
ity. in fact. In t-catod with opon derison and
oon,omnt rho rxocutivc ia even throatoned
o-'s' W., ~ ~. ~. .t..,,,,.t 49,. 49,.
"a'a po'eoaa, .,'e w.. ~ M" rs,ta1 sst,a.,
forcolneut Of the law. Tho expected action
Of tho Legislature also, Is met with threata that
u1nack Of revolution.
Tho position iu hlisHiasippi. iu face, Is seon aa
almost exactly analogous to that in Louisiana.
protenso Of any Illegally in tic Government oi
tic stato, 1t wouft seon as ut loast conclusive
that, in tho ono ns III tho othor. tho causcs nlus'
lie far icopor than il apparent upon tho yurfuco
Cayii who lnay, ho who aser4bos tilo prouont ultu
alton, III oitllor tic ono ;tato or tho other, t:
more local causes; TO maatl1niuistration Of Stats
ar municipal affairs anu consequent grievances
ronl or imaginary, affecting the people us whole
politic.~tho moro particularly tlat found in tIt
Southwest, There is an evident connection be-
tween tlIo two Statnsi Ia lucstion,-a PURPOSE thai
must bo apparent to tho dullest comprehension
| rnIITlCtaSs III, PEOPLE.
Tho facts of the cuyo would seem to Ie, thai
! these reyolutionists III Louisiana have sot o bal
in motion they tna it Impossible to longer coll
troll. With tio cloao Of tho last session If Con
ggcss tho case Of Kellogg yH. 11cEuoly was gen,
|
was ono. ai bcYt. Of tho actual merits OF whicl
Il IL to he presumed, NOT ono in ten Of Tho Iega
voters Of tho staso Ind ACKNOWLEDGEMENT idea
In tho ticket rs represented by McEnery ai,t
Penn. in fact. thoro had bcon litt!o of genera
unity Of tealing at boBt. There had bcen nothing
Of parly organi2atlon since reconstruction. Thor3
, had bcop, gu tho contrary, general disruption
i Of ali party tics. Tl,ero were no recognized
marty leaders, N thrro wah no httle Of mistrns
i ind SUSPICION for such az inspired to I'LL thu
, plaeo, trhero was simply q leep-seated ant
. seemingly implacable lasrod and prejudice i,
tbo mjttia OF tho pooplc ut largo agaust the Ito
! nuIliCun organization. It was tho only horii q
, nnnity ohsorYablo among the people. Tho Stat,
, | at larro ind originally bcen Democratic. rh
city. Of, tho other hand, hal Invariably gont
viii tho Wings. The ,YlIigB hnd boen osnphat
| ;cuily lhe narty of rcsuoctabil,ty. Tho Demo
rrats Ind cpmIiuoJ tho more fiery elements viii
f. rauE np,i ftio TINT tnc}ulod tho nnturalizc,
, fornirueYs. tho lower orders Of Creoles, all.
ti,o Huoor whites" Of tho hills The old
: lima ,mrtv-at,tipatl1iuy Aud bcon gradual
, iv ,[rayinv tho two clemputs as,,udor
'Hhov la'l iocomo divided, ns we'll, more or loy
n ! o,nnur tIamunivcH. sYY,o noiitienI efompnte M