, 1874-09-16

nonli1lntod Mt Philadelphia, pinclback m%lo
bargain with Packard, Casey, and Kellogg, and
desortod Warmott. After Bomo trouble. the
Opposition olamonts in tho State wore united In
October. McEnory aud Penn ran as tho orpo-
sltion candldatos for Governor mud Lioutonsnt-
Governor against Kollogg a1d Antoine. Kellogg
m ox~Colonel from Fulton County, Illinois.
who waa scnt by johnson to Now Orleans In
1905 NJ Collector Of Customn, md who was
elected United States Senator in 1868
Nov. H. 1879. tho o1oot,on Nas hold. Tho re-
turns woro sent to the legal Returning Doartl,
which consisted Of WArmoth aud somo Of his
suborainatos. It was speedily known TINT Mo
Emory waa elected by about 10, 900 majority. Tho
kellogg party, IN despair, got AtltdayIta by 1000
nogrooa that oo1orod voters had boon kopt awny
from tho pollB and TINT 1t was probable that tho
Returning Board would not count tho votes cor
roctly. On tho strength Of thoHo flimsy atate-
montR, Unitod States Clrouit~Judgo q. Il. Duroll
enjoinod Warmoth from counting tho yotoB nnd
orlerod him to turn over Tho returns to al utter
'y l'lognl Returning Doard, organized In tho In
tcrcsta Of Kellogg, Warmoth kept tho returns.
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oupy Tho stnto-uouso with Fodoral troops.
Tlaia was dono, and tho Legislature Which VAR
moth had convened was kopt from assembling.
Doc. = tho fraudulent Returning Board declared
Kollogg aud Antoine and nadlcal Legislature
olectod. DO 1t remembered TINT this illegal body
Ind no roturnB Of tho election whatovor. Two
Days thereafter, two Lcgis1atufos met. Tho
Kellogg crow Of ugurpers promptly impcachcd
Wnrmoth. suspended him from olIlco until trial,
nnd declared Liout.-G pnchbaok to bo tho
sr,ghtful rulor Of Louisiana. So this slippery
trickBter got iis reward. Warmoth iaaued
proclamation donounotng this outrago. Kollogg
mud MoEnory wero iuaugurated on tho same day
by tho rival Legislatures. Both appended to
Grant. fio sustained Kellogg, THO mat!or
aoon oamc before Congress-. Two Senatorial
claimants Mcmillan (sloEucry) and Ray (Kcl-
logg)-mado their appearance. Tho Son.
aso Committee Of ptiyilogos and Elec-
tions reported that tho election Of
1879 Va8 fraud, and recommended
that there should bo another In May, under tho
supervision OF United Statoa Circuit-Julgo Wood.
Some mombors Of tho Committee dsscnted.
Morton thought Grants recognition of Kellogg
sBttlcd the question. Trumbull thought McEnery
should bo recognized. Tho Senate lodged. On tho
night Of Fob. %, 1878, 1t voted that tho Kellogg
Government should continue until the election
provided for In tho majority report should tako
place, and then 1t tabloid tho report and disoharg
cd tho Committee, SO that tho election could
mover tako place. Since then Carpenter has
brought tho matter boforo tho Bontto twice.
Grant ouco prepared q proclamation against
Kellogg, but at tho Inst moment Morton had 1t
suppressed. Kellogg has remained in power,
| but his senator-e!ect-Pin -Pinchback-ha not boan
admitted to tho Senate.
Tho people OF Louisiana, denied all redress
by Congress and plundorod aud tyrannized over
by Kellogg aud his crow, hayo very generally
refused to pay the taxes illegally imposed upon
thom, md have consequently had their property
| sold uuder tho hammer. At last, when thoy
saw tint tho infamous registration aud election
laws put it within Kellogg'a power to count him.
aolf and his gang into Office forever. they rose
! in despair and took the Law into their own
| hands. 1ll-adyised this action may havo been,
but no impartial student Of tho tangled wob OF
fraud, and treachory, and violence which has
made up tho history Of Louisiana for tho last
decade can wonder that 1t finally came to paBs.