Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-12-25
Louisiana.

| Much anxiety is felt throughout the
country as to the future action of the white
people in tins stricken State. Serious
fears are anticipated that there will be
another outbreak on the part of these out
ragged people, and that this time 1t will
Truly the condition of fhis people is most
pitiable and is disgrace to tie nation
which suffers it. For some time Kellogg
and his gang have been telegraphing the
authorities at Washington that the whites
were making preparations and that there
would be serious work about the first OF
January. Having received from Washing
ton the assurance they desired, viz: that
they would be sustained at all hazards,
they have deliberately set to work to bring
about the very condition of things which
they prophesied. Our readers will recol-
lect that the election in that State took
place on the End Of November last. 1t is
generally asserted and known that the
Conservatives carried the State by large
majority, and that the Legislature is large
" Democratic and Conservative. This
would enable this body to impeach kel-
logg and punish him for his many crimes.
This is what he and his gang fear, and
they are determined, if possible, to prevent
this thing. Under the laws of the State
the election returns from every parish have
to be sent to and canvassed by a central
returning Board Of five, who are appoint
ed by the Governor. Of course Kellogg
has taken care to see that his own creatures
are in this Board. This body has been
engaged ever since the day of election in
canvassing the returns and in counting out
the duly elected Conservatives and cour-
ting in the defeated Radicals. Fifty days
have elapsed since the election and surely
one would suppose that it was about time
the people should know who was elected
and yet this Beard has made no return.
The people are therefore naturally impa-
tient and suspicious of this delay. But it
is known that this delay is caused by a
manipulation of the returns for the pur-
pose of perpetrating this most monstrous
fraud. and the people are therefore indig-
nant. They see no help for themselves ex-
cept in their power to right themselves by
the strong hand. They have appealed to
Congress in vain. The President has told
them they have nothing to hope for from
him-that on the contrary he will uphold
Kellogg. 1t is useless to appeal to the
courts, because the bench is occupied by
men who must sustain Kellogg or fall with
him. What then are they to do? They
have waited two years for the opportunity
to appeal to the ballot box, where they
were victorious. Are they to stand quiet
ly by whilst these scoundrels deliberately
faIsify the election returns and cheat them
of the fruits of their victory and perpetrate
further robberies and outrages upon them
Is it any wonder that the people are des-
perate? They see no hope, no help any
where. They feel that it is better for them
to take arms in their hands and perish in
the attempt to gain their liberties than
longer endure their present thraldom.-
Truly their condition is most pitiable, and
it is disgrace to the nation that brave
and high spirited people should thus be
mercilessly handed over to band OF
thieves and plunderers