The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-09-20
The Revolution.

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Louisiana. At 3 o'clock p. NJ, the Metro
politan army of Kellogg proudly and in
solently dominated the whole State ant
insulted it's capital with the flashing O
their bayonets and the menace of thei
gatling guns at 9 o'clock next morning
not an inch of Louisiana territory remain.
ed subject to the foul usurpation of Dnrell's
governor.
On the morning of Monday all knew that
| an Indignation meeting of the citizens was
| to be held, but probably not fifty persons
in the city had any thought that au appeal
to arms might grow out of it. Keliogg's
contemptuous refusal to confer with an
unarmed meeting convinced every one
that all hopes of peaceful redress were at
an end, and popular logic jumped at once
to the conclusion that honorable manhood
was forced at last to an act of self assertion.
Up to that moment every body seemed to
be conservative the whole tone of popu-
lar sentiment was in depreciation of vio-
lence. Suddenly, like cloud over the
sun, q darkness seemed to settle on the
faces IF zen. A speaker arose and
said "Go home and come back with your
guns" 1t was as though an electric spark
had set fire to heated mass. The most
conservation men exclaimed 1--WE can't stand
longer" the most timid said eve
cannot be worse off than we are" Fear of
consequences was all gone there was no
longer any dissent the unanimity of citi-
gems in favor of resistance was complete.
Soon, men were coming back singly or
in small squads. In the meantime no one
knew what to do or what would come next.
There was no leader; no programme.
There was simply a final giving out of
shape their policy for the citizens. Long
street and Badger took the offensive with
the Metropolitan army of occupation, sar-
called police. They marched up
Charities street from their arsenal, and
down Canal to the Customhouse. There
uniting their forces they advanced to the
levee and posted their artillery SO as to
sweep several of our most important
streets. In the meantime Gen. Ogden with
some $50 citizens had double quicked down
to the levee, foot of Poydras street, to
watch their taaEements.-HeEeh he and his
men were fred on and the battle was iu-
augurated which resulted in a complete
overthrow and dispersion of the Kellogg
army. Probably the citizens engaged were
not one-tenth of those who were already
under arms in different parts OF the streets,
and 60 rapid was the progress of the fight,
that the Metropoitans were routed before
it was generally known that collision had
By this time Kellogg, -Dibble and Co.
were safe in the Customhouse, under the
protection of the administration which had
placed them over our people and which
prostitutes public property and prerogo-
tives to the furtherance of partizan inter
ests. No one had aided DureI's governor
except Longstreet and the paid army of
which the subjugated people
themselves had been obliged to furnish,
1Quip and pay, for their own enslavement.
Not one volunteer appeared except the
nan who killed several citizens with a rife |
rom the Customhouse upper windows,
md who Is said to have been connected
tuC ia" GndU
he military department of Injustice. All |
he rear, upper and lower portions of the |
'ity had been perfectly tranquil. The
'olored population were not even restless
lot one of them had come forward to sup
'ort the Pro Consul. By next morning,
he remaining Metropolitans, thoroughly |
discouraged and defeated, dispersed or
urrendered. The city was entirely in the
ands of it's own people. The whole State
vas free, Kellogg was beyond its jurisdic.
ion in the Customhouse, and before the
anne hour whom the first gun was fred on
he preceding day, Lieut.. Gov. Penn was
Installed in the State House amid the ac-
lamations of an enthusiastic multitude of
We must remember that Col. Penn was
uly returned elected by 5000 majority
hat he was ousted from Office by the de-
rec of q chancery court which had no more
lrisdiction of the question than our Board