Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-09-25
The Louisiana Rebellion.

President Grant has issued proclamation
ordering the Louisiana insurrecti1ni-ts to
disperse within FIVE days. the Substance of
which Is a. follows:
Whereas, it has been satisfactorily rep
resented to me that turbulent and disorder
" persons have combined together with
force and arms TO overthrow the state gov
eminent of Louisiana, and 10 resist the laws
and constituted authorities of said State,
and
Whereas, the Legislature Of said State is
not now in session. and cannot be convened
in time to meet the present emergency. and
the Executive ofsaid STATE. under Section 4
! of article Of the Constitution OF the
United States and the laws passed
in pursuance thereof. has therefore made
application to me for such part Of
the military force of the United States
a. may be necessary and adequate to
protect said State and the citizens thereof
against domestic violence, AMI enforce the
due execution of the laws, and
! Whereas, 1t i required that whenever it
may be necessary, IN the judgment Of the
/ President, u use the military force for the
/ purpose aforesaid, he shall forthwith, by
/ proclamation, command such insurgents
] to dispense and retire peaceahly 10 their re
/ spective homes within a limited time, now,
therefore.
l. L. >. Grant. d. hereby make procia-
nation and command said turbulent and
dlsOrderly persons 10 disperse and retire
peaceably to their respective abodes within
five days from this date, ard hereafter sub
NIT themselves to the laws and constituted
authorities of said state. and | invoke the
aid and cooperation of all good citizens
thereof, to uphold the law and preserve the
public peace.
Senator West. Of Louisiana. says he ha-
no doubt that the reyulutIOnIsts will obey
the President proclamation and dI>perse
before Monday next. but that when they
bave done II the Kellogg administration
will be no better than 1t l. now. judging
from the Associated Press dispatches, the
revolution has already been successful, and
the dispersion OF the militia called cut by
Penn viii not restore Kellogg TO power. II
the president attempts to put Kellogg back
into the State house, a. Senator " e>t pre-
sumes he viii do, by the aid OF Unued
States troops. he Viii NOT succeed unless ne
can put into Kellogg sufficient courage TO
enable MIN to be pax back. kellogg cannot
stand al arm length or hide IN the custom
house, surrounded by UnIted States troops
and GatlIng guns, and exercise the powers
aud duue> OF Governor OF the State. The
Senator thinks that Kellogg ought to have
Remained III the executive Othce and defend
ed II WIKI his lite, aud that the cJwar1ice
he ha- shown IN running away has not
only proved hin UNEQUAL 10 the present
emergency, bat has greatly Complicated
matters In speaking VI the easy victory
which the citizens seem 10 have gained over
the metr 'pVlltan police, Mr. West said that /
II dad not surprise nm. That body was /
made up of political bummers, w-o held I
their places because they were expert in /
managing ward caucuse-. The rank and /
file had been cheated out OF d part Of /
their paw. and 1t was not strange that they /
should iaIl Kellogg at this time. Senator 4
West has not made up his mind whether I
the people mean fight OF not. He thinks,
however, 1t WAS a part OF their plan 10 ac-
complish a revolution before 1t would be
possible to get United States troops Ii re,
thinking that when they constituted the
only government there was IN the State,
II would be impossible to overthrow
them. lie doubts If the better class
of the people throughout the State
sustain TINS movement, bat says it has
been preclpltated, "a the rebellion was IN
1861, by the politicians who are hungry
Tor office He thinks that the United States
government made u great mistake III with
drawing troops IRON Louisiana last June,
and says that his protest against such ac-
ton Is matter OF record. That Withdraw
al, taken in connection with tue President 5
refusal to interfere In the Texas and Ar
kansas cases, he believes encouraged the
followers of MeEnery to suppose that if
they undertook a revolution they would not
be Interiered with.