The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-10-01
Strong YindicatiOn of the Louisiana Reyolu.
ti0n.

The New Orleans Picayune makes the follow
ing just defence of the citizens of Louisiana, In
resorting to extreme measures for the overthrow
of petty tyrant and uuscrupulous ruler:
There never was popular demonstration
which stood upon more impregnable grounds of
right Justice and Republican principle and
duty than that which has been achieved in this
city. ..
Nothing can be more false than to claim it
as the victory of political party, least of all
as race victory 1t was simply an uprising
of the people against us intolerable oppression
and fragrant usurpation. The long submission
to the usurpation, so pronounced by the Con-
gress Of the United States, was yielded by the
people from respect and Loyalty to the
Government of the United States and an ardent
desire for peace and order. And such submis-
sion, though hopeless of relief, would under
endurable conditions have been continued until
the Federal Government had finally adjudicated
our case.
Many citizens had even been led to trust to
the assurances of Kellogg that lie would admin
lister the Government so as to secure relief for
many of the wrongs complained Of; that he
would effect the repeal of the obnoxious laws
which were the sources of the vast demoraliza-
ton and ruin of our State that he would per-
sue corruption and dishonesty in the public
offices and arrest the universal spollation which
had been long going on; that he would rebuild
the credit of the State; would change the eec-
ton and registration laws would remit to the
city the control of its police and financial af-
fairs, and would take proper steps to have fair
election and registration.
1t is barely possible that if Mr.. Kellogg had
kept any of these pledges the people would
have endured little longer the usurpation of
which he was the head. But he did not.
On the contrary, he aggravated all these
wrongs and expressions. He gathered around
him the most dangerous and avarcious of the
carpet-bag class of plunderers. He converted
the city police into an armed band of jannissa-
ries, and armed them with the most approved
weapons. He fired their hearts with vindictive
and sanguinary, fnot valorous passions against
our people. He had in his employ notorious
cut-throats and roughs to protect his own per-
son and to menace and murder quiet and peace
full citizens.
He had appointed as registrars of voters the
most audaciolls and unprincipled political ad-
venturers and ballot-box suffers. Their mode
of performing their functions was utterly sub
versive of the clear constitutional rights of 8
large class of our citizens. It would have dis
franchiscd nearly our whole naturaized popu-
lation. Under it, the State would have been
Africanized.
Nothing could have been darker, beaker,
and more hopeless than the prospect of Louisi-
ana under such a government.
The honest and respectable people were re-
duced to the alternative of emigrating from the
State, or of an uprising against the usurpatio,n,
which appeared to have no other object but the
universal confscation of the property and ex-
pusion of the persons of all the decent white
people.
1t was sad and sorrowful extreme for a
peaceful people in republic to be driven to-
But where is there any community OF our race
of freemen who would not have done as our
citizens have done? and where is there an hon
est American heart which will not beat respon-
sive to the patriotic impulses that have impeled
our whole population to rise en- masse against
the desperate and rapacious government that
has so long harassed, insultcd and despoilcd
them?