The Jasper weekly courier., 1874-02-06
Texas and Louisiana-Wh the Dif.
ference

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I was elected Governor of Louisiana, Gen
Grant found no difficulty to prevent his In,
: reference with Federal bayonets in Dcha
: OF Kellogg. He invoked the reconstruc
tion acts and the constitutional amend
( ments, and acting upon the written opinion
} oi 6eorgc III. Williams, he ordered Col
Emory 10 keep McEnery out of the STATE
! House and protect Kellogg there.
The rcccntcontroyersy in Texas between
Coke and Davis. in respect 10 which Is the
legal Governor of the State. is. I'm all mat
tiers which affect the Federal authority
and the right and duty of the President 10
interfere, similar TO the contest in Louisi-
ANA. so far a. there l. any essential differ
ence between them the reasons for FEEDER
al Intervention are far more plausible in
the ease OF Texas than i'm that OF Louisiana /;
Tor the claim of Davis to hold on to the
Goycrnorship till April next really in-
wolves some nice questions which spring
directly out of the act of Congress restOr-
ing Texas 10 the Union. and out Of the
new Constitution she brought with her.
ON the other hand. when the conflict be-
tween Kellogg and McEnery began Louis
lana had been fully restored to the Union
more than six years. and the points in is
sue arose wholly under the election laws
of the State. Indeed, the real question in
controversy was whether Kellogg. whom
McEnery had beaten fairly by about ten
thousand majority. should De counted in
by frauds that would have amSZcd William
NJ. Tweed and made the wooden Indian
on Tanmany Hall hang his head for shame,
and be then forced into Office under color
of Durelrs usurping decree. and subse-
qucntly kept there by the guns of the ar
\ my-and all done in pursuance of the or
der Of President Grant. which purported
to be based upon the opinions of Attorney
General Williams.
Always ready to interfere and 90 all
lengths for the Kellogg Government, why
does Grant now hesitate 10 interpose in
behalf of Davis Both OF these so-called
Governors are Republicans. while Coke,
who claims the chair OF Davis. is as firm
Democrat as McEnery, who claims the
seat OF Kellogg. Why does Williams,
who one year ago. by order of the Presi-
dent. dashed off kilograms to New Or
leans approving the illegal decree of the
venal Durcll. and sanctioning the en-
ploymcnt of the troops by Marshal Pack
ard TO aid in enforcing it-why does he
now telegraph To Austin and inform Davis
that his claim doubtful one. and therefore
the President must deny his application
for troops 70 sustain IL
The obvious answer TO this question Is
full of instruction; and il is two-fold. In
the first place. james r. Casey. who l. the
brDther-in-law of Grant, was appointed by
him Collector of New Orleans soon after
his own Inauguration: and from that day
TO this. though Casey is a shallow fellow for
so big rascal. he has exerted great influ-
ence over the State Government of Louisi-
ana, and has borne full sway i'm its coun-
sells ever since the supple kellogg crawled
into the seat of the pugnaclous Warmoth.
A brother-in-law being In the case. of
course Grant embraced the earliest plausi-
BILE prctcXt to overthrow the rightfu Gov
crnment of Louisiana in the interest of that
brother-in-aw. But Davis has no Casey
at his elbow. and therefore judges, Mar
shals. tolOnelS are not ordered TO come TO
his aid.
However. if the next House of Repre-
seniatives is composed of such political
elements as we think Il will be. Grant
will then wish that Casey had been al the
bottom of the. sea ere the day dawned
when he persuaded him 10 interfere i'm the
contest between two rival claimants to the
GovernorShip of Louisiana. and by force
set aside its statutes. its Constitution. and
its duly elected State officers. And here
we touch the very core OF the reason Of
Grants hesitancy in the Texas case. lie
well knows that If any act could have been
proven against Andrew johnson one
tenth rs flagrant as the oLtrages he has
perpetraied against the legally chosen
authorities in louisiana. johnson would
certainly have been convicted on his i'm
peachment trial, and perhaps handed over
TO the criminal courts for still further pun
ishments.
To come right to the point. Grant and
Williams have got frightened and have
backed down i'm regard to Texas from the
ground they assumed in respect 10 Louisi- |
ana. And il Is well for them that they |
have. The country is in no mood of mind
10 stand fresh assaults of this SOrtupon the /
fundamental principles Of government. II |
has seen the Constitution wrc,ted quite |
too often To subscrvc the interests of
horles of plundering carpet-baggers. hum I
dreds of whose leaders ought 10 have been |
i'm the penitentiary long ago. Nor does il 1
soothe the feelings OF the myr1ads of Re
publican abolitioniSts who laborcd early l
and late to ain emancipation for the ne
grOcs to see these Southern adventures
and their abettors in the North oyerturn-
ing State Governments by force. seducing
Judges by money. and thrustng their
hands into public treasures i'm all direc-
tions. under the hypocritcal pretext that
these things are essential to secure the
rights of the enfranchised class.
tlcar->lgnieu people nave htdru enough
of these apologies for robberics which. in
their aggregate magnitude. would have
amazed Warren Hastings. while the thin
gloss whcrewith il is attempted 10 cover
them would evoke the contempt Of Dick
Connolly. And therefore IL j. that Grant
and w illiams do not retreat one hour too
soon for their own safety. Nay. more; 1t
remains TO BE- seen whether this withdraw
al from Texas will be allowed to condonc
for their high crimes and misdemeanors In
Louisiana.
Leaving the President and his Attorney
General to save themselves from impcach-
mcnt 10y the next lIouse if they can. we
ask senator Morton and Republican states