The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-09-18
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sRrp,y SEPTEMBER Is, 1871 | 81
81. g. poor louisiana.


This Is free representative efnn1 t' =
xet il Is Al, lndeniable truth that the people
az Loa;siapa are living under an absolute
despotism. For them the ballot has pc
meaning and the courts have 10 power. 80
reasonable man doubts that ut the ia last eiec-
ton McEaEaY and prSs were fairly chosen
Governor and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF s'ie =
state. but that KfLLcGG seized the feips VI
power by fraud and force and ins's''eu .
nrefended Legislature Of his own og tne
use Of the Federal bsyonets. Against Inns
l ean;ta, outrage what remedy had the citizens
4 AZ louisiana? Should they 20 to The courts
The Judges were partners In the CRIME 'e'
should they appeal to the Legislature? II was
dispersed, and the conspirators Eaade laws
In its place. They complained to the Presi'
dent, and he denied them even hearing
They wen, before Congress, and Congress
ordered sn investigation, ascersained that
Is the charges Of usurpation were all true, list
ened TO a terrible pronunciation Of the usurp-
ers and an eloquent plea for justice from the
lips OF Senator CARPENTER, and then-aio
nothing. Nor was this all. During THESE
two years, While the citizens had borne every
Imaginable wrong, and watched the State
sinking day by day into lower depths of dis
organization and bankruptcy, they had SUI
the hope that the next election, In Que
course Of law, might enable them to
oyerturn this iniquitons administration
But OF late KELLOGG has destroyed even
this last hope. His rascaily Legislature
passed registration law SO monstrous ID lis
provisions that he was afraid to approve ~
while Congress was in session. But when
there was nothing more to fear from the In
dignation Of Congress, he drew the hali-for'
gotten bill from his desk and signed it. The
new law empowers him to appoint super
yisors and assistant supervisors Of election in
all the parishes OF the State, with full autho'
rity to add names to the registry or erase
names from them. Their action on both these
points is final. They have only to draw a. pen
through q voters name and he is disfran-
chised hey ond the power Of any authority
in the State to help him. The courts are
expressly forbidden to interfere, by iDjunc'
ton, Dandamus, or any other process; and
to make the case complete, the registrars are
authorized to appoint an indefinite multitude
of "suitable persons" to attend at the poll
ing places, as their Janiz.ries, =" to keep Or
der" Is there the faintest shadow OF
chance that an honest election can take place
under such circumstances Is there any
remedy whatever left forthe citizens of Lou
isiana except the last resort of all, the appeal
to arms?
We did not write the above, but we adopt
il as editorial. 1t is from the New York
Tribune. But, oh, blind guide, whence
would you lead us: Hear the Tribune fur.
Their:
General Grant must now carry his crime
against Louisiana to its logical consequence.
He upheld the usurper; he will now use
the army Of the United states to dispossess
the government which he KNOBS to be the
legitimate one. We wish him joy of his oc-
cupatioD."
Lousianians must be slaves that GRANT
may have distasteful job to perform! Oh,
happy, free Government !!