The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-27
LOUISIANA AFFAIRS.

LOUISIANA AFFAIRS.
The following significant article from tho Sc.
Louis Globe Republican, will be road with in-
terest:
That sense Of justice which compelled us to
censure the resort to violence on the part Of the
people of New Orleans, demands that We should
make acknowledgment Of the scrupulous fidelity
with which they have made good their word thae
they would make no resistance to the Govern
ment OF the United States. They have made .
uation in good faith. 1t must have Leen . sOr0
trial for them for their little revolution had had
most brilliant success, and at their first onset
the Government of Kellogg came tumbling down
ike house Of cards.
Less fiery natures than those which burst forth
in so fierce blaze might well be excused il, when
their victory WAS anpu:led and its results set
asitle open defiance and secret hostilities Shouts
been no such spirit in Louisiana. On the con-
trary, the resignation with which they have sub
mtted, under protest, has done much to condono
the ofense Of their uprising. and to incline public
opinion to listen more favOrably to the pleas
with which they justify it.
They may the more easily reconcile themselves
to this submission by the reflection that their
brief revolt has forced attention to the evils OF
off in which solution Of the vexed question
will be enforced; and, finally, they have demon
strated that the Government which they insist u
an usurpatiOn would not be allowed to hold it0
own a single day in the State without the sup
port OF the central power. And they have .
right to claim that resort to their strength
shall not be enforced on them by denial Of their
| rights at the polls. Dsbanded US party OF
political party of citizens, and demand rec: gni-
ton of their claims in the appointment OF officers
at the approaching election.
| We are sorry to be forced 10 say that the &C.
tons Of Kellogg wear an Of some ten
they may easily be annulled by the effect OF what
he refuses. He is reported to have agreed that
the McEnery party should have an equal repro
sentation among the supervisors. but to have
the Returning Board. Now, the important fact
is, that all this contest Of the past two years.
and its unhappy elimination in disorder, blood
shed and ruin, arose from the inemciency or rae-
cality OF the Returning Board at the last cleo
Lion and il it is not honestly constituted now
the rest il fraud and q farce. II Gov. Kellogg
recognizes the McEnery party SO far - to entsr
into conference with them and to give them
representation among the supervisors, he can
have no decent reason for DEM ing them repre-
sentation ON the Returning Board.
| We may say that any system OF election which
leaves the political welfare and the Governments
of sovereign State wholly at the mercy. OF .
little cabal Of canvassers is vicious in itself and
invites suspicion. There is no human being
who is able to prove, before impartial authority,
which ticket received q majority OF tho suffrages
Of the people OF Louisiana at the last election
vet even such chaotic ignorance IL better than
| the conviction that the returns have been tam
pered with in the interest Of one party, and such
a conviction will be forced on every mind il Kel-
logg denies to his opponents right which he adj
r,its to be their due by conceding 1t in the ap-
pointment of supervisors. We trust he will not
delude himself with the plea that, because dia-
sensions the board confused the returns at the
last election the proper remedy is to constitute
| hnor "a Z.
vided against each other, but will be 30 harmon
j u. ha: their judgment may be spredicted with
certainty.
This would be asking too much, and, ~ Repub-
licans, we would see in such stupidity an add
tional load put on party which is just now mos
asking any one to overburden it. We have had
plenty Of hard knocks during the past twelve
months; and our endurance has zen pretty Sc
tives of Republicanism shall show at their only
method Of gaining power is by ma 'ulatiDg the
ballot boxes, az their only tenure over is the
presence Of United States troops, will have
| done us much in their way to renl.-. the party
odious and to ruin it, as the Republicans OF Mis-
souri, have done in their way Here the ground
il taken that Republcanism is something 20
obnoxious and so disgraceful that it must be
| disguised in livery before decent men win
consent to associate with it, and the doctrine -
taught that it is better to crouch and abase our.
selves before our natural enemies, content to en-
| dure the kicks we receive so long as the crumbs
OF NICE arc nelO DCIOr0 ub Us Ill luuuCcIu0ut 70
remain in our humiliating attitude. This 10 not
calculated to inspire the patriotic citizen with An
enthusiastic admiration for the beauties OF Re-
publcanism. 1t is, if possible, even worse than
that lordly pride which asserts the prerogativs
Of party by saying to its opponents, Yes, gen
tleinen, you may have your men to look on while
the votes are being cast, but not while they are
being counted. A fair division OF political du-
ties prescribcs that you may vote, but we will
count But either variation OF rascalty Is alien
| to true Kepubcanlsm which should be ON ito
guard against them, and keep them aloof