The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-10-10
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Address OF Governor Kellogg
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Executive Department,
New Orleans, September 3Oth, 1874
To the People Of the United States:
The spirit which animates nv OF
ponents and the sincerity of the,
professions of sole desire to advanc
the interests of the State irrespective
Of personal aims, is aptly shown b
their course with regard to the inan
cisl reforms have enumerated. A
their convention at Baton Rouge the,
recommended the people not only t
vote against the constitutional amend
ment indorsing the funding bill, bu
also against the amendments limitipf
the State and city debts, reducinI
taxation, restricting the expenses i
each year to the revenues of tht
year, and against q perfectly innoce1t
though necessary little amendmelt
changing the day fixed by the con
'stitution for holding the State cleo
tons to the day fixed by Congress fol
the election Of presidential electors.
50 as to avoid the expense of a two
days election. The reason assigned
for their course was that they did not
desire to recognize the legality of the
Legislature which has passed these
measures; but when question of
Office became subsequently involved,
no conscientious seruples prevailed.
The same convention which advised
the people to reject the constitutional
amendments SO as not to recognize
the Legislature which passed them
nominated Il candidate for congress-
ional district which only exists by
virtue OF an act passed by this same
Legislature, ut the same time as the
constitutional amendments.
The records of the State show that
every job put through the Legislature
during the administration of INV pre
decessor was voted for by the educa-
ted Democrats as we'll as by the ig-
norant colored men. Some Of the most
oppressive mOnopolies now on the
statute books were lobbied through
III the interests of prominent members
OF the opposition. Nearly one-fifth of
the existing bonded debt of the State
was created in two years by the Dem
ocratic Legislature of 1866 nearly all
the present oppressive city debt has
been created under Democratic adj
ministgation. Divided upon all other
questions, split up into five or six diff
terent factions, each with distinctive
title, the Democracy of Louisiana are
united on two points-a desire to get
control OF all the Offices of the State.
and a wish to exclude the colored
people from the rights conferred upon
them by tho constitution Of the coun-
try. Upon these two points they are a
terrible unit.
The second charge brought against
me by my opponents is that / was
not elected to the position hold. Mr..
Marr's committee, in their recent
address attempt to fortify that asser-
ton by extracts from the cepsus of
1870, showing Il small excess Of white
over colored males over the age of
twenty-One. The whole force Of the
argument is destroyed at once by the
fact, which Mr.. Mari designediy or
fails to mention. that
the same census shows that there are
nearly $4,000 alien males over the
age OF twenty one in this State. who
are OF course disqualified from voting.
Deduct these 5000 aliens from the |
total of white citizens claimed for the |
democracy, deduct also the 5000 or |
lo'V0 known white Republicans and
add that number to the colored male
aduits-all made citizens by the war
and the census argument establish
es = larger excess of Republican over
Democratic voters in this State than
even the Republican party claim.
There are two other points that
may be mentioned in this connection
FIRST, that there are a large number
'f colnred men in this State so nearly
white as to pass for white, aud who
we're doubtless so classed by the CEN
'as enumerators; and, secondly, that
here has been for years past. and
IT'LL continues, steady immigration
IT coiofed people to the fertile, alluvial
ands 1T this State from other South
'rn States. The assertion that the Re-
party was divided ut the
asst election may be passed by with
he single comment, that it is not
rue, Governor Warlnoth and Messrs.
1cNislen and company may have
arfied over their own votes to the [
fusion camp. and probably did SO.
tut they took nothing else: and for
very vote they carried, at least a {
corresponding number of honest Dem
Gratis refrained from voting the Fu- IL
ion ticket, disguised with the unholy {
lliance on which it was based. Gov. t
varmoth was wanted by the Fusion q
ITS. not because it was believed he c
ould bring over to them any appre- q
liable number Of Republicans, but
ecause it WAS believed he could so a
Sc the then existing registration and I
lection laws as to prevent the Re- e
carrying the State, or, fail t
g III that, could so disguise and t.
lanse the result through the mani tt
ulatlOn OF the returns as tn mako f. t,