New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-21

this OF the people of this State what should DO
Certainly ts,s state Of asc's wholly mr
cannot perceye that tins necessity Iasses the kellogg
msnt that Is not either sppo,pted IN An emergency by
the Federal power. and held TO astrct accountability
and under ITS direct supervision or elected oy me poo
pie OF the State But the officers OF The Kellogg Gover
not pretend to be officers Of the Federal Govern
ment and responsible directly TO H. hut assume 10 ae on
behalf ana IN the name OF the people OF INC bse,o.
the evidence shows that IL was installed by Fcuer IN
and thSt 10 votes Were oe this hypoh
sis Is not legitimate government. beng neither pvpo,
lar nor elected by the people nor ny
alone II any department of the Government mas ha'
II State in this Union Is held TO he unit and incapa
BILE Of selfovernment is this any reason wnv anypou
that State and invoke the support and protection OF inc
Federal Government The only government IoI suem
rejoice 90 see soldier and gentleman assigned 70 tne
command OF this people, rather than expefenco oS
initiation and suffering from the ignorant am reese
despoers whose darkest Is not the taking OF our
property and rendering life insecure, but the war e
make upon the character and virtues OF the people
Tbat taxes should amount TO conscaton that our great
city should he in decay. that our agricutua ,ne1eoo
should laDgush that every industry sh9ulp 10 par
wed and the whole people desperate aud dstresseu
under a mountain load Of debt that alarms ana puzhis
the usurpcrs themselves might have been foreseen ny
the most Indifferent and distant observer but the enea
ppOp the character Of the people can be seen anu
only by those identified with them by common n"U'
But the whole statement as to the sentiments Of the
people Of this State !, utterly false we are go
edged the equal rights OF the colored people We long
for social peace order and prosperity We seek no
had much. very much, that was hard 10 Deat, p1, ~,
2s and yS s T becomes A%ecan We
to keep alive anmosities nor the remembrance VI u
civil contentious. We are indeed ready 10 eAcau "i'u
Achilles
These things the things that were, and though
They make greve, let US subiue oar mhds
To what the time requires Here then our wrath
Shall eud 1t not meet that II should burn
Never since the war have we had first single Rep
indicate this peOple-I the resident white popu
atIOp The members of the Senate have been eleciei
Legislatures that composed almost exclusively or
negroes and few white men newly arrived III TINS COM
munity The members OF Congress have never pre-
tended be elected by any except negro votes Hence
matter OF fact, have had no one IN the Feueral
Government whose position did not depend upon the
exclusion of the resident white population from power,
OF who could pretend represent OtheS than tue
eOl0red vote whose political interest II was not 10
msrepresent us. Cut off thus from intercourse ana
ready to the people oithe North they nave Deeh
induced TO believe statements that are not Only repue
nant to the TRUTH but that do violence 10 cur conno
sense TO our common interests. and TO our common
humanity II we were actuatcd by no higher Feelings
than seshness the desire to better our condition We
wound Danish passion.
would upon election In this State under mil
ary direction in order 10 prevent the cherished forms
| OF republican government from pcrishing L would
upon aside the fatal precedent now upheld
IL would be better to order election even though
every present State officer should be elected, for they
would feel directly responsible to the people. that
tney had indeed constituency, and that once was q
trust. Approve the usurpaton and also uDqueson-
ably approve the extraordinary measures winch produced
it, and stll fragrant measures II mas adopted,
and will adopt, wholly irrecoucllable with
itself against the people which VIII create further as
sensoDs and add new complications TO tue areay us
turbed condition which renders republican government
| a delicate and difficult experiment IN this STATE.
| htw orleans, Feb, IL. 1874 RANDALL H. ulBsoH