The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-19
TIE PRESS ON THE LOUISIiN \
QUESTION.
A vindication.

NEW YORK, Sept. 1S.-The Tribune editorially
says: Gen. Grant has vanquished the people OF
! Louisiana again. He has telegraphed to his gen.
erals and his admrals he has set he army and
navy in motion, and the lawful government of
| Louisiana suIrenders.
| If there q any doubt before as to the char
acter of the usurpation which rules the unhappy
State by favor OF the Pr sldent, any question
whether the people really acquleseed in 1t there
can be none now.
The outrage stands out henceforth in all its
naked deformity, an unpar lonable crime against
popular suffrage and the sovereignty OF State.
government win h the people loathe and de.
spise was forced upon Louisiana by the soldiers
of the President. Left to themselves for mo-
ment the people IL rev it Off and installed the
officers whom they had regularly chosen at the
polls.
| The deposed intrnders made no fight. They
! were a. helpless and cowardly children in the
presence of the indignant people but, covering
behind the shutters Of the Custoni-H House, they
clegraphed to the President: 1.-The people
have put Us out. This is your job. Come you
and put us back again."
Two years ago Grant yielded t" the bad advice
Of his dlsrepuabe Associates and installed kel-
l"gg at New Orleans by fraud and force, because
he wanted the electoral vote Of the state which
a majority of the voters had given to the other
side.
That wicked deed has brought forth full crop
| of crime We have seen him dispensing q legs
lature at the point Of the bayOnet expelling a
| mitimate government with threats of ma tlal
| W, and r. vers ng the course of justice by the
| scandalous support OF perjured court.
The r, resident himself finally admitted, in a
special message to Con ness, that so mary for
series and frauds had been discovered, that be
was not sure Of Ke logs's title; an Official in,
vestiga ion proved the ascali OF the whole
TRANSACTION beyond any possibility of denial, but
the President would not halt; he mus carry out
hi. original CRIME to its natural consequences
and the memorable logic of events has led him tt
this crownihg shame
His own friends have exclaimed at the iniquity
Of thete proceedings and warned hlm ~ dtslst
The hottest partisans of his Administration Ia "
denounced the u-urpations OF Kellogg and Du
rell with an Indignation that does them credi
Seventeen Republican Senators voted in Feb u
airy, 1873, to declare the pretended election o
Kellogg null and void aud to turn him out o
Office.
/ For the first time in the history Of the United
States the soldiers OF the Union are employed
drive out q legitimate Governor and place
miserable pretender In the State House, t,
shoot down in the streets the people who ma,
and dishearienlng spectacle the Con
gress which refuses to act On thu
Louisiana report, and the Republican part,
which tacitly approved the wrong are boil
to blame, but it is upon the President that thu
chief responsibility must rest. The Preslden
who began the long course Of oppression; thu
President who could have stopped it az an,
moment II he had chosen and could stop it now
the President who ID probably the only man il
| America not ashamed OF The whole business ant
who comes forward IN the midst OF 1t asking fo
third term
The Sun edtorially says: The rapid and com
plete success of Lieut. Gov. Penn and his asso
ciates has been followed by the resurrender o
Louisiana to Pr. sident Grant, repr scented b.
Major Gen. Emory, having proved that the people
of The State are substantially unanimous in theu
rejection Of Kellogg and his usurpation; tina
in fact there IL no party to support that wretchet
imposition; they have now proved likewise tina
the uprising was not against the laws or tn
authority Of the Unit 80 States with the appear
ance Of the army upon the scene they have with
drawn, resignlng everything into the hands o
the commanding general.
In doing this teey have followed the pain path
OF duty. IL must have been painful to The N, be
ing in quiet possession Of the Government tC
which they were legally elected IN 1872, to give il
up again. But the duty was ptaIn, and it has
been performed with an aacrty which sl.ow-
that they perfectly comprehended the whole
Case and in manner which leaves them masters
| of the situation.
Of course, now that President Grant has agar
! interviewed with arms to sustain Kellogg and his
! followers, they will once more usurp and hold the
p aces which they formeri, occupied through til,
| same agency and from Which they were only now
exp He'd by The people.
This Ii an untoward and dplorable result, bu,
under the clrcum stances, 1t was inevitable, and
indeed, it would seem that the CONSERVATIVES
had looked for it and counted upon 1t from the
beginning OF their surrcctiorary effort.
| The President Of the United state had issned
his procl ,m atom, and however unwise or unjust
it Was, and yheth, he was drum sober When
he affixed to it his Off lal signature it mus
stand as law until revoked There was no appea
from 1t but to arms, ami the appeal to arms
would constitute treason.
! The wer wllci the President herein exer
cses is one CO Ii t-I to III By the Constitution
eli tile United States. Tie misuse or abuse o
this d ,yer Is q natural resu t Of tle office o
President bein, CO ii led - lncomp tent hands
but it i. one for wlicA there Is ~ remedy save
lnpe achment.
fns plocia ,tion of the President WIS sure t.
be enforce'i. II Necessary. by the entire reg Ial
army And by as tlY thousands II militia as hi
| mi 1T cho ,se e. call tor. IL would have bse,
Idle tbs folly III 1873 itself TO dertake Il
resist II By f,sc' 2, or % talk abb resi- .tin-
it. h"u Gen. Robert Too NIB, alvl.e,
the ma OF Georgia 10 resist the passa % o
| Felsral troops tilr ugh that State, he only in
vie tIs hsI, n.I. re, 10 AIS osl ueck NJ
IN utter lpv var n III s-rbt, or synplthy for
th % Dr.s+.i p, bpe 81 tn 5Dlsh it mist sse
- a;ti We Us Sisl W roA,l tl5 JDlat u ar nod
collision VIA ta5 ~ptliers II Tn, Ulite States
We n I.t nDt. ull,r Any clrcl Instances, permit
pplticA opJJAtlJL 10 cJIlict with pitr,otll
| duty.
II ,sever bully administered thu government
must be sustained III every slc,uuter with armed
| r ,-i-tsaco. We nave lSs ossn wanting La dis
ap pro atom In ,leinl ,atlDu Of tbs mistakes
tns corruption aa the ARBITRARY acts OF Prssi
dent 4rAit, tut al the ilea iSAy which ha4 beeI
a tte by the persistent expsufe OF " bluu.lsrs
ami tsnsss would % k,st il the slightest trsa
lUppoAdol Against NJ =. No; shese 0us- b y