Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-09-17

der wields the baton of the republics power,
no surprise Is felt when he is seen taking instant
radical measures for the suppression of such An
outbreak as that which has placed the cOnsti-
tuted authorities in New Orlsans at the mercy
Of an armed political faction" The Baltimore
AmeriedH says that Congress shirked its duty
when appealed to by the President to take ac-
ton in the Louisiana imorogIiO, and he chad no
choice but to uphold the Kellogg government.
Now that il has been recognized for nearly two
years il would be absurd to suppose that
the federal government could permit it
to be overthrow without intervening"
The Cincinnati Commercial declares that "the
administration of Governor Kellogg, worthless
Is IL, corrupt as ii is, usurpative as We believe
IL TO have been in its origin, must be Teinstated
at any cost, and maintained in its position until
il expires by legal limitation and another is put
in its place according to the forms of law" The
Gazette, of the same city, says that whether the
Kellogg administration is an honest one, or rs
corrupt as the most vindictive of its opponents
allege, 1t matters not. 1t as been recognized as
legitimate by the highest national authority, and
there are legal methods OF procedure for those
who feel themselves aggrieved by it or any Of
T. acts"
Getting down to the southwest, we find the
Courier-JoHTndI saying -" 1t is bad advice ID
say to Infatuated Louisiana, aim well and shoot
low; you cannot make it any worse than it is;
and, as you are resolved to sacrifice yourself es
you might as well be grstified whilst you are at
it, but it lie natural advice. The letter of the
law is against them. They are in rebellion
against constituted authority, which the fed
eral government is bound to support. Kellogg
infamous as he Is, and vile az his gang NAV be,
has only to call for troops and get them. He
will DO so. and the END OF it all will be rene we'd
successes for the radicals"
The Richmond papers, while execrating the
Kellogg government, do not with the exception
perhaps of the EH4airer) endorse the lnsurrec-
ton. The Dispatch Gays: 1t amazss us that
our friends there should have been 50 badly
advised. The President is bound, forced, COM
PEELED to sustain the recognized government.
In the case of some states, no particular gov
ernor, it is possible, has ever been formally
recognized. But in the case of Louisiana, as is
well known, both Congress and the President
have sgain and again recognized kellogg as
the lawful governor. 1t was therefore abso-
lutely certain from the beginning that the
whole power of the United States government
would be brought to bear against the citizens
who were endeavoring to dislOdge him." The
Wing says: alt Is easy to see where the right is
but on which side the technical law lies remains
TO be shown. Louisiana has been terribly op-
pressed. We trust that in attempting TO better
her condition she has not made it worse"
The Enquirer says:-"The order of the Presi-
dent will of course be obeyed. They will dis
perse, but in the meantime the revolution will
have gone so far forward that it will be utterly
impossible for 1t to 60 backward. There will be
two governments in Louisiana, both claiming
legitimacy-one sustained by the voice of the
people, and the other by the bayonets of the
federal government. The question Will then
come up before General Grant for settlement
much as it did in the late Arkansas affair, aud
if be decides az he did in that case In favor of
the incumbent, Kellogg will, of course, be sus-
tanned, but he will have to be kept in place by
the federal government, and will be merely a
military governor. Ii the President, however,
should act wisely, and recognize the revolution
in its full force and meaning, and withdraw his
troops, leaving Lieutenant Governor Penn in
possession, the vexed question of Louisiana
politics will be forever settled, the real people
Will be restored to their right of seIf-goyern-
ment, and peace will return to bless the land
with prosperity and happiness"