Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-09-23
WHAT BUTLER THINKS OF IT.

BOSTON, September Is, 1874 -Evel
/ since the premoDttOry symptoms OF rSVolu
lion were manifested In louisiana Genera
Butler has been kept well informed bY CORE
| spoDdents IN and around the Crescent CITY ol
| what was going on, and the outbreak which
has now come was no surprise TO him IN
! deed, IN his speech at Gloucester last satur-
/ day evening he fJreshadOwed much Of Whal
I has since occurred, and intmated that he
I wouldn't mind going down % New orleans
/ again and taking hand in the enforcement
| Of law and order. I called upon the general
! this afternoon at his law office, In Pemberton
square, and after discussing few general top
/ les, the matter OF the Louislana Troubles was
Incidentally alluded %.
an is a al state OF sfafrs," he remarked,
with much feeling, and what the result viii
! be il is now impossible 10 determine. had a
letter from friend there some two weeks ago,
a man who is well posted and reliable, and he
says that even then there was rebellion sll
over The state, and Kelloggs government was
g. good - overthroWn."
Cant the federal courts settle this matter
some way OF other, and estaoilsA the fact lnsl
one party or the other is the government"
asked.
u don't see, " he replied, chow the action OF
the Federal courts can affect these men, " hat
ever the actual rights OF Kellogg may be, or
whatever the rights OF McEnery may be, they
have no lights whatever by law, for we have
no evidence that there has e. en- been an actual
election according 10 the provisions OF the
constitution. This talk about the United
States seuate settling the matter Of the cleo
ton Is absurd. That body has no more right
to decl0e upon an election In Loulsana than
Il has ii Massachusetts.
I suppose, then, a new election Is about the
only way in which the mater can be properly
and satisfactorily settledf" I said, inquir-
Yes, that's It, exactly. Last Decemb er, I
made a speech in favor Of new election in
Louisiana, thinking tnst 10 was W1se then 70
take positive measures and thus avert n e
possibility OF such events as nave since hap
pened, but was overruled al that time, and
you see what the consequences nave been.
The Federal cOuTt~ can't do anything, and all
they have been ale 70 do Is 70 stop one side
from g1ing into pOEer ard keep the other side
out They don't seem TO pat an end % trOu-
bic or settle the matter as TO who Is or who is
I'll seems to be pretty complicated case
siYes, there is going TO be a great deal OF dif.
1culty IN bringing matters 70 an enu. Prcsi-
dent Grant has scot troops DOVE thers 70 en-
force his orders These troops, however, cant
have anything 70 say as 70 whether kellogg
or McEnery shall assume 10 Be governor.
What has the United States 70 say about the
matter II choose 70 cit here In my eftice and
write snd issue prOclamRttons as governor Of
Msssachusett d? II should undertake 10 en-
force such pToclamations, then there might
be reasonable arOund Tor interference, and
net until then"
"But, General, suppose you we're regarded ss
governor by tie people and your orders were
.sOh, well, Il the people choose 10 recognize
me as gOvernsr and respect my prOclRma-
items, why, that Is all very well. This whole
sooner or later, decide IN the manner OF an
election. What l wanted was to have con.
gress declare the Louisiana government va
cant. on account Of the failure Of the people
70 elect government according 70 the cOusti-
tuition, and have congress direct matters until
q government could be properly elected and
effected. Why, held precise
" the same position in LOuislanR during the
war IS would exist nov II the State govern
ment was sunk IN the sea, and yet there y as
ansrvard state government established"
OUT, General, don I you regard The govern
ment there now IS practically non estf"
The Judiciary exists, but there Is no eXscu-
tive 10 enforce Its DEGREES, and IL Is therefore,
, what do you think about the riots and the
efforts 10 quell themf"
arhere is one thing 1 can't understand, and
that Is how the Metropolitan police allowed
themseyes 70 be captured, tcgsther with their
artLl cry, without even nring q single gun. u
would Iolk like treachsry " some thirty or
forty Of them had not been seriously wound
ed. II seems that LonSstreet had forty or my
Of his own men killed, and there were none
killed on the other side. Now, If it had been
my case, should have preferred 10 have
matters the other way"
DO you think the trouble viii be positively |
settled sooue"
'.The matter is not going TO be ended spee5i- |
ly or easily. The great difficulty will De 10 /
sends down the United States forces, they |
won't ind any mob there, but when they /
come away 1t viii be there. For my part, |
don't see why Kellogg could not have called |
once, for they are = part Of the county ser
vice, the same n the militia would be. There
seems 10 have been the utmost imbecility on
the part Of the United states, % lar as l
can iudge from the accounts furnished By the
press One thing is certain, and that Is, II the
citizens on its own soil, then 1t is about
as useless an affair as we can very
well spes d three hundred milton douar. an
nuaily Tor. 1 nave no doubt that President
Graut will do his best to put down this insur-
rection finally, bat the difficulty will be thar
when his troops sre there they Will md no
armed opposition. one fsction seems 70 think
that N the other will abdicate II will be the
true government Tnts Is all wrong, Tor there
is no evidence that there has been any gov
ernment properly elected"
fsDo you look upon this trouble as rlot, an
insurrection or a war;"
alt was an absolute insurrectiOu against the
state government. Although Il only started
the present proportions OF the olnnculty are
DO more than was anticipated. Now the IN
surreetionists were directly In opposition %
the State government, but the moment they
the United states troops or authori- !
Ties this defiance might develop into sctual
war. l can't conceive that at any time the |
Louisiana people will be rash enough TO night |
the Federal government"
The conversation then turned briefly upon
the rigat OF kellogg 10 disarm the citizens or |
militia, IN which toe general claims that the |
keeping and bearing arms for the overthrow
or protection OF a government were two dii- /
ierent things - have had occasion % exam Exam,
twinkle IN his eye, "for l believe once dis |
armed the population Of New Orleans myself. |
People have q right % have IRE IN theI /
ncendiRrism they must be dispOSsessed OF IT, !
As intimated sll through the interview, the |
general thinks affairs are very much mixed,
Ind can only be streightsned BY q new elec- /
ion; but meantime he insiss that II Is the /
iuty Of the government 70 protect her own /
,itizens on her own soil, and I am mistaken /
Z be would not like 10 take hand IN the en- /
,rcament of such protection.