The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-01
KELnOGGs BLESSED CHARITY"

and for shameless disregard OF tue truIu Vi
recent history, the New Orleans RepcbSiean is
entitled to the champion belt. 1t has out
stripped the Chicago Inter ocean and New York
pen,,lHc. and the latter journal will, no doubt,
recognize the superior claims OF the Rep"bl'-
con. and forward the Lelt which it won by the
amazing faIsehoods published in its very first
issue, concerning Louisiana affairs.
The last effort Of the Republican in its Sun
day edition to hold up VIM Pitt Kellogg
before this community as patient, long sui
fering, much slandered, charitable gentleman
is too heavy a strain for us to bear IN silence.
1t may do very well to tickle the ears OF its
rapidly diminishing Radical audience "ithai'
but the person who wrote the article must
have blushed to his very finger tips at SO pal
pable and absurd an attempt to impose Mr..
Kellogg upon the world as ooer Oh hooie
and praise worthy acts.
II nublishes a letter from MIR. A. Wa!she,
the resigning Radical Mayor OF Shreveport
e.To his Excellency, VIM. Pitt Kellogg, Gov
.arnor of Louisiana, in which that worthy,
who. by tie way, was appointed by Kellogg,
begs leave to assure Kellogg OF his "kindlest
apprecia,on' of his (Kelloggs) 'nobe chart
~ towards our suffering community in the cpl
,demic Of last year" etc.
Now, this stuff and nonsense, this eulo5y
delivered by q man who owed to Kellogg his
official existence this meaningless babbie OF a
resigning subordinate, who was fishing for
future favors, is caught up by the Rep"1Lcaa
and made text wherefrom to preach us all a
sermon, the burden of which is Kellogg
blessed charity
Oh (! fie fe, is there no shame lett even
among the followers of this most shameless
Tellow? Or has their memory been paralyzed
by the effect of the late election:
Have they forgotten that this Shreveport
donation matter was fully proved up and
recorded against their master as the s'imlest
of all his shiny acts Have they, indeed, tor
ryotten his artful attempt to impose upon the
credulity of the people of Shreveport and OF
the whole country by appearing to donate
$1,000 from his private funds to the sufferers
by the epidemic, while in reality he was con-
tributing the funds Of the State?
Have they forgatten the two kilograms sent
yby him upon the same day to his private Sec
..etary here If 50 we will refresh theil
memories, for here are copies of them
CHIcAGo, ILL.,, Sept. 1G, 1873.
I'll, Conquest Clarke Governors Private Sec
rctay; . 80
Pay for me $1,000 for the relief of the SICK
at Shreveport Advise with the President O
the Howard Association. Just arrived. Back
as soon rs possible.
WIZ =. KELLOGG.
[Disoatch No. 2, same day.l
CHICAGO. ILL.,, Sept 16, 1873.
II. Conquest Clarke, Governors Private zee
Make ont q ,ra,ra,d o., tie Coatingeh Faad
aIet Clinton to audit it and johnson. at Fol
gers Office. to cash it. Pay to the Towards
TIell the newspapers.
VIM F. KELLOGG.
The italics in the above are our own, anC
,youid without a word of comment, sutficient'y
point moral and adorn this most monstrouS
and unnatural tale
The New Orleans HcruH, under date OF ths
18th and 18th Of September, 1873, published
all the facts in this loathsome case, anc
challenged denial either on the part of KEEL
iOB8, OF MS pfiNtle tocNlctaiy, NhA' SA"i AS
Denial was impossible because the SECOND
dispatch, which was dropped accidentally by
Mr. Clarke, was found and read by several
gentlemen whose yeracity cannot be success
4ully impug.ed
The Republican,, if it made any attempt at
the time to excuse or palliate this action O.
Kellogg, soon abandoned it as hopeless, ane
both Kellogg and Clarke were dumb.
If Kellogg has ever done an unselisa, kline
or charitable act in his life, it has yet to be
recorded, and we sincerely trust that the Re
publican will not again insult the intelligence
of this community by holding up VIM. Pitt
Kellogg as man Of charitable instincts, or as
being in any way worthy Of the respect OF de
cent and honorable men.
We trust also it will not attempt to prove
that the $1,000 was finally paid out OF kel
loggs private funds, because even if it sue
oeeded, which would be doubtful, there still
remains that unexplainable dispatch abou:
the Contingent Fund and "Iell the News
MINERS"