Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-09-15

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Governor. / have received and assured
you, gentlemen, as a member Of his staff.
by. G. DIABLE, Brig. and
Judge Advocate General Louisiana State
Militia.
| To which Mari replied orally as fol-
lows:
II repeat that there are no armed rioters,
there are no armed men on Canal street,
so far as We know. We came on a mission
Of peace, and we believe that if the Gov
ernor had acceeded to the proposition We
brought to-day (Which was to abdicate), it
would have pacifed the people of Louisi-
ana and might or would have prevented
violence or bloOdshed. So far as we are
conceaned, we are prepared to pledge to
him no viO'enee in person or property, and
We feel in a position on the contrary, to as
sure him that there should be perfect i'm
munity to both"
The substance Of the foregoing reply was
subsequently reducedt to writing by the Gov
ernOr's private secretary, and handed TO Mr..
Mar and read at the mass meeting.
| Sen. Diabel, on the part Of the Governor
said: ~ IlE
81 have to repeat what / said before, that
while there may be no armed men On
Canal street, there are armed bodies at a
short distance, assembled on the same call
as your mass meeting
The committee then retired, and soon af-
ter reported the result Of the interview to
the meeting. The people were then ad-
vised to go home, get their arms and am
| munition, and return to assist the White
League, who were then under arms. TO ex-
| ecute plans that would be arranged for
them. The people then quietly dispersed.
Afterwards quite large number formed in
procession and marched up Camp street.
Stirring Proclamation by the Lieu
tenant Governor and Acting Govern.
or of Louisiana.
An extra issued from the Bulletin office
at p. NJ, contains the following
PROCLAMATION:
To the People of Louisiana: For two
years you have borne with patience and
fOrtitude great wrong through fraud and
violence. The government Of your choice
has been Overhrown and its power usurped.
Protest after protest, appeal after appeal to
the President of the United States and 10
Congress have failed to give YOU the relief
you had a right under the COnstitu-
tiOn to demand. The wrong has not been
repaired. On the contrary, through the
instrumentality of partisan judges, YOU are
debarred from all legal remedy. Day by
day taxation has been increasing, with
costs and penalties amounting to confsca-
ton Of your property. Your substance
squandered, your credit ruined, resulting in
failure and bankruptcy of your valued in
stitutiOns. The right Of suffrage is virtu-
ally taken from you by the enactment of
Skllltully devised registration and election
laws. The judicial branch of your govern
meDt has been stricken down By the cOnver
sion Of the legal posse comitatus of the Sher-
if, 10 the use Ofthe usurper for the purpose
of defeating the DEGREES Of the courts, his
defiance of law leading him to use this very
force for the arrest of the Sheriff, while Ell
gagged in the execution Of processes of the
court. To these may be added a corrupt
and vicious Legislature, enaeting laws in
violation Of the constitution, for the pur-
pose OF guarding and perpetuaiing their
usuTped authority. A metropolitan police,
paid by the city, under the control of the
usurper, is quartered upon you to Overawe
and keep you in subsection. Every
public right has been denied, and as
if to gOad you to desperation, private arms
are seized and individuals arrested. To
such extremitieS are you driven that man
hood revOlts at further submission. Con
strained from a sense Of duty, as the le-
gally elected Lieutenant Governor, acting
Governor in the absence Of Gov. McEnery,
l do hereby issue this my PROCLAMATION,
calling upon the militia Of the State, en-
bracing all persons between the ages Of
eighteen and fOrty-fye years, without re-
gard TO color or previous condition, 10 arm
and assemble under their respective officers,
for the purpose of driving the usurpers
from the State.
Given under my hand and seal the 18th
day Of September, 1874. ID. B. PENN,
Lieut. Gov. and Act'g Gov.
GENERAL ORDER NO. 1.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 14th, 1874.
1. Gen. Frederick NJ. Ogden is hereby
appointed provisional General of the |
Louisiana State Militia. and Will assume
command and organize into companies,
regiments and battaliOns.
III. Gen. Ogden will report the names |
of the staff, regimental and company Off !
cers to this department forthwith to be |
commissioned.
By command. D.B. PENN.
Lieutenant Governor and Acting Governor,
and Commander in Chief of Louisiana |
State Militia.
Address 20 the COIOred People.
To the cOlOred people of the State of |
Louisiana:
In the grand movement now on foot |
against the enoTmities Of the rule Of Kel- |
lOgg's usurpatiOn, rest assured that no harm |
is meant towards you, your property or
your rights. Pursue your usual ayOcatiOns /
and YOU will not be mOlested. We war |
against the thieves, plunderers and spoilers |
Of the State, who are involving your race |
and ours in common ruin. The rights of |
the cOlOred as well as of the white race,
we are determined to uphold and defend. |
Us ID. p. PENN,
Lieut.. Gov, Acting Governor and Com
mander-in-C Chief of Louisiana State Militia. |
Opening Of the BaII-A Lively Scene
ON Canal Street.
The people seem to have responded with |
alacrity 20 the advice given them by DR..
Beard, one of the speakers at the Canal |
street meeting. BY p. n. armed men |
hCiN oldeAOAGu db tic AAAtCiscNtAolls VI
streets on the south side Of Canal street /
from the river 10 Claiborne. About 4 p. NJ.
a body Of MetropOlitanS, about 500 strong,
with cavalry and artillery, appeared at the
head Of Canal street and took position.
Gen. Longstreet commanding, accompanied K
by an orderly, rode up and down Canal
street ordering the armed citizens to dis
perse. Some desultOry firing afterwards
occurred along Canal street, and some few
casualties are reported on both sides. The
MetrOpOlitans are reported tohave broken at
the first fire the citizens capturing one piece
Of artillery. The citizens are now build I
ing barricade along POydras street., hav-
ing already captured the City Hall and
taken possession Of The fire alarm telegraph
The police telegraph lines are worked by
battery from the City Hall and have been
detached; their rooms are now useless.
There is a company of United States
troops here, but they remain at the CUSTOM
house. Spectators Of the lively scene being
enacted in front Of them, state that the
Authorities seem to have great confidence
in their ability to deal with what they
term ian armed mob, and say unless the
people disperse there will be bloody work
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