The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-09-26
AGAIN THE VICTIM.

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Poor Louisiana! hersister States
can shake off the shackles that
bind them to degradation and ruin,
but for hertheI 9 is no recovery from
the living death under which she
writhes. Like Prometheus, bound
to the rock of despair she has vul
lures feeding upon her vitals, and
when in her might and the majesty
OF her right as a sovereign State,
she rises and shakes them off, forth
with and without waiting for the
lapse of the five days allowed her
lin which to breathe the air o. free.
dom, Jupiter Olympus mods and
the vultures and harpies rush back
to the prey
Texas can depose a Governor
who like Kellogg claimed to have
been elected for four years, at the
end of two, and the United States
troops are held off and permit her
to redeem herself. Arkansas can
get up war of factions for the
possession of the State government,
both sides arm, drill and mauouvre
with ''all the pomp and circum-
stance of war;" and yet again the
troops are held of and Arkansas is
free.
Vicksburg can get up a war over
the election Of its municipal gov
eminent, both sides rush to arms,
a conflict is imminent, appeals are
made to the President, and still
again there is no interference and
Vicksburg elects q white ticket
In all three of these cases requisi.
lions were made by the recognised
Governors of the respective States
upon the President for troops and
he refused to send them. Now see
the difference. Six men who had
inclted negro riot at Coushatta,
in Louisiana. were killed and then
goes up 9 howl the like of which
was never before heard. Kellogg,
the vilest Usurper and most AFRO.
CANT coward that ever disgraced
civilization, hiding his head under
the protecting wing Of the troops
who were marching to put down
the s'new rebellion in Louisiana" 3
orders his armed cohorts called "po.
lice" for politeness only, to seize the
private arms Of citizens and when
they goaded to desperation, resist
and in six short hours hurl the Usur-
per and every vestige of his govern
ment in Louisiana from power, no
such moderation is shown by the
President. In indecent haste, with
out waiting to be informed, he hur.
RES 20 the rescue of his political
pets and again Louisiana is placed
in the hands of a government which
has no strength at home and COM
mands no respect abroad. The
State government of which McEnery
was the head, was de facto in every
sense OF the term. All the machin.
cry of the government was in per.
feet operation throughout the whole
State, the people both white and
black were jubilant and Louisiana
was preparing to enter upon the
road to peace, plenty and prospect
ty, when by the strong arm Of the
military force OF the United States
its rightful officers were thrust out
of position and the Usurpation
again set up in it's stead. There
is no way under the Constitution
by which the President can NEEDLE
at all with the condition of affairs
at the time he interfered. There
was no armed resistance to any
thing or anybody in the State, and
if there had been, he could not un-
der the Ku-Klux Act of Congress
use tho military until he had given
notice, and then he can only de-
clare Martial Law. The Military
Dictator of these once free States
cares but little for right or law
His will is law and to support his
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