The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-09-25
Louisiana mt Washington.

tAS A"S CALhA1A vigil"
WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. 16.-The
Louisiana ~insurrection is the absorbing
topic of conversation here.
The Republicans are but slightly d.
vided on the question. They allsay that
the President cannot change his course +;
that he must continue to recognize the
support it by the entire strength Of the
army and navy.
Many Northern Republicans are, how
ever, in sympathy with the Penn GOV
eminent, butthe movementt0 overthrow
Kellogg by force of arms and at the cost
of blOOdshed, is deprecated and con
demned by them in the severest terms.
That the President shares in the feel
ing Of condemnation of the carpet-bag-
ging element is amply attested by his
u~tteranceS regarding them i'll
the last day or two; but there is no evil
dence to sustain the rumOr thata change
of policy has been determined upon. On
the contrary, the President is most en-
phatic in his determination that q State
once recognized and estab-
lished, as has been that of which Kellogg
is the head, can not in this country be
OverthrOwn by armed mobs of it's dissat-
isfied opponents. He will not hesitate
to use the most vigorous measures and
his powers to their utmost to re-
Kellogg. He will have nothing
to do with any other government, or
pretended government.
ITO the New York Herald
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.--It was devel-
Oped at the cabinet meeting yesterday
that the President and Attorney General
Williams had information which led
them to believe that the revolution
would not be confined to the people of
Louisiana, but was aided and abetted
by citizens of the other Gulf States, who
intended, in the event Of the success Of
the one, to overthrow the present State
governments in Mississippi and South
Carolina. The Attorney General said
that he had information that there were
40 rifle companies in South Carolina
who drilled almost nightly for some un-
known purpose. They had committed
Outrages as yet, but he did not believe
the organization was intended for n
good purpose. Added to this, he said,
was the tact that letters had been re-
celved in his department from New
York, showing that large quantities of
small arms had been shipped from New
York to various portions Of the South,
the past three months. For these
was disposed to look upon the Louisiana
trouble as the forerunner of u serious
~
MILITARY AND NAVAL MOVEMENTS.
The movement of troops and vessels
to New Orleans is in rapid progress. The
Colorado, Shaumut and Kansas, of the
Atlantic squadron, or a substitute
for either, sailed to-day from Key West.
Rear Admiral Mullany t~elegraphed that
he has furnished these three vessels.
All the available troops are already on
their way.
A FRIEND OF McENERY.
A personal friend of Mr.. McEnery says
that he does not endorse the Penn move
ment,. and the President says McEnery
promised him that he would not encour-
age violence, but patiently await the
of Congress.
WHY COL. BROOKE DID NOT INTERFERE.
It has transpired that the commandment
OF the company of United States troops
in New Orleans on Monday, telegraphed
for instructions as to whether the order
Of May, 1878, was still in force, but re-
no answer
In the absence of definite instructions
he declined to interfere; and Governor
Kellogg, finding for the first time that
be was without Federal support, says he
to prevent the massacre of the
cOlored troops, who without Federal sup
port could not attempt to defend him.
THE MILITARY AND THE NOVEMBER
ELECTION.
The coming election in Louisiana in
is a very important one, so
Ear as Federal interests are concerned.
Seven congressman are to be elected, Il
State treasurer, for the most part a new
Legislature, and various minor but i'm
officers. 1t was the desire of
Governor Kellogg that a perfectly fair
should be held, and to that end
be had requested the opposing party to
name a supervisor for each voting pre-
1T was evident to the President,
inasmuch as Governor Kellogg was to
be maintained in Office, that without the
presence of a larger force a fair election
not be heldin November, because
The c0lOred men would be afraid to ap
pear at the polls with the recent bloody
events fresh in their memory. So,
whether the usurpers yield peacefully or
not, the policy of having alarge military
distributed through the State was
regarded as advisable.
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