, 1874-07-25

Of 40 soritablo = gnng Of thevos a. over cursods
luck!oHs co,hinuriity. Tho whole, hti Afrleahtxod
etRte Government, 1lRR ruared upon tho nockB Of
a once FREQ poonlo by Fodoral bayonotB. And nil
this " tho namo Of tho groat National npp,bli-
tho Day, vas "the ,,lsSger Governor II nsgor
stnto," vlilo hi. rli'ciibaok VIVA his "niggora
Minister at tho Scat Of Government. Mr.. flnctt-
baoN at: tho tttno, toot was as hsator to tho
az tho koopor atira up hts animals with iopa
pole: TO rn!Bo portohtoua growl. An occalonA
stirring was quite enough for Mr.. Kellogg,
Tho RroWls were considered as quite too omlii-
otis ot
THREATENED ,,trEioIiMENr,
The blacks. beyond oil question. wora masters Of
the situation: They had eoctoti Mr.. pinclback,
to tho United statds Senate as 4 representative
Of tholr race. Ttoy woll understood tho bill al
State ofliofalH. 1t waa D. bill thoy IEopoaed ia
least appearance Of opposition, and they pro-
posed to ovcrtnrn tho whole innolino. Tl,oy
Gov. Kollogg as they'liad aono Gov. Warmoth.
and to e'oyatc, as before, In the person OF Liout
Gov. Antoine, ono of thefr own color to tin
Ghair Of State. Nor was tue, thYeatened qange.
BY any means n1attor for lfghf coltsldcfatfon.
Botg we're freely offered, in fact, that Kcl!ogg
would be thus dopoHed oro cloao OF tho aeHaou.
Tho Federal and stato officials had sown the
wind. They were it, d fair way to reap tho ghlrl-
wtud IN turn. There Was no RESOURCE, for tho
time ut least, but in ab1ocs submission. Tho
situation ,rhs thus gonerally wct understood,
4 xEaRo HAnnLE
wero IN complete md absolute control OF tic Sato
Th6y ~eto in tho lead Of yeritnbld act Of tackals
in search OF prey. Thor only caro was ii, gorg-
iiticaily, of sir rinchback. fhey cano down on On
tho Governor like . very avalanche OF tarl,ncsn.
nSy sfs ersed y y fos sos sr y a5 5 mSs
lhet 1sadora,' 'natutalty enough, had s,nelod out
tie fnttest Tositious for; themselves. Tito reAt
mint 10 parttioncd among their coldsed follow
ora. Nor WAS tho Governor in position to so-
fsst, au Il would sdem, oven IN Ills he wss liter ~
'aly at tho mercy of tho rattlo. In thu organi-
3aton OF tho uoyo1nn1ont; as notorious; thora
| Ind been certain :irreguaritioa that dodgod ln-
yostigation. As gonorally understood, for eerv:
ices in connection with Tho docroca Of tho United
States District Court, certain parties had do
| tatcd their terrns Az ii by common consent
| certain of the
rArrrsr POSITIONS III TIE STATE,
| az \ consequence, waro hhteratood az parcelod
out III their Interest. Tho offico Of Ta1-Col.
!cctor Of tho Ftrat District Of Nov Orleans, for
instance, was sad to thus yield Bomo sl2o10 OF
$4,000 Of yearly .royonMo to each OF no lc.a
than five OF q select Gcyy. OF, Congregational,
State .1louse and outside manipulators. A
| QUO OF theso, 1t was mnttcr OF CON-
mon talk that tue Hon. Mr.. Hhaldon, n. O..
camo in for full share Of tho divide.
In this nice little family arrangement, too, Gov.
| Kellogg himself. IN fact, 'wns boldly accused of
modoHtfy pockating Nh dqual staro az we'll. Tho
t1,uttor was SO notorious as to bo admitted With
/ shame and humiliation BY al tho bottor claBs OF
| Republicans. 1t was q subject Of r1bald Jest
by evon the thieves and attaches Of Btato them
| Bo1yoa. 1t deprived tho Governor, na seen, Of
any moral advantages hb might othofwise have
'en1oyod. It.placod him. on tho contrary, IN tho
\ Bnlno proportion, tho more, completely in tho
i powor of tho rabble. Ho WAS recognized, In
fact, rs
| UTTERLY rowEnLEss
| in the prenfanB Did ho mike tlie 1oaet attonpt
| to stom Tie tide, Tho Was literally kicked into tia
| ttaceB,
/ Tile Immediate effect was doplorab1e ono,i,gll,
| Tho groanost ig.i6ranco, tic most uttor
depraYi,y, weighed as, nothing In tho jcaIo.
Tile variouh positions throughout tho State werc
thus filled by class of mon that could scarce bo
| conceived Of in u wel-rogulated community.
They wero suel,, unfortunately, however, as
represented in tho main THO Government and
PARTY az organized. Tho Tedcral officials hid
stirred mp the Presidents mutldlc. 1he,caldron
Ind become altogether too hot for tho comfort
| Of lta ,manngc1a. .1ts seething evolutions bud
thrown Its Istural ingrediantB upon the surface.
There wah no other alternative Tor the tinse but
to allow the Idixtaro 10 aool ~ bost it might.
| RETO