The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-10-01
The Administration Sadly Perplexed

The New York Times, which is the
special organ of the Grant administration
in New York, has some bitter remarks
upon Louisiana affairs 1t exclaims "a
plague on both your houses 1t is fact
that the mistake made in recognizing that
fraud, the Kellogg administration, will be
the most troublesome matter that the
powers at Washington will have to deal
with until they cease to be The Times
says:
But both McEnery and Kellogg are proyok-
lngly alive. The former claims to be, and is
claimed by all the decent citizens of Louisiana
to be, the lawfully elected Governor OF the
State. All the working machinery of the State
Government appears to be now in the hands OF
those who believe McEnery to be its legitimate
head. If McEnery We're to walk through the
streets of New Orleans tomorrow he would be
willingly recognized, so far can be Judged
| from all the authentic information we have on
| the subject, by its respectable citizens of all
| opinions, and of Northern we'll As Southern
birth, as the lawful Chief Magistrate Of l.ouisi-
| ana Kellogg, on the other hand, has taken
| refuge from the people of the commonwealth
| which he pretends himself to be The chosen ex-
| ecutye in the United States Custom House
| which place of safety he sought in company
! with the Confederate General LOngstreet. His
| desertlon of his post as Governor followed inn
medately upon his abortive attempt to break
| up an assembly of the people of New Orleans
| by force OF arms. The whole fabric of his adj
ministration melted into air soon rs his flight
was known, Ii he were now to be brought out
of the Custom House by the troops of the Unit
| ed States and paraded between files of soldiers
| as Governor through the streets of New Or
| leans, he would be met at every step with the
| silent scOrn of every respectable citizen. We
| do not wonder that President Grant and his
| organ wish the man were dead.
The New York Evening Post, a repub-
lican paper, but more independent Of the
administration, expresses itself in a vein
of sarcasm which would be very amusing
| if the matter were not so serious
We must confess that the political prospects
OF Louisiana are dark. Two years more OF
kelloggs rule, Judging from the past, will
| leave the entire property of the state in the
hands Of the tax collectors. The proper rem
edy and the only remedy likely to be at all sat
isfactory in its results, seems to be a fair, un.
| fettered expression of the popular will of the
electors of Louisiana at the ballot box. ANY.
thing short of that is mere patchwork The
power of the United States from time to time
| suppresses the hostility to Kellogg but it fail,
to extinguish it. Every now and then the
United States army is required to go down to
Louisiana and set Kellogg, like a child learning
| to walk, on his feet. As soon as the fedora
power is withdrawn, down he goes. In con.
| yersation Yesterday he said that the outbreak
on Monday was due to the withdrawal of the
| United States troops. What kind of civil
government Is that which goes to pieces as
soon as the army of the United States marches
| around the corner ?