Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-09-18
The Troubles I'm the South.

Wv Ii WAN lMhlNENT IN LOU
New ORLEANS, Sept. H-Thc mass meet
ing on Canal street, called together to pro-
test against the seizure of arms Of private
citizens, adopted resolutions requesting the
immediate abdication OF Governor Kellogg
and q committee was appointed to wait
upon the governor. The committee called
at the executive Office about noon. The
governor not being present Brigadier- Cen
eral Dibble, Of the Governors staff received
the delegation. Mr.. Mari, as spokesman,
said they had called as a committee to in
terview the governor. Gen. Dibble said he
would convey the intelligence to the COVER
nor. After a brief absence he returned and
made reply, which, at the request of Mr..
Mari, was reduced to writing as follows
81 have communicated with tho governor
and he desires me to say to you that he
must decline to receive any communication
from the committee appointed by the mass
meeting assembled on Canal street. lie does
so. L am instructed to say, because he has
definite and accurate information that there
are now assembled several large bodies of
armed men in different parts of the city,
who are met at the call which convened the
mass meeting which you represent. lie re-
| CARDS this as menace, and he will receive
no communication under such circumstan-
ces. lie furthermore directs me to say that
should the people assemble peaceably, with
out menace, he would deem it one of his
highest duties to receive any communica-
ton from them or entertain any petition
addressed to the government"
To which Mr.. Mari applied as follows
" Werepeat that there are no armed rioters
or armed men on Canal street, so far as we
know. We came on a mission of peace and
we believe that if the Governor had acceded
to the proposition We brought, to-day,
which was to abdcate. it would have paci-
fed the people of Louisiana, and might or
would have prevented violence and blood
shed. So far as we are concerned, we
feel we are able, on the contrary, TO assure
him that there shall be perfect immunity to
both persons and property
Gen. Dlbblc, on the part of the Cover
nor, replied " | have to repeat what |
said before, that while there may be no
armed men on Canal street, there are some
bodies within a short distance, assembled
on the same call as your mass meeting" The
committee then retired, and soon after re-
ported the result of this interview to the
meeting The people were then advised to 90
| home, get their arms and ammunition and
return to assist the White League, who
were then under arms, to execute plans that
would be arranged for them The people
numbers formed in procession and marched
| up Camp street
An ArrEAL TO ARMS.
An extra edition of the Bulletin, issued
| at / clock D. m contains the following
proclamation
To the people of Louisiana For two
years you have borne with patience and
tortitude great wrongs. through fraud
and violence the government of your choice
has been 0yerthrown and its power usurped
/ Protest after protest, appeal after appeal to
the president of the United States and to
congress have failed to give you the relief You
had the right under the constitution to de-
mand The wrong has not been repaired
| On the contrary, through the Instrumental
| ity of a partizln judge you are debarred
from all legal remedy. Day by day taxa
! ton has been Increasing, with costs and
penalties amounting 10 conhscatiOn
/ of your property your substance
/ squandered, your credit ruined; re-
/ sulting in failure and bankruptcy The
right of suffrage i virtually taken from You
by the enactment of skilfully devised regis
tration and election laws. The judicial
! branch of your government has been stricken
down by the conversion Of the legal posse
comitatcs Of the sheriff to the usc of tho
] h-uiHtl InI INC purpose bl utitAtlng
the DEGREES of the courts, his defiance Of
the law leading him to use the very force
for the arrest OF the sheriff while engaged
IN the execution Of 4 process of court. To
these may be added a corrupt and vicious
legislature, conceiving laws in violation of
the constitution for the purpose of guard
ing and perpetuating their usurped author
iiy; the metropolitan police paid by the
city under the control Of the usurper, omar
tered upon you 70 Oyerrawe and keep you in
subsection. Every public right has been
denied and as If to soad you to desperation,
private arms are seized and individuals ar
rested. To such extremities are you drawn
that manhood revolt- ut any further sub
mission. Constrained from a sense of duty
as the legally elected Iieut-GOyernor of the
state, acting a. governor in the absence Of
Governor McEnery, do hereby issue this
my proclamation. calling upon the militia
OF the STATE. embracing all males between
the ayes OF l. and IS years, without regard
to color or previous condition, to arm and
assemble under their respective officers, Tor
the purpose of driving the usarpers from
power.
Giyen under my hand AMI sea! this liih
day OF September, l-1i.
(Sigued) u. B. PISS.