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

means of avoiding the employment
Of the military and naval force Of
the United States to compel obedi
ence.
At our earnest solicitation We oh.
tanned q delay until l. o'clock to-day,
which was at our request, this
morning, extended to 3, to confer
with leading citizens.
Afterfull conference, finding that
further delay would not be granted,
and that war with the United
States would I've the inevitable re.
suit of refusal on our part, We were
compelled to accedei to the terms
proposed, and we have abandoned
the State property, which was in
our possession, to the United States
alone. .. ....
We need not remind you, fellow
citizens, that at every stage of our
protracted conflict with this usur.
patton, We nave constantly assert.
ed, and maintained our assertion,
that we have never intended to
come in conflict with the authority
of the forces Of the United States !;
and when that has been the alter
native, we have not hesitated tn
yield ready obedience to that au-
thOrity.
Simultaneous with this will I've
published the protest which We
made to Gen. Emory against this
action OF the Federal Government,
which displaces your rightful Gov
ernor and Lieutenant Governor
and which places the State in the
possession and under the control of
the military forces of the United
States.
Thus, low.citizens, has the
State of Louisiana been finally
stricken down by the hand of pow
er, and we are no longer citizens of
a State, but are inhabitants merely
of what was once a free State, the
peer of any other in the American
galaxy.
1t is no disgrace to submit to
power which we have not the cap
acity nor the right to resist. 1t
is painful to he compelled to give
mn our most cherished rights :;
hut we do so with the full determ.
ination 10 regain them, and to
have them restored by the had by
which wehave been deprived of
them.
1t only remaing for US to urge up
on YOU to summon to your aid all
your courge and fortitude, your vir-
tue and torbearance, to enable you
to submit with becoming dignity to
this great calamity, which no act of
ours or of yours could have averted.
Continue to be as You have been,
law abiding and faithful to your du.
ty and obligations to the Govern
ment of the United States. You
have just gained a great victory
over your enemy arrayed in arms
against you. Make one more sub
lime effort, and gain grand victo-
ry-a victory over your passions
and inclinations. Yield faithful,
ready obedience to all legally con-
stituted authority. and be assured
that the stoty of your wrongs, your
long forbearance, your heroic vir-
tues, displayed as well in your hour
OF triumps as in your misfortunes,
will command aud receive the sym
pathy and respect Of the civilized
world.
JOHN MCENERY, Governor.
ID. b. PENN, Lieut.. Governor.
New Orleans, II, 1874.
THE RESTORATION.
Some time before 10 o'clock Saturday
morning, Kello.g's private carriage and
driver were observed standing in front of
the st. Louis Hotel or State House.
crowd of about 500 persons, all negroes
with two exceptions, took up their posi- lion
on the opposite banqnette and stared at
the gallery of the State House, where a
score or so of U. S. soldiers lOunged slowly
mp and down, apparently totally uninter'
ested.
Close inquiry of these negroes showed
that they had been standing there for sew
eral honn. and that they had not seen
kellogg's carriage drive up; indeed that
his cal, age was observed there when they
first arrived
No one in all the neighborhood had seen
either carriage or Kellogg arrive. Yet the
guard ut the door gave the information
that Kellogg aud Clarke were up stairs in
with Gen. Brooke. Admit
tance was refused to every one. No Radi-
Cal chief, however consequential, was adj
mitted to the State House: reporters were
excluded by special order.
Kellogg's action will, therefore, only be-
come known when he tells it himself
From the soldiers, however, it is gathered
that Kellogg stepped into the Executive
nnaccompanied by any friends,
and in the presence ofGen Brooke seated
himself in the gubernatorial chair. This,
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