The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-07-24
THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES.

To those who have watched attentive.y tn
course Of Kellogg since the Judicial cou
detat which placed him in power, it is clea
that he has worked ceasele sly to SO central
ize the Government Of the State as to max
himself absolute master of its destiny-a die
tatOr responsible to no no one but himself TO
his actions
That he has exhibited some ability AM
much adroitness IN the manipulation OF tn
details of his plan must be conceded, for unit
a day or two ago he was approaching the con
summation of his wishes with giant stride
with no one to hold him in check or max,
him afraid. With his enormous appointing
power with bill in his pocket which vii
| enable him III a moment to change the city
government and put his henchmen in the
| council, with well dr lied army of negroes
armed with the most improved weapons,
with 4 jury Law that gives him certain control
over the selections of jurors, with his own
satellites sitting judges in the most import
ant courts he very naturally began to fiatter
hiilioeA thtt nc WAS III IoSlttou where he
might exhibit the native depravity OF his ma
ture, and trample upon the necks of this rnre-
generated community at his pleasure.
Those who know, as We do, the savage
nature of this cowardly usurper, can form
some idea OF what was in store for Louisiana
if he had not been suddenly checked in his
career towards despotc power. And now for
the nature of the check.
The Custom House has been an important
factor i'll all the movements which have re-
suited in the maintenance of this despicable
usurper in power Whenever he has been
threatened with destruction by Congress, it
was to the Custom House that he invariably
turned for aid, and upon more than one occa-
sion he has owed his salvation to the inter-
cession Of the Custom House officials.
If but the whisper of the intended impeach-
ment Of Durell was heard, his carriage ratified
Furiously over the stones to the Granite
Building, and he rushed breathlessly into the
Collectors parlor to see what it meant With
Ill his bombast and pretended self assurance,
his man has for two years dragged out mis-
erable existence; SO miserable, indeed, so
illed with torturing fears and harrassing
doubts, that it has had perceptible influence
lpon his physique, and he fits about in his
arriage like an uneasy ghost, knowing that
very man he meets loathes him from his in
most soul, and shrinks from him as moral |
eper.
Fortunately, his rapid strides towards abso-
ute and irresponsible power have alarmed the
aen who helped him to rise, and they have
ound that, in self-defense, it has become ne
essary to combine against him, to apply
heck-rein, to suspend over the head of the
IAN they elevated to power the S,eord of
)amOcles.
This course was rendered necessary by the
atspoken reats of Kellogg of what he in
'nded to do, who he intended to elect to this
ld that office ofemolument and power, who he
tended to elect to the Legislature, aud finally
no he intended to send to Congress- As turf
en- say, he began to feel his oats, and gave ,
lmistakable evidences Of a naturally vicious c
I'd in'ractable disposition. The State be- |
nged to him, you see; he had it in his |
'cket, SO to speak; and it would go hard a
1t he rewarded his few friends and punished
many enemies.
This state of affairs called for action on the
rt OF the Custom-House, and the officials
ere were prompt to act the result being a
alition between Casey, West, Herwig and
nchback-an alliance offensive and defen-
re as against Kellogg, Packard, Lewis, ct III
me genus.
This split we have every reason to believe
q serious one, and means ,cdr, unless KEEL =
e should grow weakened and surrender h
discretion q
The result Of this Custom House alliance N
IL, it is believed by the contracting parties,
to send Pinchback to the Senate Kellogg
Packard are seized with the belief that
y can control the August Convention, and "
t, should they succeed, the Custom House in
l be compelled to come to terms The pl
liability, however, is that, instead Of the r.
untain going to Mahomet, Mahomet will a,
re to 60, hat in hand, to the mountain q.
n this connection we may state that the
uence heretofore exercised by Kellogg and
,kard in Washington, is ON the wane Kel- =
g never having possessed much, and Pack
s strong card being tn" famous or infam-
Ldunlelet Williams. vi
he question for our people to decide is how wo
may best profit by this temporary split in ia,
Radical ranks. We say temporary,
ause we have had too many Just such sig
ances i'll this State Of apparent and in fact de
dissentions, being healed before election. pr
re deceived again In
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