The weekly Louisianian., 1874-09-19
,rq0RAEY E WIZ
11AMS ON LOUISIANA.

,r10RsEY GENERAL VIII
11Ans ON LOUISIANA.
The following is the telegraphed
,n;n;on of the law officer OF our
government on the situation here
WARRINGTON. Sept. 1e. -Attorne'
csneral Williams tonight, in a lengthy
interview with a representative OF u'
Nav York Associated Press, said the So
called Kellogg government has boon ,o 90
t,bIished and in full operation Tor "V1 ;"'
two years. It has been repeatedly b.
clarod by oil the courts Of Iou's'An' s.,tc.
the only legal government Of INC nv the
It has been repeatedly r~ecognlSe rou,,sss.
p,es;dent and implicitly by oon s',,sd
rha President, in special message ,;...'
a .ns a thsstro1e Of ooneress to tho Subject Ct.
s a''a s.otel TINT if thcytook no acaon ~
a,'a ' 1a' s,e1 bound to regard tho keloss
snou as the lawful government o.
ths state. Congress declined to les's''te
a1o,,t tho matter. The question is moi
nov whether Kellogg or McEnery ought
~ ho Governor, or whether or not there
~.ro frauds or irregularities about the
a,.ction +: but the question is whether q
ct,to Government that has been fully Or
oan;zed for nearly two years and recog-
n;zel as such by oil the departments OF
49, corernment-State and National
can be properly overthrown by the armed
%popul.ce of d city in which the seat OF
ao7ornment is located, by means of VIC
ience and bloodshed. Admittingan the
wrongs charged upon the Kellogg gover'i-
ment. can these proceedings be permitted
to stand as a PRECEDENT Are the gov
ornmeuts of the States of this Union to be
determined by pronunciamientos and
violent and bloody outbreaks, as they
are in Mexico and South America I
10 not SEQ how this rs differs in
principle from the Arkansas case.
Rrooks claimed that he received a ma.
;oy;ty of tho votes ut the election and
have always believed that he did.
Baxter, however, was the duly Installed
G,vornor of tho State of Arkansas.
Brooks relying on the claim that he
WIS elected, displaced Baxter by 9
comp d'ctat, but the President refused
to recognize his right to hold tho Of
iice obtained in that way. Tlat Wal
. decision against the Republican ant
in favor of the Democrats. Followin,
this precedent lido not see how TIT
President can recogn;zePcnn ito do 81
would he to hold that a political part!
bv defeat or fraud at an election for State
officials might, If opportunity offered
take possession of the State govern
mcnt by force, and SO substitute vic
lencee3 and anarchy for law and order
I.belicve it is the duty Of the Genera
Government to put down this la"less
noss, whether committed Ivy RepUhli
cans or Democrats. The Presidcn'
las not. been governed by part,
considerations in these matters, nit
las often decided for Democrats, often
or than for Republicans. In respect K
Southern difficulties, whatever may bE
said Of men end things in Louisiana
tho proceedings of tho President il
respect to that State have: been IRON
beginning in some conformity to law
his course, in my opinion. will not nov
bo changed. There is not & sensible
nun in the United States who does
not know that the seizure of tho STATE
government Of Louisiana by Pean end
iniis adlerents is IN utter violation and
.disrcgard Of all law. Can any reason
able man expect the President to be
como q party to such a transaction
With respect to the election. it is i'm
possible to determine who was chosen
The returns have never been con
vasscd, and they were made up IN per
" jury, forgery and fraud. I have neve:
believed that the McEnery hcketzwaf
elected. It is absurd to suppose tina
when Virginia and North, Carolina
and nearly al the Southern States, in
Guiding those that were general.
Democratic, went for the Grant tickle
that Louisiana, the strongest Kepubl'
can State in the South, went for til
Greedy ticket, us is pretended, espe
cially when the candidate for Governo
on that ticket was IN unroconstrlctet
rebel colonel. But tits too late no.
to go back to that question: Th
issua.now is between law and order OF
- the one hand, and violence and dis
order on the other, and upon that issu
the position of the President is not