New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-10-08
THE LOUISIANA COMPROMISE.
KELLOGG INDIGNANT.

A LETTER TO THE HON. r. II. MARI CRITICISING
THE ADDRESS ISSUED By THE CONSERVATIVE
COMMITTEE-THE SPIRIT OF THE ADDRESS OBJ
JECTED TO, AND ITS STATEMENTS OF CORRUPTION
DENIED-KELLOGG WILLING TO CARRY OUT THE
TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT.
NEw-ORLEANs, Oct. THE following letter is in
reference to the address of the Conservative Com
mitee which was telegraphed from here last even
ing:
STATE OF LOUISIANA. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
NEw-ORLEANs, Oct. 7. 1874
The Hon. R. II. MARI, Chairman Democratic SLATE
Central Committee.
sIR: have Just read with surprise and regret the
address Of Committee Of which you Chairman.
The occasion Of your address the announcement OF
acquescence in the proposition with regard to the
method of holding the coming election recently agreed
in conference both by the Republican State Central
Committee and by your Committee. ask you to con-
tras the manner and spirit in which this proposition
received and acted upon by these Committees
respectively. The Republican Committee, actuated by
spirit which was naturally supposed to inspire such
measures OF adjustment RETAINED from allusion TO
the recent occurrences in this city and State, and
abstaned from any denuncaton Of their political OPP
pOnen In your address you take occasion to recaptu
late old charges Of oppression and corruption brought
against the Republican party and the present State
Government Notwithstanding the unconradicted and
incontroverble statements my published address OF
the sOth ut. showing that the present State Govern
ment responsible for the present state debt or
taxation but has reduced boh but also show that for
mos, Of the debt and taxation both State and CITY, the
Democratic party directly accountable. You CON-
plan that the police uries OF the parishes are swelling
the taxes but fail to state that the taxes are nigh
est In some OF the strongest Democratic parishes.
You assert az a reason for the recent disturbances
that we have been melting hostilities between WHITES
and blacks and that had been and were being iur
nished the latter This emphatically deny, and chal-
epee you to produce any proof sustain the assertion
On hand you fully aware that large guam
titles OF have been shipped to this state for the
purpose of armng the whites against the blacks with
view not only TO intimdate the cOlored people, but also
10 overthrow the constituted authorities OF the state
But perhaps the most extraordinary statement con-
tanned in your address is the following:
Hence the Presidential proclamation was no sooner
purate conferences adjust the troubles COMMITTEE
of Conference selected By him. met similar committee
selected by Gov. McEnery and Lieut-Goy Pehh'
trust your party, who virtually assumed the
,e,popsibty OF the violence and intimidation hereto
fore existing in the State Will carry out your part OF
the agreement by suppressng the same. In your ad
dress perceive you say:
We merely pledge ourselves to lend our aid ana lnnu
preserve order provided the agreement III us
spirit fairly executed In all respects.
In the formal protocol signed on the 2sth OF septem
ber your representatives said the Committee represent
ing the Conservative Peoples party pledge themselves
TO cause all violence and intimidation OF any KIND TO
cease throughout the State and to assist the constituted
authorities maintaining peace and nsuring stricty
fair and impartial registration and election Permit me
to say in conclusion, that the whole tenor OF your
address, which assumes toward the Republican party
tone OF superiority and acrimony III oeco"es 'no 'uo
j0ct or the OCCASION very re WILLIAM PITT KELLOGG