The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-10-10

rupted Tor brief period by the lnsur-
rectiOn of September Ia. Desiring that
there should be no possibility of doubt
as to the fairness of the registration,
+ l voluntarily offered, before the regis
tration opened, to appoint one clerk
to be named by the opposition in
every registration Office throughout
the State. Attic last election we were
denied all representation both in the
registration Offices and at the polls.
have more recently proposed, through
the Republican State Central Com
mittee, to agree to the appointment
of an advisory board, to be composed
of two Republicans and two Demo-
Gratis aud an umpire to be chosen by
four, with which board declared my
willingness to advise and consult in
all matters relating to the appoint.
ment Of registration officers and the
management of registration through
out the State.
f. There is no just and proper safe
guard that can be suggested to me
which l will not be willing to throw
around the conduct of the coming
election. The Republican party is
willing to be judged by the verdict of
that election, provided it can be held
without intimidation or violence. If
our opponents can show at peace
able election that they have major
ity of the qualified voters of the State,
we shall uncomplainingly abide the
result. If, on the other hand, the Re-
publican party should triumphantly
vindicate its claims to the govern
ment, We shall have a right to expect
the acquiesence of our opponents, and
the active support Of all law abiding
citizens throughout the country. LII
the event Of our success the nation
can certainly leave the interests of
this great State in the hands of those
who in 80 short time and against
such adverse circumstances have done
so much to reduce the burdens Of the
people and advance the material well
fare of the community, with greater
safety than would attend the surren-
der of the lives and liberties OF more
than $4,000 peaceful, industrious Re-
publican citizens to a party which has
never attempted anything for the re-
demptiOn Of the State, which, during
its brief resumption of power immed-
lately after the war, showed itself ut
terly incapable Of honest government,
and which has three times within the
last six years attempted to override
the known will of the majority, twice
by violence and once by fraud. ask
those Republicans of the North who
have lent willing ear to the indis-
criminate denuhciations of Northern
men who hold Office in the South, and
of the Republicans Of the Southern
States, to reflect that these denuncia-
tions proceed from those who hate
Republican principles everywhere,
and who can see no virtue in any man
who is not identified with them in
sentiment or in interest, or in both.
If l consulted only my personal
feelings would rather be relieved of
the position now hold than continue
to retain it in the face of the difficult
ties and calumnies which beset me at
every step. But there are higher ques-
tions involved than mere personal |
feelings. My resignation would simply
transfer the executive duties to the !
next in rank, and would make no |
change in the status of the State.
Either the Republican party in Lou
isiana is in the right or is in the wrong.
If we are right owe it to the nation
al Republican party and to the gen
eral government to maintain my posi-
ton. If we are in the wrong, and the
people at the coming election should
so declare, the constitution and the
laws Of the State provide a suffici. Mt
remedy. We confidently await that
verdict, and meantime ask from the
people generally, on this plain show
ing Of the good we have done and the
evil we have RETAINED from doing, a
more just judgment and a more gen
erous sympathy than have yet been
given to the Republican State gov
of Louisiana.
WILLIAM p. KELLOGG.
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