Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-10-22
Another Document from Gov. Kellogg.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Oct. Z. 1874.

| NEW ORLEANS, La, Oct. Z, 1874.
| The following letter is in reference to
the address of the Conservative Com
mittee. which was telegraphed hence
last evening:
STATE OF LOUISIANA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
| NEW ORLEANS. Oct. Z, 1874.
| Hon. IL. II, Karr, Chairman Democratic state
| central C0mn,jttee.
| SIR have just read with surprise and regret
the address of the committee of which you are
| Chairman. The occasion of your address is the
announcement of your acquescence In the propo-
| sition in regard to the method of holding the
| coming election, recently agreed to in conference
| both by the Republican State Central Committee
| and by your committee. ask you to contrast
| the manner and spirit in which this proposition
| has been received and acted upon by these com
mittees respectively. The Republican Commit
tee, actuated by spirit which was naturally sup
| posed to inspire such measures of adjustment,
| RETAINED from any alnsion to recent occurrences
| IN this city and State and abstained from any
denunciation of their political opponents.
! In your address you take occasion to re-
captulate the old charges of oppression and COR
rnption brought against the Republican party and
the present State Government Notwithstanding
the unconradcted and uncontroycrtbe state
ments in my published address OF the Both ut-
show that the present State Government is not
responsible for either the present State debt or
taxation, but has reduced BOTH and also shows
that for most of the debt and taxation of both
| State and city the Democratic party is directly
| accountable. You explain that the police jnries
OF parishes are swelling the taxes, but You fail to
| state that the taxes are highest in some OF the
| the strongest Democratic parishes. You assert
as reason for the recent disturbances, that we
nave been engaged In melting hostilties between
whites and blacks, and that arms had been and
were being furnished the latter. This emphat-
ically deny and challenge you to produce any
proof 10 sustain the assertion. On the other hand
You are fully aware that large quantities of arms
have been shipped to this State for the purpose of
arming the whites against the blacks with view
not only to intimidatc the colored people, but
ed a he
| State. But perhaps the most extraordinary
| statement contained in your address is the fol
| lowing: Hence, the Presidential proclamation
was no sooner heralded but he (referring to my
self managed to inaugurate conferences to adj
| just the troubles. A Committee of Conference,
| selected by him, met u similar committee Sc
| lectcd by Gov McEnery and Lieut.-Guv Penn.
| SO uncalod for and groundess is this statement
| that cannot for a moment believe that those
who represented your party in the Committee of
Conference were consulted before this publica-
| ton was made. was not present when a COM
mttee from your side first called upon Mr.. Pack
ard and others at the Custom House, directly af-
| ter the events ofthe llth of September, though |
was much gratitied NJ the prospect that the con
| ierences so held would secure the people fair
registration and an election uninhuenced w yio-
lence, intimidation or fraud. This | have from
the first desired and still earnestly wish to see
took part Tor few moments, by invitation, at
two or three discussions entered into with this
object in view, but the statement that managed
TO lnaugurAto the conferences Is entirely untrue,
as is also the assertion that | selected the com.
mittee who acted IN behalf Of the Republican
party.
| refrain from saying more on this point, ex-
cept that | aud my friends will faithfully carry
out the terms of the agreement we have entered
| into which desire to remind you siriCtly
confined To matters of registration and election,
| and trust your party who virtually assumed the
responsibility of The violence and intimidation
heretofore existing in the State, will carry out
your part of the agreement by suppressng the
| same, In your address, perceive you say :" We
| merely pledge ourselves 20 lend our aid and in
huence to preserve order provided the agreement
is in its spirit fairly executed in all respects" In
the formal protocol signed ON the 2sth of septem-
| Der. your representatives said; THE committee
representing the Conservative Peoples party
pledge themselves TO cause all violence and in
tmidation, il any exist TO cease throughout the
! state, and TO assist the constituted authorities in
maintaining peace, and in iusuring strictly fair
! and impartial registration and election"
Permit mo TO say, in conclusion that the whole
tenor of your address, which assumes toward the
| Republican party q tone of superiority and acri-
mony, i'll becomes the subject or the occasion.
| Very respectfully,
tSiunpdl WILLIAM r. KELLOGG.