The weekly Louisianian., 1874-06-27

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nn1resardMae.tatu.o Of t ss'' sa''a
race,of whi& manh,s o0,o's
heve, HI. Pfs{dM and Gana. l b
that we havee.peaa reasons for ha:a
grassful tolbsddent .Grant " Is, 0e, u!
never ending efforts to secn,a :. W. %
rights ~ On
General Grant said that .4rho.
Of the late civil strife ha,a hss aees
res he s1aos, and make him e;;t;a,s q
Yet be is not possessed Of thu e;a,
rights whish citizenship shoula dI .s ssl
with it. This is wrong, and 1on'a u y
corrected 70 this cosrs as 9%'I '1 % .
committed. 50 far as Executive ; ;sse
enee can avail" Born a slave mr naa'
I'm this very paziah, who en- n.y.
appreciate the grand boon Of ffreess~
that boon the best gift Of An;sst,
God that We nov. enjoy in It's falp e,,!
In regular order, il is my duty M,
to refer TO the antecedents and presen,
administration Of Governor Kelloes'
When that gentleman occupied H. /,
exalted position Of Senator Of Ns
United States, one Of the hiehetH
the world, it was usual for nevspau.r
OF everypoidcal faith, to endorse III,
IS a faithful servant, and as havip,
sontributed moreto the material p,os
perity of Louisiana. than any otbe,
Senator for the last thirty yea,n,
would take up too much Elf ve,s
to attempt to enumerate the nums,or.
bills which Mr.. Kellogg originated sad
had passed by Congress, for the benz.
fit Of this State. Il ,0as on thu.
grounds that Governor Kel]oQp N.
received so large a number Of Demo,
cratic votesa at the Presidential election.
Friends and political foes were all sat.
is6ed to place the destinies Of aa
State in the hands Of the man who hal
been its chit benefactor. And Asey did
'oeA Governor Kellogg has fully jus.
titled the trust reposed in him, and
has laid onr people under lasting obi.
cations by the reform and economical
he has instituted and carried
into effect since his inauguration.
Among many others, the Funding Bill,
which I warmly advocated in the Lee.
stature, will remain On enduring mon.
ament to his financial ability.
It has been the habit, lately, Of some
Democratic journal to decry tho
services of the last Legislature, but
hat is out Of pure party feeling. l
that I may refer, without pre-.
to the General Appropna.
ion Bill, which, as it passed the Com.
of which I had the honor to b
enabled the Governor to
AIRY out his viewsof financial reform.
Taxes were at once reduced from Al
Mills on the dollar to IA mills, md
instead of the old destructive system d
warrants, e. s. greenbacke were used
o pay the debts due by the State. In
Educational afairs there has also been
marked Improvement, IS INTRODUCED
bill requiring q searching myestes'
ion into the affairs Of the Public
'chools, and being Chairman Of that
Committee. was enabled to expose The
tauds that had been committed, and1
,ok measures to prevent their re-
u1rence.
Yet with al our efforts to bring tho
nances Of Louisiana into .: heath!
some chronic grunbes
ct remain dissatisfied. Mothatthg
m no longer quarrel with theAdmi1n'
nor with the colored people
q the score of inability to act, Of
usefulness Of the public money, they
sal us on the ground Of beingk
and, moreover, they ~
ndesvoring to SOW the seeds Of 'u.
losity between the white and oolored
.ople on account Of difference OF race
he white Citizens or some OF then''
! the parishes Of st. Martin and&
andry, are forming themselvs intos
Mans Party" for the alleeea
Iasen that tha colored people ere o..
mixing themselves as a Black MANS
No charge could Be moro a.
II; no ezesse more finnsy: But tne
Iould bear in mind the words Of ae
Bishop Sharp. "A nsas
that a thing is duty VIII
:. excise him from guilt in praeae.
it, il really AID indeed it be 's''D''
IDS law"
surely, to raise up strife w.
'rthy et any Christian gentiema,
d there never waslem:oceaaon ioe"
IN there il nov. The "Baeekh NAM