New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-10-04
GovefnOP kellDgg.


seems to deem it necessary, as the compile
ment of sustaining the cotton Of the Presi'
dent in putting down Penn, to characterize
the administration of Kellogg as a usurpa
ton. and as guilty of frauds, population.
and general nisgovernment Of Louisiana
The high tide OF denunciation rolls on re.
sistlessly, bearing down facts and over
Northern editors do not stop to demand
specifications against Kellogg; they do not
stop to inquire whether he has been proven
thief and a rObber. rs Is so often alleged.
But. gathering up the mass of charges
hurled at him from every rOstrnm and from
every pulpit and from every newspaper of
the South, they r.peat them haphazard.
Democratic journals pursue this course
IRON motives OF partisanship. Republican
journals contound Kelloggs administration
With that OF Warmoth. and stupidity assume
that the former ia as corrupt as that of the
latter.
Now. there is no evidence that Kellogg is
not man of integrity. or that his admins.
trat!on OF the government Of Louisiana has
been characterized by corruption or Oppres-
SION. 10 our own reporter, on the twentieth
instant. at New Orleans. Penn said: II do
not charge Kellogg with dishonesty. or
fraud, or anything OF that sort" Taken in
connection with the admission Of the integ.
rity ard good faith Of Governor Kellogg,
what Penn said Immediately afterward ad-
mirably illustrates the loose character of
the average criticism OF Kellogg's admins.
tration. Having confessed the grOunuless.
ness OF the charges against Kellogg. Penn
proceeded: But do know. and you know.
and everybody else knows, that his admin.
lstratloE has well nigh ruined the State. and
made our financial bankruptcy only ques-
ton OF time" What everybody will sea at
a iS hof thna hnf ia nfD
are "glittering generalities." and that they
are utterly meaningless in the !ight Of the
context OF his speech.
When Penn, political opponent and a
would be usurper, says: u do not charge
Kellogg with dishonesty. or fraud. or any.
thing OF that Sort he supports kellOgg's
testimony III his own behalf. When, there.
fore. Kellogg makes a circumstantial de.
tense OF the legality Of his election, spcci-
flcatl0n OF the actual reforms he has ;nau-
gurated in Louisiana, and offers a reason.
able explanation OF the motives of the
Penn movement. he is entitled to be be.
lieved. He says:
Il was elected Governor BY majority Of
the votes actually cast. Many of the lead
ers OF the opposition have acknowledged
this to ME privately and apoioeized for their
conduct, excusing it as party necessity.
The returns were altered by Warmoth SO
90 W manu- ~ dPpchI GudU vas AOU clcCLGu.
During the trial Of that case, Of which you
have probably heard something up North
1.-THE case OF Kellogg vs. WarmOth), and be.
fore the decision 1 offered. through inv
counsel. Mr.. William Hunt. to bring the
returns into court and submit them to a
committee Of five, to be chosen, two by me,
two by Warmoth and the fifth by the court,
and agreed to submit 70 the decision Of
this committee; but this was declined by
IN Il Il ell i
1 was declared the rightful Governor Of
ave have reduced tho taxes Of the State
One-third,' continued Mr.. Kellogg. The
last Legislature passed less obnoxious laws
than any since the reconstruction, and my
bittorest enemies can not say that I have !
tempered with the public funds, or that ( |
have done one dishonest Or disreputable act
since have been in office. defy any man |
to say it. The height Of my offending is
that, nominated for Governor in 1872 I
against my wish, left my seat in the Sen. I
ate Of the United States, fought for nv |
lights and Overcame the organized fraud |
,f tho election OF 1872, which was intended I
% turn the State over to the Democracy
lnder a bargain with WarmOth, BY which |
10 was to go to the Senate. have never I
'een forgiven for this by the Democracy.
ieorgia has gone, Texas and Arkansas
lave Soucs cAtUcr Dy lTduU or violence. or |
10Th. The cOlOred man has been RENTED
Q semi-servitude.
Scarcely any are left in office in either
f those States. Tens OF thousands are dis
ranchised, and now a reign Of violence and
raud is proposed to be inaugurated in Lou
siana. a State having large excess Of col
red voters, for the sole purpose of wrest-
lg the State from the Republican party.
. fair vote is all the Republicans want.
We have amended the Warmoth registra-
ion and election laws 70 secure it. and it
eng we'll known that fair election would
OF only put the Republicans wholly in
over. but prove the fact that we did carry
ne State IN 1872. they are attempting to
verthrOw the government, by VIOLENCE"
When Penn admits that Kellogg is an
onest man, il is time for his detractors at
le North 70 prove him rogue, or to stop
iliing him = rogue. This statement of
,ellcgg's bears the ear-marks OF truth, and
J TO the reduction Of the State debt and
le reduction OF taxation, it is demonstrated
be true by the official Endorsement of the ,
udtOr of Public Accounts. Governor KEEL ! ;
gg challenges his 'bitterest enemies to
low that he has ''tampered with the public /.
nds, or done one dishonest or disreputable .
& since he has been in office" We submit ..
at until the Democratic White Leaguers :
Louisiana take up this challenge. Gov. 9
nor Kellogg should receive the confidence ,
ID support Of all fair minded men and all
Iprejudced journals At the North-CAica-
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