New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-09-16

but that Kellogg seized tne io'ns
power by fraud and force, and installed
a pretended Legislature Of bis own by the use
of the Federal bayonets. Against this capitai
outrage what remedy had the citizens OF
Iouisianaf Should they go to the courts
The Judges were partners In the CRIME.
Should they appeal to the Legislature IL
was dispersed, aud the conspirators made laws
in its place. They complained TO the freSi-
dent and he denied them even nearing
Thew went before Congress, ana congress VI
dered an investigation, ascertained that the
obaroes of usurpation were all true listened
20 q Terrible depupciation of the usurpers ana an
oloonent nlea for Justice from the lips OF Senator
C.rnontar and then-did nothing. Nor was
Nj. oil Durinp these two years while the
o;t;vens had borne every imaginable wrong,
ond watched the State sinking day by day
into lower depths of dsorganizatlon ana DanK
ruptcy. they had still the hope that the next
election. in due course Of law. might enable
them 10 oyerturn this iniquitous admlnlstra-
tion. But of late Kellogg has destroyed even
this last hope. His rascally Legislature passed
a rag;stration law 80 mOnstrOus in its pro-
visions that he was afraid to approve 1t
while Congress was In session. But when
there was nothing more to fear from the IN
dipnation of Congress, he drew the half
forgotten bill from his desk and signed 1t.
The new law empowers him to appoint super
yisors and assistant supervisors of election in
all the parishes of the State, with full au-
thority to add names to the registry or erase
names from them. Their action on both these
points is final. They have only to draw pen
l. =. .G-
through q voters name and he Is dlsfran-
chised beyond the power of any authority IN
the State to help him. The courts are ex-
pressly forbidden to interfere, by injunction,
mandamus, or any other process; and to make
the case complete, the registrars are au-
thorized to appoint IN indefinite multitude or
equitable persons" to attend at the polling
places, as their Janizaries, to keep order"
Ia there the faintest shadow of chance that
an honest election can take place under such
circumstances Is there any remedy whatever
left for the citizens of Louisiana except the
last resort of all, the appeal to armsf
That there has never been day for two
years when the Kellogg administration could
sustain itself without the help OF the Federal
army we have all known; but none OF Us at
the North were aware how empty and unsub-
stantial this fabric of usurped power really
was until yesterday. One faint demonstration
against the barbados exhausted it. The re-
volt lifted its head at sunset, and IN the
morning the government Of Mr.. William Pitt
Kellogg had utterly vanished Mr. hei-
logg had Just enough strength to call
upon Attorney General Williams for more
"troopsn and with this characteristic
and familiar cry he went into ignoble retire
ment. 1t is just as we would have it. There
is a stern poetic justice in the complication OF
events which throws upon the power that lirst
thrust him into the Governorship the odious
task of putting him back there again after
the people have expelled him. Gen. Grant
must now carry his crime against Louisiana
to its logical consequence. He upheld the
usurper; he will now use the army OF the
United States to dispossess the government
which he knows to be the legitimate one We
wish him Joy of his occupation.