The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-10-17

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THE PRESIDENT AND LOUIslANA'
Notwithstanding all the sharp cen.
sure OF the President in many quarters
Tor his original recognition at Kello9R
tn Louisiana. his duty in the late events
was pfetectfy plain. 1t was tosuppsees
the revelation prcmptly aud peremp-
t"rily. The Ohe lJllka TIT ~ evident
was tint ~ were tssslxsen<lfWit The
beginning nf Mexican metholl in our
politics. Had It received the sliehsese
c"n"t~nance, ar any thing tmt ~ short
and summary aum,no,e 1T Cen Biant,
with the instant movement 81 troops.
B the mischief x0nld hasa beon ineolsal.
able.
/ Tie dnctriNe nf ssltpu,e ru)eF Skiaht
Ihav~sprrple1ed d llesass pmnd had 6kan
tim 1T the vict0r over "homJt Salop ar.
gaDized IA secession aud rebellion
while the kilograms aent u Washington
rs Penn and variuus boslles IA New
Orleans argued gravely TINT because
not many officers Of the Dav haa .been
killed. the insnrrecsian 'ehnuld bo
acknowledged. III tho sfijpDfle Island
ease D"rr showed an 6D1ljspnteel ma
iority IT roters in favor;1f Ria .coneti.
tuition, hut the whole proceeding wa
Irregular, and the A,lministrat alton did
not hesitate to sustain the actual Gov.
erncr
1 The situation in Louisiana has l,et,n
mos, wrefche,l but let the President
In. Judged by thu f,ecta. After tho e!-
ectinm in 1879 lr,th Kellogg and
McEnery claimed tn lie Governor. aud
tw" Legislatures assumed to he valid.
| Appeal wac made tn thu. President. but
he ,lerlin~sl :" interfere until resistance
was made IN judicial prOcesa.
The P,esi':en, says, nor ia there any
reason tn suppose that he deliberately
tells u falarhoOd in a state paper, that
he did not think that he had any right
~ reyie~ the judgment If tire court.
This seems I" "a most serions error,
not only because the Constitution in
the view "f the Supreme Cont makcs
him the s"lr Judge. but berause under
the act vt 1870 10 wna made rospOnei.
hle f"r nsimy the whole fnlce If tho
Union, aud il was clearly his duty not
to nse it until he WAS satisfied that il
ought I" h. used. Under the circun-
stances. the Judgment Of a conrt should
not have satisfied him. But there H.
nv doubt that hc acted in prefcct good
faith. The courts have decided tho
Lvnc, returning board to- he lawful.
and action being imperative. the Presi-
dent recognized Kellogg,
This h. did. So far as Inns been shown.
with entire honesty, and the p,oof II
it il that when further investigation
dcvtloped every kind If fraud. md
threw the whole question into tho ut
most uncertainty. he referred the Who'll,
; nnes,i"n ~ Conpresa. a,n,in" frankie
that if il did nothing he xhonl,l adh.r.
tn the government that he Ind a),e.dv
recognized. Congress declined ~ arf
notw outstanding his Urgent r.our.t
land it's refusal VA. regarded bv him n.
n virtua! arproyul Of l,is action, From,
that momen. ,i,l;yed ~ cn,,s;,.r nn.
Of the contestants "a Govern,r y. ans.
tanned K.llvur: and an ;n,nrr.r.,;,,n !.
ra,usttle KcIlr.. administrator WA
:. th.d"mestic violence" ay,ins, which.
tie United States guarantees every
State. Meanwhile \ c,mmit,ee Of Con-
.r+ss rr,n, te.,. after i"v-s,ipat;on. that
Ke,lo.. had not been lawfully elected
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ton. Il Inns been a wr.,cled bns;ness
from the h.ginp;ug, Tor which Concr..s
is mainly responsible. But the Mexi-
ca" solution s""ght by the McEnery
me" AID t'r White League made it
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