Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-10-15
Gov. Kellogg's Address to the People
NEW ORLEANS, La. Sept. 30.

NEW OHLEANs. La, oept. co'
Gov Kellogg has prepared an address
10 the people of the United States, re-
viewing the political and financial con-
dition OF Louisiana since the war, and
indicating the course of his administra-
lion. He says:
Events that have recently TRANSFERRED In this
State have turned the attention of the whole
nation upon Louisiana affairs, and have
caused rcsuscitation of false statements and
pcrversion of facts, which forthwith have
been circulated far and wide, and which APP
pear to have been accepted as true by con-
siderable portion Of the press and the people.
I have waited until the public feeling excited
by the startling occurrences that have taken
place here should have d little Gained down
so that a statement of actual facts might be
dspassionately received. Close observers of
Southern politics have long been aware of a
determined action to overthrow Republican
rule in Louisiana, strongly Republican as the
State is known to be, and from the vantage
point thus gained to carry the movement into
Mississippi and other Souv.ern States in
shich the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amend
nents to the Constitution Of the United States
are st;ll respected and, to some extent, en-
forced In 1868 organized violence was re-
sorted to for this purpose, and was only de-
ieatcd by the prompt action of Congress.
Fraud, ds employed in 1872 was also wanted
To achieve the desired result. In 1878 the
uniiication dodge was tried; the colorcd
people were promised mixed schools, en-
poyment on street cars and in foundrles and
workshops, equal rights in all bar-rooms and
soda stands, and, in short, more than
The strongest advocate of civil rights
had ever asked for them, on the
implied condition that they would put
The Democratic party in office This
movement failed, and now, 1874, all the prin
ciplcs Of unification have been reversed and
under the organization Of white mans
party, an appeal has once more been made to
arms.
The events Of the 14th of September last
are too we'll known to need recital. There
was no honest motive, no substantial cause to
Justify the misguided and disastrous move
mcnt The sole purpose Of the instruction
was to obtdn possession Of the offices of the
State The reasons assigned for this criminal
disturbance Of the peace OF the State were,
first that the State is not Republican, and that
the present State administration was not
elected. and, second, that the State administra-
ton had been corrupt and oppressive
Reversing, for the sake of greater clearncss,
The order of these charges proceed to show
that neither the one nor the other is correct.
No candid reader VIII fail to have observed
that the charge Of corruption and oppression,
like all the accusations that have been made
against The State administration, Is couchod
IN general terms and no specific acts are
brought forward much less sustained by
proof. propose to confront these general
CHARGES OF wrong-doug by a specific state
ment taken from the official records of the
financial condition of this State when the
present Government came into power and Of
It's financial position now; and also To show
where the responsibility Of the heavy State
debt, which is most unjustly charged upon
my administration, properly rests.
When the present State Government came
into Office there were outstanding from pre-
yious administrations Auditors checks on the
Treasury known as State warrants, which the
Treasurer had been unable to redeem to the
amount of - 600. Auditors report Of
1877, page 36l There were outstanding bonds
Sseucd before ard since the war TO the amount
OF x2l 500, 900 Since | have been III Office |
have signed SIG bonds OF 1000 each, and l25
second mortgage bonds of the same denomi-
nation, the latter issued upon section of
ten miles of completed railroad. In both
gases the issuance of these bonds was au-
,borizcd by acts of the Legislature, passed
previous to my coming into office, and was
rendered obligatory upon me by decision of
lhc Supreme Court ms To the first issue, and
ny the written opinions of the law officers of
she state as To the latter. No act of the Leg
tststure has been passed during my occu-
I@acy OF the Executive chair to authorize
inc issue III Il slllSit DoHu 10 lnCTcaSc inc III
dehtcdness of the State The outstanding
S230o,oO of iloating Indebtedness left by
previous administrations has been reduced
under my administration to less than 81 ,40O,-
900 This reduction has been accomplished hy
no increase of taxation but by an energetic
collection of delinquent taxes and an honest
appropriation OF the taxes so collected to the
ilquidg utn of the past due Indebtedness OF
thc STATE. 70 effect this result the law Off
GERS of the State were compelled to appeal To
Abe courts To set aside an Ubiquitous law
passed mainly by Democratic influence un~
der The previous administration, which yir-
mally transferred all the receipts from back
eNcs to brokers' ring The State has thus
been enabled TO pay, under our financial man
agcment, more than 100000 of the old float
my debts OF the State With the old assets,
and the delinquent taxes now due and Sn-
paid are sufficient, il collected and applied UNI
der The policy we have inauSurated, 20 pay
oft the balance OF the old floating indebted
ness.
The Governor then states that the cur
rent receipts from State taxes and H.
Ccnscs from Jan I TO date have amounted
TO within $3.50, 600 of the expenses, and
that had it not been for the overflow tho
receipts would probably have been il
excess OF expenditures. He institutes q
comparison OF appropriations 10y the Leg
stature during his administration anC
that of his predecessors, as follows:
flrst--The Democratic Legislature Of 1866
6-T, and composed exclusively of white men
McEncry and others of my present opponents
being influential members, made total appro
prjations Of SlT, l29, sol, while the total take,
collected during the same period Were $3.50,
coo ,cayiug an excess Of appropriations oyc1
avenue 10y this Democratic Legislature O
SlS,T50, 55.
ScfoEd-Goy Warmoth's administration
made appropriations Tor current State cN
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