The daily gazette., 1874-09-26
The President ana Louisiana.


Here is the New Yo k Tlrd Tenn Con-
vention c'lmoi ng for the SUNNI ,"y sup
pres3;o OF revolt against "A duly organ
ized State govel lment." Here p"e the
friends OF the President applauding bis
promptness in sending troops and gun
boats to restore law and order in New
Orleans Here are pa',y organs ly ng -
the most outrageous manner about t}e
duty of the r, lera' Exc. ltive to sust ,
the decisions of the cou.,', and .Ie
utter inab'ity OF General G rant to . Ike
the re 'ponsih 'ity of d c'd'ng betw N
Kellogg IN the one Side and McEnery
and the people on the other. What is
the truth about this matter? We pu"-
pose to show that Grant 'mse'f was the
plime mover in the e'ogg usrrpation
that he never followed the orders Of the
courts, but went before them.
At the beg n ;ng of December, 1872
W. mouth heirg then Governor. the
two canvassing bo. Us, krown "a the
VIII. ton and Lynch bo: d., had both
been superst led by the promr cation OF
II law passed 1T the pre' Gus session Of
the Leg Slatr"e, unt er which the DE
f",iet board was subsequently appointed
ms 'cording to the rcpo. % the Senat =
Judiciary Conn tt ~, was thereafter the
| or'y body competent to make legal can
vasi Of the votes. Yarmouth had called
the Les isl tture tn meet IA extra session,
December .. linus far there had been no
canvass al the rc,hrns for Governor, and
Dure' hal taken no acton. There had
been ot cour-r no resI t. nee to the court s;
there was no red son to believe tnat there
| would .e any; it does not appear that th..
| Ma''sia' or any other othccr had ask ed
ior troops; vet on tue third of December
Attorney General Williams telegraphct
| tle fol- 'ow ng extra rdinaIy message to
| MarShat Packard -' You are t. enforce
| the decrees and Inandates OF the United
States Courts, no matter 10y whom resist
ed, and General Emory Will furnish you
with al necessary troops for that pur-
| pose. Mr. vii lmS evidently knew
what wa coming. On the night of the
5ta of Dccember-still no trouble and no
demani for military lid-two batteries
of the lst Artillery were moved into New
tOrleaus.
Tue Legis'atrrc crcat l by Durell aud the
| LJ nCh IrtIrnirg t72rl now lmpeachcd
Yarmouth, suspended him rom ctira, and
installed lieutenlnt- Cove lor Pinchback
in f's plr e, all with n few hour' in
fsgrant disregard Of the statute which pre-.
SC. bed the method Of impeachment; aud
+ nchbaek, Cas'y. Kellogg, with the rest ol
the cOnsPirl ~, began tc'cS- lph'uS mai y
to Washington for iu, her all. "Dur mem.
bcis are poor" says C9-ey, III dispatch u
the President, 'ovcr advr. satl@S are II, h
and oilers re made that re dt!icu.t IL.
them To withs ont. IAerc is danger tia,
they " u brer's our quorrm. The delay III
placing troops ut t'spos1l OF Gov. Puct.
oack, il ac"ort7rr with joint resolution OF
Monday, /, tlshcel auIcg our ilencs and
cho erng our enCTrs. II requisiti IL vi
Leg isla,uTe = complied With the pal,y vii
lie saved So on he l3 h OF December NJ
W'lliams teleGraphcd - P'nchback, Let Il
be undeTsi )ud that you cre recoanlz by
| i > "A
Piled as follows 10 tie respectful request d
a conn 'tlce headed by Governor McEGei
Tor hcal ~ "Your N.sit With hurdrct
| citizens will be unav.uling SO lar as tht
President IS concerned. HIS decision j.
made end v not tc changed
That j. The plan history OF the Kellogg
usuI patton. 1t was not established by tht
courts 1t was set up by the Joint action OF
the President, the Attorney. Genernl, aud
) the United States Marshal. lhe pretense
that General Or [ only enforced the de-
cisious OF n Frdelpl Judge Is dishonest
piece OF eiiront ~. Bat even II 1t Were
; the truth instead OF + lse plettnst. II
would be no excuse for h'm. The coutt:
had no Jui sdictiou 10 detel niue question
OF this KIND They rre not empowered tC
, declte between rival state governments
That IS the duty ot tas poIucri brhuch. l.
belongs to the Pr, .ident aud To Congress
1
bility which it imposes upon them. NeitLei
can be acquitted OF the Crlme-iar greater
than the ott1nSe If the drunken parts lI
Durel-wbich has reduced Lou'silna to ths
ablect aud hopeless misery in which 81,
lies to-day.
On the s1me right Judge Durcll issuet
= his famous m'dGight order, Malc Illegally
out of eouIt, without even the form OF Ju-
diclal process, commanding the Marshall Il
| Ia nI l,.S n p
vent the sembl|g OF the sislature = al
/ orGer ot which Senator Carpenter SAID, ~
is Impossible to conceive ot more iIrrSu
? lar, Illegal, a'td IN evel y way lnrNcusaGla ac
| on the part oi Judge IL had uo more leSa
effect thrr an order IL sued by any prlNaI
= citizen" In accnrdaucr with tbs ot der. tn
troops iurni she d IN adv turc took possession
| OF the State House ut > O'Clock III the morn
i. ing, aud remained there under orders q
Marshal Packard fnr more than six week
Meauwh'le tthat Is 10 say ON the ith ot DE
1 cemb-l1 The DE Feliet board had can asSe
the returns, and declared McFaery sud th
rest OF the l. usion ticket elected. But Maj
shall pacEard's soldiers prevented the Les !:
latGrs from assembling; second orde
tIom Durell, issued like the fist Iopeu dt
. fisDcc OF law Prd equity recognized th
Lynch board, which had been leg lsated ou
ot existence 10y the act sis led the preslou
November, aud that board With no rs
turns n its possession, proceeded TO cour
in Mr.. Kellogg on the sItens'h OF eslimat,
newspaper reports, and forged affidavit
While this travesty upon republican, govern
T mcnt was ensctng, r.',ksrd vas keep'u
IL the Attorney -Gsucral advised BY telegrlI
every step ~ the outrage, End Coliect'
Casey was telegraphiuG Ia the P,e>iden
y, The decree OF Judge Darrell if enforce
~ will save the kepublicsn maj ,nty, and Gt'
I'D Louisiana u Republican Legislature Al
~ State Gevelrmeut' Ol course 1t was e
" forced. The troops had not been order'
~ To New O.leaus III advance without pu
y, nose