The daily gazette., 1874-10-07
LOTISI1N1'S URONG.S.
GencFM Bea areJdrd's ETPld-
nation Of the Recent
OHfblpuL.

REGIME IN THE SOUTH THE EHoRMI-
TIES or THE KELLOGG ADMINISTRATION
SHOWN UP BY sUPFERER-THE PEo-
PIE pEMAvD AN HONEST STATE dovERN-
MENT md CALL FOR PROTECTION on
THEIR RIGHTS AT THE BALLoT-Box.
! The. recent outbreak in Louisiana,
which created such general interest
throughout the country, is very fully ex-
planned, and comented upon in the fol.
| lowing interview which Genera, Beaure-
gard yesterday accorded u reporter Of
| Ihc Uorid f'ter some general CONVEX
Eation, the writer said: General, should
| like to obta' II your views as explicitly as
possible on the general situation Of af-
fairs in Louisiana, with u succinct ac-
| count of the causes which, in your opin-
| ION, led to the recent outbreak =
have great reluctance to express any
| opir 'ons on public matters, as am dis
| franchiscd. | have. therefore, abstainnd
since the war from participating in pub
lie AHA :, except in one on two instances,
when urgently requested by my fellow
| ICltilcnS to aid them in promoting the
common good. | am ready, however, at
| this time, to give you my views out Of a
desire to 90 oprrat III throwing light upon
and rcmedying the lamcntable cond tion
| of my native State
TO what do you ascribe the recent up
rising Of the people Of louisiana
| THE uprising was due to the tyranny
the spoliation, and various outrageous
suffered by the people of the State dur
ing the last six years at the hands Of a
cu pct-baS adlr nistration and its politi-
cal satellites, and to the general lawless-
ness among the ignorant and criminal
classes which prevails ~ the natural con-
sequence of bad government. The hiss
tory of the State during this pei .od COM
stltutes Il list of grievances certainl" un-
cXamplcd in the histor" Of this continent
excepting South Caro- ina)or Of any 9TH
cr cour ry in modern times. The people
of the Nu"th, long shut ont from the
truth hy designed misrepresentation, are
beginning to learn it now. The whole
truth they could not know without being
residents and fellow sufferers with rs.
But have reason to believe that they
are rapidly forming Il correct Judgement.
The present tyranny i'll Louisiana has
been imposed upon the pc 1ple through
the abuse of those very political safe
guards which though intended to protect
life, liberty, and property, become, when
turned into instruments of fraud, the
strongest support for IN irresponsible
dcspotsm. Politicians who, like these
carpet -baggers, attempt to rule IN re-
, public against the will of the people, must
necessarily do So through constant frauds
on the hallot-box. This they accomplish
through the IId Uf IL corps of unsC rupu-
Ions rctainerl. who must be- paid and
they can only be paid 10y thu robbery Of
the public. 10 protect themselves from
responsibility for their crimes they must
occupy every office, executive Legislative
con 'tltutn" thus an imprcgnable ring
Z which closes a"Ainst the people all aven-
ucs to authority and hlrs them from al
T. redress. Such to-day Is the government
: of Kellogg, and all our evils are the con
sequence of this profession Of political
carpet -bl,.siam.
'llow hong has his conditions Of af-
fairs eNi,tcd:'
/ Until about 1879, Louisiana, under
an almost absolute hut responsible mill
! tary rule, was nevertheless recovering
-. from the effects of the war. New Or
, leans, the great emporium of the Mis-
~iS~ippi Valley, and before the war, the
greatest exporting and the second i'm
porting city in the Mon, wa rcviv
! in~ il trade; new railroads were pro
! iected and and signs of returning pros
pcrity were yi>ublc everywhere. Al
, election then took place at which mos
of the old citizens being then disaran
chiscd became tie ready dupeS Of car
pet ha@ political adventures. Thes,
men Mcre not settlers in auy branch %
Industry. nth NJ character of posi-
ltion, some of them even outlaws a
, home. they came as mere office seeker
land having, no footing in Il State /
which they were total strangers, the
sought ever since To make one by im
lpasinw themselves on the Credulous nC
Igrocs.
What means did they use for this pun
/ pose
They told the negroes that they cam
10 protect them; that unless they wer
KEEP, in power the negroes would b
put back into slavery; they promise
thcm dcvision of plantations (fort
. acres OF land and 4 mulel. In fact, til
negroes on our own family plantation
had chosen each one the mule whiC
4 he intcntcd to take and the plot Of Ian
T. which he fancied Thus the carpe
baggcrs raised among the negroes NJ
only the fire brand of race hostility, III
of that communistic spirit which eve
X in populations of ancient civilizatio
L. led to sad decentralization ddepred
tinna, They ornanized the well know
lhlack Union Leagues, secret societi
which have existed for years over Il
whole South. These societies are Il
jpolitical caucuses of the carpet bagge
their members are nearly all armed N
l. constitute mostly the militia hayil
long since been dishanded."
"What has been the character OF I
Kellogg Government. and what the cha
!. arter Of his subordinatcs
"lt is lust what we might expect, 60
silerinr its origin in fraud and force,