The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-09-05
Will Kellogg Resign.

We heard a very startling report OF
the streets Yesterday, and experienced
such a thrill Of delight in listening
thereto that We cannot refrain from
permitting our readers to share oul
pleasure.
We were gravely told that there
was . movement on foot, the object
Of which was to induce Mr.. Keliov.
to resign his position rs dc fucto Ex.
ecntive, a position which he usurped,
aud which he has So f1agrantly dis.
graced and the duties of which he llas
administered with 50 little discretion
and Judgment as to plange the State
into to, virtual bankruptcy.
Inns movement, wc are assured,
had its inception among our very best
anu most conservative citizens and
tax payers, members of wealthy and
respectable mercantile firms, presi-
dents Of banks, insurance companies
ana other corporations, and that it
has been brought about not only BY
the fact that Mr.: Kellogg is distaste.
inl to the people by reason of his lav-
ing usurped a position to which an.
other was elected, but by reason Of
the disasters which the usurpation
has brought upon the State ani CITY,
and the ruinous effect which it has
had upon the credit of the State.
Bonds. that even under the Warmoth
administration brought, readily, eigh-
ty cents in the New York market, to-
day are stunned by capitalists at %
and even Is cents on the dollar. He
has placed over the people in the par
ishes 4 set Of thieves aud low fellows
who have plundered right and LETT iu
the most barefaeed and shocking man.
ner, and 50 far from restoring peace
and quiet has really been the cause
OF most Of the trouble in the country,
and in one notable instance was the
prime mover in Il dreadful riot in
Which numbers both white and black
were killed. He has failed to inspire
confidence in anybody and stands to.
day detestcd by tue more decent men
III his own party as well as by the
whole white population. u,
He iobbies through lis mongrel
Legislature. acts which are oppressive
and outrageous, and which never can
gain the sanction Of the people. HI
has, in short, exhibited snch q mark.
ed incapacity for the Office and de.
veloped 40 many Objectionable traits,
aud has succeeded iu 80 brief a time
in making Louisiana a byword and
not only among the States
Of the Union, but abroad, that wei
conceive there can be no impropriety
in asking him in the name Of the peo-
pie to "step down and out"
The admirable results which have
the action of the people in
the parishes, and the readiness with
which the objectionable officials have
handed in their designations. leads "a
to hope that Kellogg will follow the
excellent examples set him BY his
own subordinates, and yield a cheer.
fal acquiescence to the very reason
able demand for his resignation, when
it shall ('e presented. 49,.
The absence Of several prominent
men from fhn -cits, ~ th;o <:~tn &:
thought to he significant. Some have
gone to Washington to bolster upl
Kellogg, while others have gone tn
show the ruin be has wrought and
the absolute necessity for a change.
We woald suggest to the persons
who may have this matter in charge,
the advisability of asking not DULY
Kellogg but all the Objectionable men
who hold appointments under him
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