Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-09-15
TO THE ooLoBED PEo-

s4olAuMANn.
By command Of D.B. PENN,
Lieuienant-Governor and Acting Governo
and Chief of the Louisian
state Militia.
PRO- CLAMATION TO THE COLORED PEE
PIE.
NEW ORLEANS, September "A, 1874.
To the Colored People of the State OF Louis
ana:
In the grand movement now on foot sgains
the enormtties of the rule OF Kellogg usurps
ward you, your property, or your rights. Pun
sue your usual avOcatiOns, and you will no
be molested. Ne war against the thieves
plunderers and spoilers OF the state, VIII
are involving your race and ours in common
ruin. The rights of the lored, as well as o
the white race, we are determined 70 IPhol'
Lieutenant-Governnra and Acting Governor
and CommRnder-in-Chief Of the Louisiani
State Militia.
THE PEOPLE IN ARMS,
The people seem 10 have responded witt
alacrity to the advice given them by Dr.
Bead, one Of the speakers at tue Canal-stree
meeting. By three O'Clock in the Afternoon
armed men were stationed at the intersection
| OF all streets on the south side Of canal street
| from the river TO Claiborne street. About foul
o'clock body OF Metropolitan police, about
! five hundred in number, with cavalry and ar
/ ullery, appeared at the head OF Canal street
/ and took position,
/ GENERAL LONGSTREET
commanding, accompanied by an orderly
then rode up and doEn Canal street, ordering
| the srmed citizens t0disperse. Some desuIto
~ firing soon after occurred along Cana
| 81 -eet, and some few casualties are reported
| on both sides. The MetropOlitans are reported
10 have broken at the first fire, the citizens
capturing one piece of artillery. The citizens
are now building a barTicade along POy dras
street, having already captured the city hal
and taken possession OF the fire-alarm tele-
graph. The police telegraph lines are worked
by q battery from the city hall, and are de
Isched therefrom, rendering them worthless
There is one company Of
UNITED STATES TROOPS
here, but they remain at the customhousf
spectators Of the lively scene being enacted IN
front OF them. The STATE authorities seem &c
have great confidence in their ability TO deal
with what they term an armed mob, ana say
that unle the people disperse there will be
bloody work to night. Barricades are being
erected on sll streets between Poydras and
Canal, and the Peoples party hold all that
portion OF the city above Canal. The Metro
pOiitans are massed in and around Jackson
tqusre and st. Louis hotel. There was quite
A SHARP FIGHT
at the river end of Canal street about four
O'Clock. The number OF killed are estimated
by some as high as fifty, and many wounded.
Captain J. NJ. West, printer aud well-knOwn
newspaper correspondent, and r. \. Talleda-
no, were killed on the citizens side. A num-
Der OF Metropoiitans are reported killed, and
General Badger severely wounded. The col
ored men, Of which the Metropolitan hri-
gade was largely com posed, broke and ran "a D.
e
a numbe OF whom were killed and wounded.
ALL QUIET.
Sp. m.-The streets above Canal are well
filled with armed citizens. Tue impression
now prevails that no further attempt will be
made by the MetropOlitans to disperso their
opponents, who handled them so roughly this
afternoon. The city is remarkably quiet
throughout, and no further conflict is appre-
hended before morning. Most Of the barn
cades are made with street railroad cars. Six
or eight citizens and twenty or thirty Metro
politans were killed in the fight this after
neon, and many were wounded on both sides
THE CITIZENS CALL.
The following is a call signed by fifty bust.
ness men and firms under which the Canal
street meeting Of to-day assembled:
Citizens OF New Orleans:
For nearly two years you have been the
silent but indignant sufferers Of outrage after
outrage, heaped upon you by an usurping
government; one by one your dearest rights
have been uH-pN ed upon, until at last, in the
supreme his ht OF its insolence, this mockery
of Republican government has dared eveh
TO deny you that right 30 solemnly guaran-
teed by the very constitution of the United
States, which, in Article of the amend
ments, declares that the right Of the people to
keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
In the same instrument 10 whose inviolate
perpetutty our fathers pledged their lives,
their fortunes, and their sacred honor, it
was also declared that even congress shall
make no laws abridging the right
Of the people peaceably to assem- Bile and TO Pc
ces. IL now remains for us to ascertain wheth.
er this right any longer remains 70 us. We
therefore call upon you, on Monday, the four
teenth day OF september, 1874, 70 close your
places of business, without a single exception,
and al eleven O'Clock to assemble At the Clay
statue, on Canal street. and in tones loud
enough to be heard throughout the length and
OF the land declare thai you are and
by rights ought TO be and mean to be free.
The Canal street meeting to-day adopted the
RESOLUTIONS.
WHEREAS, At a general elec on held in
Louisiana on the fourth day OF oven Del, ,lST2, |
John AeEnery was elected governor by ma
William p. Kellogg; and d. B. Penn neuten-
Int-governOr by maj jority OF fifteen thousand /
,ver his opponent, G. {. Antoine; and,
WHEREAS, By fraud and violence those de- /
eated seized the executive chair, and from |
ime 20 time, by other Irregular, fraudulent l
md violent acts, in the face OF the report of \
he committee OF the senate of the United |
Itates, appointed 70 investigate the affairs OF
4Ouisiana, that the existing govern |
nent OF the State is an usurpation,
isI functions, and sustained by force, /
n. j. Kellogg has continued himself in |
'ower TO the gross wrong and outrage of the |
,eopIe of the state of Louisiana, and 10 the /
imminent danger of Republican institutions /
throughout the country aud
WHEBEAs. With a view TO contributing \
md determining the results Of the approach 4
ng election, 10 be held in Louisiana in No
yember next, he has, under an act known as /
he registration act, passed for the purpose of |
iefeaUng the popular will, secured TO himself |
md his party the power OF denying registra- /
ion 10 bona nds citizens, whose applications |
before the courts for EauRdd mus 10 compel |
he assistant supervisors 10 enroll and register |
hem has been refused. the registration law /
furnishing the courts If they dare 10 tax e |
Of such appeals; and,
of the feelings and |
motives OF our people, he hiss re- |
,eived the promise OF aid from the Federal |
general of the United states, and subject 60 |
he calls OF United States marshals for the |
Durpose of ovsraweing our State and control- |
WHEREAs, In the language Of the call |
or the meeting, one by one our dear |
sst rights have been trampled upon, |
enee, this moekery of a republican govern |
nent as dared even TO deny that right so |
'olemnly guaranteed by the very constitution |
)f the United States, which in article Il Of !
he amendments declares that the right OF
he people 70 keep and bear arms snail not be |
niringed; be II
res lutions adopted by the white people of
in convention assembled at Baton |
Rouge, on the twenty-fourth of August, lS7i. |
That the white people OF Louisiana have no |
iesIre 70 deprive the cOlored people OF any
light to which they are entitled; tnat W. Z. |
Kellogg is mere usurper, and we denounce
rary, unjust and oppressive, and can only |
itself through Federal Interference; |
hat election and T, giStration laws under |
y hich this election is being conducted were /
Intended 20 perpetuate usuTpation by depriv- |
ng the people and especially our native citi- |
,sns Of any opportunity TO register and vote, /
md therefore, In the name Of the citizens Of /
Sew Orleans now in msss-meeting, and the /
'eople Of State OF Louisiana, whose franchise /
S wlested from them by fraud and violence,
md whose rights and liberties have been
outraged and trampled upon, we demand OF /
". p. kellogg, his Immediate sbdication.
Res0 Ued, That committee OF hve be i'm |
appointed, the chairman, TO /
ior Kellogg, TO present TO him these resolu-
ions, and 20 demand an immediate answer, /
md report the result OF such interview to this |
LIST OF CASUALTIES
N the side Of the citizens as far as ascsr-
Killed-E. A. saIledone. Fred Moreman, |
1lek Lindsey, CAPITA n J. NJ. West, Major J. X.
3ourdain, and one Magazine street car
iriver.
Seriously wounded-F. Pallet, John Consi- |
line, John kilpatrick, Major VIM. L, Wells,
slightly wounded-E. Bozonier, FideI Kel- |
er, ". J. Button and Mr.. McCleman.
=, 1eheTal FRED Ogden's horse was killed un- /
aer 1. MN, and the general slightly injured |
rom the fall, but remained on duty. General |
y Badger, commanding the Mefropolitans, |
the leg, one through the arm and another
through the body. His leg has since been am |
putated. The general, besides The gunshOt |
killed under him. ~
SHREVEPORT ENTHUsED.
eHREyEPoRT, LA, September 1.-THE ac. |
ton OF the people Of New Orleans has been
received with the greatest enthusiasm by the
people throughout north Louisiana. A meet
ing was held in this city Tonight 10 take &C.
ton upon The proclamation OF Actipg-(}ov-
ernor Penn. Speeches were made BY leading
citizens OF the parish, advising moderatiops
and assuring the color I'd people that no yio,
ience was contemplated, and that their rights
would be carefully respected.
The undersigned were appointed a commit
tee TO telegraph the agent OF the associated
press at New Orleans, that while the move
ment in north Louisiana II complete it viii
be blOOdless. The parish officials elected In
1872 will be installed at ten O'Clock to-morrew
morning. The militia will be organized al
twelve O'Clock. W. b. EAGAN,
a. H. LEONARD,
Committee.