Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-09-17
THELOUISIANA TROUBLES.

morning there is very general resumption OF
business There are DO gatherings oil people
or evidences of excitement 10 any quarter.
The following document, signed by the rres'
idents of the Chamber of Commerce, CleaTiog
House, Cotton Exchange aud Merchants TX
change, was telegraphed to President Urant TO-
day: ;oc,un,
YOUR Excelency that this city Is perfectly quiet
and free from all disturbing elements, ana BUS
uess has been resumed as USUAL NO iul'net
trouble is anticipated ;.
CUSTOM HOUSE, New ORLEANS, Sept. TO-
have been asked To slgu the above state
meDt. That the city Is quiet Is true, anu BUS,
mess is proceeding as usual. Property and
persons are safe from insults or injuries except
from some rowdy or drunken mau.
lSisneM JAMES +. CASEY.
The Executive Committee oil the Merchants
Exchange to-day telegraphcd the Board OF
Trade of Chicago, aud Merchants Exchange
of St. Louis aud Cincinnati, as follows:
"The new government is composed OF eglll-
mate aud duly elected State officers, and Is III
full and peaccablc possession. Ii means peace.
law, order aud honest government. All Is quiet,
business entirely resumed, perfect order maln-
tanned, and public confidence restored.
The following is the text OF the teegrams
transmitted to the President:
A petition has been forwarded you to-day by
express signed by 5OO Of the leading mer-
chants and business men Of the city, aud reads
as follows:
We, the undersigned, merchants represent
ing the commercial Interests of New Orleans,
and deeply interested 10 the welfare aud pros
perity OF the State, gladly embrace the recent
change of Government as guarantee OF I'M
martial rights to all. We respectfully ask the
sympathy and support of the Executive.
(Signed) L. B. WuEELoCK
Chairman of Committee.
WASHINGTON, Sept. I6. The President did
not 60 to Long Branch last uight, Us he intend
ed to do, being detained here in consequence
of the events 10 Louisiana A brief Cabinet
meeting was held this morning, at which Sec
retaries Fish and Bristow, Attorney General
Williams, Postmaster General Jewell aud Act
ing Secretary of the Interior Cowen were pres
ent. They discussed the Louisiana question,
and without definite action adjourned until 3
O. clock this afternoon to further consider the
subject. The condition of affairs in Louisiana
being novel, and the first case OF the kind where
the State authorities recognized by the PrcS-
dent have been elected by the force Of citizens
and other officers substituted, the question arts
es as to what shall be done by the Federal
power in the premises; in other words, whether
Kellogg and his associates shall be relnstated
or the McEnery party permitted to retain pos
session of the State Government The subject
being of delicate aud important character, 1t
will be considered with due dellberatlon this
afternoon.
1t is considered 10 official quarters that the
extraordinary proceedings 10 Louisiana do not
concern that State alone, but all the States 10
the Union, as the recent proceedings there, If
countenanced by the General Government,
might become precedent 10 other sections OF
the country, to the dctrlmeut OF the entire peo-
pie, and might lnauguratc system which
would substitute military power for legal forms
10 the conduct of State administration.
1t is believed that measures will be taken
forthwith to reinstate the Kellogg Admlulstra-
ton with all the force at the command OF the
Government.
The Postmaster General received the follow
ing, dated New Orleans to day: The revou.
ton yesterday prevented the Northern mail
going forward, and the letter carriers we're
withdrawn from the street by reason OF the
restored, and all mail facilities resumed as
usual.
1t is probable, should the troubles increase
in Louisiana. that the State may be added to
Lieutenant General Sheridan's department, or
Gen. Terry may be ordered to New Orleans to
rank General Emory in command.
Though 40 vessels have as yet been ordered
to New Orleans, those occupying the North
Atlantic squadron may sooD appear in that vi.
cipity. These things nave been considered, and
large number Of available troops ordered to
Louisiana.
In view of the proclamation recognizing kel-
logg as Governor of Louisiana, and the order
to General Emory under no circumstances to
recognize the insurgent government OF Louis
lana, the events 10 that State within the five
days from the date of the proclamation are
everywhere awaited with more thao ordinary
anxiety.
There is 10 bank at New Orleans a sum Of
from half million to seven hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, collected from the people to
pay the interest on the Louisiana litigated
bonds, which are owned at the North. The
President has sent Instructions to Gen. Emory
to guard the bank, and 10 no event permit the
money to be drawn by any person connected
with the Penn government.
Attorney General Williams tonight, 10 a
lengthy interview with a representative Of the
New York Associated Press, said:
1.-THE so-callcd Kellogg government has been
established and in full operation abouttwo years.
1t has been repeatedly declared by all the courts
of Louisiana to be the only legal government of
the State. 1t has been repeatedly recognized
by the President and impedy by Congress.
The President in a special message to Congress
called the attention of Congress to the subject
and stated il they took no sctioa he should feel
bound to regard the kellogg organization as the
lawful government OF the State. Congress de.
cllned to legislate shout the matter.
"The question is not now whether Kellogg or
McEnery ought to be Governor, or whether CT
not there were frauds or irregularities about the
election, but the question is whether State
government that has been fully organized Tor
nearly two years, and recognized as such by all
the departments Of the government, State and
national, can be overLhcown by the armed pop
ulace Of the city in which the seat of government
is located by means OF violence and bloodshed
Admitting ali the wrongs charged upon the
Kellogg government, can these proceedings be
permitted to stand precedent? Are the
governments of The Stat%f of the U MON to be de-
termined by pronuncialneltos and violent and
bloody outbreaks, rs they are in Mexico and
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