The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-10-10
The Present stssua
frron, tho NV Orleans Plcayuus.,j

rFron, the NV Orleans Picsyuus.l
The status Of the political, partie
{. !" thin sta.e /. siusllfs ID tlearl
this:
'. The de focso State Government
!, l,eing regarded = uSurlati.,,,, an.
) having viok ntly, aaxai|eylo u,o con
!. .tttdtidnaFi lights ofE tao 1citize,,l
AM with arms attempted to sm1ju
= gate them, was ovcrthrown ny 4,
uprising Of the people. The Exec
utive Of the United Seates then in
trrvrncd with its military power
, aud restored the State GovcriImen,
: which had l'+em ovrrthrown.
The people submit to the inter
vention. They recognize the pow
er II the Executive to restore and
maintain tn \ de Mcto Governor IN
I'll 81 final decision shall In rendered
by the Congress IT the United
States. or until the President shall
change liA views and Withdraw his
support from the uS,,r,,ation. When
he does this, The people are remit
ted I" the right and power which,
they exercised on the 18th Septem.
her. gt 4 'yj
But, 40 far M Kellogg ia concern.
Ell. aud hy virtue 81 his nsurpation
and its support by the President ri
the United States his ~ the only
de fncto Government we have 1t
il no concession to s.y that We live
under and are t'onntl by the constr.
tntinn"l acts Of that Government
until Il is OvcrthrOwm. There can
b. no hiatus IN government.
This was the view upon which
the people acted l'pevions to the
I4th Ut September. The position
is not changed Ivy the occurrences
of that day.
When the delegates Of the PEG
Pies Party met at Baton Rouge
they acted upon this view, they
made nominations Of candidates
u took tho necessary measures
10 hold al election on the "a M.
vrn'''rr for certain constitutional
officers. Such elections were to IN.
conducted under the de (acto Gov
crn,nent
The issue in such election was by
q" means affected by or involved
!" the still undetermined contest
htwrr" the McIinery nn,l Kellogg
contestants. Whatever might In,
the decision in that cOntcst. wheth
or Mc..""r or Kellogg he adjndi.
Gated the 'ightt"l Governor ot
Louisiana it was Of great inpor.
lance to the people to secure y wise
aud honest Legislature tor the next
two years. u State Treasurer for
four Years. and parish AID city otii
GERS for two years,
The duty to prosecute this cleo
ton with all our zeal aud vigor is
- urgent now ~ It was then We
cannot with any consistency or
without very damaging effects to
our cause, pretcrnit the perform
a"ce Of this dnty now. What has
occurred since rather increases this
responsibility. The adjustment re-.
Gently made hy gentlemen designa.
ted. by Gov. McEncry aud Lieut..
Gov. Penn with certain parties in
Dictated by Gov. Kellogg has cx.
t"rted a large and, as We think, u
very effective modification OF the
conditions under which registration
the election and the returns thereof
would have been and have hereto.
fore been conducted. To the OK.
tent Of these notifications, 4 great
deal has been gained, and now the
il not that We shall ratity
s'l'n adjustment, not whether We
are compelled to accept or reject
any compromise, bmt whether We
shall 70 actively and earnestly to
work to eject the candidates we
nominated ut Baton Rouge, under
better conditions and cir.
than existed ut the
time such nominations were made.
IT. appears to us that a palmer
AMI clearer question was never pre-.
*e"tc'i t"n sensible people, and
hat the agitation and discussion it
"* produced, though springing
rom patriotic and honest motives.
= neither wise, discreet nor promo
i've Of the great objects We have in
view, which are the expulsion Ut
'snrrcrS and oppressors from the
'ttices Of the State aud the rrstOr:.
ion Of honest and conservative
in Louisiana.
THE BRANDON REPUBLICAN.
At the request of u friend W. sent
copy "f our paper to the Brandon