The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-01-13
POOR LOUISIANA.

DEPUTY DICTATOR SHERIDAN
We give below extracts from New
York papers of the 5th inst. from
which the extent of the high handed
outrage committed by President
Grant on that people can be seen.
Satrap Sheridan manifests more of
the tyrant than has been shown by
anyone since the close of the war.
We remarked few weeks since
that no one could forecast the future,
as desperate men would resort to
desperate means. God only knows
what these usurpers will dare do.
New YORK, Jan. 5.-Referring to
the proceedings st New Orleans yes
terday, the Herald says:
There was witnessed in the Lou
isiana State House. yesterday "a spec
tacle which is the first of its kind in
this country, and which should cause
every true American to blush with
shame and Indignation. We con-
graduate the citizens of Louisiana,
and the people Of the country, that
this extraordinary and most revolt
ing scene did not provoke violence
and bloodshed. Forcible resistance
would have been justifable in this
case if it be ever justifable in any
case, for q greater outrage on every
principle of free government was new
er perpetrated, were it not for the
fact that the people of Louisiana
have sure resource for the redress of
their grievances in the sense of JUS
tice of the whole country, and in the
public resentment which will be kim
died to the highest pitch by these
Atrocities and unexampled proceed
ings."
The Tribune says:
'' Nothing in the history of even
the great conspiracy by which the
border ruflians undertook to seize the
Territory and State of Kansas can
furnish any parallel for this crown
ing iniquity of the Federal Admins
tration. The citizens of Louisiana
have seen themselves cheated and
defrauded, and when the fraud came
near to failure, they have seen the
whole power of the General Govern
ment used to consumate it, and make
the villiany successful. They make
no out-ery, but upon the facts as
they are, they invoke the deliberate
judgment of the American people"
The World says:
We hope there is no American
man who can read the news from
New Orleans without thrill of
shame and rage
The Times expresses no opinion
upon the merits of the case.
New YoRK, Jan. 5.-The Evening
Post, of day, says the employment
OF the Federal army, yesterday, in
the organization of the Legislature
of the State Of Louisiana appears to
be absolutely unjustifable.
New ORLEANS, Jan. 5.-The Times
Of this morning says: 'The farce of
State government in Louisiana re-
ceived another illustration yesterday.
Practically we have no government,
legal or illegal, and have not had for
the past two years. What is the use
ofthis show ofrespect of State rights?
The rule is THAT of the musket and
the sword, and central authority. and
everybody knows it. Proclamations
by the President and appeals for as
sistanee by Gov. Kellogg are the for
malities which do not cloak the real
nature of tire business. There is no
pretence in this case of a riot, or of
an insurrection. It is the seizure of
the State House by the United States
troops in time of peace, a dissolution
of the Assembly and = forcible ex-
pulsion of its members.
The Picayune says: " For the
first time in the history of the United
States, armed soldiers have inva1. ed
the legislative hall, and ba.yonets
have been used to expel. the rep
resentatiyes of the people from their
seats. No one e,.er dteaned that
the President lad the right to oemploy
the army fr0r the purpose of shaping
the organization Of the State Legis-
latdre. In this case there was no
emergency such as the law coutem-
plates, and no eth made 0uoon him
through the channel which the law
points out. There was no insurrec-
tion no invasion. The General As
sembiy was in session, and had not
askedhin tofit{Eerfere. Simply there
was an organization of the House.
which was not agreeable to Governor
Kellogg, and upon Kellogg s requsi-
ton he sent his forces to drag from
their seats the members who Kellogg
asserted not TO be properly chosen,
and to constitute an organization
under his directions. There is no
escape from this statement of facts.
Gen. DeTrobriand announced that
he was instructed to obey Kellogg's
orders, and Kellogg ordered him to
break up the organization of the
House. With this oreterhe complied.
The Bulletin says: . When the
honr arrived for the constitutional
assembly of the Legislature elected
by the people and absolutely admit
ted by the Board for strangIing re-
turns, the army of the United States
was marshaled, and when the organ
fEing ofthe House of Representatives,
showed a working force ngainst the
kellogg usurpation a General of
the Federal army marches his troops
into the very halls Of legislation and
before the Speakers chair dictates
the roll call for the membership and
Organization of the House.
Mrs Pratt, Of San Francisco, applies
for a divorce with the modest alimony