The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-01-08
SPEAKER WILT AND GEN. DE TRIO
RRTAND.

Jocose, TIE TepuOllcQn ruDS us uaH(S tOSetn
| in irrepressible glee, and chuckles audb
over the blunder which it thinks Speak
| Witt committed in calling upon Gen. I
Trobriand, at the request Of the House
Representatives, to speak to an unruly lobb,
1t may be taken for granted always that wheI
ever the Republican is especially tickled-
whenever its laughter and merriment bubbl
over in its columns that it believes some tel
riole calamity-some irreparable injury-ha
befallen our people.
A mistake or misfortune is greedily seize
upon, and we are tainted for our dullness g
twitted for our lack Of that political sagacit
or knowledge of political trickery rattle,
which has enabled the carpet-bagger, backe
up by Federal bayonets, to hold bis own il
the South against superior intelligence, supe
rior virtue and superior numerical strength
But, as not unfrequently happens, the Repab
lican is at fault the arrow aimed at the lega
Representatives and the legal Speaker wa
we'll aimed; it was winged with malice anl
dipped in venom, but unfortunately went wild,
of the mark, the arm which sped it not beine
upborne by truth.
When Gen. De Trobiand appeared in the
House OF Representatives the other day, in
response to resolution requesting him to
clear the lobby, he was received with cordial
welcome from all parties. The Democrats re-
jolced to see him because they hoped he
would drive out the police, while to the Re-
publicans the sight of the national uniform
is always welcome. His presence had the
effect to restore some little show of order
where all previously had been din and confu-
sion. BY the act Of inviting military inter-
ference, however, the Democrats committed
another one of those fatal blunders for which
they are famous, since they thereby COM
mitted themselves to the right of appeal
to the military in cases OF tumuit
the military bull was there to gore
the Republican OK, not murmur of dissent
was heard from the forty-nine members of the
House who composed the Democratic minority.
But when the General returned the second
time, at the request Of the Republican mem
bers, to eject a dozen more of the lobby who
were on the floor of the House, elbowing
members from their seats and helping to swell
the noise by their frantic shoutings, he sud
denly assumed the form and shape of a mill
tary despot, and his feet, lately SO pleasant to
took the shape Of the armed heel
II tyranny. It was a very unfortunate pre-
iicament to be caught in, and nothing WAS
eft but instant flight. Before the seeding
members could all retire, however, and while |
more than quorum were present, the Repub-
leans succeeded in electing Speaker and |
three or four members whose cases
lad been deferred by the Returning Board to
he decision of the House,
1t Will thus be seen that the military inter
erence was first asked for by the Demo rats,
nd they never thought there was any tyr
my about 1t until, in pursuance Of lawful
uthorlty, the realscause of the trouble-the
surping lobby-was expelled, and the hall
laced at the disposal Of the members of the
louise. Then the grinding despotism dodge
as tried, and the hypocrisy Of the opposi-
on disclosed in its most glarins colors.
This is very ingeniously put, and spiced
18th just enough Of truth to give it an air of
reat FEASIBILITY. Let US look at the facts of
Re case, and to give clear idea, of what was
one, i: is necessary to take glimpse at the
,tual situation.
For days and weeks Kellogg had been
uietly converting the State-House into
rtress. He has stored it with arms and
and provision enough to last
call army month, and caused the doors ]
I'd windows up stairs and down to be barri- {
ded with heavy planks and beams. His I
anding army of metropoltans he placed {
thin the fortress, together with host of !
1ite and colored thugs, and then not salts '
ID with all this on the day upon which the O
,gislature met he ''whistled," and instantly q
the troops Of the United States, stationed s
New Orleans, were thrown around the S
pitol or placed in easy whistle-call. Infan-
:, cavalry and artillery were drawn up in t.
eadful array to fright the souls of the citi- "
rs and to intimidate the Democratic and a
Legislators a
To back the formidable demonstration the a
ministration at Washington kindly and o
lsiderately consented to send the most S
age and awe-inspiring warrior in the il
ny-the barn-burning, n-butchering fl
here to scare such women b
children as the troops and metropolitans CT
ed to strike with terror. 1t was darby OIL
ted that he had come upon dreadful! "
sion, and that it was not at all unlikely he d.
aid breakfast and dine regularly on White p,
'guers. re
was under these circumstances that "
u the morning of the 4th instant, kl
Democratic and Conservative men, ar
5 of the Legislature declared elected nc
the Returning Board entered the State
Use unattended except by ten persons who sh
e, by great stretch of courtesy on the tn
Of Kellogg, permitted to enter to act as of
sengers. etc. We
nee in this fortress they we're as effectually Of
off'from their friends and outside aid &c VIC
hey had suddenly been transported to Nc
Their world. ba
he armed sentinels placed by Kellogg a. ur
door admitted Radical roughs without tai
nber, but gentlemen, unless connected
l the press, or unless they were members by
ongress, were not permitted to pass the wa
ais of the barricaded State Houce VIII he,