The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-01-15
The Growing Infamy.

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before the eyes of the whole country
and counted out of the results OF
the recent election by an organ
lied syndle, there are various personal
and PARTISAN motives which claim atten-
ton At this time.
/ Kellogg, as every body now knows. was
placed in the Executive chair and has
been kept there for the past two years
solely by the Presidents will, backed by
the army and navy. Gen. Grants fragrant
usurpation in this case exceeds thousand
fold all the pretenses that were invoked by
the Republican leaders for impeaching
Andrew johnson.
The actual returns OF the election In
I 1872, when McEnery was fairly chosen
Governor by a majority OF many thou
sands, have never yet been officially count
ed, but are preserved in their original
form, awaiting day OF justice and per-
haps of retribution. Yet the usurper
Kellogg, resting entirely upon the arbi-
I trary support and recognition Of the Pres
ident, has exercised all the functions and
authority of this office just as if he had
been legally elected. And that unwar-
ranted recognition is now urged as rea-
son for justifying the original outrage OF
the President, who made a Governor by
an Executive edict over the votes and
] NiHii'e va Ait vi i<Ohi-ldlld.
I In order 10 give some color 10 that
crime by pretended popular sanction.
/ il becomes necessary to falsify the real re-
turns Ofthe election on the ID OF Novem-
Der, which confirmed that of 1872, and TO
/ iabricate Others i'm their stead. Ii the
I count was fair and the Conservative cam
didate for State Treasurer. with large
majority i'm the popular branch of the
/ Legislature. was returned as both had
I been elected. then the whole theory set up
by Mr.. Morton and others in defending
the President would fall 10 the ground,
and exposure follow by the production OF
the returns of 1872.
Kellogg and his protectors feared some
thing worse than this exposure OF their
well-knOwn villainy. They knew that
with AN adverse Legislature investigation
would explode the whole infamous con-
spiracy. bring all the actors in il at Wash
ington and New Orleans before the public
bar, show the prices they had been paid
for official services, and end in the over
throw of the Ring, which has reduced a
rich State TO bankruptcy and rum in two
years.
After his experience in September, when
the sham of Government was shiycred
10 atoms in an instant by gust of popu-
lar indignation, Kellogg was quite willing
10 step down and out. He had had enough
of Grantism. and wanted TO get off with
out mourning new danger. But he was
ordered to stay, and a naval squadron.
with regiments recalled from necessary
frontier service. were fastened to the spot
to reinforce his oozing courage and TO re-
instate by force the fragments of his
broken scepter..
Without Kellogg the so-caled Govern
meut would have no head. Therefore he
was required 10 resume his place and to
play out the part which he had assumed
in the beginning. with no idea of its pres
ent compile tons. lie was as necessary
10 the chief conspirators at Washington
as they We're 10 him, from the reciprocal
relations which the imposture had created.
His retirement would have been like a
change of front in face of the enemy.
Hence he was held i'm position.
I'm view of these facts il is now easy TO
understand. after Kellogg had thus been
for a second time forced upon protesting
people. and again identified with the I'M
scrupulous policy of the President, why
he resorted TO so much trickery in making
up this Returning Board, so as TO prepare
the way for the very frauds just an
nounced, in flat contradiction with the
published results of the election held two
months ago.
Associated with these political consid-
erations was the personal one OF sending
Casey, the Presidents brother-in-law, TO
tie Senate. He had been the confidential
channel of communication with the White
House during all these scenes in Louisiana.
and the adviser whose wishes were obeyed
as law by the Departments at Washing
ton. That part of the programme may be
attended with difficulty. as Pinchback can
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without the certainty of trouble.
Since the November elections the Presi-
dent has been compelled to give up his
cherished scheme of uniting the South for
the third term on the basis of an intrigue
with Mosby. Iongstreet and other Con-
federates, who promised more than they
could perform. The Southern States
spurned the bride which he offered. and
scornfully rejected the Representatives of
Grantism. That rebuke and disappoint-
ment embittered the President against the
South. and inflamcd his passion for ven
geance at the first opportunity. For this
reason troops have been retained there
without cause, Hays and Others like him
have risen into favor. a proclamation was
Illuminated against a breach of the peace
in Mississippi, the annual message will
fully misrepresented the situation i'm the
South. and committees have been packed
AT the Presidents request To revamp stale
outrages which have already done service
in two former Investigations.
The aim of all these wicked contr-
vances is to excite bad blood and to pro-
woke some such outbreak as occurred at
New Orleans i'm September. so that there
may be pr text for interference and
bloodshed on large scale. Looking to
this contingency, efforts have been made
to remove Gen. Emory from the command
in Louisiana, because, though he had
obeyed the worst orders to the last letter,
he has recently not entered into their par
tisan spirit, and has sought 10 prevent
any collision between his troops and the