New-York tribune., 1875-01-16

by tne abolition OF courts with election Judges and the
KsoSS. ia evasion Of the Constitution OF the State;
by enacimeuts punsning crlmnailSw al oa,. per
@ toms uness retaruod fg by the RstarnInE Board Hy
unlimited appropriations for he pMcus vi ,n.nt
vouchers and chocks issued during the years 1870 to 1871
by laws declaring that no person III arr ,t % ip any
court OF tne State be allowed 10 be witness IN us
behalf; measures Which, when Coupled Yaa Win tue 70
vest. 10 the language OF Gov Keloggs counsel =" a
degree OF power In the yer9oe . % his con
vlcton rs general want OF confidence In tue lntegra
OF tne existing State and local officials want OF conn
deuce equally IN their personsbnd III tneir
which Is accompanied by the OF pusnSI ,
witness produced by tne Kellogg party while
he declared that business was In eouhner
credit mas since declared that there prospect w.
The securities OF the satehave fallen IN two yesr rom WI
80 or 4O while fall in bank shares, railroad snares
Cy and other corporate companies have III ues'co
BURDENsoME TAXATION.
Throughout rural districts Of the state the negroes
reared IN habits OF reliance upon their masters TOT sup
port, aud IN a community IN which the memOeis are
always ready to divide the necossaros OF lie Win eacu
otaer, not regarding such action as very evil ana
having immunity from punishment from the nature
OF the local officials, had come to ching ana seahe
fruit vegetables and poultry so generally as bisuop
Wilmer stated without contradiction from any source.
that tho raising of these articles had TO he entirely
abandoned tJ the great distress or the whlte people
the taxation hdd been carried almost lHeraliy
to the extent OF cO1nscat!on. In New-Orieahs
apDralsed and houses and had there for
the In NttchOchcs Parish the taxation reachfa
many parishes all the white R9puOicans and all the
oreholders belong to single family There are nVe OF
seven of the Bous n office in the Parish Nltchoches
As tue people taxation increase ana prosperity ul-
thew became naturally sore. That they loved their ru
cannot be pretended. The Kellogg Government
IN part by establishing board 10 fund the debt OF the
State. co per ceut OF Its face value Inls measure
aroused great hostility, not so much because OIL Tue
reduction OF its acknowledged dent. as be-
cause it gave to the Fdndlng Board whose powers
seem 10 he absolute and without review discretionary
authority TO admit lie funded some sGUCOO00 0i deDt
alleged TO be fraudulent, so that under .ne gse o. IG
ducng tine ackuOwled debut gave opportunity To SVEN
the frauiuent deht against the STATE luis hOIn6 10
duction of the State taxes has been accompan.d oy
provision that the parish tax shall not eAcetd iuS
St1te; bu' pents haytnr been receiver on them
tha courts have directed taxes u be levied
for their payment, aud tu- the actu taxes nVe Len
carried far beyond the authorized faes hngS e nar
been form d in pIrsnes composed OF the parish Ohets
xnnid hnv mn toese ohgat ons put them Judgment.
and cause them 10 be IN creed the great distress OF
safcs saH ~ lands for taxes have become almost
the non fulIent ot personal or political pledge tho
ne Leading coored persons, In other localities OF the
loss or emnczZemout IN some cases on the seooi Iuuu
and the failure OF tne Freedmens Bank-all combined
TO divide the views OF cOlOred voters during the Late
campaign. An effort was accOrdiuGIy maze 10 the no
scrya:Iyes to acquire part OF The negro NOe' W IN
that view il was sought in many quarters TO pEopite
them. -. e...o. =, ..-hoi,
for intimldltIon threats of non-empnymrnt an INC
appreheuu III tnt was felt that the Reforming 'Idru
v0uld count our their II an excuse Tor scd course
were offered ali conDineI especially after The l4tb sep
ember L put COnseIvdtyos on thtir goo Oc1NoI,
and The result was that n November, 1874 the peOpie
Of the g. te II Lou did fairly hdve re. peace
able and fun registration and Giectl'h, IN & &"ulrn
n clear Conservative majority was elected to the Lower
IIousr OF me l. llsa. .uIc, Of wuich majority tIe Con
sergatiyes were deprived 10y the unjust legel ana
ARBITRARY action OF tae Returning Board, I1al thete
ysre tirhulent shirts cannot b. denied. Those re-
turncd t. ofro by tIo RturuinG BOlri in violation
Oac OI 'HG ,Snes TIE eor Of The Shreepor Nevs
in anticipation Of the Illustration OF tue Turn
iIg Board OF the will OF ihe PEOPLE oPenS
declared that the only remedy vas to Eli tle
uurpcrs" rnd cared this TO b. the sentiment OF the
Conservatives Of his sclon OF the state DIt DeI%ht
newspaper editor or two. declaration even 81 mat
sort VAS brought to monte. although 10 Was al
miteu NIX on ibs i" While state felt greatly oH-
ragged by the action OF The Returning Board I1q"eu
# is conceded ny all parties that the Kellogg
tovcrnmenC is only upheld by the Federal military
Withdraw the military, and that GoSernmeaI wiz P SG
as now Gov. KelLgy says thls il ow1G to the douDt
Govorom nj. TIE Conservatives say that TINS IS NOT
only because his Government IS illegal Out because
has been abusive auu corrupt
TIE WHITE LEAGUE ORGANIZATION.
Tn tlis connection we refer TO the White League
mepli ned in the Message OF the President In the last
csm,alcn in Louisiana the opposition wac composed OF
various elements. Democrats, formers. dissatisfied
Republicans. Liberal Republicans, old Wings AMI In
TO induce the JerdtIon OF ALL some OF whom re-
fns ID to unite with organz ziton called Democrats.
tGey TOOK ,he name OF "TAe Peoples Parry, called in
s'Tne White Mans Party" in othcrs The WHIT
name aSd MI %Ta@ the R'1 rara dse
Wdi en- mSrS,ejtPr sccrSt nor armed nor otherwise
different from usual political organz hions Ilcse
nuIt t1y no of name with tIe White League Of the
City Of New.Oreans" That league IS an organnl.
tlons compri@ed OF different CLUBS. numbering %
in ali between so and 25Jo Tae momDers OF which
nave provided arms for themselves and win or Wthou
arms engage in military drill Ihey nave no unii9r
aud the arms are the property Of the individuals aud not
OF the Organiz atoms. They comprise large number
New Orleans Their purpose they declare to be
SIMPLY 6f leagues amSSg ts black Of the
hostility with which the Kellogg Government! arrayed
the black gtinst tue waite rae OF mo want o. security
TO pcactabe citizens and their families which existed
for those reasons and because also OF tne peGular
formation Of the police brigade. % the other hahd
the Republicans assert that tIis is an armed oC oI
volunteers existing for the purpose OF lhtInluauhR
the blacks and Overthrowlng the kellogg gOVerhment
city of New Orleans that II was int ndsd 10 any way
to interfere with the rights OF tho coored citizens ana
not appear; nor on the Oher bad au II a!PedI 'ast
there was any extensive secret league among tne
blacks OF any k'nd Inst me Wmle League
would readily cooperate In any easlDe 81 G5me LOT over
throwing tne Kellogg Government, your committee 90
not doubt viii substantially all tue whte eitIens OF
Louisiana such 0rE&liIiuQ hAy 1 ne u"7k toa q,
aud are very rarely 10 be 1ust1ci Inc alIAlI or
Sept. IL Is Illustration OF ths Lao nunociSO OF tuc
Wfite League had purchased arms. Tue police mad
seized these arms without process OF h" aHnS tH'n
fercby from the merchant who had sO and from the
members who had bought them. A consignment OF
arms TO arrive by the steamer Mlsslstlpph ihe
members of the League called out the morning
OF the l4th TO so and take them in body The police
undertook seize the arms Tle Two bodies came Into
collision on the wharf and several perscns were killed
and wounded. There were then hardly any Federal
troops IN NewOreans and the olslDtegratloh OF lhe
Kellogg party such that before night Penn and MS
associates had only tO take possession OF the Executive
offices without struggle. Tne movement was every
where quietly accepted by the whites throughout the
State until the FeierAl Government interfered.
when Penn and his associates at once surren-
dered. II Louisiana WAS country Dy ITSELF
nrdIl Ann1 be lnsIdlIel