The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-01-22
no President Grant
AN OPEN LETTER-A CITIZEN OF LOUISE.
ANA SPEAKS HIS MIND.
From the New Orleans Times.

From the New Orleans Times.l
The following direct and powerful
appeal can hardly fail to attract atten
ton. The haste of composition MAJ
have Oecasioned some slight errors, bu
to genius and patriotism much may b,
pardoned, and the defects, if there arr
any, overlooked:
New ORLEANS. Jan, 10, 1875.
GENEREL. As | have ever been ONT
OF your warmest and truest Politica
Friends | feal it my duty to inform yOr
of the true state of Affairs in this City
as. viewed by me as a northern Politi.
4 clan for | feal that the State of Louisa.
mia has been misrepsented to you by mer
who have no principle and are onley
. trying to get up a Second war betwene
the North and the South that they Qike
Nultnres) al feed off of SpOils $50 tt
Speak, General I only wish that YOU
could IN disguise visit this City and see
for your self the Loyalty of the Citizens
of Louisiana to the American Flag (as !
have seen 1T since I came OutlD and
then you would do as | am now doing
speack in defence of Louisiana but Gen
erel the very Hyprocrites that surround
you in Washington would move Heaven
and earth to keep you from seeing the
true state Of Affairs down Here in order
to gain their Villianious ends. now Gen
erelI look at things of this kind with
a keen s~uspiOus Political eye and, it is
my OpiOniGn that the HyprOcrites that
surround you pOOring into your ear their
Lies about Louisiana are indeed your
greatest enimies and that they are now
only doing their utermoust to ruin Won
politically by thus trying to excite YOU
againstthe Citizen of Louisiana in Hopes
that in amOment of excitementyO you NAV
say or do that which will Lay you liable
to impeachment and that is Just what
they are working for in order to kill you
politically dead dead for ever and to
sink you or disgrace younOt Onley in the
eyes OF the american People but also in
the eyes of Europe so let me beseach
You to stop and pause upon the Brink
OF Political Obstruction to which your
political enlmies have and are urging
y0n for meny OF them would use your
name as a tool to work out their Do
bOIical plans and rob you for ever of
the Lsaurels you won in the Late Cruel
Cruel Civil War of America Generel
there is not a singh position that passes
through the streets of New Orleans By
the so called White League or eney
other Boldly of Citizens But what you
will see the utermOust Loyalty to the
American Flag by having and caring in
their midest Beautiful Silk Starry Flags
OF America Yes and Generel even the
Windows of every different press of the
City have suspended upon large flag
Stats the American flag and now / ask
you Generel dOsent such acts speak for
the Loyalty OF Louisiana and give the
lie to her political enimies who surround
you III Washington and now Generel in
conclusion | will say there is one thing
that will instly end all of this political
trubel and excitement about the State
of louisiana and thati is to remove from
office this SO called Governor Kellogg.
let that be done and Louisiana will no
longer feed the excitment of the Politi-
cal World but will be free and truley
represented las Of right she ought to beg
as a sister State of the meeny States that
compose this Grand Union Of this Ameri-
can Republic of Equal rights and Ameri-
can Liberty
from j. C. Mcdonald
the American Poet
Philosopher &
Politician
t. S.-Generel hoping that this peli-
ciOn will bring about this result I will
close it by saying that the moment what
] have asked in bhalf Of this deeply
wrongedS State of Louisiana (the removed
Of this bad man the so call Governor Rel
logg) and Louisinias rights respected
through out BOuth South and North
Bond fires will be lit Speeches will be
made and thousands upon thousands of
American Citizens will bless and prais
You as in BY gone times and one more
Laurel will be AIDED to meny Laurels of
Generel o: s. Grant for taking your
Stand firmly and Boldly Gin defence of
yOurn and Louisianias Political enemies1
N thus %proclaming equel rights and Jus
rice to a representative State of these
States of America
From j. G. MCDONALD
The American Poet
Philosopher and Politician