New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-01-13
TEE OBJECTIVE POINT.

decided without much reference 20 Z
- kellogg-McEnery controversy. Thou.
w. Governor Kellogg has been elected O
ir chief magistrate beyond al question, b
=. personal rights will be regarded as Sc
W ondary to the other grea. principle II
"a right OF people to chose their repr
70 sentatives. AS Mr.. Greeley would EXPIRE
il. sit is matter Of little moment wheth
= Mr.. Kellogg is Governor Of this State
), not, but ii is Of the most vital consequeu,
Y that the people shall have the rigl
o to elect him. and have the benet
OF lis services i, they SO desir,
j, 1t IS not. therefore, coute,
between two rival heirs to an estate or
!. crown. but conflict Of principles. chic
}. among which is the right of the people c
= one OF the States to choose their rulers il
6 spite OF the opposition of an armed min
O orlty. Vhis is the local aspec: Of the case
Thequestion has. however. become a ma
uonal one. and the two parties are mar
shallng their forces TO secure at th,
earliest practicable moment this citadel
The Republicans are aware that j: th,
State is now surrendered 70 the minority
armed and drilled in the art Of war as i,
's' there will be no hopes OF recaptu1ine
It Tor many years 70 come, while the Dem.
ocracy see that if Governor Kellogg and
the Republicans are overthrown. they will
secure SIX members Of Congress and two
Senators fo1 the Forty-ffth Congress, be.
sides the electoral vote in 1876. This is
prize worth contending for, and we see
promptness to rush 20 the comba,
with all the zeal and .alsehood that
able party can command. We are,
as the REPUBLICAN, remarked few DAVIS
ago. in the hands Of the American people.
precisely as the slave was in the first Years
OF the war. and the question will be de.
cloed more with reference 10 the resulting
consequences elsewhere than to the in.
terests OF those who are apparently more
Immediately concerned. It would proba.
oily be giving ourselves too much import.
ance to insis: that the political complexion
OF the United States for the next ten years
depends upon the decision Of the Louis.
lana question. That would be 20 put the
lesser before the greater. But to reverse
the order. and arrange the proposition
according to the fitness Of things, we may
affirm that our case will no doubt show
the relative strength Of the two parties
throughout the Union. This is a price
too valuable to be given up by one
party OK abandoned by the other
without desperate struggle. We
present to the nation the first
case where the results of the civil war are
put in dispute. where the fruits of tie vic.
tory are substantially denied, and where
1t is proposed to abrogate an article of the
constitution by popular usage in the By.
lanes OF the country and the dark alleys
OF the cities. The people of the United
States have ordained tina: the colored peo-
pie shall have the right to vote as means
OF protection agains: local oppression.
The white people Of Louisiana have de-
clared this shall not be, unless they can
guide and control that vote. When troops
ire sent here to enforce the condemned
rational laws. venerable Senators. like
Thurman. Bayard. Salisbury and others,
Who have taken an oath TO support those
avs rise in their places and denounce the .
aithful officers who know and dare per- .
orm their duty. OF course, if it is the ,
Democratic policy to ignore the if T;
eenth amendmen: as part of the con. =
tuition. then their conduct is consistent :,
nough. But they should meet the issue >,
'irly. and state their case clearly. SO the 5
merican people may know and fully un- !
erstand the question. The question at :
sue in Louisiana is not whether Kellogg !,
McEnery should be Governor: no. :
neither the reforms which have been so =,
ns hypocriically clamored for shall be u
lopted. nor whether one party or the IT
her shall enjoy the few State Offices. :,
ut it is. squarely. whether the old rebel e.
emocracy shall lose the right to practi- y
lily dominate over the negro. and estab. -
Ii upon the ruins # free State a b,
anch Of the Democratic party Of the =, ~
orth. Hence we see strenuous -
ertions pu! forth by the Dem. -,
rats and rejected Republicans Of 70 70
Northern States to second the efforts ~
Governor" sfcEnery. If the Demo. ~,
ITS in Congress had the power. they n n
'u!d lmpeach the President. because Of -,
support Of the law and order party in n;
IS State. We have already seen that u1
y express great indignation over the wi
chile ejectment Of five or six intruders
the floor Of the House, while the muir.
in cold blood OF six white men in :
ushatta by party Of Democrats does lie
even receive q passing notice. We NJ
that such American Senators are not eve
y unworthy Q: the name. but a dis. eve
ce TO civilization, and we believe the Sta
e will soon come when they will be too
Grated by their constituents. all ex- ties
!: those from Delaware. That State for
I'D probably sustain her Senators in a ma.
position to deprive every Republican, spe
ck OK white. Of every right OF citizen ani
p TIL
ut a Senator from a Northern State ten
Ids on more precar:ous ground. He eve
aIulred to underwrite his official con. sab
(. 1t it result in success and rebound was
he profit of his oartv - ;,,l I .y-,