The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1875-02-03

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kellogg government who Were notthem
selves Office iioldersor related to office
holders, or those having official employ
ment. fg asigl N ~ @g5ssnn
The general condition of affairs In the
State Of Louisiana seems to be SIS follows
The conviction has been general among
the whites since 1872 that the Kellogg
government was an usurpat.on. This
conviction amongtli has been strength
ened by theacts ofthe kellogg Legislature
in abolishirg existing courts and judges
and substituting others presided over by
judges appointed by Kellogg, having ex.
traordinary and exciusivejurisdiction over
political questions; by changes in the laws
centralizing in the Governor every form
Of political control. including the sus-
pension Of the elections; by continuing
the Returning Board with absolute
power over the returns Of elections; by the
extraordinary provisions enacted for the
trial Of titles aud claims to office; by the
conversion of the police force, maintained
at the expense of the city Of New Orleans
intoa armed brigade Of State militia, sub
ject TO the command of the Governor; by
the creation in some places of monopolies
In markets, gas making, water works and
ferries, cleaning vaults, removing til:h,
and doing work rs wharfngers; by the
abolition Of courts with election judges,
and the substitution OF other courts with
judges appointed by Kellogg in evasion II
/ the constitution ofthe State; by enact
nents punishfng criminally all persons
who attempted to fill official positions ull-
less returned hy the Returning Board; by
unlimited appropriations for the payment
Of militia expenses and fof the payment of
Legislative warrants, vouchers aud checks
issued during the years 1870 10 IS 72: by
laws declaring.that noperson. III arrears for
taxes after default published shall br ng
any suit in any court of the State or al
lowed to. be witness in his own behalf
measures which when coupled with the
extraordinary burdens of taxation have
seemed TO vest, in the language OF Governor
Kellogg's council, "a degree efpower in
the Governor Of a State scarcely exercised
by any sovereign iu the world'
With this conviction is a general want
Of confidence in the integrity Of the exis-
ting State and local officials; want of
confidence equally in their purposes ana
in their personnel : =.
The White League o. the city Of New
Orleans Is an organization composed Of
different clubs, numbering in all between
300 aud :, 800, the. members Of which
have provided arms for themselves, and,
with or without arms, engage in military
drill They have no uniform, aud the
arms are the property ofthe individuals.
not ofthe organization.-The comprise a
large number Of reputable citizens aud
property holdersin Sew Orleans. Their
purpose they declare to be simply pro-
tecllye--a necessity occasioned by the ex-
Isl snce Of leagues among the blacks Of
the hostility with which the Kellogg gov
eFnment arrayed the black against the
white race; Of The want Of security TO
peaca6le citizens and their families which
existed for these reasons, and because, also
OF the peculiar formation Of the police bril-
gade. a
On the other hand, the Republicans as
sert chat thls Is an armed body OF vol
unteers, existing for the purpose ofin-
timidatIng the blacks and overthrowing
tile kellogg government. That Il had any
considerable relations outside Of the city of
New Orleans, or that IL was intended In
any way 10 interfere with the rights Of the
coloTed citizens did not appear. Nor on
the other hand, did it appear that there
was any extensive secret league among
the blacks .! any kind. That the White
League would readily co-operate IN any
peasiblc scheme for oyerthrowing the lSel-
logg government your committee do not
doubt. So viii substantially all the white
citizens Of Louisiana. such organizations
may be dangerous, and arc very rarely 10
be justified. 3.
AS 10 the proceeding on the 4th Of Jan,
iiary, about which the comm lttee desired
a statement, We now add that your sub
committee, on the invitation Of the Demo-
cratic Conservative Committee ofthe State
Of Louisiana, visited the llall or the House
! Of Representatives, and witnessed theccn.
venting OF the Louisiana House OF Repre-
sentatlves. Mr.. Potter refusing TO gein-
site the bar, remained outside, while
Messrs Foster and Phelps were seated
inside, and near to the Speakers chair
Mr.. Porter remained only until wiltz waB
elected speaker, land states noihIngas tc
what subsequently occurrejl Mr.. Foster
remained perhaps an hour, and Mr.. Phelps
remained about an hour longer, until hc
ieaFrsd that the military were about to
enter under Governor Kellogg's orders.
The committee them give. detailed
statement OF lie scenes which transpiretl
during the organization ofthe House on
tle xfl of January Meaals phelus and