The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-02-20

BLACK WHITE maRAT1TUDE.
-1aths heasof polhle.l excitement
and ant4gonism, which seems, in .
greater o. less degree, to obscure the
better instincts and warp the judg-
fment Of al classes Of the people Of
Louisiana and more especially Of the
| white people who belong to the DEM
ocratic party-the really valuable and
disinterested exertions Of pnblic Off
Gers in behalf Of the best interests Of
the entire people, are too often be-
TITLED or entirely overlooked by those
most benefited by such services. It
I'D indeed rare thing to find : Demo-
I,eratic newspaper, orator or. private
Ecitizen praising Republican Con-
gresham, Governor, Or other official
for performing meritorious action, yet
there are very many instances il the
history Of the past few years. There
such commentator has been justly
earned. r.
It can not be denied that when the
present Governor Of Louisiana, VIM.
p. kellogg, was in the national Sen
ate, he was an active and successful
advocate of numerous measures tend
Ing to foster and protect the great
sugar end cotton interests, improve
and increase our inland and foreign
commerce, secure the aid of the ma
tional government in removing OBJ
st1uctions to navigation from our riv-
ers and bayous, etc, etc. Time was,
and not long since, that Senator Kel-
logg wqs acknowledged by the fair
minded citizens Of either party as the
best representative Louisiana had sent
to Washington for many year. But
now we find the very class Of men to
whose welfare his labors contributed
in the greatest measure, foremost aud
loudest- mouthed in the ranks OF his
enemies and traducers. Has Kellogg
the Senator fallen from grace as Kel
logg the Governor in any but polit-
ical sense-and strained, partisan
aense at thate No. The man is not
less honest, not less active IL the pub
lie service in his present position than
he was % Senator. His Gubernator-
ial record is q good one, evidence of
which appears in the fact that the vi
olent and abusive assaults made up
on him by the cohorts of Democracy
are mostly Of personal nature, indi-
eating that his offense Is political, not
official. Under his administration the
expenses of government have been
greatly lessened, taxation reduced,
the public debt decreased, and many
wholesome reformatory laws passed.
But, az we said above, the tide Of
political antagonism has become 60
powerful that all considerations of
common justice and decent gratitude
are swept away when placed in con-
tact with the pernicions current. Be-
cause Mr.. Kellogg, believing himself
elected Governor, invoked the judicial
authority Of the State and federal
governments to prevent Democrat
from Selling upon the Office, and was
successful in his suit, all his past en-
endeayors to enhance the prosperity
of the property owners Of Louisiana
faded from the minds Of this people,
and together with all the subsequent
efforts in their behalf seem to have
passed into oblivion 50 far as any to-
ken Of gratitude or appreciation upon
their part indicates. All the mans
excellent and virtuous deeds are over
shadowed, in Democratic estimation,
by the heinous offense Of having kept
a set of Democratic politicians from
selling upon Offices to which they had
no claim but one founded upon vii.
lainy and fraud.
And Governor Kellogg is not the
only prominent Republican who has
been the victim Of the black ingrati-
tude of white planters, merchants and
in fact all classes forming the Demo-
cratic party Of this State. Look, for
instance, at our members Of Congress.
No State in the Union can boast a
delegation moro energetic in advo-