The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-30
KEtLOaG,s LETTER.

courts against the C1t1ZenS OF East BATON
Rouge for the crime OF having held pub
lie meetings, passed resolutions and
appointed committees to invite several
Objectionable parish officials to resign.
: The suggestions in this letter, In rela-
ton TO arraigning officials for derelic-
ton OF duty, are so exceedingly mild,
considering the VIGOROUSLY infamous
character Of the officials, and the order
, to move upon the citizens is SO peremp-
tory and savage that IL is clearly
evident the letter means simply
that the District Attorney shall perse-
cute and. If possible, intimidate the
leading citizens OF tho parish who par
ticipated in the popular demonstration
against the corrupt and worthless Off
! cials. The vileness Of Kellogg, in
writing this letter, can only be fully
realized by bearing in mind that, in Jan
uary last. he gave his tacit Endorsement
,, to the movement Of the citizens in this
very matter, and promised to cooperate
with them in carrying out their views
J when Senator Burch was out Of his path.
There is scarcely paragraph Of KEEL
logg's letter that Is not lie. Our core
spondent, white Lacquer" has emu
merated and answered in detail these
lies. and we shall editorially refer to but
one Of them. Says Kellogg;
| am definitely informed that George +. Davis,
parish Judge, and y. ]. Beauresarl, State and
parish tax collector Of East Baton Rouge, have
| been driven from the parish In open violation
| OF law
Mr.. Kellogg knew perfectly well that
this was bold, infamous. audacious lie.
He knew that the citizens went no
further than to require the Objectionable
officials to resign. that they did not
order thom to- leave the parish and that
they did not threaten their lives. G.. Z.
| Davis may have sworn that he was
ordered to leave. But Kellogg knows
that q. +. Davis Is a perjured and adul-
ferrous scoundrel, utterly unworthy Of
confidence. The truth is, that Kellogg
had no reason to believe that tho officials
referred to were ordered to leave. he
knows they were not ordered to leave.
He and his compatriots devised the lie
for political effect; TO give them pre-
text to institute proceedings calculated
to overawe and disorganizo the opposi |
ton TO their party in East Baton Rouge. |
or all classes Of malefactors liar ia
the meanest and most contemplate. A
coward cannot help his intlrmity: a
murderer must have Mt least nerve and
force OF character A thief is often ex
cusable on the ground OF necessity but
OF all the wretches which, I'm the I'M
scrutable wisdom of Providence. were
created and are permitted to crawl in |
the depths Of human depravity. the liar
il the most disgusting: and Kellogg be- |
longs to tho most offensive class OF liars. |
Occupying position he ought to use to |
protect tho honest and industrious
classes OF the community against the
thieves and vagabonds. he puts the
thieves and vagabonds in office, and
then, to make out case against those
he wrongs, under his official signature,
in his official character, lies to all the
country. 1T Is not easy" said Macau-
lay of Barere, "to settle the order of
precedence among his vices; but we
are inclined TO think that his baseness
was. on the whole. n rarer and more
marvellous thing than his cruelty" or
Kellogg we may say that it is equally
difficult to settle the order of prece-
dence among his vices; but we are in
clincd to think that his lying is. on the
whole, his most marvellous gift. Lying
has been the strong point Of his admin
istration imbecile i'm all other respects.
He lies upon any and all occasions. He
lies to Democrats and to Radicals. He
lied to the Baton Rouge committee in
January, and he lies to the whole
country about the same matter in
March. He lies rs the birds carol
and rs the geranium dispenses its per-
fume, because 1t is his nature and he
cannot help It. Macaulay, whom we
have just quoted. said again of Barere
- A man who has never been within the :
tropics does not know what thunder '
storm means: a man who has never
looked on Niagara has but faint idea ),
Df a cataract. and he who has not read .
know what it is to lie" We were >,
about to apply this to Kellogg, but
{ would not be just to Barere.
There was q healthiness, a robustness o
.bout Barere's lies which excites some y
hing OF admiration. They are in truth
o all other lies what a tropical thunder =
storm is to ordinary tempests, and what
Niagara Is to other cataracts. But KEEL
ogg's lies are of a different class. He
S probably q more miscellaneous liar v
han Macaulay's hero, but his lies are y
mean, cowardly. sickly, emascuIated "
les. One feels like catching Barere's :
les by the throat and strangfing them =
bout Kellogg's lies there is something =
o mean and disgusting that one shrinks IL
rom them rs he does from Shiny rep
lie. We think, however. the time %
'hen kellogg's lies can do harm has W
assed, and the miserable, creeping. 81
limy creatures Of his impotent malig- IL
ancy and cowardice. spawned to poster ST
n honest community. will perish in the o'
lth 10 which they were conceived. ~
And now what is the District Attorney P'
DING to do with Mr.. Kellogg's instruc- VI
onsp MIR. Burke said he once knew Of "
o method OF framing an indictment 10
ganst u whole people. Mr.. Beckwith. "