The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-17

here are and have been the mere creature
. of the central Radical power at Washington
} When We. the people, defy. disobey, depos
or expel these creatures, we invoke the ange
and vindictive power Of the Radical party
, of which the Radical United States Senat
and President are only the iron hands. 1t
declared necessity of the Radical party a
large that the usurpation in Louisiana mus
be maintained. We have no particle of doub
that Grant would hesitate one moment Il
order the army officers here to support KEEL
logg in his usurped authority. We have jus
as little doubt that the Senate of the United
States, the Radical minority in the House o
Representatives, and the press and politi
clans of the Radical party generally, would
indorse and emphaticslIy approve of such
military Intervention.
In this, the true light of the case, we mos'
earnestly advise against any course on the
par of Democrats and Conservatives of Lou.
isiana that is intended OF liable to lead to acts
of force and violence, at this time, against
the possessors Of vicarious power in this
Safe.
| In practical effect, forms are nothing. Gov.
Kellogg holds his position not by the will Of
the people, but by the will of the Radical
party Of the North, under the fat Of Grant.
II Kellogg is deposed to-day by force. he
will be restored tomorrow by paramount
force, which it we're mere folly to resist. II
Kellogg is accused to-day, by solemn inn
parchment in our House of Representatives.
Of high crimes and misdemeanors, he will Cd
any bubble or technically suggested or in1
vented by bis advisers, refuse to yield
bis place, and in this refusal he will
be instantly supported by the Federal
troops. Impeachment by the House
must therefore, in case of his resistance, be
else it must be backed up by physical force,
which would bring the House of Representa-
tives in direct collision with Grants soldiers,
q conflict which under present auspices would
be most inopportune and disastrous, not only
here but to our fellow-citizens in other States
who are laborirg for 4 restoration Of reform.
Aware that many of our friends are of the
opinion that our resistance to usurpation and
cur efforts to expel intruders by force would
not again be opposed by Federal bayonets,
We quote from the New York World of Feb
ruary 10, what its Washington representative
says upon this point Since Louisianians are
ruled from Washington, We may profit by
considering what honest and eminent men in
Washington say and think of Louisiana's po-
litical effairs:
The rumor in regard to possible political
trouble in Louisiana was not without some
but it may be stated on good
authority that the shadowy and uniformed
danger has passed away. Il has been claimed
by some Of the Democrats of that State that
the Wheeler compromise did not include |
within its terms Q recognition of the validity |
of Kellogg's government, and on the first day |
of the session q slight movement in the inter-
est of such doctrine was made by Mr.. Wood, |
but was Immediately discountenanced by the |
House. Sicce that time the people Of Louis
lana, harassed with the effects and the men,
ory Of past wr.ngs, and thre asened with the |
passage of q vicious election law and the re-
lection of their lawfully elected Senator
acts in violation of the Wheeler compromise
have been indignant and impatient.
They have chafed under the obligations Of
IN agreement from which they receive no
benefits. As an expression of their sentiment,
memorial was orTarded to Congress about
| month ago, asking the House to reopen the
Louisiana case, and demand justice for the
PROSTATE State at the hands of the President
This memorial was put into the Speakers
hands at the close of the amnesty debate, ard
,e gave to the Democratic Representatives OF
he State his frank opinion OF its folly. He
vas, throughout his political career, the
champion of the States enduring
,lunder and oppression under the name of re-
but any scheme for reviving the
he issues of 1872 in Louisiana he regarded
IS dangerous to the peace Of that Common
wealth and the welfare Of the country.
The wrongs then committed were part Of
he history. and the Republican party should
,e held responsible for them. But their re-.
lress is not now o political issue. TEE
hadow can not be put back upon the dial.
This is merely your correspondents way of
rying to express the Speakers strong deter
alnation against overthrowing the settlement
made in Louisiana last spring. False reports
t the attitude of the Democratic majority in
he House were subsequently circulated in
Jew Orleans, and tended to inAame the polt-
sal excitement. which was already hot
nough. The upshot Of the matter was that
representative in Washington OF the New
deans extremists, under Gelusion in regard
0 the position Of the Democracy of the coun-
ry, undertook to carry cut the hopes OF his
riends at home. Naturally enough he was
rought directly in contact with the Speaker
n Mr.. Kerr's judgmen,, notwithstanding his
wn prejudices and desires, the Louisianian
ad the fullest confidence; and, though adj
ised to 90 to others for corrOboration of the I
Jews of the Speaker, he threw himself alto
ether on that gentlemans wisdom. The
uestion put was q curious one. Mr.. Kerr
as asked what the Democrats Of the House
'ould do il, driven on by the craftsmanship Of
,e Senate and the enactment Of law re- |
the infamous Returning Board, ,
ae lower House of the Louisiana Legislature
hould impeach Gov. Kellogg, Lieut.. Gov.
ntoine and Secretary OF State. Such
elton would, according the law Of ,
10 Commonwealth. suspend those Off
ais from the performance Of
leir functions, and McEnery might be re-
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