New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-07
The Latest from Louisiana

The news from Louisiana presents several
points of interest. First come ''the bottom
facts" touching bulldozing, or, as it should
be called, it seems, cOwdOzing. The bearer
of the bogus McEnery- Tilden electoral vote
of that State has reached Washington and
explained the mystery of Pelican intimida-
tiOn. During the campaign" says this
fountain of intelligence, "the oOlored
women occupied themselves pulling Con-
sentative speakers off their platforms by
main force"
There is something peculiarly blood
curdling in the picture. In imagination be-
hold a stslwart Democratic stump-speaker
cut short in his sunward fight of OratOTy
| by brawny female arms, just fancy Carter
II. Harrison's eagle brought low by such
agency, or the "bsrbaric yawp" of the
average Democratic stumper yanked into
silence by the "main force" of woman!
| Perhaps Eliza PinkatOn was trying to
COW some parish Demosthenes when
she was shot and her whole family
| killed. 1t ia a pity this "true inward
ness" of bulldozng had not come to
the knowledge of Lyman Trumbull before
ne made his special plea for the Louisiana
Democracy His warm heart would have
thrObbed and pulsated at furious rate,
and the glow of his eloquence would have
been worthy of IngersOll, had he only
| known that "during the campaign cOlOred
women occupied themselves pulling Con-
servative speakers off their platforms by
main force" We would suggest that he be
allowed to amend his pleadings or file a
cross bill
The Democratic members of the LOuisi
ana Legislature committed a serious blum
der yesterday. They seeded from the
Capitol, organized q rump in some hall Of
the city, and then waited upon Governor
Kellogg, thus recognizing him as the law
full executive head of the State. In theil
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lature, they put their foot into trap, anO
from it there is no extrieation. By the
law of estoppel, the Democrats have
Invested themselves of all pretext fol
claiming any longer that MeEnery
is the lawful Governor of the State
These Legislators have recognized Gov
ernor Kellogg, and their own party il
bound by their action. One Of the oonse
quences is the entire invalidation of ever.
possible pretext that. the se-called elector
who met in college to cast ballots for Tildel
on the strength of certificates issued b.
McEnery had any legal basis for their &C
ton. A Washington telegram says tn
Democrats there are ''diRmayed at the fac
that a committee of the Democratic LegiF
, lature in Louisiana waited upon GOverno
! Kellogg and recognized him as Governor,
, 1t inadvertently, but no less really
: knocked from under them their last prop
, Governor Kellogg defined the legislstiv
situation to the committee of the rump, an
8 in his message to the real Legislature, d.
! livered yesterday, he reviewed the politics
! situation, giving a very significant and 81
tirely truthful explanation of the Warsaw
; like peace of the Southern States in whic
/, the Democratic minority have wrested tn
! State government from the Republican mi
. jority. We will only add that the three a
! ternatives stated by the Governor cover th
whole ground. Unless national authOrit
interfered to protect the cOlored people i
I their rights as citizens the elective fraI
chise in their hands would be a mOcKeIy
or, if exercised freely, fraught with imm
nent peril-ChieagO journal