The daily gazette., 1878-06-04
JUN Il 4. 1878.

Herald, gives the following as reminis-
cence of Kellogg's rule, and in simple JUS
tice and fair play the Republican ought
TO publish it, We do SO as reply to
that papers ridiculously false charges
against the white men of the South, who
tis well understood were nearly all driven
to the Conservative party ranks, for they
did not call themselves Democrats. The
Yerald's Washington correspondent,
under date of the Sd instant gives the
story as follows. AS that paper is for
Hayes and Sherman, we suppose 1t tells
as near as it can the truth:
The Story of the Felicidnd Pdrishes-Re-
publican Rutidns Keeping the Outrage
NIL Grindinq-A ReminiScence Of ket-
tOgg's Rule.
The story of the Feliciana parishes,
which have become prominent through
Anderson's testimony, affords curious
example of the Kellogg and Packard mis-
rule in Louisiana. The republicans al
WAYS claimed that these parishes were
particularly unruly and given to buldoz-
ing and outrages on the colored people
and it is a notorious fact that gangs of So
called bulldozers did infest them ana dnd
for several years commit Interpretations on
whites and blacks, but oftener on the col
ored people, because these We're slow to
defend themselves. These outrages We're
always conveniently charged upon the
democrats, and Kellogg and the other
Louisiana carpet baggers took care that
they should be ascribed to political causes
But the notorious leaders of these ruff
tianly gangs were Powers and L. Butler,
both leading republicans, one of them,
rlalns tlf
ant of Anderson in registering East Fell
cana and being suspected ofshooting at
Anderson to frighten him away from
the parish in order to carry out the plot
which looked to making an election i'm
possible there, and thus causing the par
ish TO be thrown out. Powers and Butler
both prominent republicans, were the
terror of the two counties for long time
being at the head of the organized gangs
of mounted ruffians. Butler is said to
have killed more than twenty men
Powers was, it is SAID, originally re-
publican member of the Mississippi Leg
islature, and later removed across the
border of East Feliciana, where he begun
his outrages. Kellogg, while Governor,
was often urged by republicans as vel
as democrats to send his police up on the
railroad and catch and summarily hang
Powers and his gang, and thus give peace
TO that part of the State, but he never die
this. When, however, their misconduc
became unbearable, he made Powers {
Collector of Texas, and thus rewarded
him for having kept the outrage mill IL
motion for good while. The democrat
and whites were of course held reSpon
sible in the North for all the murders am
robberies committed by these two repuh
ican bandits, and the scheme of throw
ing out the Feliciana parishes on gene
raj charge of democratic intimidatio
was based on the terrorism which ha
been created by Powers and Butler.
Now, we want to know if it is rigl
thatthese bull-dozers (the bandits) shoul
be allowed to make President of tn
United States? For this is the result
their work performed though it was /
direction of the Shermans, Noyes, Ma
thews, Grant and others. The Repub
can party leaders threatened war to co
summate this conspiracy; what TIN
would have done had the position of L
parties been reversed, who can tell
the ignorant thief worse than the intel
gent man who stands off and urges L
crime that he may profit by the results
For ourself we regard these acts of the
conspirators as the most reasonable tn
have ever taken place in. the count
since the formation of the government.
The secessionists claimed the right
secede by virtue of the rights of I
Statcs-they were to some extent educ
ed in that. But these acts are the m'
diabolical that men can be guilty Of p
forming as they We're under the c
cumstances calculated to lead to murC
and war, the most diretul.