The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-14
A History of the Causes That
Led Up To It.
Organization Of the White League Seizure
Of Arms by the Kellogg Police The
Grand Rally and Aiming Of
the Citizens
The Battle, the Victory and the Sur.
render.

| When Jackson, with his hastily recruited
army, met and yanquished the trained hosts,
the very flower Of the British army, on the
field Of Chalmette. the people Of New Or
leans, In gratitude for their salvation, rendered
| the hero grand ovation.
| The grateful population Of the city turned
out en- mnsse to greet him on his entry, and
his pathway was strewn with flowers and gar
homes he had defended.
Chamette saved New Orleans from tho
| fearful disaster OF capture and occupation by
d foreign army, which had made the vilest
threats against her people, the Fourteenth of
September saved New Orleans from even q
worse fate. Saved her from degradation
which one thinks Of shddderlngly even now
the horror of being held In absolute bondage
| by the rapacious and conseienoeless carpet
baggers who had been installed by bayonets
over people to whom they were aliens, and
whom they regarded as their just prey--to be
| ROBBED AND wRoNsED
and outraged in every way that ingenious
malignity could devise.
/ fOE IuDHbHE HHbDElOE LD LHb CDUIllCI
Kellogg usurpation, aided and abetted by the
Federal government and chiefly instigated by
| that unspariDg foe OF the South, Landaulet
Williams, who dlsgraced the position OF At
torney General OF the United States had
been committing outrages OF the most glar-
Ing character In the city and parishes. Every
difficulty was magnifed into a rebellion
against his authority and against the Fed
eral government itself, and the usurper
seized upon every pretext to call for troops
to sustain his government, which.
BORN OF BAYoEETs,
he we'll knew could only exist while guarded
| by them.
Difficulties In Grant parish. Baton Rouge
and st. Martinsville were magnifled into bat
ties; were used to fire the Northern heart
and to give color to the wild appeal for Fed
eral troops Falling to obtain all the assist
ance he required Kellogg determined to Or
ganize an army OF his own and found an
excellent nucleus In the Metropolitan Police
Brigade, which was at once under the super
vision OF Gen. Longstreet, greatly increased,
armed with the most improved weapons, In
Guiding several Gatltng guns, and placed on a
/ war footing.
The men had most OF them been old Federal
soldiers. and were drilled In the manual and
In maneuvering until their distinguished
commander was quite satisfied that they
could be depended upon for any possible
emergency. He had lofty contempt for the
citizen soldery, and expressed the belief
that one volley from his brigade would put
them to rout. A cavalry force was also or
ganized for raidtDg the parishes, while this
steamer Ozark was fitted Up and armed as
the necleus OF a navy.
Civil government was virtually at an end,
and burly militia officers OF all color5, with
golden and glossy epauets, and cleaning
swords marched their armed companies
about the streets OF the city, to overawe the
people and inspire them with wholesome
fear Of the usurpation.
Those days, so full OF misery and Injustice
and intolerable wrongs, seem, at this distance
Of time, almost unreal. 1t is marvellous how
| RAPIDLY and with what audaeious strides the
usurpation progressed in its march toward
absolute power; how insolently 1t trampied
the rights OF the people In the dust, and
gpurned them from the courts erected by Kel-
logg and subservient to bis will. No greater
exhibition Of patience under gross wrong YVES
ever given than was offered by the people Of
Louisiana In submitting as long as they did to
the Kellogg government.
THE WHITE LEAGUE.
EARLY In June a number OF citizens, mem
bers OF the Crescent City Club, a political or
ganization that had taken part In previous
political campaigns, organized themselves
into the Crescent City White League, and
called upon all persons interested In the preg-
ervation OF white civilization from the Afri-
caniZation threatened 1t under Radical rule,
to join with them In this fight for the white
people Of Louisiana. The White League or
ganization rapidly spread through the city,
and soon numbered several companies OF o
Isemi-military character The State Conyeh-
ton OF 1874 responded to the appeal q .ne
White League, and the platform began VIII
the words. "We the white people Of LOUIE
lana" .r-rr1rn
II The campaign OF 1874 was inauguTa.ea g.. =
Naw Orleans on the night OF the nlst " ~. ~.
.an ou Tho nominations for Treasurer anu
s.A- s,.aas,oen had been made but lew Gays
.Asa oons. ot Raton Rouge. TO fndorse and rata-
=, theae September 1 was selected as tne
..s.oa and Canal street. opposite the Varieties
ITbsatre. az the place for q grand mass meet
inc Of the people. Fifteen thousand turned
iout. The meeting was orderly, quiet, peace
lfuI: yet such was the moral effect OF this out
nn1rino that the distant roar OF their cheers