The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-01
The Ex.Union Soldiers and Sailors
In Louisiana Appeal 10 their
Comrades Throughout
the Country.
Their Grave Charges Demand Investi-
cation ON the Part of the Gem
eral Government.
A Shameful Story Of Robbery and Wrong
Nearly All the Federal Offices In Charge
Of d Gang Of Returning Board
ForgerH and Kellogga
Henohmgn.


!, 70 the ex-U Union Soldiers aud Sailors ol
- United States.
Your comrades iii tho BATTLES fought for {
il Union and liberty, now residing In tho Stt
oF Louisiana, appeal To you because owl tla
- are upon tls
H. All other means tO obtain redress Ut u
grievances have falIed. "a we ask your pow,
~ ful influence with tho National Governme
\ 30 command what we have sought Iii vain,
though onr service was Ill regiments rep
n aentlng States from Maine 81 California.
"A That you may know Of what we eompIa
~ wo represent that We have set them forth Ii
yolumlnous report to tho President and I
Secretary Of the Treasury reeiting or grit
anoes, showing the cause, and pointing O
u the remedy. This report was supplement
N with another. In which we detailed. apert
l. ally, acts and fnetH, and gave data. that me
l. than sustained nil our allegations. And the
L not receiving any satisfaction. we aent
Y Washington, ID. o.. M agent Ia represent 4
II who found there the same adver4o inIlue@
\ controlling and directing everything. shU'
,is out even from d respectable heatinu w.
" In our first report to tho Presideqth th,t
i Secretary VI the Treasury wa sehvestlvata
| We had appointed u conmltteeacrIminatlo
!. the allegation that there wagppoIntmen, "
i against az Union soldiers .fa.
;, Federal positions III Logad I'LL NE FetIara,
That the eommltteeSludng the custom
\ officials and ofliceTveror's office, internal
Q house. naval oftiehals Office, United States
!, revenue office, office OF the United States
j Postotlioe, clbf1lce and receiver OF public
n 1 (fntirtn So
moneyant Including all its departmental.
Astatestiou department Of tho Custom
Mons and repair shops, where hundreds Of
| 5A ate employed and tons OF thousands
VI dollars expended annually. the
United States Engineers department under
Major Howell, for tho preservation Ut govern
nent works ana the construction of now
works, UPON which IRE expended hundreds of
thousands VI dollars annually and not Ieas
than 700 men til employment al the present
limo. and tho lightho,lae board. who have
siSty-twO stations upon this coast
That the calnmttoe, after d very careful
and slaborloust examination. reported tito
sainR u hs TRUE. not only trup. but appn.
sently done systematically. and extending to
very hufeAu of The Federal service.
Our report further represented 10 the Preei- |
ient and the Secretary of The Treasury that |
NJ were not professional politicians and |
dlera. Waiting for government places: but |
many OF ua never had government employ
nent except. ~ carry gun IN tho ranks.
nd we would not now willingly seek II. *,
ept that w many other avenues are closet
gHinat ia. we now must have some kind IF
work. at any price.
NJ severe was the pressure Of tile times
pon us that hundrnds were prevented from
atHrating only FOR the want,of means.
We therefore claimed the preference in
'ederal labor and appointments uutier arti-
les l754 and t155 OF tho United States Re-
lsed Statutes. The first st right, nnd the
eoond hesanse the government would not
soldiers for appointment hy pre-
renee TO all Its prominent citizens. and ig-
prn the same tn its own services.
we found ourselves not only oatfneised and I
fnscrihed BY the Federal officials but tho
fterness OF feeling " the community mtca-
lfed heoause OF tho ifVamHof q political RING,
hose acts we could not control and for whose I
tstieetts we We're not responsible which shut i
! out from making 4 living III the COM /
unity. and then denied us both labor or !
ace til the public service. !.
We found our pretended political leaders {
ataininR other rings engaged I'm plundering 4
q public revenue, aud openly packing nnd d
with juries To shield its members !
Pm punishment whom called To account for 4
cir public rpbheries. HI
Our committee found. and we so reported q
the President and the Secretary of Tho v
'easury such facts aa these, and we supple "
entcd the came. particulurialng aud naming I
gu individual In tho public aerviee. together b
th all the other facts of his appointment d
ID retention In the public service.
La the Light House Board, with ca stations,
lploytHE many persons, there ID not u sol
" On their rolls although numerous APP
cations To them have been made.
In the Federal offices named above, we find
Democrats, 81 persons neutral In politics, Ia
registered On the Ben Butler books OF 1869 y,
enemies to the United States, and 90 whose II
Titles are unknown, and only 45 eS-Unlon =
oilers and eaitors. Several OF this number, ~
have since been able 10 prove, are not en- h
led 20 the designation, but they thought It
uld a'd them to retain the places they IN Ii;
,tly hold. Il;
Kellogg has 80, whose appointments are &C
caa directly TO him: There are alsn, 81 Iii
mhers Of the Legislature that elected ke- MI
y TO the United States Senate Id tho Gus st
n-House, besides other persons represent M
members OF the Legislature. sr
he Returning Board have 80 dlrectappoint- pt
nta. There are 30 bearing relationship to of
,minent parties, together with ex-Confed- Of
tie soldiers, White LeaEuers, whisky ring
'resentntlves, defrauders Of the revenue,
aulters and robbers Of the United States th
is. sa
We find State Central Committee pretend ~ =,
TO represent tho Republican party, As Of sl
ose members are employed In the Federal be
vice In New Orleans. ma
Va have charged, and repeat 1t, that the
tfIHi 0AlGiHiS III lHulSlaUH Go NOT repre-
t tho Republican party: that they have no ga
owing; that their crimes and rascalltles en-
70 brought otium and disgrace to the
ty, starvation and beggary to tho Union
tterS and their families. Nj
fe charged that the heroic services OF the -
at Republican party OF Louisiana, whose
enditure OF labor and lives Is without
allel In political contests are wholly alb
bed by the Returning Board and their !
ms alone obtain recognition as Ii they NJ,
e more than ministerial agents bound to de- at,
e result legally obtained. Nh
g charged that many of these persons H.
,loyed In Federal positions In New Or az
IS were retained because they possessed cia
cts about State financial and legislative
ire or OF the pretended election OF VIM.
Kellogg as United States Senator. lha
hat A. y. Badger, Collector of Customs, is cal
the instrument of Kellogg to hide from He
public as long az possible the evidence or 80,
He rohberies that dwarf those OF his New een
prototype. Unit
nd the administration will suffer Just
no to sustain man aud his agents In the sae
Ito service who is 40 soon to either follow 80