The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-24
THE KELLOGG MEMORIAL.

Is
" aaetna TO ua that the House was nj
nrst dlaroaed 10 10 either IA, tIcula,ly
onnnt ~ e'nguariW unappran'atlve IN
tho matter ~ the eiennrs ~ the Kellogg Me-
mortal IA we ennst,ue tho proceedings on
Saturday tho ilea appears IT, have been that
n rull repatriation fnr AL Injury done tho
ltn,so was Involved Nv The acknowledgement
On the paft uf tho nlpners that they had done
ST. without M understanding nf what they
were signing This ~ substantially tho ex
plnnatnn offered ~ Mi. ilai,lenhain and tho
other Republican members whose names
wero appended 10 tho memorial It Is n
o,,, t,,,a condolences TINT su many persnns
| should have aubaerihad ~ such document
| under exactly identical circumstances. The
matter Ia iutnlllpihe enough IN some eaaea
| where for ips'anae. the signing WIS done by
| ma king a ernsa mud where tho ainnor had lode
pend upon tho version oT some ono else rnl his
| understanding If tho nrutenia. II Ia not sn
| ln.Illphln however. In the ease of Mr.. Hell
| ,l,nhain Mel, capable uf reading nrui com
prchen,ling the English language are hardly
esouaahle fnr a1isina their names "a state
msn,s which they have not read, especially
|
md are calculated to prn'luee Impressions
mon tho puhllo mind The declaration. how
| ever IL nnaplmu,,a That tho aigniua was done
| I'm juuorarce md without any serioua attempt
| a, ufnrmptluu md we have no ,neaua OF
,s,nt,a,lriinH this very remarkable plea. Il
| ,,lv ren,aina ~ reconcile nilrselvcs Ia tho
| s,iuatlon and ~ concentrate our cir,'rta upon
| a remedy for tho OWL that has been wrought.
Ae va exaggerated above, though. II doves not
| Seem 10 ia that the amenda nI"red Ivy Mr.
Ii, I,enhain and lila nnioaHuea ON Saturday
! oau he considered eatlaiant"ry II VIZ arc to
accent their stntrrnent Ra ~ the circumstances
undrr which tho signing Was dome aud must
therefore elIminate the question ~ motive
from the problem. II Is all the more necessary
to secure some adequate and conclusive
marathon fur the fact ~ may ba true na
atatsL TIM, tho siH .erl " the document did
roalv no, without lii caution In the matter.
aud Tint we shall ha " d'smiaa that phase
NJ tho II r. air urnn tho chewing, but most I'M
uuca,irnalv the substantial injury that hna
bcen demo t. npt 80 ~ ra,nsdt"d hy tho
mere acknowledgement az folly ON tho
part Of tho authors "f TINT lijnrr.
Tho memorial contains appetite naprraf"'iG
reflections iii tic rnnat pdinna manner upon
The pen,ae,atin ralty. arra'gning TN" Int 4
,itv Of tho l,glslntur" and hlaehenlnE The
name pt the entire white population of tho
state According ~ thia memorial tho
Iruialai,rn new sitting ia q hnlnoIa outrage
upnn tho lther,iea Of tn" people. n uonhety
and n fraud Theen arc explicit ehargea. atd
40 far aa they refer to tho Legislature. they
rr,ulrn tho rnnat ample rofutatiun. IA there
my sufficient rnfutaiion contained In the plea
that the charges wern indersed by tho
KcpuhIieau mcmbers without 'nauirlng
into their naturof WnthnL not They may
vory we'll aay TIM, thny did not know tho
meaning of tho document they slgnai. but
we cannot forget that tn" injury s'iHtalned by
I,oulnlana rnsidea lesa " tho act Of tho indl-
| yi,.ual ~ individuals who aignod than IN tho
| nature Of ho atntcncnt to which they thus
uayo authority. II wa accept tho escuaa that
tho signatures were ignorantly made. wa theu
allow tho ol,atHos TO stand. and content our
aclvea with TIA questionable" reparatinn In
| vnlv,d In n more nrknuw sdgmon, Gf folly.
| I,cca,,ac thnae peraona any they aligned tho
document without knowledge 81 IT'S aantonta
they ~ not necessarily rnruaiatn tho cub
stance Of Tho charge On tho contrary. tho
| charge Ia practically uud,atufh"I. IL ts our
oplniul, ihen. thnt tho pronunciation should be
ma direct and creumRtnntlal M tn" aGGuan
ilnn md should taln tho form Of u denial OF
| tho charge rather than ~ plea Of Ignorance
aud rceslcssncsa In making IT,
| In tho proceedings yosiorday. thore waa u
much ncnror approach to what wn regard M
the proper standard. Tho cxpurgatIona offer
ol and admitted covered more fully tho
ground so essential to u suitable vindicatlon
| ~ tho LrHislnture. and were, upon tho whole.
| more unsatisfactory. Thor" arc others still who
remain In contempt and whose absoullon IL
vet to he granted. and these We trust will be
made 10 givn u direct and emphatic denial of
tho Islander they have. Willingly or otherWiao.
boon instrumental In circulating. SO !ar IA
coucerna tho credit OF tho Democratic party,
II IN lcss Important TO ascertain tho c'rcum-
stanc,@ un,!tR which the memorial was
signed than to obtain M explicit and uncon-
dtloual denial and Reputation OF the charges
IL omhodics Judging from present apprar-
nnct4 tho ma jorty Of these signcrs are per
hans tho Victims they claim to be, and In
quiry may very properly DO directed To this
feature of the affair after Il sufficient re!uta-
ton Of tho slandors shnll have b"Sn pro-
cured We confess wo should like TO
have IL clearly ahown whore this conspiracy
originated. by what agencies 1t was pro-
motcd. and especially how 1t was that Mr.
| Bulow's namn came to bo forged. Mean
| while however, tho chief object is the dis
tinct and unmstakablo contradiction OF tho
accusations referred to, and this we hope Will
bc insisted upon.