Year: 1874

General Beauregard, who with his daughter has
been passing some time in Canada, is now in New
York, on his return to New Orleans, his place OF
residence. Wishing to obtain his views on some
OF the questions now before the public, HERALD
reporter visited him several times with the follow.
Ing RESULT


General, at this time your views OF the political
situation In your native State, with statement OF
the causes which have brought ABOUT the recent
popular uprising against the authority oil Kellogg,
would be OF general interest"


"As am dsiranchised 1t is personally disagreea-
bic to me to express an opinion on public questions
therefore, since the war, and have tried 10 avoid
dong SO, as also to take ans part IN political
fellow citizens mad urged that might be OF service
in allaying


A FATAL RACE HOSTILITY


that was being engendered In the State by a
wicked class OF political adventurers, VINO lor
some SIX years have made LOUISIANA Their special
can serve TO give the readers OF the HERALD a
somewhat adequate notion Of the deplorable con-
ditlon TO which we are reduced, cannot refuse to
speak, and Will say-Flrst. That the movement OF
Lieutenant Governor Penn was due TO the well
grounded convection OF the whole people OF LOUISE
ana that they mad no other means OF escape rom
the utterly ruinouS tyranny and rapaclty ol the
'carpetbaV' crew who have seized political rule in
that State-a tyranny and lapacitv OF which no
one can form Just conception who has not wit
messed their mutilorm phases upon the spot. AS
tae result OF violent subversion of the Will and
choice of clear majority OF the people OF the
State, AS expressed IN the popular election OF No
vemoer, 1s72, the present State government is
without any honest claim to be considered
such republican form OF government as
the national constitution guarantees to the
It's life is only maintalnedby piti!ess
taxation to meet the greedy demands or the
numerous corps Of officials who fill all places
under this odlous regime OF piunder. The whole
executive legislation and judicial administration
OF the state Is in the hands OF


ACCoMPLICEs IN THE CRIME


installed Kellogg Governor WI
therefore, able not only to protect themselves
from accountability but to prolong indefinitely the
usurpation which gave them tner places OF power.
Thus there Is established over US an lmpregnaDle
ring whose members virtually convert the W hole
public revenue TO their own personal uses, and
who are able by legal lorms, to balfie every eort
OF their victims TO get RELIEF. Tue details which
might adduce IN support OF this statement would
fill a large volume Until 1869 louisiana under an
almost absolute military rule, rapidly began to
cover rom the effects OF the war. New orleans,
IN 1850 aSo the go largest exporting city OF
lost trade. New railways were on foot
and on all sides were visible the most encou-ag.
took place, an election from all share In which the
most OF the white people, including the great ma
lorty OF the taxpayers and property holders OF the
state, were rl2idly excluded and therefore the
machinery oi the state government, nomnally re.
publican, fell into the hands OF IL band OF carpet
bag conspirators who had no stake In the industry
or commerce OF Louisiana, men IN no true sense
citizens OF the state without character or social
or business standing and some even OF whom
were lugitives from justice elsewhere. The lately
enlranchsed coiored people, credulous or tbeil
professions, became the easy dupes OF these men.
and thus the State was given up TO ptage. the
negroes were made TO believe that unless they put
and Kept these


ADVENTURES IN POLITICAL POWER


the blacks would be reduced BACK INTO slavery
Further, that the plantations OF their former mas
ters were to be suDdivided and distributed TO tue
late slaves who had worked them In tins man
ner was deliberately raised the nrebrand OF race
antagonism. coupled with the worst form OF tht
spirit OF communism, with all the I'll results Whcl
ht,s fAt M ~
power 70 tins spirit 0i mischief secret society
known az the .,Black League" was formed IN al
parts OF Louisiana, as. indeed, throughout th'
whole South. In louisiana this organization al
IT largely constituted The militia orce oil the state
was armed, while it formed an easily Assembled
political club or caucus rigidly disciplined, nrml.
banned together ana thoroughly subservient to al