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THE REVOLUTION, The President and Cabinet Discuss the Situation. Warlike Orders Touching Military and Naval Matters, PENN MUST SURRENDER. —_+—___. The Attorney General’s Free | Explanations. Lawlessness and Bloodshed Ut- terly Unjustifiable. Views and Opinions from Other Southern States. foe ak JEFF DAVIS’ FEARS The arrival of General Emory and Mr. McErery | simultaneously at New Orleans yesterday formed the principal item of interest in that city. Governor Kellogg remained at the Custom House with Collector Casey and other friends, but beyond intimating the necessity of guarding a large amount of State money which was due to Northern creditors did not communicate with } the authoritiés im Washington, In the | Meantime the President at the two | sessions of the Cabinet yesterday deter- mined on reducing the Penn administration Mf he had to shell or Inundate New Orleans to ac- | complish it. From the numerous despatches giv- | ing the views of officials in the different States it | will be seen that the coup d'état is not generally approved in the South, Jefferson Davis feared to express an opinion, even from the Decalogue, lest ‘he should be misrepresented. THE AFFAIR IN WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 1874, ‘The President awoke this morning to a realiza- tion of the belligerent sivuation in all the Southern Btates, It was apparent that extraordinary measures would have to be adopted to check | incipient rebellion, As early as ten o’ciock the President in consultation with | his Cabinet advisers, Attorney General | Williams was closeted with him at a very early hour in the morning. United States District At- | torney Farron, at Atlanta, startled by the in- cendiary declarations of T&mbs in his criticisms of the administration, and the adoption of reso- Jutions full of the spirit of rebellion at the meeting held at that place yesterday, had tele- uraphed fully to the Attorney General what had occurred, especially the resolution encourag- dng armed interference against reinforcements of United States troops, if sent through Georgia to Louisiana to aid in overthrowing the McEnery movernment, LOOKING AFTER THR MONEY. Senator West had also recéived a despatch from Governor Kellogg to the. effect that taere was on deposit in the Louisiana National Bank $750,000, was really belonging to Northern creditors, and = = he was fearful lest the = ine wurgents should attempt to get Jorcible possession of it, The State Treasurer, Mr. Du- buclet woald not recognize the usurpers, and as he was not electea on the McEnery ticket, but four years ago, he was under no obligation to comply ‘with the demands of the insurgents. The Senator laid this before the President, who at once ordered General Emory by telegraph to pro- tect the bank against lawless violence, It is understood that the State Treasurer, who had notup to this morning joined Kellogg and his officials at the Custom House, was tele- | graphed to do 60, in order that he might not be subject to duress from the mob. THE FIRST CABINET MEETING. At the first Cabinet session there were present Secretary Fish, Secretary Bristow, Postmaster General Jewell and Attorney General Williams, tne Secretaries of War and Navy and of the Interior being absent. At this meeting the situa- tion was fully discussed, and the de- Yermination to concentrate with all haste a@ large military and naval force in Lonisiana, par- ticularly at New Orleans, was emphatically in- dorsed, It was further agreed that @ young and vigorous commander should be assigned to the command of that region of country. It was stated in these despatches last night that the President had telegraphed to General Sheridan to hold him- selfin readiness to proceed to New Orleans, as the wituation seemed to him to require hisservices in that city, 1t will be remembered that General | Sheriaan was, alter the war, for some time in | that city, in command of the Southwest, but was relieved by President Johnson, General Hancock succeeding him. Immediately upon Grant becom- ing President he desired Sheridan to return to New Orleans, but at the earnest request of the | General he was excused, | A CHANCE FOR GENERAL TERRY. i To-day it was thought the better plan wouid be }- to assign General Terry, now at St. Paul, to the Louisiana commana, leaving General Sheridan to look after the red skins, who have given him more than ordinary trouble this summer. Again the military occupation of Louisiana was not to be temporary, and tt was deemed best to give the command to some one who could be permanently iocated at New Oriecans. Besides, General Terry enjoys the entire contidence of both the administration | and the Union men of the Southern States, anu Nis experience in reconstructing and rehavilttat- ing Georgia rendered him eminently well fitted for the delicate task of restoring Jaw and order 1p Louisiana. The discussion continuing, the ques- tion was raised whether so large a force would be necessary; for the insurgents, finding themselves arrayed against the whole power Of the federal government, might promptly respect the President's proclamation of yesterday and make it uunecessary to use troops to suppress domestic violence, | PLANNING SEVERE MBASURES. But the President and his advisers were weil convinced that the state of society in the Southern | States, and more particularly in Louisiana, is such | that it 18 necessary to have present a strong | military and naval force at all témes to, preserve order and protect the lives and property of peaceabie citizens; that since the boon of citizenship was accorded to these rebellious people by thé reconstruction laws they ave been going from nad to worse with accele- rated speed. They have lapsed back to barbarity with feariul rapidity. The youtns who were just Merging into manhood at the close of the war Dave grown up into uneducated men. The coming election in Louisiana in November is a very important one so far as federal in- terests are concerned, Seven Congressmen | especially merited his indignation, and more ful State authority, which State appeared ; to have no head. He, the Cab’. -t oficer, Jelt that the most embarrar point | Of their unlawful acts in another direction, are Ww be Tor the most part a new Legislature, and various Minor but important oMicers. It was the desire of Governor Kellogg that a perfectly fair election should be held, and to thatend ne had requested the opposing party to name a Supervisor for each Voting precinct. It was evident to the President, Dasmoch as Governor Kellogg was to be main- tained in Oflice, that without the presence of a large force a fair election would not be held in November, because the colored men would be afraid to appear at the polls with the recent bloody events fresh in their memory. So, whether the usurpers yield peacefully or not, the policy of having a large military force distributea through the State was regarded us advisable. With this the first meeting ended, the President requesting the members of the Cabinet to return at three o’clock, when what should be done to-day could be decided. THE PRESIDENT LOOKING AFTER THE NAVY. In the meantime the President had posted him- | self as to the naval force on the Gulf stations. It | was found that the Colorado, Worcester, Kansas, Shawmut and Brooklyn were at Key West ready in commission with @ large force of marines and full equipment of seamen. Besides these there were the most powerful of our monitors at Pensacola, all in good condition, having been recently over- hauled, There was Commander Kells, at New | Orieans, in command of 150 seamen and marines, with a good supply of naval equipments, stores and two steam launches, With these assur- ances the President had no doubt of his ability to maintain the Kellogg govern- ment and promptly check. a movement which, if allowed to progress, would surely sweep over the entire South. Tho remarks of Mr. Toombs, and the action at the meeting at Atlanta, forcibly impressed upon him the necessity for prompt and vigorous action. ‘Those who conversed with the President to- aay ound him, as it were, with bis sword on, and in martial array. He thought he would be criti- cised Jor his intended course, but he was pound by the duties of nis office, under the constitution, to give the aid asked by Kellogg to suppress this domestic violence and invasion of the rights of the State. it was seen that he was greatly shocked at the alarming reports coming from various points in the late rebel States, THE SECOND CABINET MEETING. The Secretaries of State and Treasury, the Post- master General and Attorney General met promptly at the Executive Mansion at three o’clock this afternoon. The President arrived at about half-past three, and the session lasted until after five o’clock. The conversation immediately turned upon the existing Louisiana troubles, and before the close of the session the Presiaent in person wrote out the following despatch, which was sent to General Emory, and immedi- ately despatched General Babcock to the residence of Adjutant General Townsend with instructions to that officer to sign and lorward it, as lr coming from the Secretary of War:— War DEPARTMENT, ; WASHINGTON, Si 1874, Under no circumstances recognize the insurgent government of Louisiana, Within five days trom | the date of the prociamation to the insurgents such action wili be taken as the emergency may e 3 dent. VNSEND, Adjutant General. e THE PRESIDENTS EMBARRASSING POSITION. Your correspondent held a protracted conversa- tion this evening with a member of the Cabinet, regarding the Louisiana matter and the course which the Executive will pursue, of which the Jollowing is a brief outline. The President dis- tinctly stated to Congress in one of his messages to that branch of the government that, as they had declined to take action in the Louisiana contest, he should regard the Kellogg government, which was in possession and which had been upheld by the State courts, as the lawfal authority which the United States government should be in duty bound to recognize. Kellogg has for two years been holding the office of Governor, and the other oMcials voted for on the same ticket have been in Possession of the offices and exercising the au- thority of those offices, Tile President to-day felt that he was placed in @ peculiarly embarrassing position, because he was called upon to disperse an organized band of insurgents against a right- was that Kelteyg uimself was dist) gd and hated by the law abiding and order levi =; veople of ail parties both North and South. Kel. sg has not been heard from in any way, shape or manner to-day, and neither the President nor any one else here, so jar as he was aware of knew where Kellogg had hidden himself, KELLOGG REGARDED AS A COWARD, Your correspondent asked what the President thought of Kellogg’s action when the riots broke out, and received the reply that the President seid very little, hardly a word, of Kellogg, and for his own part he did not see how any one could respect him at all for the cowardly course he appeared to have pursued. He thought Kellogg should have taken his stand at the State House, revolver in hand, and have died guarding the archives after every adherent had died or surrendered, rather tharf have fled to the United States troops for the protection which the laws gave him. He was the Governor of & great State, and the mob would never have dared to harm him, knowing as they aid that the whole country would rise to punish such adeea, He (Ketlogg) had one of the best op- portunities ever given to any man in this country to make @ brilhant stroke for powerful support, by making 4 brave, determined resistance against mob rule, Warmoth, bad ashe was and unscru- pulous, would have made a far more decent cen- tral igure in such a scene than this man Kellogg. PEACEFUL ADVICES FROM NEW ORLEANS. The President and each individual member ot the Cabinet in the city have received Jarge num- bers of telegrams to-day from people in New Orleans, all of them from gentiemen of the high- est standing and respectability, and every one was of the same tenor:—"We are doing very well, and alt is peacetul and quiet. Let us alone, and recognize our chosen government, and all will be well.” To be sure, they were all from the conservative element, adherents of the insurgent government. “But then, you remember,” said the oMicial, “that is just what Jeff Davis wanted for his people at the beginning of the war.” He saia it 18 possible Kellogg 18 confined somewhere, although in that case we could hardly fail to hear of it, STOPPING THE MAILS, No despatches haye been received from any of the United States civil authorities to-day, except @ despatch from the Postmaster tnere, stating that | the maus were delivered yesterday evening as usual, The mails had been stopped from Monday morning until last night, and the streets being barricaded the letter carriers were withdrawn, The following is the despatch :— The revolution yesterday prevented the North- eru mail irom going forward and the letter car- riers were withdrawn from the streets by reason of the barricades and otherwise; but tranquillity is now restored and all the mail faetlities re- sumed a8 usual. A. B. SLOANAKER, Assistant Superintendent Railway Mall Service, The Postmaster General had received the despatch, and had stated the circumstance of the stoppage of the mails. Your correspondent asked if it was not probable that prosecutions Would be instituted against the ringleaders ofthe insurgents jor obstructing the United States mail, But he said no, That in such @ case the obstruc- Lon was not intentional, but only a consequence THE QUESTION OF CALLING FOR MILITIA, Your correspondent stated that it was currently rumored among army officers in the city that, in case there was armed opposition against the Kel- logg government at the end of the five days al- lowed in which to disperse, militia would be called for from several States under the authority | granted the President by law, and asked if that had been discussed. He said it had not, as it was thought that the regu- lar troops which could be concentrated in @ few days would be all that would be found necessary. The people of Louisiana could not cer- tainly be so outrageously foolish as to array them- selves in open opposition to the government. However, it was probable that the majority of the persons engaged in the riots against the Kellogg late war, and could make a determined and per” Daps successful opposition against even mobilized troops, The troops at Holly Springs, the Third United States intantry, he understood, amounted to but about 400 effective men, and these with the troops already at New Orleans would make about 700. The troops on the Northern lakes could be used if necessary; but he did not think the trou- bles would be of a permanent character. AS TO MILITARY AND NAVAL MATTERS there has been no change in the programme tele- graphed last night. General McDowell, command- img the Department of the South, has ordered the Second intantry, stationed in Georgia, the Sixteenth infantry, having headquar- ters at Nashville, the Eignteenth infantry, stationed in South Carolina, and a por- on of the First artillery, to proceed immediately to New Orleans. The force stationed | at New Orleans on Monday was composed of a de- tachment of the Seventh United States infantry | from Mount Vernon Barracks, Alabama, and com- prised about 100 men and officers, It is now known that the recent outbreak in Louisi- ana had been anticipated for a week pre- vious by the military authorities, and in accordance with urgent telegrams and letters to General McDowell, commanding the Department of the South, at Louisville, Ky., that officer, on the 10th inst., issued an order making the following distribution of troops:—The Third United States infantry being stationed at Holly Springs, Miss,, was ordered, with four companies of the regiment, to New Orleans; two companies to Pine- ville Rapids parish, on Red River; one company to Shreveport; one to Monroe, on the railroad from Vicksburg to Shreveport; one to St. Martinsville, in St. Martin’s parish, west of New Orleans about 125 miles, and one to Harrisonburg, in Cataboula parish, on Black River. Besides these troops two companies of the First artil- lery were ordered irom Fort Barancas, Fia., to take post at Baton Rouge, making in all twelve companies, besides the detach- ment now at New Orleans, comprising about eigat hundred effective troops. At the time the orders were made out for these transfers de- apatches Weré se the different commanding oMcers instructing them to make such prepara- tions as would enable them to move immediately upon the receipt of the orders, These orders Were to-day changed, and a larger force will be concentrated at New Orleans, At the date the above assignments were made two companies of the Sixteenth infantry were ordered to Jackson, Miss., and two other com- panies to Little Rock, Ark., but these also have had their destination changed to New Orleans, which increases the force there to about one thou- sand men. The troops above mentioned probably lett for their posts last night or this morn- ing, though po advices to that effect have as yet reached the War Depart- ment. Orders have been issued direct- ing the Twenty-second United States miantry to be held in readiness to leave for the South if needed, And it is stated that the companies of ar- tillery at Fort Porter, Buffalo, N, Y.; Fort Niagara, New York; P.ucisburg Barracks, New York, and at Oswego, have had the same orders sent to them. The companies of the Twenty-second infantry are now distributed as fol.uws:—Headquarters of the Tegiment and three companies, at Fort Wayne, Detroit, Mich; two companies at Fort Porter, Buffalo; one at Fort Gra- tiot, onthe St, Clair River, Michigan; two at Fort Brady, at the Sault Se. Marie, Mich.; and one at Fort Mackinac, Mich.; one at Copper Harbor, on Lake Superior. Besides these troops, it is thought that part, if not all, of the seven or eight companies of artillery gar- Tisoning the forts in New York Harbor will be sent South in case of necessity. There are five companies of artillery at Fortress Monroe, Va.; four at Fort Adams, R. I.; three at Kort McHenry, Baltimore, Md., aud two at Fort Trumbull, New London, Conn., which are nearly all available, and these are the ouly ones that can be drawn upon. The Twenty-second infantry is commanded by Colonel D, 8, Stanley, and there is no doubt that he will be ordered to move his | command intu Louisiana immediately via Shreve- port. THE NAVAL VESSELS at Key West to proceed to New Orleans have not yet been designated, agit was not known when tne Cabinet adjourned what vessels of the North Atlantic squadron were positively at Key West. Rear Admiral Mulaney will proceed with the Colorado and the Shawmut and Kansas will follow. Apersonal triend of Mr, McEnery says that he does not indorse the Penn movement, and the President says McEnery promised him that he would not encourage violence, but patiently await the action of Congress. One thing can be unequivocally stated, that the President and all the members of the Cabinet present and absent are opposed to Kellogg. One of the Cabinet remarked this evening that if Kellogg had delenaed his position it would have been. better, and had be been killed in so doing it would have been better—still better. It has transpired that the commandant of the company of United States troops in New Or- Jeans on Monday telegraphed for instructions as to whether the order of May, 1873, was still in force, but received no answer. In the absence of deffnite instructions he declined to interfere, and Governor Kellogg, findmg for the first time that he was without federal support, says he yielded to prevent the massacre of the colored troops, who without federal support could not attempt to defend him. The President has resolved to give the whole matter his undivided attention, and it will be the subject of the most careful con- sideration until Saturday next, when the final orders of the President will be carried into effect. If the insurgents under any pretence quarrel with the United States forces aiter the ex- piration of the five days, the President will con- strue it as an open act of rebellion, and after due notice given to the inhabitants of the city will order the naval force to take charge of the levees, and the city will be either inundated or shelled, This is the object of sending the vessels of war to New Orleans. MORE PETITIONS TO THE EXECUTIVE. During the day the President received a large number of despatches irom New Orieans, many of them signed by old friends, entreating him not tointerfere in the present disturbed condition of affairs, and conveying the assurance yhac out of the present seeming law- leasness there woull come peace and tranquillity. One iniormed him that a petition, numerously signed by the merchants of the city, ‘was on its way by express; that the insurgents were entirely right, and that Louisiana was at last free. Upon the other hand telegrams were laid upon his desk that the proceed- ings in Louisiana were only preliminary steps te an outbreak throughont the entire South; that Georgia and other States would be certain to follow in the line marked out by tne Palmetto State; that from all quarters disaffected white men were pouring into Louisiana, determined to aid White Leaguers in thelr effort to take the law into their own hands and inaugurate a new rebellion throughout, which he was espectally anxious to avoid, He had no doubt that the rebels, as soon as they were informed that the federal govern- ment intended to deal with them in a firm way, would have the prudence to submit to what was inevitable, He desired to see the South, and especially Louisiana, at peace, happy and con- tented; but in the present situation there was only one thing for nim to do, and he wonld doit to the best of his ability, THE SITUATION IN NEW ORLEANS. ve NEW ORLRANS, Sept. 16, 1874. Governor Penn has issued a proclamation con- vening the Legislature on Monday next, the 2ist inst. Members nave been notified by telegraph, and the Penn authorities state that the colorea men will attend, The programme is to legislate Ludeling, Taliaferro and Howell, of the Supreme Court, out of office, and insta! Wiley and Kennard, State Treasurer Dubuelet this morning oMcially recognized the Penn government, and James A. Graham took possession of the Auditor's office, Judge Meuner has assumed jurisdiction in the Paced # Stato Treasurer, | forces wore peragns WhO had borne ars dunng whe | Third Copty It i rancrtent thay $360,000 lag been | NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEET, seized in the hands of the fiscal agent, nut tne money has not beea removed, The Court House is in charge of a guard who refuse aamittance to the clerk of the court, The Seventh aad Eighth Courts having been abolished by the Kellogg Legis- lature, Judges Collins and Elmore have concluded | hot to take possession to-day. General Brooks, | in command of the federal forces, states that ne 1s | stmply here tn obedience to orders, but without | any definite instructions, He expects General | recognize Penn, To do so would be to hold that a political party, defeated, or claiming to be de- feated by fraud, at an elegtion for State oM- cers, might, if opportunity offered, take possession of the State government by force, and so substi- tate violence and anarchy for law ana order. believe it is the duty of the generat government to put down this lawlessness, whether committed oy republicans or democrats, The President has not been governed by party considerations in these | South Carolina, and that tne present peaceful tone of the people arises from the belief and confidence | that the de facto Kellogg government will be sus- tained. The State oMcials say it would be very hazar- dous to remove the troops from bere at this stage, hot because there is any present indication of | violence, but that it might lead the more turbuient portion of the people to believe they might indulge in violence with impunity, AS matters now stand, Emory, and 1s of the opinion that all further in- | matters, and has oltener decided for democrats | one company, carrying with it, a8 it does, the de- structions will come direct from Washington. ATTITUDE OF KELLOGG, Kellogg, Packard, Clinton and Dibble are stitt | than republicans in respect to Southern dimcul- thes. Whatever may be said of men and things im Louisiana, the proceedings of | clared purpose of the President to protect the Whole people, is worth as much as a brigade. Such | iB the condition of public sentiment and feeling in the Castou Hoase. They are all very taciturn, | the President, in respect to that State, have been, | among all. There are iears that from the slightest Clinton states thav they had ceased to be voluntary agents, a national question being involved in | their acts, and they would make no move not | directed by the national government, In answer to a question he said that their resignation at this | time and without directions from the President was simply impossibie. The metropolitan force heretofore in the building has le(t, together with its oMcers. ACTING GOVERNOR PENN'S POSITION. | Tcalled upon acting Governor Penn ths after- | noon at the Capitol, and had some conversation | with him in reierence to the present aspect of affairs and the manner in which the overthrow of Kellogg was regarded at Washington. In reply to the question, “Should a demand be made upon you for possession of the government, will you obey or resist the federal demand?” acting Gov- ernor Penn, after consultation with his friends, responded :—‘‘Not understanding that any such issue has been presented, there is no occasion for my answering such a question.” He denied that he had issued a proclamation convening the Legis- lature on Monday, The statement, however, con- cerning this matter, which I telegraphea, was made on the authority of £. Howard McCaleb, a | member of the House, General Emory, tt is said, will arrive at. half-past | nine thisevening, + EMORY AND M’SNERY ARRIVED, General Emory has just arrived. In reply to the question of a HeraLp representative, ‘When will you demand the surrender of the present State government?” he replied :— “The President has already made that demand, You see {have only just arrived, and that, asI have seen no one, I cannot be more explicit now, Lnave no doubt that when the aemand is made, the government will be surrendered,” Governor McEnery arrived on the same train | from Monroe, via Vicksburg. ANOTHER DENIAL. | State Treasurer Dubuclet to-day said to Benjamin | F. Flanders:—"l arrived from my plantation this Morning. On attempting toenter my orice I was stopped by a sentry, 1 informed him I was Treasurer of the State. He answered that I could net pass without the written permission of acting Governor Penn. Replying that 1 did not recognize the authority of Mr, Penn I left, The statement that Mr. Dubuclet had reorganized the new government was made officially to a repre- | sentative of the HERALD by E. John Ellis, the pri- vate secretary of Penn. PEACE DOCUMENTS. Thé following document signed by the Presi- | dents of tbe Chamber of Commerce, Clearing House, Cotton Exchange and Merchants’ Ex- change was telegrapled to President Grant to- day :— We, the undersigned, beg leave to inform Your | Excellency that this city fs perfectly quiet and free from all disturbing elements, and that business has been resumed as usual, no lurther trouble | being anticipated, Custom House, NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 16, 1874. | I have been asked to sign .the above. The statement that the city is quiet is true, and busi- | ness Is proceeding as usual. Property and persons | are safe from sults or injuries, except from some rowdy or drunken man, JAMES F, VASEY. The Executive Committee of the Merchants’ Exchange to-day telegraphed to the Board of | Trade, Chicago, ana the Merchants’ Exchanges of | St. Louts and Cincinnati as follows :— | The new government 1s composed of the legtii- mate and dtly elected State officers, and is in full and peaceable possession. It means peace law, order and honest government. All is qv | | | from the beginning, in strict conformity to law. His course, in my opinion, will not now be changed. There ts nota sensible man in the United States who does not know that THE SEIZURE OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT of Louisiana by Penn and his adherents 1s in utter violation and disregard of all law. Can any rea- sonable Man expect the President to become & party to such a transaction ? With respect to the election, it is impossible to determine who was chosen. The returns have never been canvassed, and they were made up in PERJURY, FORGERY AND FRAUD. Ihave never believed that the McKuery ticket was elected, Its absurd to suppose that when Virginia and North Carolina and nearly all the Southern States, including those that are generally democratic, went ior the Grant ticket, that Louisiana, the strongest publican State in the South, went for the Greeley ticket, as is pretended, especially when the candidate for Governor on that ticket was an unreconstructed rebel colonel. But it is too late to go back to that question. The issue now is between law and order on the one hand and violence and disorder on the other; and upon that Issue the position of the President is not a doubtiul one. THE GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA. —_+—_—__ ATLANTA, Sept. 16, 1874. On Tuesday evening General Robert Toombs aa- dressed a crowd on the parade ground, declaring, as telegraphed yesterday, that he was a rebel ye:, and that the government of Georgia does not meet the wants of the people. He favored the call of a convention to alter the constitu'ton. Resolutions were offered and passed by a few voices expres- sive of sympathy for Louisiana. ‘To obtain the real status of public sentiment on the Louisiana question a reporter of the HERALD visited Governor James M. Smith this affernoon, | He found the Governor at leisure at about five o'clock, for he is generally actively employed until that time, GOVERNOR SMITH, OF GEORGIA, SPEAKS, RerorTER—I should xe to ascertain your views on the Louistana affair, Governor—I will give my views and frankly, but as there are several phases to the matter you must let me answer it im my own way. I look upon this question as a vexed one any way. General Grant made a great error in sustaining Judge Durell’s decision and in sustaining Kellogg. 1look upon this as one of the greatest wrongs that has ever been perpetrated on a free people. The world knows that McEnery is the legal Governor, and the act of the government in set- ting aside the verdict of the people at the ballot box is calculated to end in sub- verting free government and producing anarchy and revolution, and, a8 in France and Mexico, @ resort to brute force to put men In power. The tact is that the tendency of the times is toward such a state of things. We have lost re- gard for the purity of the ballot box and the sacredness of the elective franchise. Geueral Grant has it Dow in his power to retrieve his past error by holding his hands off Louisiana. He can the more readily do so as Congress refused to in- | terfere in the matter and the Senate committee solemnly declared against Kellogg. General Grant acted properly in the Arkansas matter. He | should remember that the people of Louisiana have | been goaded to this step by usurpation, and business entirely resumed, pertect order main: | | cause most painful results might follow. These Pretexts or caases exist, or May be manufactured | at any moment, and would produce these results, Dut for the certainty that they would be at once repressed by federal power. For this reason the result in Louisiana is waited with intense fh | terest, Several of the more prominent conservatives de« clared to-day that, in view of events in Louisiana, it would be bad policy to name any candidate for | Governor, because a contest of this kind would | certainly give rise to scenes of violence and blood- | shed in many parts o! the State, besides being | hopeless and conducive only of evil to the con- servative people. Tis sentiment has increased rapidly within the last few days, and is due in great measure to the determination of the general government to enforce a fair, peaceful election. re- | There are to be seen on every hand symptoms of | fear among those who ,liave borne the sobriquet of adventurers that in the absence of* United States troops they would be compelled to seek a | saler abode, and that nothing snort of this or per- | Sonal violence would atone for sins committed under the garb of political ambition. Several of the Congressmen have expressed their determina- tion to unite in demanding of the President sum- cient troops for protection should occasion re- quire and snould all those now remaining here be ordered away. Senator (“Honest John”) Patter- son leaves ior Washington to-morrow, and it is rumored others have packed treir trunks, anx- jously awaiting developments in Louisiana Whereby they may gauge their degree of safety. MISSISSIPPI’'S ACTING GOVERNOR, JACKSON, Miss., Sept, 26, 1874. In view of the sudden rumpus at New Orleans on Monday I thought I would call at the Bx- ecutive office to-day and endeavor to ascertain the drift of the Governor’s opinion on the subject, Governor Ames was not to be found, however, for I learned that he had been non est for about a week, having gone North without leaving any information as to his intended destination. Lieutenant Governor Davis (colored), was at the office and appeared to have some decided views in reference to the general aspect of the trouble in the Cresent city. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DAVIS! VIEW. Said he:—“I regard the present condition of af- fairs in Louisiana as destructive to the best In- terests of that State and the entire South, I am confident that there has been abuse of power by the republican administration in that State, but these abuses have been greatly magnified. They do not justify the course of the White League and citizens, nor is their course prudent. They should have relied upon the bal- lot box to put alfferent men in office and not have subverted the regular government by the bayonet. Iam satisfled that it 1s the duty of the general government to sustain the Kellogg régime in Louistuna, for the reason that unless it does so it will, iam afraid, lead to disorder in all of the reconstructed States. Not to sustain the regularly installed and previously recognized gov- | ernment would encourage disorganizers and revo- | lutionists to desperate deeds elsewhere. What- ever may have veen the faults of the Kellogg ad- ministration they did not aud cannot justily | violenee and bloodshed. | I would like to add, that as to Mississippi, with | | perhaps the exception of one or two counties in tained ana public contidence restored, Richland Parish Rejoicing. DELHI, La., Sept. 16, 1874. A mass meeting of the citizens of Richland Parish was held at Rayville yesterday evening. and thero was great rejoicing at the news from New Orleans. w, McD, Brumley, Governor Mc- Enery’s appointee to the ofice of Tax Collector, Was installed into office by the citizens, who gave | three cheers to the outgoing Kellogg appointee (Mr. Jones) for the courteous manner in which he surrendered the office, which was followed by loud and enthusiastic cheers lor the new Collector and lor redeemed Louisiana. All of the officers of | the parisn now are McEnery men. A large num- | ber of colored men attended the mecting and par- | ticipated in the rejoicing. There was caunon | firing at Deibi last evening and general rejoicing | all over the parish among all classes of citizens. Franklin Parish will instal her McEnery officers | to-day. | At Baton Rouge. BATON ROUGE, La., Sept. 16, 1974. East Baton Rouge turned out Kellogg's oMcials | to-day and installed McEnery’s officers in the city and parish, Livingston parish declared itself for McEnery this morning, and the adjacent parishes ‘will do the Same to-morrow. There 1s no disturb- ance, At New Iberia. New IBERIA, La, Sept. 16, 1874. Alarge mass meeting of the citizens of Iberia parish was held here to-day and indorsed the overthrow of the Kellogg government. Immense enthusiasm prevatled and all business was sus- pended, A committee was appointed to demand the res- ignation of the Ketlogg officials, and to install the McEneryites. Oongratulatory resolutions on the establisnment of the government of the people were adopted. A large torchlight procession pa- raded the streets, all the citizens participating in the grand jubilee, Good order prevalis througn- out, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S VIEWS. WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 1874. The Attorney General this evening gave to a rep- resentative of the National Repubditcan the foilow- ing explanation of the position of thé administra- tion upon the Louisiana question :— The so-called Kellogg government has been es- tablished and in full operation for about two years, It has been repeatedly decided hy all the courts ot | Louisiana to be the only legal government of the State. It has been expressly recognized by | the President and impliedly by Congress, ‘The President, in a special message, called the | attention of Congress to the subject, and stated that if they took no action he should feet bound to regard the Kellogg organization as the lawful government of the State, Congress declinea to | legislate about the matter. The question is not now whether Kellogg or McEnery ought to be | Governor, or Whether or not there were frauds | or irregularities about the election; but is is whether @ State government that has been tully organized for nearly two years, and recog- nized as such by all the departments of govern- ment, State and national, can be properly over- thrown by the armed population of a city in which the seat of government is located by means of vio- lence and bloodshed, Admitting all the wrongs charged upon the Kellogg government, can | these proceedings be permitted to stand as a precedent ? Are the governments of the States of this Union to be determined by pronunciamientos and VIOLENT AND BLOODY OUTBREAKS as they are in Mexico and South Americat Ido not see how this case differs in principle from the Arkansas case, Brooks ciaimed that he received @ majority of the votes at the election, and I have always believed that he did, Baxtet, however, Was the duly installed Governor of the State of Arkansas, Brooks, relying upon the claim that he was elected, displaced Baxter by & coup @état, but the President refused to recognize his right to hold the office optained in that way. That was a decision against the repub- licans and in favor of the democrats, Vollowing Vbis pregedent 1 do Rot pee how the President can the State, we have as orderly a State as any in the | being, so to speak, ground to powder under the | Union. I know that all the republicans, and [ be- | merciless plundering of carpet-baggers, they en- | lieve a majority of the conservatives, are in favor | deuvored to shake off the yoke ef bondage by a | of law and order, and are opposed to this “color | precedent to follow. | resort to the ballot box; but their voice was un- | heeded ana their will deliberately set aside by the | bayonet, and now, without aiming a blow at the United States or the “wards of the nation,” they dispossess the Kellogg usurpers and are in quiet | possession, The fact is, the government has no right to interfere in these clections, and all such interference breeds mischief, On the other hand, action of the people of Louisiana is a dangerous When men obtain office by force they may be dispossessed by force, and power then rests with the strongest, and “life, liberty and property” are insecure, There 1s but one safe course of action, Let the government and the people give a strict constraction to the | constitution and obey 1t, then there will be no in- terference with the elections in the several States by federal power, and the government will inter- thize with all our sister States in their troubles, we can only say to them, “Stick close to the con- | | stitution, and let your conduct be governed by | | wisdom, justice and moderation.” Let Grant and | the government 10llow this course, and peace and | harmony will prevall all over the Union, JEFF DAVIS RETICENT, MeEmpmis, Tenn., Sept. 16, 1874, Seeing the excitement occasioned throughout the country by the New Orleans troubles, I called | to-day on Jefferson Davis for the purpose of ascertaining his views as to the political situation in Louisiana and the remedies to be applied. I found the gentleman now retired from active pur- suits of all kinds and living very quietly at his res- idence, and was courteously received, but failed to elicit any expression touching on the subject introduced, except that he sympathized deeply with the tax-burdened and otherwise op- pressed people of Louisiana, and hoped the solution of their diMculties was near at hand, He made no allusion to the President nor to hig proc- Jamation in favor of Kellogg, which was pub. lished here this morning. “If there is any journalist to whom I would give expression of my views,” continued Mr, Davis, ‘it 18 yourself, but I must positively decline to taik upon public affairs, especi- allyat this time.’’ And this he intimated was the proper course for others of antecedents simi- sar to his own to pursue, The expression of his views, no matter how carejully framed, he thought wouid be certain of perversion in the North to the detriment of the whole South, which is now sorely enough af- flicted, “Even were I to read from the deca- logue, he said, “any expression of mine would be sure of misrepresentation ana aistor- tion by enemtes of the Southern people, and this is reason enough for my refusing to converse upon political affairs, which I trust you will ap- preciate.” FEAR IN SOUTH CAROLINA. CoLvmpta, Sept. 16, 1874, Two companies of the Eighteenth United States infantry, stationed here, leit to-day for New Ur- leans, and the others are held in readin Upon I am free to confess that the | | line’ excitement, We have no political excite- ment this year, holaing no election. The excite- ment in Alabama and Louisiana may cause some excitement In the bordering counties of this State, but I consider the State government here per- fectly safe, although there are not 4) venty-five fed- eral soldiers in the State of Mississippt.’? M’ENERY EN ROUTE TO NEW ORLEANS. Governor McEnery, of Louisiana, passed through | here this morning, but it is understood that he left the train ot Magnolia, Miss.,on receipt of telegrams from New Orleans not to come into the city. OPINIONS FROM VIRGINIA, ae RICHMOND, Sept. 16, 1874, Virginia has not been greatly surprised by the sudden movement of the White League at New | vene only on the call of the legally elected Gov- | grieans on Monday. For months past the attitude ernor for the protection of the State government, | | So far as Georgia is concerned, while we sympa- of the McEnery party has been sullen and omi- nous, and their previous loud cries to Congress for | deliverance from the oppressions and spoliation of tne Kellorg-Casey-Packard faction not peing. heeded, the.r silence was accepted as an evidensd of some action looking to a coup d'état, What. | ever Governor Kemper and Lieutenant Governor | Withers, who are away rusticating, may have to say I cannot pretend to judge, but the general | feeling of the people here in regard to | the matter is that, while they profoundly sympa- thize with the people engaged in the movement in New Orleans, apprehension exists that evil rather than good will result irom it, They fear that the exigencies of the republican party and | the frequent committals of President Grant to the | Kellogg government forbid the hope that its over- | throw will be allowed to succeed. If such a move- ment were tolerated In Louisiana why not in South Carolina, Mississippi and other States sur fering from negro misrule and corruption? What | then would become ef the republican party in the South? and if the movement were not tolerated | would it not be thought necessary to discounte- nance it and prevent its recurrence by fresh severities toward the South? Will treason not | again be made odious? | Thoughts such as these seemed to occupy the | Minds of the sober-sided oMciais with wnom I can- | Versed, At the same time they maintained that | the wrongs and insults that the people of Loutsi- | ana bad borne so long with manly forbearance | and fortitude should somewhat justify their action | in the estimation ot grave and good men every- | where, North as well as South. They were further | of opinion tnat it was Idle to hope for good order, contentment and a renewal of prosperity in Lou- isiana until carpet-bag rule was got rid of and the | real people of the South were allowed to manage | their adairs, This they thought was the ali-sum- | cient and only solvent remedy for that and ail | other Southern troubles, | On the streets and among the merchants the | determination of the people in New Orleans was | applauded, and the greatest interest was evinced {| as to what action the administration would ultt- | mately take in the matter, Many expressed the | belief that, in aay event, the third term would be | Strengthened by the Louisiana case. If General | Grant allows the Penn movement to succeed he will make the South a unit in his election fora | third term, and if be restores Kellogg there wili | be probably freah disorders, and the Northern re- publicans will demand a strong and vigorous gov- the receipt of the news of the outbreak in New | ernment, with Grant again in the Presidential Orieaus the excitement was intense among ail | classes, and fears took possession of many of the | Most notorious party leaders. The prompt action | of the government has restored confidence, | quieted the more serious apprehensions and given @ better tone to affairs than has existed Jor | months. These are the views of tho State oxecu- | tive officers with whom I nave had interviews to- | day. They say they are now more than ever con- fident the general government will sustain law and order. They assert that everything for salety depends upon the complete carrying out of the plans in Louisiana, as announced by the Presi- dent; and if the bloody and violent overthrow there becomes permanent it will furnish a prece- dent quickly to be followed in this State, aud | portion of this State, chair, There was gencral exultation over the de- feat of Longstreet, who nas been very opnoxious w the Southern people since he espoused the cause of Kellogg, McEnery and Penn being Vir- ginians, have the undivided sympathy of the white THE FEELING IN ALABAMA. nd MONTGOMERY, Sept. 16, 1874, Notwithstanding the absence of our Governor and his Secretary of State the uprising in New Orleans has been received by the people here with genuine sympathy. Public sentiment favors the McEnery cause, Everything is quiet in this State to-day, but large bodies of ni are armied and’ ‘are incited. to we ssive. The white men have expressed thetr drm determma Geatroy the only hope of salety of republicans in | tion to keen the peace if poselble®