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Show XEff ORLEANS. .Vbki Meeting ol t itizens Got. Kelloct: Kequeste! 10 Abdi-i-ate lie Keluses-The Ciii-zens Ciii-zens Aruiiuj;;. Xew Orleans, 1-t. In response to a call for a mass meeting on Canal street thia morning, to protest against the seizure of the anus of private citizens, citi-zens, men began to assemble about 10 o'clock, and by 11 the walks of the great thorough fi ire were filled for several sev-eral squares. Many stores were closed and there seemed to be a very general suspension of business. Addresses were delivered from the base of the Clay statute. Xo disturbance of any kind occurred. The meeting adopted resolutions requesting the immediate abdication of Governor Kellogg, and a committee consisting of R. II. Marr.Julcs Fugea, Samuel E. Chapln, Samuel Bell, and J. M. Seixos, were appointed to wait upon the Governor. The meeting awaited the report of tho committee. The committee went to the Executive Execu-tive office, where they were met by General Dibble, of the Governor's staff, who informed them ho would tnke their message to the Governor, which he accordingly did, and soon returned with the reply that the Governor Gov-ernor must decline to receive any communication from the meeting, because he had definite and accurate infermation that there were now assembled as-sembled in different parts of the city several large bodies of armed men, who met at the same call that convened con-vened the masa meeting. ThU he regarded as a menace, and while he would deem if one of his highest duties to receive any communicatiop or petition from a peaceable assemblage assem-blage of citizens, he could not recog nize a menacing request. The chairman of the committee replied: re-plied: ''There are no armed men in Canal street so far as wo know. We call our mission one of peace and we believe that if the Governor had acceded ac-ceded to the proposition we brought to-day it would have pacified the people of Louisiana; and might or would have prevented violence or bloodshfd. So far as we are concerned con-cerned we ore prepared to pledge to him no violence in person and property. pro-perty. We feel in a position on the : contary to atsure him that there should be perfect immunity to both." General Dibble, on the part of the Governor, replied: "I have to repeat what I said before, that while there may be no armed men on Canal street, there are armed bodies within a short distance assembled on the same call as your mass meeting. The committee then retired and reported re-ported the result of their interview to the meeting. The people were advised to go home, get their arms and ammunition and return to assist the white leaguers who were then under arms to execute the plans that would bo arranged for them. The people quietly dispersed. Afterwards quite a large number formed in procession pro-cession and marched up Camp street. |