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Show GENERAL. SHOOII(.. Governor Kelloee Airs Ills Virtne unit llouur. New Orleans, La., 10. The following fol-lowing is published IhU evening : ritate of Louisiana, Ex. Dept., New Orleans, Nov. 10, 17o. Editor JVttyunt In your morning issue of this date 1 read with surprise tbe following statement: i "Dispatches were exchanged hist nifibt by Kelloe: and CnamberUm, also by Kt'l!ui:g and .Senator Conovcr irad.) ot Flurida. Tne Cn.uuberl.un currt-apouJenco amounted lo this. 1 will carry South Carolina (or ILtjvs, if you carry Louisiana. Thb governors gover-nors of Louisiana and of South Carolina Caro-lina when it was thought that the election of Tilden depended on the states entered inio a mutual in;rf!-ment in;rf!-ment to return their nt ales' lor H.iyes ; by any mean?." i The above contains a Kravp charge, I and 6eenis to have been made Min (dftibcratiun. it is every woid untrue. un-true. 1 hve sent no di-patch to Liuvernnr Chamln ri.un or to rii iiator Couover.Ihave rtceivcl no dnpat:h-H (rum them, i have neilticr wnittn nor teitxrapiicd tno guntieinun amel, nnr U any other person in the ntite of North Carolina nor Florid during the p.i.-l six month, nor l.avu 1 received either letter or U'l"gr-n from them or from anynno rNe in ihi.se statist b.-aring upon the clcctum. Much more is sud in the nunc iue of the I'lcuinm regarding myM-lf and tho returning bxjard. 1 am nut a member mem-ber oi tne returning board. I dT noi ir.nrjint the menders of that board, um not rL'po.ihle to them for mj action, nor are ihey to me, except hat my namo has been placet! o the republican ticket an a presidential i-luctor. I am not a candidal for tiny nthce at this election. I have endeavor endeav-or U to be lair and juit in the il:s -hrgs ot my olhnal duties, and I Uihik the record will show luat I iiave been so. 1 do claim the right, how-.ivfrr, how-.ivfrr, an an American citii' n to ex-prte ex-prte my opinion. I have iid and repeat that the majorities claimed by tho democrat in the heavy republican parishes! of (Junfliila and Ea.-u and W'rat I'Vlleiana, have not been fairly oUaiued. Tne rtgii-lered rtgii-lered vottj of tin-He three parishes in white, 2,100; black, o,Z.V). Tney give me a majority for governor in 1Z of 2, 'J-J. Kven aLjordiiig to tho couut of the republican candidates in 1S7J, a majority of 2tHl is con-coded con-coded by the democratic stale comrnitlen. They are aaid to have gone dcnioeratio this year by over o.OOO majority . while in nearly uvery otiinr p iriaii of tho state the colored vote has been cant hohdly for tho republican ticket, and tho repuh iicans have gained largely. I assert, and the prooin which cannot bo hidden hid-den will abundantly hoar Ihn anser-lion, anser-lion, that thin change hau 1 eon filed ed by a nytemntic course- of intimidation, intimida-tion, violence and murder, dingraeo ml lo the UlG aud to civilization. Very rcspecllullv, your obrUienl servant, V. I. Ktumu. |