Show the louisiana oase caid kellogg was not the choice bathe of the keople of Lou louisiana ilana liang or at leat least it el ad pot been n hown shown that he received a majority m odthe oath people his govern feht with its ite legacy of and taxes hwd arnd annd bad legli legislation lation V vas yas an 6 intolerable burden it was to throw oin off this that new orleans flew to arms but bub th the dignity with which the prow brow people of t g A oud q city ty acknowledge thele thein allegiance allek lance and manifest their obed obedience lence to the general is admi admirable hable fable kellogg is rebuke dand at the same time the of the north are assured that it was against him and aid not against the tue tb e union that they seized their weapons or of harju war in a ma moment m int of despair when kellogg applied for military assistance it was the clear duty of the president to make the pec necessary essany essary proclamation a and rid promise to furnish it bub but butigan in an amei emergency sp so important it is the du duty ty of a statesman to proceed with vita wise cincu circumspection in lection and deliberate delibes to caution strict adherence e to law may sometimes involve serious dpn leu en tangle tangie ments espe especially if le legal I 1 mistake erroneous com committals have put the gove goye government in lri a naise false position from luls ills difficult euit t to Q president grants recognition or of kelloggs kuil keil apolito peshe e and would have reigned in louisiana if he had not fiot A eted acted on the illegal order of judge durell and had haddal fal fai lowed things otoke otake their uaral c course 0 atre in ml inauguration gum wilbrid of 16 enery en ery erx w who gho h ip I 1 had ua pa color of a legal election the atel nt revolution in louisiana Lou llana is the thy th v direct con consequence sequence of president grants 8 original mistake and arld even if he 14 at last sensible of 0 hat ahat that mistake and alia is willing to io rectify it he be stands in an embarrass embarrassing ue position ciori having indi indiscreetly freetly recognised recognized kellogg as mhd legal governor the president was bound to support and restore him but having m made ade ado this recognition without warrant flaw in pursuance of a judicial decree for which judg judge briell wa va impeached by the ohe he house pf af at its lat session the president should perceive that he lae is in a false and untenable position even the republican party parly gismot is not unanimous unanimously in ln thinking the president made a wise decision the impeachment of durell by the house Houss affords a presume presumption tion that the president was misled the report of the senate committee charged to investigate this guestion question winter before last proved that kellogg was not legally legally elected and senator carpenters very able auli speech put the point beyond reasonable controversy overby when a false decision of the pres Fres president Ident brings the country to the brink ofa of a civil war he obviously does not stand on the same clear and tenable ground as it 11 there were no valid legal ob objections to his bis recognition of kellogg his ris persistence pers pens il stence in an original mistake even with the implied sanction of oi congressi congress puts him in a very verv different position fram that which he would hold if the unanimous judgment of tile llie states i me men n of his own party sup ported him in recognizing kellogg on the decision deel hion of af durell the impeached judge when strict la lam iam is on one ade and fairness equity and justice on th the p other the president aident ought to t 0 pause and consider the difficulty of the Loul loui louisiana slana siana situation consists in a conflict between whit what Is right and what la Is legal in point of law grant is bound to support dellol kellogg gg I 1 after recognizing izing him as the legal gover govere nor but in iniquity equity and justl justi justice justlee ce kellogg has hab no title to th ponee ponce and the best public opinion of louisiana warp warr warmly aly indorses endorses indor ses la overthrow with J justice ustice and aad sound local opinion on one side and strict law liw on the other othen r the pre president is put in a very sing dalem in ma this is one of the occa occasions aotis where compromise and conciliation is ia the wiest statesmanship ir ii a L pacific adjustment is possible nis MIS II 11 is of t tilo tile essence of republican institutions that the people should rule ruie IT r Y sept sopt 16 18 |