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Editorial
April 26, 1873
The Bossier Banner
Benton, Bellevue, Bossier County, Louisiana
What is this article about?
This 1873 editorial from Bellevue, LA, criticizes New Orleans politicians' control over the Fusion Legislature, references the effigy hanging of Kellogg, protests holding a Tax Resistance Convention there, and laments arrests of legislators by Metropolitan police, advocating for broader state representation.
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BELLEVUE, LA., Saturday Morning, April 26, 1873.
On the 19th instant New Orleans hung Kellogg—in effigy.
About as far as that city will ever get in that direction.
If a Tax Resistance Convention is called for this State, we protest against its being held in New Orleans. We suggest either Monroe, Alexandria or Baton Rouge. The State may then be represented. Many of our citizens have not yet forgotten how their delegates to the August Convention were treated by New Orleans roughs.
Let Louisiana speak this time.
The New Orleans members of the Fusion Legislature seem to be happy only when in caucus. When Gabriel sounds his trumpet, we are fearful he will find the genial gentleman from ward—reading an "important" telegram from "a strictly reliable source" explaining why Warmoth—the Jonah of the ship of State—should be thrown overboard. "Only this, and nothing more."
The "gallant Metropolitans" found quite a difference in their reception by the people of St. Helena parish and that of Jackson square, New Orleans.
Had there been a few of those St. Helena chaps at Jackson square on the 5th of last March, it is hardly probable that the Metropolitan thugs would have dared next day to arrest and drag to prison Fusion Legislators, right under the very noses of those who had but recently profusely promised their "sacred honors" and all that sort of stuff, to stand by us if we would only organize.
"Look upon this picture, and then upon that."
"Roundabout," in the New Orleans Times, tells some sad truths about how the city members controlled the Fusion Legislature by their "confidential letters and telegrams from Washington." Yes, truly did they "drop on a disgusted country member like a hurricane," and when their "star chamber" caucus edicts failed, the batteries of the "calico brigade" (Picayune) were leveled upon him. Witness Texada, Elam and Harris, and the brow-beating generally of those "country members" who supported Warmoth for the U. S. Senate. And thus is Louisiana to be dictated to by New Orleans.
On the 19th instant New Orleans hung Kellogg—in effigy.
About as far as that city will ever get in that direction.
If a Tax Resistance Convention is called for this State, we protest against its being held in New Orleans. We suggest either Monroe, Alexandria or Baton Rouge. The State may then be represented. Many of our citizens have not yet forgotten how their delegates to the August Convention were treated by New Orleans roughs.
Let Louisiana speak this time.
The New Orleans members of the Fusion Legislature seem to be happy only when in caucus. When Gabriel sounds his trumpet, we are fearful he will find the genial gentleman from ward—reading an "important" telegram from "a strictly reliable source" explaining why Warmoth—the Jonah of the ship of State—should be thrown overboard. "Only this, and nothing more."
The "gallant Metropolitans" found quite a difference in their reception by the people of St. Helena parish and that of Jackson square, New Orleans.
Had there been a few of those St. Helena chaps at Jackson square on the 5th of last March, it is hardly probable that the Metropolitan thugs would have dared next day to arrest and drag to prison Fusion Legislators, right under the very noses of those who had but recently profusely promised their "sacred honors" and all that sort of stuff, to stand by us if we would only organize.
"Look upon this picture, and then upon that."
"Roundabout," in the New Orleans Times, tells some sad truths about how the city members controlled the Fusion Legislature by their "confidential letters and telegrams from Washington." Yes, truly did they "drop on a disgusted country member like a hurricane," and when their "star chamber" caucus edicts failed, the batteries of the "calico brigade" (Picayune) were leveled upon him. Witness Texada, Elam and Harris, and the brow-beating generally of those "country members" who supported Warmoth for the U. S. Senate. And thus is Louisiana to be dictated to by New Orleans.
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
Constitutional
What keywords are associated?
Fusion Legislature
New Orleans Politics
Warmoth
Tax Resistance Convention
Metropolitan Police
Louisiana Representation
Kellogg Effigy
What entities or persons were involved?
Kellogg
Warmoth
Fusion Legislature
New Orleans Members
Metropolitans
Texada
Elam
Harris
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Criticism Of New Orleans Dominance In Louisiana Fusion Legislature
Stance / Tone
Strongly Critical Of New Orleans Politicians And Supportive Of Statewide Representation
Key Figures
Kellogg
Warmoth
Fusion Legislature
New Orleans Members
Metropolitans
Texada
Elam
Harris
Key Arguments
New Orleans Effigy Hanging Of Kellogg Is Futile
Protest Against Holding Tax Resistance Convention In New Orleans Due To Past Mistreatment
New Orleans Members Control Legislature Via Caucuses And External Influences
Contrast In Receptions For Metropolitans In St. Helena Vs. New Orleans
Arrests Of Fusion Legislators By Metropolitan Police Were Preventable With Broader Support
City Members Manipulate Rural Legislators Through Telegrams, Caucuses, And Pressure Tactics