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ing streets were barricaded. About 500 Mo- 

 tr.'i'olitau Police in two bodies, one cora- 

 iiKimled l>y (ionerol Longstreet, commander 

 of the State militia, and the other by General 

 Builder, chief of Police, made their appearance 

 in Caiuil Street, well armed and with artillery. 

 About four o'clock a severe contest ensued near 



i\vr end of Canal Street, between tlio 



under General Badger and the insurgents, 

 whirh resulted in the rout of the former. Gen- 

 eral Ogden reported a loss of twelve killed and 

 thirteen wounded, several of whom subse- 

 quently died. On the other side, the killed 

 \\ ere. reported at fourteen, and the wounded 

 variously from twenty to forty. On the fol- 

 lowing morning, the State-House was surren- 

 dered to the Penn militia, and the entire force 

 of Metropolitan Police laid down their arras. 

 (!o\ernor Kellogg had taken refuge in the 

 Custom-House, and all the State and city prop- 

 erty, armory, police-stations, arsenals, and 

 police and fire-alarm telegraphs, etc., were 



1 by the insurgents. The number of mili- 

 tia who responded to Penn's call was about 

 10,000. Penn was formally inducted into office 

 on the afternoon of the 15th, and proceeded at 

 once to put into office those who were voted 

 for on the McEnery ticket in 1872; also to re- 

 organize the police force and the judiciary. 



Meantime, after the coup d'etat of the 14th, 

 Penn sent the following dispatch to the Presi- 

 dent, requesting him to withhold Federal inter- 

 ference : 



NEW ORLEANS. September 14, 1874. 

 To U. S. GKANT, Jendmt of the United States : 



Hopeless of all other relief, the people of this 

 State have taken up arms to maintain the legal 

 authority of the persons elected by them to the gov- 

 ernment of the State against the usurpers, who have 

 heaped upon them innumerable insults, .burdens, 

 and wrong. In so doing they are supported by the 

 great body of the intelligent and honest people of 

 the State. They declare their unswerving loyalty 

 and respect for the United States Government and 

 its officers. They war only against the usurpers, 

 plunderers, and enemies of the people. They affirm 

 their entire ability to maintain peace, and protect 

 the life, liberty, and equal rights of all classes of 

 citizens. The property and officials of the United 

 States it shall DO our special aim to defend against 

 all assaults, and to treat with the profoundest re- 

 spect and loyalty. "We only ask of you to withhold 

 any aid or protection from our enemies and the ene- 

 mies of republican rights, and of the peace and liber- 

 ties of the people. D. B. PENN, 



Lieutenant-Governor and Acting Governor. 



The action on the part of the opponents of 

 the Kellogg government, in resorting to arras 

 to maintain their political position, is said to 

 have met with the most emphatic disapproval 

 of President Grant, who expressed a determi- 

 nation to take the most prompt and decisive 

 measures to restore order. Upon the receipt 

 of an application from Governor Kellogg for 

 aid to protect Louisiana from domestic vio- 

 lence, the following proclamation, ordering 

 the insurgents to disperse within five days, 

 was issued : 



WAeretu, It has been satisfactorily represented to 

 me that turbulent and disorderly persons have com- 

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binod together with force and arms, to overthrow 

 the State government of Louisiana, and to 

 the laws and constituted authorities of laid State ; 

 and 



Whereat, It U provided in the Constitution of the 

 United States that the United States shall protect 

 every State in this Union on application of the Legis- 

 lature, or the Executive when the Legislature cannot 

 be convened, against domestic violence ; and 



Whtrtat, It is provided in the laws of the United 

 States that, in all eases of insurrection in any State, 

 or of obstruction to the laws thereof, it shall be law- 

 ful for the President of the United States, on appli- 

 cation of the Legislature of such State, or or the 

 Executive, when the Legislature cannot be con- 

 vened, to call for the militia of any other State or 

 States, or to employ such part of the land and naval 

 forces as shall be judged necessary for the purpose 

 of suppressing such insurrection or causing the laws 

 to be duly executed : and 



Whereat, The Legislature of said State is not now 

 in session and cannot be convened in time to meet 

 the present emergency, and the Executive of said 

 State, under Section 4 of Article IV. of the Constitu- 

 tion of the United States, and the laws passed io 

 pursuance thereof, bus therefore made application 

 to me for such part of the military force of the United 

 States as may be necessary and adequate to protect 

 said State and the citizens thereof against domestic 

 violence, and to enforce the due execution of the 

 laws: and 



Whereas, It is required that whenever it may be 

 necessary, in the judgment of the President, to use 

 the military force for the purpose aforesaid, he shall 

 forthwith, by proclamation, command such insur- 

 gents to disperse and retire personally to their re- 

 spective homes within a limited time : 



Now, therefore, I, U. S. Grant, President of the 

 United States, do hereby make proclamation, and 

 command saia turbulent and disorderly persons to 

 disperse and retire peaceably to their respective 

 abodes within five days from this date, ana here- 

 after to submit themselves to the laws and con- 

 stituted authorities of said State ; and I invoke the 

 aid and cooperation of all good citizens thereof to 

 uphold the law and preserve the public peace. 



In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, 

 and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. 



Done at the city of Washington, this 15th day of 

 September, in the year of ourXiord 1874, and of the 

 independence of the United States the ninety-eighth. 



U. S. GBANT. 



By the President : 



HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State. 



Orders were also given for United States 

 troops and men-of-war to proceed to New 

 Orleans ; and General Emory, in command of 

 the United States troops, was instructed to 

 maintain the peace, and under no circum- 

 stances to recognize the Penn government. 



General Emory now demanded the surrender 

 of the State property that had been seized, 

 and the disbanding of the insurgent forces. 

 This demand was complied with by McEnery, 

 who had returned to the city and assumed the 

 functions of Governor. "Whereupon the fol- 

 lowing instructions as to the surrender were 

 issued by General Emory : 



HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OT TO* Gcu, ) 

 NEW OELKANS, LA., September 17, 1874. ) 



(Circular.) 



John McEnery and D. B. Penn, styling themselves 

 respectively Governor and Lieuteuant-Governor of 

 the State of Louisiana, having informed the depart- 

 ment commander of their willingness, under the 

 President's proclamation, to surrender the State 



