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Chapter 3: White reaction.
For seventeen months New Orleans groaned under the yoke of Governors who could not rule, of Assemblies which were unable to pass bills, and of Tribunals which reversed each other's decrees.
Kellogg, though backed by
Grant, was repudiated by Congress.
McEnery though supported by the main body of
White citizens in New Orleans, was not recognised by the authorities at
Washington.
The courts were open to
Kellogg, if he cared to try his right.
Though taunted by the citizens to take a case, he shrank from courting a decision, which he feared must go in favour of his enemies, and would weaken his hold on the
Federal power.
In spite, therefore, of having the support of
Packard, the countenance of Pinch, the salary of a Governor, and an official residence in the
State House,
William P. Kellogg found his situation grow more desperate every passing day.