Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-12-06
New Orleans Riots.

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/. There was little or nothing unusual i
re the recent election which Should 'brlng th
blush OF shame into any maus face. 1t wa
: the most peaceab!e election the city ha
known for wears. accordin. to our own per
S nal observation and knowledge. Their
were fewer knock downs aud fewer d:st''r
: Dances than usual, and TO ri"t,n.>. The IL"
mirahle police arrangements of our ciIicicn
and patriotic Mayor contributed much TO
wards securing this result, for which he ha'
the thanks OF all good citizens, not L:ased b.
personal rejudice and partisan malis'lty.
,. O. course we have nothing to do with
the reflections of the Free Trader upon tn,
courage OF The Democracyoi New Orleans.
They announced in the newspapers that they
were making arrangements - fight, and u
they didn't fight it is none Of our business.
Let the mere partisan sheets-the organs
such as is not the Crescent. crack this nut.
We shall not attempt the task.
3. This intimidation" business is the finn
siest kind Of humbug. 1t wont bear inyesti-
CATION. AMI. ii -four thousand'' men could
be intimidated, as is int,mated, the verdict OF
any brave Jury would be-''se.ved 'em RIGHT
MeA who won't fight for the most important
franchise on earth would nSt b very reliable
in case OF foreign invasion.r
i. In regard to the information conmuni-
Gated to the editor ofthe Free Trader. "hy a
highly respectable gentleman from WilAIn-
sou county,n all we have to say is that there
is notsg particle Of truth in it of any moment.
It's grossly incorrect throughout. No such
f3venfs as he tells trauspIred. No Democrats
were "shot down tor ".nirahing for Ench-
anan'' or for anything Else. The "indian>'
spoken OF were only twenty or thirty IN NUM-
her. and they dispersed long beio,e The opening
Of the polls althout i,,frtjng haim upon u h"-
man being. The shor they made was quite III
tere>tiEg 10 the little boys. girls AMI iarke,s.
We heard OF no one being frightened BY ti.el,
iudicrous'v savage appearance, although it Is
quite possible The ''NiEkiuson county intor-
lnant Of the Free Trader ras terribly scared
A frightened mans imagination is atwav> as
fertile o.! NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. as Mississippi
swamps are OF fever ana asue. That CAB"
narrative is u magnificent piece of pure fancy
work. It throws the horriic> OF Geo, Lip
pard. Monk" Lewis ard Mrs Radcliffe quite
int the shade. Suffice it to say that no such
occurrence took place. 1t is all uuadu!,ela.
ted fiction, not TO give it a ha,sher name.
$. The first weapon drawn on the day Of
election was drawn by a l. adlny Democrat. 81
6. No leading Fillmore man drew. used or
10 use, any deadly weapon Oh the day
of election.
I. There was no shooting or stahbins at
any of the polls. and knucs-Jowus at bu.
very few.
s. The only serious occurrences of the lay
were not at the polls or ad jlreut to them.
9. An lrishman was accidentally shot in
he morning at a great distance from the
lwenty-third precinct. BY a friend who was
him his pistol but it did not xiii
1lm.
10. A German named I.ars was sho. and
killed In fight he had with some unknown
nan. at the corner OF EIysian Fields ant! Clai.
'nrne streets, Third District, he having stab {
led his adversary before bein. shot-the at +!
air taking place 1--WE squares from the nearest c
recinct.
II. \ member Of the American party was :.
by another member Of the same par !
y, IN a co;iee-heuse near the nth precinct. a
t Peter street, and he is getting well.
Il. Late at night an Iristmae was killed =,
. lchoupitoulas street by an unknown per- |
Or. y
ID. These are all the serious occurrences of +
eftton day and night. :;
The above statement OF facts has silenced .
lie New Orleans Courier. that embodiment .
rampant Democracy, in which nearly al; ,
Re raw-head and bloody bones stories origin !,
ed, and it is satisfactory to the common sense .
the country. Indeed. it was only in sene5- !,
terms that the exponent Of New Orleans :.
ever alluded to the terrible out :.
ses committed in the city on the day of ),
ectinn, as there were no facts to point out =
proof OF the sincerity Of their profound hor- q,
r. But Democracy was beaten; the result y
the state was saved. and one of the never Sc
ling strings Of the great Democratic harp I,
as sounded to the top Of the samut. that the 4
'thful might Be pspared far the worst. The IL
mai being g'venthe cry was taken up by the n
mall fry second ham! Democratic hand :,
throughout the State. and they have n
'de night and day hideous by their howl =,
IS ever since. Their mental ~ contortious 70
We at times been amusing. but as a general p.
disgusting. They did not wait. nor M
*, Tor facts. 1t was enough for them to Or
ow that the Democratic ticket had been :,
lily beaten in the city, and that their file /,
der had given the word, go ahead, o,
'tatiny as far as their capacity extended. the nc
ID wa'linss of Their city contemporaries ca
" de!uged the Streets of New Orleans tn
tn innocent Democratic blood pictured N
glowing coloTs a region Of %terror.D held r.,
to the sympathies of IA tender hearted IN
rid the 'amb-like gentleness of the Dem. Oh
ats who had suffered so terribly in their
vous systems by the sight of savage tin
- and murderons revoIyers be
And what formation was there for all this eV
of crocodile tears? Not a sin. ma
serious ARRAY occurred at the polls. which nc
more than can be said OF many elections Tie
cee'i"s It., and there was no disturbance ne
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