The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-08-08

tinctly stated here; but every loya! man
knows ful well what it typilied during
the last five years. And the direct ten.
dency of the August Convention will
of course be to help this movement
TIE NEW ORLEANS MASSACRE.
A company of American citizens,
holding representative positions in Lou>
isiana, members of Convention elected
IN 1864 by the loyal people of that State,
legally assembling, in pursuance OF call
of the Governor, are bcsieged by a mob
and some of them masSacrcd.' \ riot i'll
Ncw>0rlcans is not an unusual occar
renee. Now it is not a riot, but the
usurpng Of tie Rebel population against
loyal cilizc2s OF the United States enga-
gcd in the performance OF loyal duties.
The accounts we have are mainly
from Rebel sources the agent of the
Associated Press in New Orleans having
been, we are informed, formerly n sol.
der in the Rebel army. HIS statements
show full sympathy with the rioters -
We are told that tie outbreak was oc.
casioned by an assault OF a negro upon
Il white mana white man having been
pushed along the sidewalk and trippcd
up during Il procession Considering
how men are frequently pushed and
trippcd up whcnever.a militia regiment
parades on Broadway, we can imagine
the extent OF the provocaton Necessary
to excite Rebel maIigriy. TIE action
Of Mayor Monroe is more in,clligible -
We see him seriously proposing to ar
rest the members Of the Convention for
daring TO come together n, the call Of
the Governor. Then he issues proc
lamation which reads to us like an IL
centive TO riot, lie begins by speaking
of the Convention as the Extinction
Convention Of 1861, and specially calls
upon the young men TO keep quiet and
not modest sad Convention, for he is
satisfied by ''receut dispatches from
Washin ston that the deliberations OF
the members thereof will receive no
countenance from the President, and
that he citi sustain tile agents Of tie pres
cM cirH g0rcrnneats and vindica,e its
laws and acts to the satisfaction of the
good people OF the State" In other
words. every Rebel in New'Olleans is
told by Rebel Mayor that the President
OF the United. States is in sympathy with
him; that the members of the Conven-
ton are outlaws and not under Execu.
i've protection, and that whatever the
Rebels might ID to viudi,ate the ere
construction Pollcy,' would meet the
Presidents appreciation. Still do moth.
ing scandelous! Gen. Bairds patriotic
determination was promptly ovcrruled
by dispatch from the President, Ed
win Nj. Stanton being Secretary Of War.
Every Rebel saw that the Mayor was
sustained, and that the President was
the Rebels friend.
Read the dreadful storyl The Con,
vcntion meets. There arc no soldiers in
the assembly. The poice-Rebel sol,
diers many OF lhem---are "exemplary,"
and try to prevent "lynchjng and MODS
biug'" One prominent member----a cit
izen of many years standing-is drag,
ged to Jail. The President and mems
bers arc gradually arrested and lmpris.
oned. ApIocesson ofnegrocs approach.
Some whites endeavor to "dlsperse'
them, but are "repulsed" Shots are
fired. "rhree negroes are killed on
Dryades St and two on Common st.
The Rebel mob surrounds the hall where
the members are in session, A regular
siege begius. Every visible head in the
building was fired upon. DR.. A. p.
Dostie and John Henderson, jr, are
brought out of the building dead, and
carried off in carts. The first was an
eminent physician, the second, we'll
known lawyer OF New Oreans, con.
spicuous for their loyalty during the
dark days OF rebellion, They are carried
off in carts, and it is doubtful if many
have got out OF the hall alive. All this
time Andrew Johnson President and
Edwin NJ, Stanton Secretary Of War!
We are telling this story as it is told
by Relels. We can make but one com.
ment. For all the blood shed in New
Orleans we hold the Executive power