Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-08-03
THE NEW ORLEANS mAssAoRE,

I
1t is not often we have as sad n story nc
that told in the Tribune this morning a A
company of American citizens, holding re.
preventative positions in Louisiana, mem
pers oil Convention elected in 1864 by The
t,I1Yal people OF that State, legally assem-.
pllhg IN pursuance Of call OF the Governor
are Desieged by mob and some of them
hassacred. A riot In New Orleans is not an
ulusual occurrence, Now it is not a riot
put the uprising of the Rebel population
against loyal citizens of the United States
engaged IN the performance of loyal duties.
n ING accounts we have are mainly from
n, nepel sources-the agent of the Associated
IIess In New Orleans having been. we nre
informed, formerly soldier in the Rebel
army ills statements show his full SYM
pathy with the rioters. We arc told lint
ele outbreak was Occasioned by an assault
VI negro upon white mana white man
having Decn pushed along the sidewalk and
!uippeu up during processionl Consider
ing now men arc frequently pushed and
lrlpped up whenever militia regiment IN.
fades on Broadway, we can Imagine the ex-
.elt VI INC pfoVocation necessary to excite
iteDel mahgnity. The action of Mayor
monroe IS more intelligible. We see him
seriously proposing to arrest the members of
IN sae Convention for daring TO come together
at the call of the Governor. Then he issues
proclamation which reads TO us like an in
centiye to riot. He begins by speaking of
tne Conyention'as the Extinction Conyen-
toh oi 1864, and specially calls upon the
young men to keep quiet and not molest said
convention, for he is satisfied by "recent
dispatches from Washington that the dolib.
erations of the members thereof will receive
no countenance from the President. and that
nc tolss sustain tte agents IF the present ctgdl
go9ernments and vindicate its laws and acts
10 the satisfaction of the good people of the
State' In other words, every Rebel in
New orleans is told by Rebel Mayor that
the President of the United States is in svm'
pathy with him; that the members of the
Convention are outlaws and not under Ex.
ecutive protection, and that whatever the
REBELS might do to vindicate the "Recon-
strucliOn POlicyh would meet the Presidents
appreciation. Still, do nothing scandalousl
Gen. Baird's patriotic determination was
promptly overruled by dispatch from the
President, Edwin M. Stanton being Secre.
tary of War Every Rebel saw that the
Mayor was sustained, and that the President
was the Rebels friend.
Read the dreadful story The Convention
meets, There are no soldiers IN the assem-
Dly The pollce-Rebel soldiers many of
them-are Exemplary and try to prevent
"lynching and mobbfng" One prominent
member-a citizen of many years standing
is dragged to jail. The President and
members are gradually arrested and i'm
prlsoned. A procession of negroes approach
Some whites -. endeavor 10 "disperse ~
them, but are "repulsed " Shots are fired
'Three negroes are killed on Dryade Street
and two on Common Street" The Rebel
mob surrounds the hall where the members
are are in session. A regular siege begins
Every visible head in the building is fired
upon" "Dr A. p. DOstie and John Hen
dersOn, JT., are brought out of the building
dead, and carried off in carts - The first
was an eminent physician, the second n we'll
known lawyer of New Orleans conspicuous
for their loyalty during the dark days of
rebellion. They are carried OIL in carts,
and it is doubtful IL 'many have gotten out
OF the hall alive" All this time Andrew
Johnson President and Edwin M. Stanton
Secretary of War
We are telling this story as it is told by
Rebels We can make but one comment
For all the blood shed in New Orleans we
hold the Executive power responsible. The
President knew the temper of these men,
lie had but to recall very few years OF. his
own history to find himself flying before a
mob like that which murdered A. p. Dostie
and his loyal associates. These rioters were
precisely the manner of men that President
johnson claimed to be. They were loyal
like him. They opposed Secession as he
opposed il. They dared social ostracism
and Rebel vengeance, and from the safe dis
tance of Washington nor as the armed
commanders of armies-but MS plain citi-
zens devoted TO the flag. 1t was to reward
such men as the murdered DOstie that we
took the outlawed loyalist, Andrew John
son, from the dust, and stamped him with a
diadem. And in return we have our brothers
and lriends-more than brothers, indeed,
by reason of their devotion during the war
butcheled by Rebel mob, in broad noon,
with Rebel Mayor inspiring the massacre,
Rebel soldiers acting as ''police, " and Union
soldiers, under Union officers, compelled u
stand silent, by order of Andrew johnson.
The hands of the Rebels are again red with
loyal blood; Rebel armies have once more
begun the work of massacre and the Presi.
dent of our choice, who has sworn to defend
the laws, and protect the people of the
United States, is silent. Is it too much tc
say that this silence is orime?-M T.
Tribune If Tuesday.