Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-09-20
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he Now orleans Massacre.
The publication of the official dis
patches in relation to the massacre i'm
New Orleans on July 80, furnishes
corroboration of the views which we
have previously expressed h this pa
per. We find that the dispatch writ
ten by Sheridan to Grant on August
3d was not originally published as it
was written. The following import
antsstatement was left out: "Ia the
mean time. Official duty called me 10 Ter.
as. and tie hayor of the city dsring my
absence. suppressed the Contention Jy
the use Of their poll. c. force. and an so do
ing attacked Ike members of he Conpen.
fion and a party o. too hundred negroes.
and ,rith .fre arms, clubs, and knires,
tn MARINER so unnecessary and afro
cioas as to compel me TO soy Il ,ras muir
der"
The judgment of General Sheridan
comedies exactly with our own, after
careful reading of all the reports
given of the riot, and before this en-
tire dispatch was permitted to see the
light The following is the report
recently made by General Sheridan
to the President in reply to the inqui-
rieS addressed II HIN by the latter:
Ills Excellency. Andrew johnson. Pres
ideut of the United States: have the
honor to make the following reply To Your
despatch of August 4: y very large num-
her of colOred people marched in process
sion on Friday night. July %. and were
addressed from the steps of the City Hall.
by DIR. DOStie, Ex-Governor Hahn, and
others.
The speech of Dosiie was Incorporate
in language and sentiment The speeches
of the Others. so far as | can learn. were
characterized by moderation. lave not
given YOU the words of Dostie'S speech. "a
the version published was denied but from
what have learned of the man. I believe
they were incorporate. The Convention
assembled at - NJ. ON the :i0th. the timid
members absenting themselves because the
tone of the general public was ominous Of
trouble
/ think there were about PC members
pFesent. In front of the Mechanics InSti-
tute where the mectin. was held. there was
assembled some coIorcd men, women and
children, perhaps Is or 20 and in the In
stitute number of colOred men. probably
might have been pistol in the possession
of every tenth man. About | 7. NJ. a
procession of about 6u to I3O colorcd men
marched up Burgundy street and across
Canal street, toward the Convention, car
Tying an American flag.
T4eSe men had about one pistol to every
ten men. and canes and clubs in addition.
While crossing Canal street, /. row occur
red There were many spectators on the
street, snd their manner and tone toward
the procession unfriendly. shot was
fred, by whom | am not able to state, but
believe it to have been by a policeman
or some colored man in the procession: this
Jed to other shots and a rush after the pro-
cession.
On arrival at the front of the Institute
there was some throwing of brick-bats by
both sides. The police. who had been held
well in hand. were vigorously marched TO
the scene OfdisOrdler. The procession en-
tered the Institute with the flag, about six
or eight remaining outside. y row occur
red between a policemen and one the col
ored men. and a shot was again fired by
one of the parties. which led to an indis-
criminate fire ON the building through the
windows by the policemen.
This had been going on for short time
when a white FLAG was displayed from the
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firing ceased and the police rushed into
the building. From the testimony OF
wounded men and Others who were inside
the building. the police opened an indis
criminate fire on the audience until they
had emptied their rcvolverS. when they re
tired, and those inside barricaded the
doors.
The door was broken in and the firing
again commenced, when many of the col
Ored and white people either escaped thro'
the door or were passed out by the police
men inside, but a. they came out the po-
iicemen who formed the circle nearest the
building fired upon them. and they were
again fired upon by the citizens that form
ell the outer circle.
Many of those taken prisoners. and 9TH
ers who were prisoners and not wounded.
were fired upon by their captorS and by
citizens. The wounded men were stabbed
while lying on the ground. and their heads
beaten with brick-bats. In the ward of
the building, whittier some of the colored
men had escaped and partially secreted
themselves. they were fired upon and kill
ed or wounded by policemen: some men
were killed and wounded several squares
from the scene. Members of the conven-
ton were wounded by the policemen
while in their hands as prisoners, some of
them MORALLY.
The immediate cause of this terrible af-
fair was the assembling OF this Convention.
The remote cause was the bitter and an
tagonistic feeling which had been growing
in this community since the advent of the
present Mayor, who, in the organization of
his police force. selected many desperate
men and some of them known murdcrers
People of clear views were overawed by
want ofconfidenee in the Mayor and fear
of the Thugs. many Ofwhom he had Sc
lected for his police force. | have frequnt-
" been applied toby prominent citizens on
this subject, and have heard them express
fear and want of confidence in Mayor Mon
roe ever since the intinlation of this last
Convention. must condemn the course
ofseyeral of the city papers for supporting
by their articles the bitter feeling of bad
men, As to the mercilesS manner in which
the Convention was broken up. feel OBJ
lged TO confess strong repugnance-
1t is useless to attempt to- disguise the
hostility that exists on the part OF great
many here toward Northern men: and this
unfortunate affair has so precipitated mat
tiers that there is now a test of what shall
be the status OF Northern men-whetlier
they can live here without being in constant
dread or not: whether they can he protect
ed in life and property, and have justice in
the courts
fthe matter is permitted to pass over
without thorough and determined prose-
cutiOn of those engaged in it, we may look
for frequent scenes of the same kind, not
only here. but in other places.
No steps have as yet been taken by the
civil authorities to arrest citizens who
were engaged i'm the massacre. or police