Nebraska advertiser., 1866-08-23
New Orleans Riots.

AT every turn Of hell's Kaleidoscope
-sOuthern rebel society new pictures
Of horror present themselves, new scene.
Of agony tending TO establish more firm.
ly the Presidents humane policy Of ele-
Vating freedman 10 a higher sphere
beyond the skies! One tGrn of this In
strument, and we had a picture Of moi
law against the blacks in Charleston; an.
other turn, riot in Mobile ; another and
my Policy" is seen al work in Rich
mond /; another turn brings to view the
horrors Of Memphis ; and then comes
the crowning infamy, 30 far, of New
Orleans, and a half-turn shows in beau.
tiful relief the Philadelphia Convention,
with tories in the foreground and trai.
tOrs-pardOned for the Occasion-in the
background, cOmplacenily submitting to
the earesses Of my Policy"
To the New Orleans massacre. As
he blood is washed sway and the causes
and actors come to view, it is impossible
to imagine anything more heIlish both
in its conception and execution. The
Pretext was The re-assemblng of the
loyal Convention Of "a; the same called
BY President Lincoln, and by which the
present Government Of Louisiana was
organized. This Convention wa re-as-
sembled in IS, after the whole Stale
was conquered, and delegates then elect.
ed from every parish q the State. This
Convention never adjourned sine die, bat
was 20 re-assemble, when in the opinion
of Its presiding officers any emergency
should require it. This seemed TO occur
in the belief of all loyal men that the
Legislature would not ratifY the Consti-
tutiOnal Amendment, which this Conven-
uon-elected BY the loyal voters of Lou.
isiana-believed it could legally do, and
to consider the prOpriely of doing this,
and to consider upon some changes in
the Sta.e Constitution. was il assembled.
This, BY rebel lawyers, courts and citi.
zens, was declared illegal. On The
strength Of which Mayor MOnrOs .ele.
graPhed Prest. johnson, asking what to
do. The President-Wilh a full knowI-
edge that Monroe and his police fOres
we're returned rebels; that the whole civ
under the control Of rebels-tele.
graPhed back, ordering the military 10
act only 9th and andeT the legal aaahori.
ftesl Having thus become master Of
the situation" Monroe armed his police
with reviewers and sent them forth, nor.
apparently, 70 arrest the Convention, for
they fired upon the bearer Of q white 1ae
who Was sent out to surrender; not, ap-
PGTeHtly, 10 quell the anticipated riot, for
they were The ~ring-leaders; bat apparent
ly for the purpose Of killing and cOwing
the loyal sentiment Of Louisiana, and
preventing the ratification Of the Amend
msnt, and thus sustaining "My Policy
Of the Genes Of buichery, where 500
loyal blacks and whites we're murdered
cold blood. il is impossible with our
limited space to give more than an idea.
When The Convention met, the streets
were hrOnged with The police and rebels.
A convention Of cOlored men-which met
The same day-adiourned. and marched
a body to the white Convention. On
he street, the evidence IS, a white man
trip or was tripod By a negro in the pro-
session, this les 70 blows. the blows to
shots, both claim the opposite party fred
lrst The negroes were driven back.
From this the riot spread to an attack
upon ell and every loyal nan that could
found. The Convention asked pro-
'ectlon Of the police, who returned a FIRE
INTO the masa Of delegates in the hall
Dr. DOatis GOT down stairs and was shot