Litchfield enquirer., 1866-09-06
c,,..rvat,ve Account of the Massacre.

Conservative Account of the Massacre.
 We hsve been desirous, throughout. of giv, ing our readers no sensational details, but the undisputed facts relative to the Ner Or leans Massacre; and we therefore subjoin the following conservative report given by the correspondent of the N. Y. Times as the most favorable statement which can be made, with truth. in behalf Of the autnositiss Of that city
 Just at this time, when the friends of peace and harmony are exerting themselves with al- most superhuman efforts to Pacify and concili- ate sectionality, it is our great misfortune that the action of a few disreputable factionists here should attract pnblc attention ;and, d,give the extremists of both sides something to harp up on. aThe Radical attempt to disfranchise nortion ot their fellow citizens, frustrated by inc r;ot, may soon be renewed, for not day pssses without giving them some aggravating cause for another trial. For instance, all of the members of tue Convention have been in- d;cted by the Grand Jury of the parish, but as uet not c single policeman or citizen rsoter O. murderer has been brought to justice by the cio1 asahoysties, although maay of them are soen kuo,cp and are pointed out on the streets to
 stranoers. No discharges from the police
 force have been made, while it is confessedly
 true that the chief officers of the force know
 that many of their men were guilty ot down. right murder of prisoners. The Radicals have already commenced retaliation by making atti-
 dayit before Judge Hiestand, United States Commissioner, that Mayor Monroe and other municipal officers were accessories, if not prin- ciples, in the murdefr of the 30th ut. Martial law prevailing, these afidavits were sent to Gen. Sheridan, and have not been heard of since. BIEW .3y
 Gov. Wslls' proclamation ordering an cleo tion of delegates from unrepresented parishes to the convention, is Still a matter of public record as it has not been revoked and will not be. If, as it is supposed, the Radicals att tempt to hold another session of the Conven- tion, after their return from the 3d of Septem- Der gathering in Philadelphia, it is probable that they will arrogate to themselves the pow CT to proceed notwithstanding the fact that the elections will not have taken place. They will argue as Congress did, during the war, that the fault lies with the,voters themselves in not sending up delegates in@aceordancc. with the proclamation. Some of them, howeyer,desrn- ing the plain lesson of the riot,, will not be so ferocious in their advocacy of universal sui
 frage. They know now that the freedmen will not be allowed to vote if the whites can help it, and to speak plainly they have been fright ene1 or discouraged to say the least. 4 large number Aave acsssally 1st9 the State and takes up permanent residences iaa other and more congenial localities This number includes not only members of the Convention but adherents to its principles, and Radical political adven- turers generally. On account of this expatria
 ton another attempt to reconvene the Couyen! ton may be postponed until Winter but think it safe to predict thatit will occur after Congress meets if not beforet js.n 1A3 @:-52
 Pursuing their wellde6ned policy, three thousand signers have been obtained to a Con gressional petition by the Radicals, which states unquslifedly that the lives of Uhion men here are not safe, and asks for protection. This, coming as it does from many men who were loyal during the whole war, will be a great card for the eAnti-Administratio men oi the North, but the fact that there are thou. sands and thousands of Northerners, engaged in eplaating and other business pursuits throughout the entire South, including almost numberless army officers, demonstrates cohc.a sively the falsity of the statement. It is use
 less 10 disguise the factth there is a marked distinction between the people of the two sec tioHs. Southerhers and ex-rebels natural. patronize their own kind, and Northerners dt the same. No matter hoso co7ssero0tivei ( Noysheyner mag be Lsohea he first comes to to
 iSoutb, Ae seon finds out hsat tae great mass 9 the ssatsves club togetber against hsan ta buss ness, and he $ forced to .tr0tegmtze acsth North enters O. De banished from society altogether There are many brilliant and striking excep tons to this rule, however for in this city there are large number of business firms composed of ex-soldiers from both armies. Universa suffrage men are ostracised in every manner or sight, and as political opinions enter into the social composition of the South, and inau ence commercial matters more than they dt at the North, they undoubtedly have Lgooc grounds to complain that they are badly treat edhE tGs! ad5 fU flajA @i't frs--sl:il5"s
 The Military Commission appointed to in vestigate the riot has completed its duty o taking evidence, having had before it men 0 every description, including policemen ane white and black citizens who were partici pantsa The evidence occupies over two thou sand pages of foolscapy and the Commission now proposes to review the whole of it. Thei deductions, or rather the "fnding," will prob ably be sent to Gen Sheridan as the reviewing officer, and he will forward it to the War De partment with proper indorsement The ses sions of the Commission have been secret, n' member of the Press, nor any one else not oi 6cially connected with it, being allowed to b' present, Enough is known, however, of ,th' opinions of the members to make it. safe tt predict that ney soiA hold the cirI a,st1sopatie responsible tor the murder aofthe members an' their tsiends ana the tTeedmeas. The evidenc
 slicited includes statements regarding tn
 mass meeting of freedmen on the Friday nigh previous to theiriot, and touching the remark of the speakers, linAuding Dr Dostie's speech It embraces many details of'cruel murders an full particulars of the, whole affair." Gen Mow ersduring the war, the gallant commander e the Twentieth Corps, in Slocums army o Gsorgias is President, and Brevet Brig. .'Gen Baldy, Recorder' assoR q ,g ;,E. F. B. !
 9.Alss 2a-...aA ----1-.s .. 2sst
 Ex.Goy. Pease of Texas, who was reeentl
 the Union candidate for Governor in that stat and was defeated by Throckmorton, semi-'se cesh," has removed his family to his forme
 home in this state. He has left his plantation and most of his property behind him and say that since the President's policy has been car 1ied out, it is unsafe for Union man to stay il any of the Gulf States He regards the onl! hope of the country to lie in the success of the Union party at the next elections. He il
 convinced that the late shareholders are medi