The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-06-05
Judge Kelley's Mission.

The fruits Of the ultraist crusade in tn
south are becoming painfully manifest
Not, turbulence, and disorder: toNow !,
me tract Of the ia7amnaatory orator.
acherere7 they appear. The negroes, whit
snort time ago were so peaceable ant
well disposed, are now turbulent and impe
rous in their demands. The whites mani
TEST an uneasiness and dread of the future
which can only be explained by the fea1
that they are to be made the victims of 4
conspiracy having for its object the subyer
SION OF their property and the destruutior
OF their political character.
Last evening large number of blacks
met in Mobile to listen to a speech by
Judge Kelley, of Pennsylvania. His adj.
dress is represented to have been of the
most exciting character. He announced
that he had come to discuss the rights Of
the freedmen; that he meant to speak as
he chose; that if he was assaulted, the
10th infantry would protect him, and if this
was not enough, he had the entire United
States army at his back. Such an inpito-
TO gaolence had ats natural effect in a riot,
during which firearms were freely used, sew.
eral persons being killed and number Sc
verely wounded,
There is dispute as to who began the
conflict; but this is matter of COMPARE
lively trifiing import. Its real oriqiiu acas
The temper of The speaker and The c7larac-
ter Of his mission. 1t may be d harsh
Judgment to say that achat occurred is uhot
ac11s desired-THAT THESE ULTRA M1ss1oNa-
RIEs REALLY INTEND TO PROVOKE POPULAR
OUTBREAKS AS A MEANS OF PROMOTING THE
MORE READILY THEIR OWN SCHEMES, Bur
THE BURDEN OF EVIDENCE SEEMS TO SHOW
SUCH A STATE OF FACTS. At all events.
whether intended or hot, the manner in
which this crusade is being conducted is
well calculated to prodtce these effects.
Judge Kelley has spoken now at New
Orleans and at Mobile. In both places
outbreaks have followed his appearance.
The same phenomena haze occurred
schereOer like doctrines haze been proaaa,l
gated In Richmond, where the Massa-
chusetts zealot, Hayward, advised the ne
groes to take by force whatever was deni-
ed them, Gen. Sheffield has found itnecessa-
ry to station regiment in the heart of the
city to restrain them from violence; and so
threatening were their demonstrations on
a recent evening, that he was forced to de.
clare if they did not disperse he would
sweep the street with grapeshot." AT
the meeting oh Monday, both Judge I'm
derwood and MI. Greeley devoted them
selves principally to arguments dissuading
the negroes from turbulence.
There are ominotls portents in such
events as these. They indicate danger
which has long been pronounced Inevitable |
as result Of enfranehising the blacks, but
from which there was reason to hope the
country had been safely delivered. Car
ried to its bitter end, The ultra can,paio,,
noar initiated can result in not1snq less
eesra6ie than a conflict of races. If that
shall occur, it can have only one result.
No greater foes of the real liberty and true |
happiness of the blacks exist than those
extremists under whose ill-iudged counsels
they are resorting to riot and violence.
AS the Republican party hopes for a fu-
ture, it must make haste to relieve itself
from responsibility for the acts of these
breeders Of riots and preachers of confsca-
tion.-lAlban Journal (Rad.)