New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-07-19
From the New Orleans Advocate
Letter from Texas,

DR.. NEWMAN Our immediate vicin-
ity has recently been greatly revived
by very efreshing rains after month
or six weeks drouth, at time, too,
when it very materially improved the
crops.
Wheat this year has been an entire
failure throughout the State. What
remained after the grasshcppers and
hard freezes yielded from one to two
and half bushels per acre.
The yield of corn will be average.
POLITICALLY
we are in fair way to misconstruct.
The so-called Conservative party are
predetermined to oppose anything
the Convention may do. While
the true patriots are trying to restore
the State to the Federal Union, the
Conservatives, ironically speaking,
are organizing in the character of the
Ku-Klux Khan to defeat their work.
The programme is to intimidate the
colored man, and make him afraid to
vote, and in the case of failure, to be
organized for another revolution on a
grander scale than ever before. That
the main and principal object of the
Khan is the Inauguration of another
rebellion l candidly believe. In con-
versation with man, and as l have
reason to believe Ku-Klux, some few
weeks ago, drew from him some facts
probably not generally known to the
public. He, supposing me to be " all
right on the GOOSE" talked very freely.
He told me there were 100000 of the
Khan in Europe, besides the organiza-
ton extending all over the North and
South. He gave me to understand
the Khan had for its aim two prime OBJ
jects. First, the overthrow of our re-
publican form of government, and the
establishment of a monarchy. Sec
ondly, the reinstatement of the
negro. You have been here. sir, in
the South long enough to have per-
ceived that there is a strong monarch
ial feeling pervading Southern society.
1t is with shame, as native born
Southern man, / make. this confession :;
but it is even So. Judge w. S. Old
ham, who is now deceased, while Sem
ator to the Confederate Congress at
Richmond, told me that nine -tenths of
the army officers at Richmond were in
favor of making the Confederacy not
republic, but monarchy. Such, sir,
are the men that the Democrats of the
North are cooperating with-such
are the men that are commiserated
and liOnized by the Northern Copper
head.
We fear that unless prompt meas
ures are taken the day is not far dis
tant when Republicans will be called
upon to contend and fight for their
own as well as for the negroes free
dom.
We believe all this to be Roman
Catholic enterprise, of the Jesuitical
type 1t savors, it smells, it tastes
of Rome. You recollect that there
was no foreign power so favorable to
the jeff Davis government during the
war as the Pope at Rome. Ever since
then the people here have been highly
favorable to Roman Catholics. They
laud their charity, their unity, and
their antiquity. Straws show which
way the wind blows. Republicanism
and Professionalism may be called upon
to fight their battles over again.
RELIGIoUsLY,
we are in a fair way to succeed, if
your missionaries can be protected
from mobs and violence, A preacher
will hardly ever be able to under
stand and appreciate all Paul says
about being prosecuted" and "ac-
counted the filth and offseourings of all
things" and "dying daily" until he
comes South as a missionary of the
Episcopal Church. He will
read these passages then with renewed
and bless God that he is in
such good company.
Some three weeks ago we visited
Austin, where we had the good fortune
10 meet Brothers Fayle and WEIGH.
How refreshing it is to meet brethren
who can sympathize with you, after
having been thrown out for long time
lmong people who hate, insult, NAL
;reat you, and impugn your every mo-
i've. As Paul was comforted by the
coming of Titus" so was / on that
occasion. While here we had the
pleasure Of making the acquaintance
If ReVs. Messrs. Tunstell, Asbury,
md Brock, the former two members of
he Convention. These brethren live
n Eastern and Northern Texas, and
lave identified themselves, l believe,
With our Church. This will extend
,ur work in that part of the State,
where large white societies can be
ormed. May the great head of the
Church send US many more such.
Yours in love, t. B. f.
July z, 1868,