The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-11-10
TUESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 10. 1858
LETTER FROM ST. MARY.
Special Correspondence of the N. o. crescent.l

PARISH ST. MARY, Nov. s, 1868.
The Selections have passed off with quiet never
beforey known In similar cases, and all have re-
turne6to their several avocstions as if our coun-
try We. passing through no great crisis, and our
futuresWere not trembling in the balance. The
resultSfrom the North must be what all expected,
but ittcannot fail TO be matter OF pride with
Louisik nans that their State has behaved so noby
in thel strife especially in this parish have our
hopes been gloriousy fulfilled, and the voices of
the people spoken loudly and earnestly against
the misrule which has so long oppressed us. In
only tSo precincts have the Radicals shown ma
jorftief and they are so small to be insignificant
while a Franklin, Pattersonvie and other places,
the d. ;uocratic majorites have been overwhelm-
ing. from the upper parishes, also, We hear sim
liar cheering news, and if this campaign, fruitless
though IL be as to immediate issues, may be taken
as earnest of the future it will not be long be-
fore "Dthello's occupation" takes final leave of
him.
At all the polls which visited the voting was
carried on in the quetest manner conceivable,
and everything gave evidence of the most friend.
ly AMI peaceful relations between the races.
Many negroes voted Democratic who were not
even Regarded as hopeful cases. and those who
still hered to their Radical notions seemed to do
30 rasher through an unwillinguess to change
than rom any understanding OF the issue or hope
of their partys success In the parish. In fact the
late fegira Of carpetbaggers has left the
negroHadly bewidered as to what ne ought to
do, ssd there Is an amusing story that several
promi; ent negroes In the Centervlle neighbor-
hood, after voting the Radical ticket, Immediately
asked protection from the whites. What this
protection was for, no one knew 1t only appeared
that tee negroes asking 1t were conscious Of hav-
ing dtae something wrong and foolish, and You
know conscience doth make towards Of Us all"
Tbeys met with the profoundest commiseration
from she whites, who pledged themselves, learn,
to pr1sect them against any Injustice and outrage
as indsed they have repeatedly done heretofore.
Su6s,r making will soon commence In good
earneT, and st. Mary's will tell better tale Of
enerfs and the prosperity which crowns all honest
labor than any she has told since the war The sea-
son 10 fsvorsble-cool, frosty nights, and clear
days-sand with well organized, contented labor,
the rolling will go merrily on. Our improved and
eficie it transportation will soon clear away the
crops 10 market, and the fields viii be ready for
anothsr and still larger planting.
Tho CRESCENT OF last week (its varied and in
teresting columns are still my welcome visitors)
contains Q cheerful extract from the great organ
Of caIpetbaggery in New Orleans. An extract
which tall should read and contrast with what our
Radicais are pleased to call .'the incendiarism"
Of Southern papers. AS 1t refers especial
ly and dreadiully to this parish / will
AK permission to quote It again:
when the boys In blue come sweeping down
from the broad prairies of Illinois, st. Msrys par
ish. which sowed to the wind in numbering in cold
blood their noble chieftain (query. whose! y shall
reap The tcisifIcind mingled Icih fire"
This is mild. Perhaps Parson Newman will let us
know tohen the cheerful harvest Is to commence,
since he has been So kind as to announce its ap-
proach. st. Msry's parish is no stranger to such
reapiDgs as he gently alludes to there are black
ened walls still standing and showing where those
same boys' have stopped. But we really don't
expect repetition of those dark bygone scenes;
now Grant Is elected we feel sure of "peace,"
and we are afraid Parson Newman is allowing HIM
self to become unclerical and facetious. There
are some "boys" here. too, however. not in blue,
but pretty considerable "boysr notwithstanding
They were not at home when Parson Newman's
friends called last, but they are all here now and
are getting fat and unterrihed at great rate.
As the CRESCENT justly remarks, these boys"
In common with sll others of the State, are
strictly on The defensive, and are not responsible
for any act tchich passes beyond the inlperious
necessities of se!f-defense." know several scat.
tered about in these parts who hold precisely
these doctrines. The defensive Is their line but
II the parsons friends do come sweeping down"
for the purpose he mentions (and we only hope
the parson will join them) they will find pretty
strong In that particular line.
Lat MS have peace" (if we have to fight for IT.
as old Ben says. ~
Yours, peacefully, r. w.