New Orleans Republican., 1868-11-07

formation of bars at the mouth of the river
Sach sheets are better than Chinese wa
to keep strangers from our mitst.
The Bulletin of this morning publishes
portion of letter from the New Orleans
correspondent of the New York Herald
We lay before our readers the entire letter
No Possibility of a Fair ElectIon-LOuI
sImaa Not in the FlEht-KOusseauO Ol
| the SItuntIoR-VigOrOus Views of tn,
Military Commander He win In
force Pence Mt all Hazaudt.
4 NEW ORLEANS, October 2s, 1865
General Rousseau has shut down upor
the rioting. If there is any more organized
violence here or at any other point in the
State which United States troops can reacl
1t will partake OF the character of insur
reotlon and will arise from causes too far
reaching to be controlled by handful O.
military. Immediately on receipt Of his
orders from the Secretary Of War, that be
was authorized and expected to preserve
peace and good order; the General com
manding in New Orleans took his measures
In an interview given to your correspond
ent half an hour since, General Rousseau
explained his views and intentions without
reserve.
/" have only small force here" be said
but 1t is compact force and a reliable
force, and New Orleans Is so built that
there are two or three squares that will
command the whole city. l have my Or
ders and intend to act up to them. | will
preserve the peace if it costs the life of
every man have and my own into the bar
gain. l shall publish a card declaring my
intentions. The city is quiet to-day. l can
do it now. Whoever provokes or incites
or takes part in a riot, be they white or
black, shall fire on them: l hate to do it,
but l have my duty TO perform and | shall
! perform it, ..t.. ...,.
What has brought about this outbreak,
General" "
impossible to say exactly There has
been great prov0catlon on both sides and
it has been growing up gradually. For all
that may happen hereafter the whites will
be largely to blame, for they have got the
negroes fairly scared, and they are going
to secretly arm and organize in spite of all
we can do 10 prevent 1t.
There is rumor in town, General.
that you have discovered plot of the X.
W. o., to seize on the Government arms
and ammunition. Is that so?"
Not word of truth in it. These
hounds have brought about the trouble bv
outraging all the principles of free govern
ment. They have put dirty, lousy negroes,
who can be bought up for ten dollars a
head, into every office tnat they were least
qualified to fill; organized a police force of
two hundred niggers and hundred whites:
put this fellow, Baker, at the head of the
registration TO prevent the people seeking
their legitimate remedy through the ballot
box, and now call on us to shoot the peo-
pie down because they rise against it. But
duty is duty"
There is another rumor, General. that
you will proclaim martial law before cleo
ton day.
Untrue again; can and will keep the
peace without that"
Will you act in concert with the civil |
or without reference to them 2''
" Civil authorities There are no civil
they hear pistol shot and run
q mile before they dare to look back. |
shall act as have done heretofore, in such |
manner as | deem necessary to preserve the |
public peace. That is the first and only |
for if there does come an |
this city will not be worth much" |
'Do you expect, then, General to have
peaceable and fair election ~
There will be no election in Louisiana.
on cin telegraph that fact. The Radicals
Will not vote they dare not, indeed. What
ever show of an election there is will be
'llher a farce or tragedy. l shall do my
lest to prevent tragedy
Ia the brief conversation above reported
here is probably much which belongs to
he private arsenal of Lowell II. Rousseau,
u kentucky, private citizen of the United
states, and which perhaps [ am scarcely
astllled IN publishing. The exigencies of
ne times and the weight belonging to the
Jews OF so gallant Southern born Union
nan as Major General Rousseau must be
ny excuse.
General Rousseaus bold and vigorous
tand has already produced the hsppiest
esults. The evening Times, Just issued
.uotes the reported intention of the General
0 suppress violence by violence wherever
nd however manifested, and says: Moth
ng would be more lamentable ti4an any
ontilet between our citizens and the United
'tates military. At every sacrifice this I
must be avoided. Let our people, there q
ore, resist every provocation to violence
nd stand on the defensive The club pre-
idents and marshals ought to hold their
luhs under proper restraint and eDioin
lpoon them the strictest regard for peace
md order" {
Everything that has happened and is hap I
'enlng in Louisiana was foreshadswed in a I
etter from the northern portion of the
state published in the HrMd of Septem-
yer 20. Subsequent events have lent ad- I
itlonal weight to the facts then urged. q
,lnce that date, in Opelousas. Shreveport, c
franklin, Bossier, New Orleans, st. Ber-
ard, Gretna and Jefferson, there have
'een eleven riots, six assassinations of
rominent Radicals and four incendiary
res. The reported list of killed and
Tounded foots up over 100. The unre-
orted and unknown would douhle that
mount. The State is truly in most la
nentable condition. II is hard to look for
yard TO the end.
One thing is clear, howeyer--in the con-
lltion in which things are Louisiana can
ast no vote which can be admitted in the
College. In reckoning an the
esuit you may leave Louisiana out, and
'Fopabiy Arkansas as we'll.
ACADEMY OF MusIc.--Monday evening