New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-11-11


and where there have been fewer outrage
and murders than in other localities. tn,
fall Republican vote has been cast. Ii
| Concordia parish where lG44 Republican.
registered 1864 Republicans voted
| in st. James parish where 1885
Republicans registered, 21Gl Republican,
voted; In Iberville parish. where 2l5O Re
publicans registered, 2066 Republican:
voted, and the result has been the same il
parishes equally peaceable and orderly.
On the contrary, in the city of New Or
leans, of $4,000 colored citizens who regis.
tered but about 100 voted, and including
about 5000 white Republicans who regis.
tered, the whole Republican vote in The
city was but 27G. Probably more
white Republicans might have voted
il they could have condesceaded to
tiously offered by political opponents,
or to recognise the pretended and unreal
peace of election day as a reality, or to ex-
erclse right denied to the great majority
of their party.
In the parish of St. Landry, where more
than two hundred negroes were killed dur
ing October, out Of a registration of prob
ably more than 2OO0 Republicans, not one
Republican vote was cast In each Of the
parishes Of Bossier, Morehouse and Caddo.
with each registration of about 2O0O Re-
publicans, one Republican vote was cast
probably By Democrats, and the election
has similarly resulted in other law.ess
parishes. The extent Of the lawlessness.
violence and Intimidation which have been
used, and the number of murders which
have been committed to insure this result,
will probably never be known. and can
be imagined only by those who know the
priceless estimation in which our colored
citizens hold their newly acquired rights
OF citizenship and franchise. The only
true accusation brought against col1rcd
men by our opponents is that they have
sought to exercise The rights of citizenship
and fIeemen according to their own iudg-
ments and Gonsciences; (aud If this has
been wrong, surely the responsibility does
not rest upon them,) for no disintcreated
man in Louisiana believes or can be made
to believe that colOred men have originated
the disturbances in which they have been
almost the only sufferers. The charae-
tet4stics of the colored race and their his
tory IN Louisiana are alone sufficient to
reiute the charge, and the facts Of the case
make the accusation infamous and e.u-
temp.ible.
There is no question as to what party
and what class Of citizens are responsible
for the riots and tumuts which h5ve dis
graced our State. Colored and white Re.
pUblicans have been almost the only VIC
tins; hundreds Of them have been .illed
to one Of their political opponents. Ooiv
churches. scho0lhopses. clab
rooms and residences have been sacked by
lawiess mobs, OTer more than halfthe area Of
the State peaceable political meetings ofRs-
p&b6cans have been prevented or disverged:
prominent Republicans killed or driven
from their homes, and q reign of terror In
aaguraLed unsurpassed bg that Of the rebel
lion. Armed bands OF Democrats, lre-
quently disguised, have pairollcd the
roads in the country and streets Of cur
c ties. committing numberless ou,ragos
and killing Republicans with entire i'm
pBuity Col0red eX-soldiers of the United
States have been robbed of the arms which
they carried in the field and purchased Of
the United States Government, and oolorad
Republicans have been very generally dis
armed" in most Of the parishes of the State. |
and in not one instance have lawless
whites been deprived OF their arms. The
parish Of st, Bernard affords a fair illustra- |
ton Of what has occurred in many other |
parishes, In that parish the blacks killed |
but one white man, while the whites killed |
-hlrty-tive eolored men, according to De- |
nocratic authority, and probably more
han fifty, and also one white ny- United
States soldier, who was acting as an officer
)i the peace; nevertheless the blacks have
been disarmed,' aad in the presenca of
United States soldiers, while armed white
lrsPeradoes have been allowed to patrol
.he parish.
Our colored fellow ci.iRns have been
robbed in nnmberless instances Of their |
hard earned money and provisions and |
clothing by armed patrols OF Democrats |
claiming to be eOnseryatOrs of the public |
peace In St.Landry, Washington and many
other parishes armed bands of Democrats !
have killed many Republican canvassers,
md driven the Others from their parishes. !
The have also robbed colored men of their
Republican tickets, and with violence and
hreats driven them to the polls. and |
Orced them in peril Of their lives 10 vote |
he Democratic ticket. 1t is also evident |
hat the frauds perpetTated by Deno. !
,rats, in casting and counting Democratic |
7otes, are unparalleled in the history of |
and are sufficient alone to inval- |
date the election in many localities.
lndisputable evidence OF all the facts We |
lllege will soon be laid before the public, |
md Congress will be asked not to allow |
)ur opponents to reap advantages from
heir lawless and wicked acts.
The insGgators of these riots and tumults |
md perpetrators of these numberless out
ages and murders are too numerous to be |
bxv IL -. l., I
ike the perpetrators of the July massa-
re, they will probably escape merited
but an all-seeing and lust
sod and the civilized world will hold
hem responsible for acts which have dis
,raced the Christianity, civilization and
manhood Of this age Chivalry, courage
md manliness lead men to defend the inno-
,ent and protect the weak not to outrage
he laws of God and man by assailiug the
unprotected and killing the defenseless.
The Democratic party is responsible for
he terrible wrongs we have enumerated
md the present condition Of our State. Its
1ress and orators, and many of its leading
men have invited, encouraged and
f0rcible resistance to laws
md the constituted officers of the
aw. By incendiary articles and har-
'angues, and by persistent misrepresen-
ations and falsehoods, they have iasti-
gated lawlessness, riots, and murders, and |
ntlamed the bad passions of the people |
lntil this city and State were on the verge |
Of anarchy and civil war.
The Democratic party of Louisiana has
created an antagonism between capital and
labor. 1t has paralyzed our commerce
and all efforts to develop the resources
Of the State. 1t has prostrated our bust.
ness, and driven capital from our borders.
La- al.