The Union and journal., 1868-08-14
CoRREyPOyDENCE.

New ORLEANS, La, Aug. o. 1868.
Mr.. EDITOR 1T is not often that attempt
to write for the newspaper, but seem to DO in
for it now. The truth Is, that sense Of duty
has impeled me to this single attempt at corrcs-
pondence. II "carpetbaggers," now making
their home in the south. would contribute by
both public and private letters, to the general
stock Of information relative to the actual con-
dition Of political affairs at the south, the OBJ
servation and occurrences Of every day life, and
the animus of the people. they would exert o
power for truth that would insure beyond q
peradventure the success Of the republican par
ty in the coming Presidential contest.
After six years residence in Louisiana, can
assure you that the same old spirit Of rebellion,
and adversene to any government that par
takes Of repubcanism still prevails in the hearts
of the southern people who sided with the cause
Of rebellion, and the "lost cause is as dearly
cherished as ever" But an open ayowal Of the
desires and purposes Of the democratic party Of
the south, which Is limited exclusively to the
friends of, and participators in rebellion, would
be impoltic, and to hear them pirate about
constitutional liberty" and the maintenance
Of the constitution, one would suppose that they
hsd always revered that sacred article. The
people Of the north ore told by the press Of the
south. and copperhead journals Of the north,
that the southern people have accepted with
good fAith the result fthe war. What are tho
factsf prominent speaker ut the latc Demo
Democracy that, although slavery Is dead, the
''that the carpet-baggers and scsllswsgs who
have 90 cruelly slain our brave confederates
should be driven from the country ss having no
right here" About thirty persons white and
colored have been foully murdered in northorn
and western Louisiana within the last two
months, s,-shot down, because they dared to
differ from "reconstructive rebels" }" on the po-
litical questions Of the day. II the culprit Is not
assisted to escape by the civil authorities as Is
often the cause, a verdict Of "killed In self-de-
fence" Is rendered. Houses and stores Of Re
publican members Of the Legislature are burned
| to the ground by the Democracy In their burn
inc enthusiasm for Seymour and Blair, the
"Lcst Cause" and the calculation that hereafter
there will be no military 10 molcst or make them
afraid. The "Homer niad" owned by Hon,
John Blackburn. recently elected to Congress,
was destroyed by secret agents Of the Democrat-
ic party asserting that the paper rendered itself
obnoxious 10 them by IN incendiary course.
The basis Of action Of the democratic party
south Ia this;-whoever dares 70 differ from
them In political belief-whoever believes In
Congress and considers the reconstruction acts
constitutional and just-whoever believes trea-
son against the government punishable crime
whoever says openly that he voted the repub-
lican ticket, Is considered by them an incendl-
ary character, and, the Ku-Klur Khan mark
him for victim at . convenient time. II the
freedom Of the press h Destroyed BY guerrilla
| uoob. n In justified by the democracy, "because