The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-02-03
Very Official.
TIE RECENT INVESTIGATION By a,x,,.
GRANTS AID-DE-cAxr.
From the New York worn,

GRANTS AID.DE-cAxr.
From the New York Worh,
Some days since we were told that a.
Grant was about to send an aid-da...so.'
to Arkansas, and that now we MIGHT NH
for full, true, and particular acconnt !.
the troubles in that State. ARRIVING A. ~ '.
capital, Little Rock, Oh the dav 49,.
Christmas, the aidde-camp writes h,s -
port on the day after Christmas, hav;n1 ~.
been taeo days in the State-and IL !.
about the substance Of his fall. trse -. :
particular account: Clayton, the ho.rs
Governor sis certainly man Of intellieeees
and nsrve," Catterson, the negro miI;t;s
General, seems to be very good mas. >
there are 800 militia who have .orde,. !.
live OF the country" and the Goyefpss
means" to reimburse loil sufferers. osI.
just now be don't see his way clear 70 ~
anybody for anything his ragamuiBns sts:i
1.-TWO assassins have already been exeests1
by sentence Of . military commission. > n.
commission deciding, Of course, that ~.
were assassins, but then two ioil men h,,.
been wounded, two killed, and divers Gu
the Merry Governor among them, % to6i,
scared that they chad to sleep in the 0ts;.
House under guard for fear of ass,s;s~.
tion," 30 that this makes the thing sbo.a
even; then, pite the light touch about -.
enteen rebels in prison, q negro militian.
hanged for rape on lady. . general exoan
from the State Of about ali Who -. 49, -
away. and much injury to Cuisines men Of
all parties" this festive aid-de-camp brines
bis report to close, saying: "It"-all tue
theft, rape, murder, ursurpation, npine and
panic-"has, however, accomplished much
more good than the most sanguiue expec.
ted" &C., &c.
Faugh! Scarcely was this depie,bIe
whitewash dry on the sepulchre befor
here are fresh tiding of bloodshed IA
plumber. Grants aid dates his letter ~
cember 10th; it is served up for onr nis-
information on the 9Th inst, and on thsf
very day, doubtless at the very hour wheo
it was flashing to oil parts Of the Norti
three young men were shot from their boz.
SEES BY Clayton's negro militia, just across
the river from Memphis, and two of them
instantly killed; without even so much a. a
word of warning. Read the accounts va
recently published of this and like trans.
actions by the infuriated savages whom
bl0odRuilty Congress has lOOsened, upon
unfortunate Arkansas, and then ask il It
be any wonder that genuine and not, q
now, mythical Kuklux should arise to 70.
dress such wrongs. With tho State gov.
eminent in allegiance. and only a corrupt
and bloody fungus in its stead; with gen
eral government. impotent in two branches
to help, and venomously unwilling in tAs
third; with President-elect who has no
better idea of tho situation than to send .
raw aide to hob-nob over Christmas with .
jayhawker Governor, what resource would
seem left that unhappy people, now robbed
and murdered daily in shameful violatien
Of that parole which was pledged them
when they gave mp their armsi
This reconstruction, it ia evident, must
be done over again. PerfectiOnists the
cries must be abandoned. and plain con-
mon eerse taken for guide.
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r. The New Orleans Tribune-tln
organ of the colored people of this
State-makes the following comments
on the printing and other kindred in
EQUITIES:
The people have borne with patience
the many outrageous acts which tho
General Assembly enacted at its past
session, with tho idea that they would
be of short duratiOn; that the men,
bers of the Legislature, after seeing
tho results of their iniudicious proceed
ings, would be willing themselves to
undo what they had done. One Of tho
worst acts of the Legislature is the
printing bill. That bill was written
and prepared by interested parties,
who for the last few years have been
preying upon the vitals of the State,
for their own and particular benefit.
It is the ab0minatiOn of denominations.
The people ask fer no such q Law.
Senator Blackman offered o few days
ago bill for the repeal Of that infamy.
The bill of Mr.. Blackman was referred
to the Finance Committee. That COM
mittee reported on Friday against tho
of the printing bill. In corr
sequence of this majority report, Mr..
Blackman offered on Saturday min
Ority report. Both the majority and
minority reports were ordered to be
printed and made the order of the day
for this day. The Legislature has thus
far acted in manner that makes rs
not despair that it will repair the many
wrongs which it committed during the
past session.
LOUISIANA LEGIsLAroRs.-A legislator
who, last year, made contract to vote for
a big bill on consideration Of ten dollars
down and forty promised in . written
agreement, found out that the agreement