New-York tribune., 1869-01-02
rs LOUISIANA FREEf
70 Me Editor Of The Tribune.

TO me Editor OF The Tribune.
SIR: In your paper of the 23d ult, alluding
to the question asked In the caption OF this letter, you
have the following paragraph:
"fs Louisiana free country 10 seems that a man
may publish Republican newspaper there. nor vote
for u Republican candidate. Editors are mODbed ana
voters are beaten or murdered"
And this paragraph notice copied throughout the
South by the Rebel press and rdculed. blackguarded,
ana denied TDs is natural and perhaps should not be
complained OF any than snake should be Drained
for biting s deeiaed 10 harm to kill the reptile
for doing that which II Is s nature TO doi nor DO take
it being at all amss To refute falsehood even Wheu
uttered by natural liar. c.,
You remarkably well posted IN regard 70 Soutnerh
affairs and seldom make the least deviation from tue NJ
eral truth in speaking of matters IN tnls section when
YOU do chance to do the naturally raise ahd wly
corrupt Rebel press. from Dan TO Beerheba from the
Potomac to the Rio Grande VIII take advantngs OF Sacn
You use Tic following paragraph IN isga.9 % 10 1y s @
ton % hos oe We reported yesterday repeatedly through
petenOn aud has Oat Of thea more rs.Sns 10 s
obbd several ees during the <ar fSr BIS 0eio9 ne
forced ke refuge in the svamp 1t seems tha 9e har, saier Sa
r e s AGrsT SSnIoI & ,a 81 Sis M V. Ou'
Tie only deviation here from the literal facts Is in
placing "swalnps" for pine hills" That IS all Aud
ot the Rebel press viii swear the entire paragraph is
faehood But t H. natural for Rebel editors To swear
that the truth is faschood as 1t Tor The de' TO hate
Wel do you say am no safe under the rnle OF
bSew bS Nd m sn sd ro Tas in the the
Jefferson Davis did peremptouy order the ooo1honnds
johnson mas never done tins and yet have been more
bitterly and perslstently hunted down and persecued
the war I had 10 take TO the pine hills TO save
myself from being hanged for having defended eir
GhnsOn or yalnst what then termed the
aud yihhcatlOn Of the RebeTory press OF the SOUTH
have since lad the pleasure OF relating THIS aet 10 ms
in Tie hands Of those traitors who thus hunted e down
for having defended him. eutfsels WIN WHICH " yeas
my brains ont told him that ever since the war nad
been compelled of my loyalty and deyou1n 70
my country and my Government, 10 nee my haVo ialu,
and ask at the hands of the Northern peOple-the 10y
Observation-Disclosures and support sufficient TO save my
family from actual starvation Ana such Is lhe Piain.
Tone of these things" and perhaps never Will care not
whether he does does not SO that Gen. Grant mis:
Bnt what about freedom in Louisiana at the present
mel Yon have thoughtful enough TO ask thc ques
ton and bold aud candid enough to state Iaeis III
zion Herewith which virtually answerlt lbere 10 n1m
o frecdem nor safety ior any black or whlte VINO
IS known to be faithful aud outspOken rlenu o ntne
FEDERAL Government; and the man who Delng acguateu
with the facts rs they really exist and states dhereh
is wful aud malicious mar Ihat Is Tue wSrr rd iSat
viii express the truth in the premises ana therefore
use IT, - A.. roD.,hucau adItors ara
mob ed and voters beaten murdered anu often Doth
might instance my own case as alr sapeh ny h, oi hays
prrsona enemies that have been at all aDusve OF
offensive In my editorial eomlfe n tSce mobbod with
In the last few months and Is now Openly aha
assorted IN this town that Black ougn 10 noW W M @
rr,stabish it," True every Rebel OF Democrat mere
dues not tls some advise ihe 10 So d aHe .tiIi
barye Gnotcd il openly and defsntly used,
aud There s no 10 mOest or make tue parties Mno o
~ ufr1id And moreover. it is well known mere Wno
nobrd my office; and yet the pubic Is airalu 10 nav
Them arrested disclose their nanes! Is ls ieeuon
Is this safety Not much! And not only tis, On Iny
as return from Washington, Ia august Iast. MaS y
oi hv nssas sins, and escaped murder only through
seeming special Providence knew no'nnS ". ~ %
n us IN over and Informed OF the disgr9celm iac,
~ IsadIur Democrat who il my personal friend Ana
Iiive mpny SUCH or would long since nave oeeh nr
dcred These friends now tell me WIN ha'e 70 o9
unrled and protected route 10 the river wheu
cnve home again. They offer TO do IT, nave peen ue
tU.d at home by sickness until now out eAPeeC "
for Washington In few days nave tuS "a ~ i @ y dbI G
AR IN miles before reach navigation; and IL Is over ts
norton OF my travel that | was before waylaa una
watched and over which my Democratic ifiends HOW ~
tell will have TO he escorted ~ 'S I'M iS rose nv
some other name would smell as sweet. , .hos.
But lt would he useless to dwell IN print % upon S sneS
i.mpntobe truths Somo means more potent thah "oIs
iii baye m c used before there is any freedom III ths
land 10 GBv 6ut the enemies of h6ery Ihe cnanPob,
treason In this nation have %a. 'SS SSsrcby Not the
of treason either, In the true or Original
sense OF the term; tho real original leaders OF
OF the Rebellion are now tne better S in
thls country are OF far lower order OF oek iney
Tie war the dirty w1 or or M tns aSa have turned
10 nlurier and pillage for lvelihood A., ,. .,,s
And say but 1t Is no less stlahxe n ~ ~ h the
:. n,shern r.ess so caed-the Rebel Tory pressure
ony class OF newspapers which may now DC pupisnes IN
this land Of freedom sSS WIZ W. pH. sSap see anu '''
ga,osr Ia Dec Is 1883 Fifth Cong Dist. La
WEAK IMITATION OF THE NEW YORK RING .
RICUNoNp, Jan, 1.-R Il. Sale, overseer OF
the city hands, was before Council committee on
wednesday the charge OF pr h ty w ans the
pfocceds OF the farm belonging 70 the city MI sso ms @
raised vegetables tho land belonging 70 lhe e'y W
the labor OF the hands employed by the ely ad mas
Ia the product for his benefit. The COMMITTED