New-York tribune., 1871-04-15
TILE TOTE or LOULSIAN1.

We cited recently in reply to The Worlds
criticisms on the legislation of Congress IN
tended to protect the rights oi Colored Men,
the systematic terrorism whereby Louisiana
ard Georgia were made to vote for Seymour
and Blair. The World responds rs follows;
"Tnr TRIBUNE publishes table Of the vote IN Louis
lana for President in sCs in attempt to prove that
Radical voters 'tcrrOrzcd' from voting for Grant
II asserts that The World knons this to bo true The
table proves nothing of the kind. 1t IL notorious fact
that proyious to the election. the Radical State Com
mtce advised its partsans not to to the polls The
request was made openly and published In most of the
papcrs Of the day. The object of tho maneuyer was
well understood. The Radicals had no hope of carry ing
the state and sought by this means to create the mpre
sion that not safe for anybody to vote Tor thelr
candidates In the electoral vote OF the state was
close it would furnish protext to Congress 10 throw
out the vote Of Louisiana"
Comments By The Tribune.
!. "The Radical State Committee seeing
that the Blacks would be Systematically
butchered at most Of the polls if they ap-
peared and offered to vote, advised them by
circular not to do so ; and this advice was
generally needed. Thus was the State made
to go heavily for Seymour and Blair.
III. The World now says the Radicals had
''nO hope of carrying the State" That 'sa fact.
Now let us see rhy they had no hope:
1867 -Regisd Voters. White ..45.l09 Black Bit i3l
1865 vote for CORR Dem ..3sOi6 Repub... o. 0Ol
Is6S.-Vote for Pres't Seymours02 0225 Grant .332d}
IS7G.-yote for Audr. .Jumei ..i09G0 Graham G6425
Is7O.Vote for Trear Blair ....4l.l7O Dubuclet656i7
Here we show Mt glance 1. The number
registered of White and Black voters respect
ively 2. The vote for Governor few months
before the last Presidential Election; 3. The
vote for Seymour and Grant respectively, at
that election and 4. The vote of the rival
parties for the only State Officers chosen by
the people last year. And we insist that no
one who comprchends election returns can
doubt that the State was made to go for Sey
mour and Blair by "A systematic terrorism,
which did not stop at keeping Blacks away
from the polls, but compelled thousands of
them, at the peril of their lives to vote for the
candidates whose principles they loathed and
whose success they dreaded. The World
knows the TRUTH but will not confess it.
Now look at the ease of Georgia:
1867 Voters Regisd. Blacks. 95.973 Whites g6q6l
1865. Vote for Corr Bullock. sj1i6 GordJn...7 7GC9J
1S6s Vote for Prest Grant...57,l3 Seymour. lO4s9l
These figures tell their own story. Geor-
gia and Louisiana were carried for Seymour
and Blair in '6s by general notice given to
the Blacks, wherever the Democrats were
strong enough to enforce their threats, IF
"you dare go to the polls and there present
"Republican ballots, you shall not go home
"alivew We do not mean to submit To an
other such perversion of the popular verdict
if we can help it; the Democrats mean To re-
peat and extend in ~ the terrorism of '6s.
Hence noe are stigmatized as seeking to carry
elections by the bayonet.