The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1871-11-25

You would ask what | consider the
cause of my expulsion. [ have been
SO in the habit for years of hearing
those people damn the Yankees, and
wish for anything that would remove
them from the community, to hear
| them state that they despaired OF ever
having prosperous country until the
| last one was driven out, and, on one
occasion, hearing a prominent citizen
of Natchitoches parish state that he
advocated ''what would have ulti-
mately left the country to their con-
troll, i. e., the assassination OF the first
provost marshal, and continuance OF
the practice with all outsiders whom
they did not wish about them," that L
was hardly surprised after the murder
of Captain White, and Judge Phillips
departure, being the only Northern
man Of American birth in that end OF
the parish, that their awakened but
unspent fury should turn to me.
That it was not mob nor an indi-
vidual, but a clique, is evident to me
from the consistency of their action,
as to have dragged me out and riddled
me with bullets would have been the
act of a mob; to have shot me with
out warning, the act of an individual,
both in keeping with their feelings,
had there been no palliating circum-
stances, and in cases of individuals
and mobs, there are none. The whole
affair breathes friendship for me-the
enmity of that people calls for the life
of the object. But their tender mercies
in my case, although cruel, are still
mercies, and for the individuals of the
community which extended the terms
extremely lenient.
| do not ask you to believe my I'M
supported statement, but to keep il
and take any steps you may see proper
to prove it; and you will find every
statement clearly the result not Of
theory, but of painful conviction. We
can not blame children brought ul
under such influences as the rising
generation of Louisiana have felt, fol-
having their passions and prejudices
so matured as to be beyond control.
When the news of Captain Whites
murder reached Montgomery, even the
ladies of one family clapped thei1
hands and shouted as if they haG
heard glad tidings. SchoOlboys, witt
revolvers a foot long, stand ON thu
streets and wonder if | think | cal
live there after shooting at any one.
In regard to Judge Phillips case,
have been asked what are the grounds
of his unpopularity? and my reply
ever must be: That to obtain the pc
sition he attained necessitates his af
fihation with the black Republican ell
ement, and that to retain the position
together with the support OF even toll
erance of that part of the community
who, from being almost the sole prop
erty of owners, are naturally the mos
frequent petitioners for arbitration
equally necessitates his abandonment
of the interests of the party he repre-
sents, and the constituents who wer
most powerful in his election.
l have been lengthy, but it was nee
essary, in speaking of Il eommunit,
| where the better portion of the peopl
have scho0led themselves to say moth
, ing on any subject. Our conjecture
are only ,,:deei by the exceptions OF
the part of the more impulsive AM
! the effect their counsel has on youth
who can easily emulate their hatred
| envy and malignity, b,st can not $
easily enforce their stOicism.
JULES LAMERAUX,
Surveyor of Grant parish.