The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-11-16

Comments by the Local Press.


the election, says it passed of pleasant
t. ~, and continues:
Its principal incident WAS the arrival
+ of the colorcd clubs, some OF whom
had cncampru about the town tho, pro
Nious night. These clubs made Il grand
circumnavigatiOn of the town preceded
by y fiery chicftuin with paper super
>cription of his rank and led on hv the
soul stirring music of the baSS-,lrum.
Occasionally the buylc hl;,St, of an
archanSrlic, Gabrielle looking tin horn
was heard as the gay calvacadr circlcd
and wheeled about the court house. rs
the Jews under Joshua did about the
wallis OF Jcricu, and some fears were
entertained that these tones would
have :, similar dangerous effect upou
the somewhat ricl<rty pillars of tho
court house.
Another novel feature was the ar-
urar:tnc" III our town of small body
OF I. :. troops, ON the day of election.
These troops were under the command
of Lieut.. Pickett, II gentleman who
made himself dc>crrc(llN popular dur
ing his stay. The principle WAS never
thclc~~ wrong, that of bringing troops
to the hallOt-h box ON the u,N OF election.
:,- it j. calculated to produce bad feeling
between the two races.
Thr Franklin sun speaks of ,!i,. ,.,,c-
ton uud the H:,hic:,i tactics in these
words:
The contest has hrvn an unusually
warm one. The handful Of white koI-
icaiS in this parish have made Il u,,-.
pcrttc fight, not only as usual by mid
night and secret gatherings of the blacks
in every nook and corner of the par-
i>h, but hy banding them towcthrr in
public paraucS, with drums beating
and flags flying, and having them ad-
dressed with deceptive speeches. on
these occasions the poor hclu.l,xl blacks
shOW'u Il terrible earnest ness, rs il their
very lives and liberties were involved
in the contest. At Augusta and at
paklH, upwards of 80 poor blacks voted
Solldly the tickets they were furnished
with only the night before, the failure
to vote which subjected the guilty ,",r-
ty to severe pains and pc,nlticS. At
Hurricane, smaller squad marched
and voted in the sinc determined
manner. This solid voting OF the
blacks against their white nci"h!,ors
was nowhere intrrtrrct with, and the
contest as Il party one, was more than
usually fair. As between members of
tn" same party, at ON" precinct ut least,
we cannot say rs much. However,
while things did not go ON az we hoped
AMI wished, it is 4 consolation to know
that the differences among ourselves
did not result in placing in Office any
of those who have boon instrumental
in bandinw the blacks against u.. At
this IL we'll rs ut some other precincts.
quite a number of the rulorru people
nohlN and lrarlcs~ly voted with their
white friends anu nri%hbor-, for which
they deserve our high appreciation.
The i'o-~irr Banner has the following.
The tibcr:,t party has carried the
state and parish hy Lrril"d mnjori,ir+.
For this much "" are truly thankful.
| .ct u- be n,Mtrratr in the llS,. of our
Let us remember that some
few measures of the Radicals have.
proved good. THESE we must rrlain
~ gain, some that may be cOn|,irrr,
bad have hrconlr accomplished facts, .
and the doing away with them would .
cause more evil than the allowing of
hem to remain. Hence, let IL correct
he evils ia our state amt parish in by .
no means \ radical manner. We should
seek to reduce taxation by an honest I
and by cutting. oil nll .
useless expenditures.
The Spartcr Times nniirr- ia" r!r,.-
ton in Hicnvilic thus:
Th" tedious process Of counting the
<ntc W:+ not rumpl"trd in thi- Parish
until trilaN morning between mid
II Ght and day: when Ih" irrIniitg Of
cannon rrnrINinirI To The ~Iuml,rr;nw
Inhabitants THAT the old banner Parish
# Democracy Wa- still herself: tn" en-
ire democratic parish ticket being elect
al ',H a large Inninriti"~, with Il rnrr,.~-
support of tn" stat" :,nd Com
1rr--i"nnl Ticket Many of III" uih
'larh-h"l!- couldn't quite. swallow Grr,'-
Icy, hut they cam" up maniully to tn"
scratch ON M"t.nrr nnI Nrtrtui".
especially lllr latter, vino leads MprCN
nE G.,l majority, Whit"t;r,'irN'~ major
itN over Grant i-rnlN ~. ,|h"viIuu
holN- hi pretty Wrll coming nearly
to MrEmrry'~ minority.
The highest VVt" p"l"d WA for par
i'll Judge. amounting to lil!, m"r"
( ham 200 lc-- than ihr MrInl',"r r"Gj-';'r-
"d Tor IN" parish. l'h" day WA rainy,
which, added tU the general apathy,
Keeping many lM'r9Un- Hl home. mostly
whites. "" Civ" tn" general result
rleWhrr". Everything pn--"1 N ,lUi-