The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-04-30
Colfax Again.


our last we took great pains, from be
ing wellsand srpiy postrdsand.fap,illia'
with the Whole affair, togive truthful
'ntolma'lon to the Iar off public, and
this Issue only notice the Subject to
call attention to the false statements.
both official and othe, wise, given con-
crrning it 10y the Radicals of the State
and their newspapers. They only see
it, or wish TO see it, in a political view
and hence from this: wrong and false
start, they misieriesent and garble all
the true facts and create it into first
class scnSati"p, by which they expect
TO proft-l'"litically.
At tllr first tap of the drum off went
a Colonel DtKl,n ne, of New Orleans, OF
I.onrst,ec,'s staff and Chief Deputy to
Packard, United States Marshal tor
Louisiana, assisted by one Wli:ht-an
at'acAe Of tie New Orleans Custom
House and one of brother in-law Ca
sey's hecf eaters. They came to Col
fax officially, remained there a few
hours, saw and conversed with several
gentlemen of our Parish and got from
them the true facts us they had trans
PRED, bur they ais" saw and hada chat,
aS is Il chat. will, all the old negro wo
men Of Colfax. who. really know moth
ing of the fight. But the latter an
svered their purposes, we'll aided by
the coup de grace Of tie hnzza,d crew
:here-anh off they bounded to New
Orleans and out popped the official re-.
port Of these worthless! 1t has been
read here by every body. and we are
sure every body sees through its nn
covered tracks, and knows its false and
bitter intentions, and we all know
there is scarcely line of truth IN the
whole report from beginning to rnl.
Reckwi,h, the United States District
Attorney, cl,nm of the Infamous DIR. II,
then takes it and tries his hand on it
and actnali. piles On several extra, lies
not to I've found in tie report, and thus
gives it Improvement and Radical rel
isi. And then Boss Packard takes the
reins IN hand and off he starts, giving
us 200 killed, 80 thrown in the river
and the lamentable fall and marlyrlon,
of the "brave SHAW" Won't old Dan
Shaw grin when he reads the obitua-
lies pronounced on him by these fel-
II lows who are determined to lave HIM
dead. Then the negroes of New Or
leans headed and bounded on by
Pinclllnck & Co., have issued an adj
dress to the American people, full OF
fury, sound and honlbast and veltl"w-
ing with false statements, il any thing
worse than DeKline'S report. Five
thousand is the number of black vic.
tins murdered in twelve Parishes in
! Louisiana since tn e Reconstruction
measures. Rapidcs is put down as one
of the Parishes and comes in for hel
share q. the five thousand martyrs
One word for Rapides, we defy ANY one
to mention one single negro. who has
been murdered in Ter limits by white
men. Many have been killed here
Int by negroes. They give and sing ;
parting requiem t" The "hrave Shaw
aud drop Il big tear to his memor!
Cid Dan will again grin at all this
'rheh comes the New Orleans Rrpubli.
can, l,rim tu!l Of fight, and red wit!
Motloc war paint, who pllesit Oh thick
heavy and fast. They have already
chartered Three boats TO take our citi.
zcns to New Orleans, have already
Il tried and convicted them and know
that the Albany Penitcntiary's door:
are wide open to receive them! AnC
the Republican too sends up its la
mcntatinns for the fall Of the "brav<
Shaw" Gracious wont old uncle Da,
feel good and sweet that all these fel
lows have him dead as a mackc,el-;
fallen hero and leader .cnshlined II
their memories! How pleasant is it Il