The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-06-06
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affair in Grant parish, Louisiana, were
published, the radical journals raised
the usual cry of persecution, of the
coiored people" in order to prejudice
the public mind against the supporters
Of Gov. NJ Emery. The .'tax-resistcrs,'
were also denounced by those journals
IS rebel ass&ssins' engaged in '',nur-
GCr;HgG gGCiCECelCssncgrCcs." The New
Orleans Times Of the 9th ult., in an
article on the trial Of the st. Martins
Vile prisoners, exposes tie groundless-
ness Of these partisan utteranccs. 1t
says: From the colored witnesses re-
he'd upon 10 testimony was elected to
make out n case against General De
Blanc and his associates. SO fer from
his being on enemy to the cOlorcd pco-
pie, the witnesses claimed the General
IS their friend, and protested that they
had neither been disturbed nor intimi-
dated hy him.
They understood that the white folks
were lca@ued together for the purpose
of resisting the Metropolitan brigade,
and that their real purpose was to show
President Grant and the authorities in
Washington that the existing State
administration could not sustain itself
without the aid OF Federal soldiers.
Knowing that the trouble would end
: as soon as the soldiers came, and not
knowing what trouble might cnsuc if
they were long DELAYED, they made at-
fidavits i'll order to hasten the arrival
Of the troops. In this their intent may
have been wiser than their act, and they
may have buiided better than they
knew. The trouble did cease as soon
as the troops arrived, and now that the
gentlemen from st. Martinsville arc
released, they will return to attend to
their agricultural pursuits.
/ General Grant is evidently Of the
same opinion that his negro friends in
st. Martinsville were The conclusion
may have been an unwilling one on
his part, but by his strange proclama-
ton he shows his conviction that the
'tacitly rccognized' State government
is unable to sustain itself without the
assistance Of Federal troops, and he
thus joins the negro witnesses III max
ing out = case against the government
lie has thus far recognized and upheld.
y government which has to Ice sup
ported by the soldicry of the nation
can scarcely be considered 4 govern
mcnt Of consent, and the sooner a
change is effected to place it in accord
with constitutional rcpublicanism the
/ better for all parties Interested
1t is clear from the testimony adj
duccd at this DeBlanc trial that the
negroes who live along the Teche en-
tcrtain no feelings either of hostility
or Of fear towards their white neigh
bors. They would be peaceful and
cOntented but for the presence in their
midst Of incendiary politicians who
pour a subtle poison in their ears. a
like condition Of affairs would have ex-
listed in Grant parish had it not been
for the mischievOus agency Of Captain
Ward with his stolen state arms He
had been told that he could 90 to any
extreme against the rebel whites :;
hence he determined that all the forms
and results Of an election in the parish
should he disregarded, and that he and
other incendiary conspiratOrs could
inaugurate with impunity a rule Of
. fraud and force The better disposed
negroes of the parish now see the mis-
take they made; they have returned
to their labors, and Ward and his CO.
conspirators are left without a party.