New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-05-23
Communicated.
Eacts for General Edi:icuti0n,

EDITOR REPCBL!CAH:
Your daily Issues and tie late speech Of
Hon. Senator Carpenter il :his city boil
over with Just and righteous indignation at
been committed upon the negroes and
some Of the enigrart carpet baggers to this
State. The honorable Senator is exuber-
an: over the fatuess. fu!.less and Ebecallry
az wei: as the i:s'ice OF his people. lie
even says that JET Davis would b; listened
to respectfully by a Northern audience.
Now. will you give tie undersigned and
the public o. louisiana an example OF this
Justice and libera.ity by publishing the fol.
lowing facts to your edilc atiJr and that OF
tie Northern Senator and his Northern
friends IN behalf Ct one Who /. himself
'carpe.- Dagger" in sense. bu. never the
admirec OF either JEFF DAVIS or our South
eru carpet bagsers as class and character.
|. That. in the entire Safe OF louisiana.
accorLin. 70 the cUr0Ier>' returns. hve
negroes have been murdered By their own
color, fellow freedmen. 70 one that has
heen go returned as murdered by white
men. That the Radical judges, VITA their
ilrics, have permitted four htUls OF these to
20 UNPUBLISHED and free upon society. Vnat
e:gh. assaults and battery have been made
hy freedmen upon fellow freedmen where
one ha. been made by white men upon the
same, That Ou.v il the rarest cases are
these assaults noticed by tie Radical custo.
dams of the laws and Lo, q: all among The
negroes themselves.
:, Tnat where cue carpet bag has been
given to those need:n, it il tie Northern
ami Western States ov any cHe. thou.
sand dollars have been stolen either by
fraud or conniyaace by the cc7pCraters O.:
tie Credit Moh:iier ComraEy. the contract
Or. o. the Northern lat:tHdinarian rail.
| roads. il direct r.ysliy and ermity to tue
trade Of New: Orleans AID OF the Ml>sis'
eiopi. together with tie more Immediate
plUnderecs of the South-'the outs o. the
late Waim.th State government.
3. Tha. ner who have voted to them.
selves increased sala.ie. and back pay. as
did the late Republican Congress. can afford
to give carpet bags" t. friends that they
wish TO as-i.. in n.iiu, them as they have
themselve. Goce. A IN C,ltax'5 case il
were vel! even to iiave wife. with carpet
bag aloug with other private friends.
1. That the distr!c: attorney CT acy
United States court las never seLt his maj.
shall With any criminal prosecution after
any Of tee Thousand negro nlucderers CT
negroes anywhere il the South: that there
is no Law protecting society against the
coan:vance Of partisan judge. and packed;
iIr.cs il favor and sympathy with these
male factors: that the enforcement acts OF
| the United States Congress OF tie fifteenth
amendment are dlTec ed alone 10 Tue "Elle
L,en. while tie negroes axe free 70 murder
| themselves or Others without any curve l.
lance or notice from that source: TIA: tie
Kellogg judg. @. one parish. a. least. r..
| leased withcu: tr.a! or bond an entire trcoi'
| 0. these negro m1letic:0rs and prisoners.
lnurierers ;.nd thieves. as the first act Ct
| his Installation, ant. tia: the United States
| marshal and attorney laughed III their
! sleeves az this ":un.
| 5. That in this State tie white people
have NO defense III any criminal court
| agaius: tie packed negro aud carpet
bag jlries, when they appeal for JUS
! tice. beca-se OF the ignorance OF these
| j:ries aud judges TO comprehend the detni
tons of crime end Its pleadiugs. And that
| il ;he United States courts they are equally
as detensele:s. end. as II o;Ler States
| might be dragged t. Northern fsli''n
tiaCies by tic same agencies il corrupsoi
| bv which: their colored cousins are unl
| fcrrrlv released when charged with crime
& TLa. tue Southern people are giving
themselves. literally to all tie efucationa
enterprises OF tie race tina: tie senator
says they delight to shoo., and are nov
| wiling, contribute even mcIc Literally l
| thev Coui; fee. themselves rro:ee:e! II
,niLc Sc t.o.. the frauds ard tGefts OF ~
swa:,ns O: C,r,.ethay u.ercen aries tina: sue
| ccss;,clv Lave fed upon their lioe:a.itv
and which. tie L"uorahle Senator 50 !EGil
nac:.v Lc.;res a. have lie. alone.
| ~ r 7. ~