The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-04-19
GRANT PARISH DISTURBANCES.

With our present limited informa-
tiSn Of q reliablecharacter concerning
the recent disgraceful riots in the par
ish of Grant, it is difficult for us to
say which party was mostin the WRONG,
but one thing we think is clearly APP
parent neither was in the right, and
neither deserves aught but denuncia-
ton and blame, excepting the deluded
colored men who were led astray by
the pernicious advice Of trusted lead
ers. OF course, towards. the many
poor fellows who were untimely cut
off from life, no one possessing the
spirit Of humanity can feel aught but
kindness and sympathy, for they were
pursuing a course which in their ig
norance they regarded as right and
| iustifiable. The whole Odium of their
participation in the affray must rest
upon their leaders.
According to the n. @. Picaytne,
the returns Of the general election in
Grant parish demonstrated the success
Of some Of the Republican and some
of the Fusion candidates. The legal
Board Of canvassing officers, having
no certified returns, made no promul-
CATION Of the result. Gov. Kellogg
issued commissions to all the candi-
dates upon the Republican ticket, but
these failing to qualify within the
time specified by law, he commits
stoned those declared elected by the
official returns. This caused much
dissatisfaction among leading Repub-
licans Of the parish, who gathered to-
| gether crowd of colonel men and
captured the Court House, ousting the
persons then in possession Of the
parochial offices. This attack and
the subsequent attempts of the whites
to regain the Courthouse, together
with particulars of the horrible mas
sacre that terminated the troubles,
will be found narrated upon the first
page Of to-day's CHIEF.
If the Picayunc's statement is cor
rect, no excuse can be found for the
conduct of Ward, Flowers and others,
who advised and led the coloretl peo-
pie to the commission of the first overt
act, which eliminated in the murder
of over sixty Of their number. While
we are inclined to believe the Plea
yunc has not stated all the facts of the
case, yet we will not presume to at
tempt defense of the Republicans
who caused the riot. On the contrary
us we condemned the McEnery mob
of New Orleans who sought to take
the law into their own hands, 50 do
we condemn the Republican mob ot
Grant parish who were guilty of like
criminal intent. No matter how good
their title to the parish offices, the
Republicans should have resorted, to
the courts for the yindication of their
rights. For theirrevolutionary course
a terrible vengeance has overtaken
them which should prove warnin e
to all people of the State who con-
template violation Of the laws of the
land by force of arms. We hope the
Grant parish disturbance will be
closely investigated and the guilty
participants brought to punishment
During q recent conference Of a
Board of Peace Commissioners, headed
by Gen. E. r. S. Candy, with Capt
Jack and two or three of the other
leaders of the Modoc Indians, the
treacherous redskins drew revolvers
and attacked Gen. Candy and his
comrades. Capt. Jack shot Gen. Can.
by under the eye, killing him almost
instantly. One of the other commits
sioners was killed and the third seri-
ously wounded. The murdered Gen
eral stood high in the estimation OF
the Government as a brave and able
military commander, and his untimely
death has aroused the greatest indig-
nation against the sneaking dogs that
killed him. Gen. Sherman has tele-
graphed to Gen. Gillem that he will
be justified in DISCRIMINATING the Mo-
docs, and this will be done if pos
sible.
Details from the recent steamship
disaster off the coast of Nova Scotia
confirm the first reports Of the terrible