Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-29

as they poured out of the burning build
ing, no longer thinking of resistance, and
begging for life, they were shot down by
the merciless LOuisianians as if they had
been dogs. No honorable enemy but is
willing to accept the submission of sup
plant foe, but these barbarians were in
tent only upon determination. Many of
the colored people fled back into the court
house, and persisted in its ashes Many
fell by the knives or bullets of the assail-
ants. No quarter was given. Beneath
the floor of the building, near the river,
were found the bodies of six persons who
had been shot in their hiding places. One
man lay not far off, dead, his hands clasp
ed in supplication. Some were hacked
! and hewed to pieces.
And vet we have among us apologists
for McEnery and his followers, who would
| even intrust Louisiana to their care, and
expose every white or colored Republican
| to fate like that Of the garrison at Grant
| Parish! 1t is difficult indeed to under
stand SO strange a delusion, or to read
with any calmness the studied arguments
| that are offered to maintain it, No one
| can be unfamiliar with the long series OF
similar though perhaps less terrible deeds
| perpetrated by the brutal associations at
the South. There is no one who does not
| know that in 1868 the cOlored and white
voters were driven from the polls by the
| same miscreants; that on every succeed
| ing election they have resorted to the
same method of terrorism; or that, on the
last, they had nearly succeeded in estab-
fishing their brutal tyranny over Louis
| lana. Whatever be the venial errors of
the Kellogg government, it is stained by
no acts of frightful massacre, and has
striven to rule with humanity and modera-
ton.
| The insurgents on their way to their vic
| tins seized upon Mr. Colhoun, a wealthy
planter, who has always been an active
| Republican, and carried him away with
| them, intending, no doubt, to kill him
! But reflection alarmed them; they releas
ed him after painful Imprisonment, and
he escaped to New Orleans. No white
| Republican is safe from their murderous
aim. No Union man can hope to live
secure in the rural parishes SO long as
| these lawless bands are permitted to
wander over the State. The sooner they
are suppressed by the most rigid and
severe punishment, the better for the
| peace of the community, the honor Of the
nation. And we suspect the feeling that
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| try will never be satisfied until full jus
tice has been awarded to every one of the
authors of the Louisiana massacres. We
think it likely, however, that the majority
of the people of that State will join cor
daily In aiding the Kellogg government
to search out and punish them; it is the
plain duty of the wiser citizens to hasten
to relieve themselves from the stain OF
completely in the horrible deed. 1t will
be dangerous indeed for Louisiana, fatal
to its welfare, destructive to all its hopes
of future progress, to pause for a moment
in the course Of punishment for all the
guilty; and if it can be proved that Nc
Emery and his followers had any direct
share in the massacre, they should be the
first to suffer. That they are indirectly its
chief cause no one can avoid seeing
They had already set the example of de
flying the law. Nor can Louisiana ever
hope to see its levees renewed, its great
resources developed, its port filled with
lucrative trade, until it has driven into
obscurity the enemies of all industry, who
teach lawlessness, and thrive upon the
misery OF their fellow-citizens Scarcely
will the Democracy of Louisiana ever
again recover from the odium of this
fearful massacre.-Harper's Weekly.