, 1873-04-17
THE LOUISIANA SLAUGHTER,

t1o placA6 ana tile WhiteH, haA 80 Tar reHnltou IN
the killing OF nearly hundred Of tho formor
and fow Of the lattor. Though this may DO
tho end Of tho open warfare, tho murder thus
begun will bo carried on In guerrilla fashion, un-
til, porhaps, as many more shall bo killed..
Grant Parish, or county, as 1t would be called any
whore outside Of Louisiana, Is upon tho Rod
River, somo distance above Alexandria. Alo1-
andria ia $50 milcs by wator from Now Orleans.
Tho country ia remote, tho nows being carrioa
by boat to. Now Orloans. Tho trouble seems to
hnvo boen brewing ovor slnco Inst November.
On tho day OF election, Grant Parish, according
to the roturns mndo by tho election oillcors,
voted Tor Kellogg 404, McEnory 510 and, as
declared by tho Lynch-Durell Board, Kollogg
ITO, HloEnory 1o5. Tho candidates for ropreaon-
tativoB in the Legislature wcro William Ward
(Kollogg) aud James Hadnot (N1cEnory). The
Lynch Board, having no official returns before
thon, mado up canyass for evory parish in tho
State, declaring tho vote thereof for nN officers
from President down to Constable. With ro-
epect to Grant Parish, by somo uccldont, they
omitted to make any canvass for pnrish ofllcors,
and nade no declaration showing who had been
elected. That parish, therefore, had no local
officers elected by the Kellogg side. To
supply tho deficiency, Kollogg appointed other
ot1lcors, who failed to qualify. Thon Kellogg up
pointed those who had boon doclarod elected
by the &cEnery returns. III tho meantime,
Ward nnd Hadnot Ind eachbeen declared eloctod
IN Tim 1,nef NJ bnt s&4
rival Legislatures at Now Orleans. Ward ro-
turned hastily to Colfax, took possession Of tho
court-Houso, aud dcclnrca his purpose to ex-
cfudo tho nowly-appointed oflcora. Tho negro
population turned out en- naasse to sustain Ward.
In tho excitement, everybody, white and black,
armed himself, violent spocchos .soro nude, aud,
finally, Ward garrisonod tho Courthouse. From
that timo out the county WIS in tho hands
of rival naobs, who worry soon into collislon.
A flag; OF truce acnt to the Court-Houae was
firod Oh and Mr. Hadnot SHOT through tho body.
This aet Of alleged treacho1y was tlon avenged
by fltAug the building, aud tho killing or wound
Of 6oarly one hundred Of tie inmntes as tAoy
Gdshod out OF course, Tho aecounta received
and to bo received are more or less partisan, but
tho aoplorablo fact of armed and bloody COL
lisiou between tho whites and the blacks Of LOU
isiana ia fully established.
There can be no question whore tho RESPONSE
bility for this bloodHhed fal1s. An election WIS
hold In Louisiana in November last, and tho
Judge Of tho United States Court, by his ortlor
set nBido tho election mud tho CANVASS Of the
official vote; authorized q partisan committee,
make out o list OF poraons aud dcc1aro them
elected. Tho Barao Judge ordered tho Marshal to
employ Foderal troops to suppress any meeting
of the logally-o1ectod Legislature. to aoizo
the State offices by force, and thus
installed IN Office q Government not o1octod.
Tho main difference between the two
Governments was, that the ono had boen
voted for by tho whto people OF tho State, and
elected, aud tho other Ind becn voted for by tho
colored people. and not elected. Tho President
of the United States, at first through his subor-
dinate, and afterwards in poraon, approved Of all
this action, and by ILLS orders Judge Durell's
f1junctions and decrees are still enforced by the
Federal troops In Louisiana. The Kellogg Coy
ernment IN Louisiana. whatovor may DO its moral
character, has no other warrant Of loyalty than
the order Of tho President to the military
to support 1t. This whole business las
boon fully md carefully. examined by
seven Senators Of tho United Btatos,-O. 2. Nor
ton, n. H. Carpenter, John A. Logan, J. L.
Alcorn, II. D. Anthony, Lyman Trumbul1, and
Joshua Hill. These several Senators unaut-
mously condemn Judge Durell's orders as ia
grant violations Of the Constitution, disgraceful
to tho Judiciary, fraudulent from beginning to
end, aud the Government which was erected
upon theHo orders q monatrous and iniquisous
usurpation. Alcssrs. Logan, Carpenter, AntAo-
ny, and Alcorn, whoao devotion to party will not
be questioned, thus spoal
"Viowed iu any Light, the orders and intunct1ons
made ana granted by Judge Durcll iu this cause are
MoBt reprehonac, erroneous In point Of law. and arc
wholly void for want Of jurisdiction, AMI your Commit
toe must oxpresa tleIr sorrow and humiliation tat n
Judga Of The United staes should have proceeded In
such aagrant disregard Of llls duty, md haye 80 far
ovcrstepped tho imita Of Federal Jurisdiction Thoro Ia
nothing in all tho comedy Of bunaors and frauds uu-
DIR consideration tndeenstblo than tho pretend
Cd canvasn Of this {Kellogg> fraud."
It was testified before your Committee, by Mr.,
Boyeo hmRelf who participated in the canyass y tho
Lynch Ioarl, that tey determined to llayo Ro-
publican Legislature and nade ther canyaHs to that
ed Tho testimony abunlany establishca tho fraud
uleu charactpr Of eir canyans. In somo cascs they
had wAt supposed to 10 copies Of the original re-
turns, III other casca they Ind nothing but newspaper
statements, and In ohor caaes, wero they had no.ling
whatever to act npon. they made estilnate, based