New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-26
OUTSIDE SYMPATHY.

The Tusionists uttered an awful howl
at the outrages visited upon an oppressed
and down-trodden people. They raised
and expended princely sums in explain
ing their poverty and their wrongs in
print and by speech. They relied upon
the natural sympathy Of the American TO.
any people who have been treated with in.
justice. This was all very well. The
willy Warmoth, the obstreperous Sheridan,
the rhetorical Ogden were backed and
| staked by capitalists of the most pompous
and plethoric character. They We're aided
by witnesses who deposed the most con-
elusive evidence Of wrong. from the eau
:ious Bragdon TO the brazen Jacques.
This formidable demonstration produced
grea: impression upon the Senate COM
mittee. and their report. though rejected
by the Senate. was ~ once assumed IN
Louisiana t. be perfect: .y.-,:,.5:ya in
favor Of tie petitioner. One side Of
story IS good until the other has been
heard, ard our Fusion friends never for a
momen: suspected how they had spent
breath and money for nothing and awak-
ened competitor for public sympathy.
who. in point Of opp ression and down.
troddenness," was "as all the world to
China orange" When the colored peo-
pie sent such representatives North as In
graham, Chester. Burch, Pinchback and
others, they were listened to with aston
ishment. speaking with ease and in.elli-
gence and armed with evidence, the
effect was electric. The unfortunate
mortality Of co.oYed men in the parish of
Grant, caused by the adjustment Of local
politics: the conviction Of Senator Car
pente- that the Senate conclusions were
founded i'll misinfo-mation. satisfied
al! impartial people that Mr.. McEnery
had not been SO badly treated as had
been appreLended. The terrible confess
sions Of Blanchard. Hunsahe- and Todd so
completely overwhelmed the white appel
.an:s that Mr.. Burch said in his las.
speech i: completely relieved him from
the necessity Of making further defense on
that point. The legal and political ques-
lions having been thus de cided IN public
estimation. the simple and incidental task |
remains Of showing who had been the |
most ''down trodden' 0: the peoples Of !
Louisiana. The alleged violation 9: |
Magma Charta, the declaration 6: indie.
pendence and the PLANES: provisions OF
the constitution were we'll enough when
demonstrated by the eloquent Ogden OF
the impetuous Ellis. bu: VIVA: were these
to the simple story CT :vo centuries
Of unpaid and unprotected bond
age: How did these constructive
grievances, which neither touched back
nor belly. compare WITH the death
and dispersion OF the coIo-ed people at
the State House in lo6I-with the
slaughter Of more than :hree hundred
coiored men to settle the election o: a
parish sheriff? And how pale did these
Fusion Inscriptions Of wrong appear when
with the blaring sc.o!i: .'Since
1867 five thousand colored men have been
zilled in Louisiana for being Republi.
ANS" Well may Nj. Burch. when he
proclaimed this charge. have said tina:
further speaking seemed unnecessary"
The legal and technical questions thus
ettled in favor Of the Republican admin.
stration Of the State, on the poin: OF out
ide sympathy the eolo.ed representatives