New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-04-27
THE COLFAX MbSS8CRSe
nuini0ns of tho PreBSo

VKhe 9uesS OF the Inlted StaIes en'~eilS
Naito 10 condemnine the conduct OF the
assassne of the eoioNeS eiesns OF Grant
{9arish, oho lGs& Ne occasionally come acT'ss
ono CHAT soInNteeys . SitifUI sHctu-. fer
Ghom, Sainiy Sa sccsUns Of eheis soloS.
SSe oresept below &c lions saEsh ~ raN-
dom from our exchanges, by which 10 Will
Dc seen thas the public continent OF shs
8Jaion 10 paiaSu!iy aroused, and that Che
federal 20 vernneSs 10 asked ~ :G!sI.'ose
Or authosi's
The Slrevepots 9is.us Na%.s 10 :~gat
Eradication % che massacre, SSt attributes
90 su che S1trases "s che scl":.s rs'';'.r.
@Rd says:
We shall not p4eeenS % sNscss' s.s graz.
SzicaaOn at the summary and wholesome
tssson che 0egroeS have been caught 10
Grant parish. This lesson comes, too, 1t =
snOst opportune mOmente The rssuls az
ebeir brutal conduct. the serribS iust,cs
visited upon them in Grant, may suppre.s
She evil symptoms they are manltestlng
slsewh hers. And it will be well for them if
shey have common sense enough "a take
&bis view of the matter.
RtteS sepubiished 10 ',lq .0:-rns 'bis
enorning from the auachits ;.i"rfcpi.
shows tfe lawless spirie rife sMong The
BLACKS in Claiborne, and private lnt'l'
SeHce informs rs of n restless ~: HortsE.
eOus feeling agita'!as :2sss 10 lva''s re.
SaEse ~ BOsssr.
:From 'h~ 70. sssis, s.tes-e.
HORRIBLE IRsGEao
GS;% dispatches to day briHs -" ss~s %:
Wholesale slaughter in"re terrible and
eickening in its character .sar airy &c! III"
fecens events a. hics We Gsvs h..B cInI-
beled to chronicle What intosD!a'iu.. We
dave concerning il is cleaned RON the 'i!'
patchcs which our readers w'' :ui e!iIS
reported III our c0lUmNs. sLs H"CS,...s s..''a
appear t0 be briefly these.
There are H Luu;sians e"S I.T.s'.s..
canned respectively CRANE :a.isi. aun Rap.
ldes parish. contiguous % each other. III
Grant parish She negroes E'spond. rate n
aumbers, while u Eaps.s parish ~.
Shitcs are in 'he majority. between w..
owo races thrse is % bitter and deadly ..ud.
(Which eliminated an sunday 81 an 81 81:
which will stain with she tOu's'ss disgraC.
che escutcheon OF the Star. is which . uc.
s,urre9. Gn ehC deg above 3nentiu.led III.
eioting between th'P whites and BLACKS Il;
Goltax became yi0len%o and Che latter, be-
Sng unarmed. eook 10 Clio ~ourthovss, 81.
safety Failing in their efforts - diSlod 70
them, the white tiends who led the l,rs
put in execution the hcllish device of burH
sng them out; and the courthouse wa.
Sired while several hundred human beiGss
were in il. Our report says that from two -
%hree hundred OF the blacks were burned -
death, roasted alive i'll sight OF their etc
oniee. Captain Williams, of the Atlantic.
has been condemned for carelessDess toy
letting his vessel drift on the rocks with it's
living freight. Captain Jack, of the MOdocs,
is Justly execrated for his treachery and
hloodthirstinesS in numbering General
Candy and Or. Thomas, but these otienses,
with whatever measure of atrocity they
may be invested, pale and whiten before
the Internal biackness and demouiacal
malice exhibited in the CoItax horror.
Ii the men who committed tnis crime are
reconstructed they are reconstructed after
the pattern of the devil. It would lee in
tercstiug for Mr., iIoratio Seymour, who has
such Il nigh opinion of the Southern people,
if an expression lately attributed to him
was really his, 10 cauGdly explain what
would be the probable condition Of the
Southern blacks if they were fully given
over to the tender mcrcies Of the ch!valrous
SouthernerS who celebrated Easter Sunday
by driving geo Unarmed negr0es into q
c0urthourse--a temple Of iustice-and offer
ing them up with ire as sacrifices to their
preiudices, hatred and malgnity. We un-
dclstand well enough tbatthe negroes were
probably not entirely innocent Of fault
That they have IN many instances used their
new privileges as ircemeu and citizens with
Insolcnce and inoisCretion-that there are
thousands OF Southern gentlemen and vi
aeeo who wild regard this atus 49,
8sG8cat aSHouCeCe as we oan-o b.9- ots .l.'
Stail gcmeSo Eat in iouis'ans sind i. c'h.:
Sc.''slcrn sr.t.s one pies ..uc s.nti'.:l:
Sm"ns '!.' :uasso o,o shs =. h..ts-.;. ."H.
9gf"san:o :".pL'"t masses !: .oH wills.
Shar ~ elor;. .oluslo...s. sr.ftaceab'. viz.
dic':E'hess. - !..T ~! 10. suii''": ~"
%usat'S 'h'T Es"u'.l :ot Iauss q 'ho' .o.se'
srirss =. thss.au burn .hCir enemies :.
sieatH ~ nc" wholesale. 'hoS would .-s,r-
GdlS Goe ncsl.at. ?. .os .fpln .hciv u ch'.
is o',loeHs ouG So uls'o SoHceeius ak
shat va mas o. re opposition. ..G..rt
saS 81. sii'icUl'Y o.: slahis. ci..tns .r.
G. 'Le sYolsYe SUHuiatioro 49, ehe
sSegses az '"a'pef-paCgtsS =" -.
H.as 'hae Sc E'oa' dhicul's ,.n: s.n..
SSS Size Sulo.h '"olly "Ousi~ts - = inal....
S.uoe 'sos.oe 10 e''syke .a.' Ole t:l0n.
Inas ~a.ru.,.'e section s,pyea.s =. % 81.
dig cUs~e'o The -iGetcs i'.,I,.l.. E: . "-
s'y aIIdss %:t's > sti.o Industry. ..'ut,'.
sntcIiflss. e.i. hsauIue''o s.sfr - s'r.' ="
% u 81 Sc's e'adc,. - a EAST Z, .ls e,p.' D.
SHNe.Ss To- s.ssa-e s.'.a.ic ...a 80 :.
eG''.o *. ut"s Ins igi..:".. Si.-.
SONS 90 suosps "'y.Cs Seflt ',s orDS -
booIusmcN 3 '.usuee .:ays $685.. .. 90 %
SUrni's'" le.a.'.o tss 10 sys:aas 80 -.
OSre:: 80. 20 ,errV'eeso V-e.~ -oas
STc. sgIs ,.''..'.r'. II - ra:::s. 90 go
eseSs sfS'ol' s'a. l.Hrsc'l.o
rem - BH.lo t..ste
T"s. s":,slAss s.Es.:..
SS,so % sny ease. t.ico.' os', !..'.e - %
aeolaaati1Y given ehat go ~ 8. 80
su.hoss Il the erage'y 90 80. '-'u ~
9ourtfouseo: Col.ax the !m'nu.: : =
tondo0nase onlo 0araile.oo by . .'g,..L
Rooaiurs ..t t.rcoayo Of Dahrao 80 e.l:ogSa.
From the New York sur
Finally the whites rallied from the 4: 20
sGI points. besiesed 80 SdotSo6 u s9s ss 10