The sun., 1873-04-17

The riot IN Grant parish, La, which cul-
minated horribly on sunday ia the roast
ing to death Of eighty or one luudred ne
troes who had tax n possession OF the
Court House in the town Of Colfax. is but
natural result OF the lawic,sncss cncour-
aged IN that state hy President GRANT in
order to givra member of hi, own family
prclominauce in the state Government.
mud of the vicious appeal, 10 race prciu-
does which have formed the basi, of thr
.arpct-ha--'r, policy mlhe reconstructed
STATE, of the South.
In order 10 maintain control over the
negro vote the carpct-haggcr, have indus
rlously sought To iucltc feelings Of hostii-
~ ON the part Of the blacks against the
white native population of the south, and
nave met with great success in their un-
icItaking. 1t has been their constant en-
icaNor To assure the ignorant negroes that
The main result of the war was that the
blacks, with their carpct-haggin1 friends,
should hold all the office, in their several
states, aud cXcrcis" absolute rule over
Their former masters. The enormous lille
sal wealth which many prominent negro
ofhceholdcrs have acquired was sufficient
to excite the cupidity Of their less FORUM
ate brethren; and in Grant parish, as in
many other southern localities, the de-
ludcd blacks were easily con, inccd that
their turn had come TO rule and that all lof
them ought 10 have in turn n chance at tho
public crib
As the leaders OF the negro party failed of
securing an election to the Office, they
coveted, they naturally looked t. New
orleans, the headquarters of .hoir party.
Tor information n h. how they should
proceed. They saw there Il ease precisely
similar To their own, KEI LoGG, the Re
publican candidate for Governor, had
been defeated by the people, and Nj.
McENERY, who was supported by a fusion
of Democrats and Liberal Republicans,
representing nearly all the wealth and in
tolligcncc Of the state had been elected to
that Office, By President GRANTS author
~ kELL"GG' having tn" support OF United
state troops, seized the Government Of
The state, without oven pr,t.hGiu2 lhuthc
had been ol,ctcl, and apportioucd th,
patronage belonging 10 the legally elected
Governor to suit himself This served as
limit to then'-roe- of Grant parish, and
they acted ON IT,
The lead,roi the blacks, WILLIAM WAup,
was man who kept his eyes well open AIN
the time, ready 10 embrace all promising
opportunities. Learning that KELLOGG $
Slain 10 he considered Governor was sun
ported by the p.csidcnt of the unit4l
states, he Pre- scntcd himself at New Or
cans and declared that he would have
Iecn elected 10 the Legislature If Il ballot
box had not been broken open. This
declaration was recognized az forming
milici"nt evidence OF election, and he was
admitted to n seat in the KELLOGG Lcgis-
atIre. This recognition of his prctcn-
ions to place among the rules Of the
state completely unsettled the ignorant
fellows senses.
Ihere had been a misunderstanding i'm
'oEard to the officers of Grant parish. The
'egal election was entirely disregar,led hy
N"LLoGG's 5 returning board, and KElIoGa
appointed set Of men to I'LL the vacan-
;ies' These failed to qualify according to
.aw, ana after the time allowed for them
20 do so had expired, KELLOGG, at the in
stance Of Judge w. II. RUTLAND, who was
ifterward driven of by the rioters, COM
hlsslcned the officers who We're really
slected, including both Republicans and
Fnsionsts, white and colored, except n
parish Judge, who had already qualified
ana was Republican,.
TINS did not suit the plans of the am
eluous WARD, who, being a member of the
nEL2GG Legislature, learned what was
gong on. aud hast ened home 20 establi sh