National Republican., 1873-01-10

fraud. All Inaccuracies IN the last census are
favorable 70 the whites. This Is shown By COM
parson with the report Of 1850. Everybody sup
White and increased the colored population until
the recent census declared the opposite result.
The truth 10 the secluded cabin OF many col.
Ored family In the rural districts was omitted In
the enumeration, which sti1 reports sel,9 col.
ored to 962,0e whites In the State-a colored ma
lony in population Of 2,ltS. u We admit that
one in 1ve Of the eolored population 10 a voter,
there are, sccordng to the census, n $40 colored
voters In the State.
"The same ratio Of one in nve would give us
almost a. many white voters, But there Ia n
material difference In the two races. According
TO the census there are so,9Ib foreigners In the
state, OF whom very large proportion are men,
citizens. From any estimate Of the white vote
At least twelve per centuin must be deducted for
unnaturalEed foreigners. Besides this the ratio
white population, from the fact that previous to
the war sugar and cotton planters exclusively
imported male slaves from the border States.
In some parishes the excess Of colored men is
notorious. The ratio Of one In nine Ia, there
fore, generally used TO ascertain the legal white
vote; This would make IO.920. Colored major.
In this estimate no allowance Is made for
the white Republican vote Of the State, or Of
the white voters who cast their ballots for
Kellogg. The German vote Of New Orleans,
for instance, Is about 1000, which was almost
solldly cast for Kellogg. Altogether, hi
friends claim that he received about 1900
white votes.
The Republican claims that 81, 800 coloreC
votes were suppressed by the warmoth party
and prints q synopsis nearly four column
long, Of afidayits to sustain Its statement
In Caddo parish, for example, the total popu
lation Of which Ia, white 5,913, and coloret
Is 100, and the registration, white 1 $40 ant
colored 3,l39, Warmoth returns McEner,
1917 and Kellogg 1870. The United State
supervisors aud several hundred other
swear that in one precinct Of this parish a
which 40imen voted, of whom $40 were colorct
Republicans, the "box was taken on election
night into the house Of one Hccox, fron
which the United States inspector was elected
and stuffed. Only eighteen Republican vote
were allowed to remain. Intimidation wa
so rampant there on election day that tn
United States Inspector was thrown out o
the voting room, and only with the aid Of I
United States soldier was enabled TO stant
at the window and perform his duty by tax
Ing the names Of the voters as they entered
When he and the squad Of soldiers stationet
there were leaving next morning they wer
followed by crowd of Ku-Klux and fire,
into several times from the woods. Commis
sioner Hecox, J. G. Moncurc and A. II. Leon
ard are under heavy bonds for alleged con
nection with this affair"
This is fair sample of what occurred in
large number of the parishes. The fraud O
the Democracy was opoa and unblushlng
while according to the sworn testimony til
violence and intimidation practlcod by tn
adhersnts Of tho same unscrupulous part
was hardly ever equalod In the worst POI
tions of the South. Such are tho acts Of ID
men upon whom the Democracy and tho OI
ponents Of the Administration are now e.
pending their sympathy. A more rockies
desperate gang never attempted to seiz
power anywhere; and Louisiana, whom the
have so shamefully plunderod and robbed, hs
I reason to rejoice that shs Is at last rescue
. from their grasp.