New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-04-27

roasted in the flames in sight OF their be-
siegers. This is one OF the most shocking
occurrences in the history OF The country }
especially by reason Of the revolving death
ut the poor blacks, who were burneCS ave
SFron the Phiiads Ph@Pr
TIE political conflict in Louisiana mas
eliminated in :. bloody riot a: toltaX' !
Grant county, in which 100 eOlOred men |
have been killed. The riot seems 10 nave
been a massacre although the report !oo- |
vGusly coLorcd by The sympathier oi It7 |
authOTt attempts 90 prov" tha' INC COZ
orrd inen offered resistance. il tIeS were
not che aggressors. The losses. however,
are so unequally distributed that 'he abdli
was probably q. deliberately planned anH
cruelty executed a murder Is thar OF Gen
era. Candy and the peace comm!sFlohers.
The CHIEF difference Is that - was on
wholesale scale. The p00g negroes We're
imurisOncd in the courthouse. that bII!0inS
was set on ire and az the victims rushed
out 10 escape the flames they were fhoy
down by scores. We question !. tie NO
docs themselves could equal ;hlt atroc!ty.
Without stopping to iDq ulre ~ t" the IN
mediate cause OF the massacre the Eespon.
sibility fog II mus. Oc laid 50 the door at
the party IN Louisiana tfy!ng !tsels she
.oFusiorrs" headed on the one side by such
@xsmpiars Of political morality as war
moth and McEneryo and OFT she Other by
severely respectable gentlemen OF She type
Of Judge Campbell Whatever wrongs
men of the latter class nave suffered at the
hands of Kellogg and the Republicans.
they have been guilty Uf rebellion from the
momenS they resisted the mandates OF the
courts of the State They ought 20 have
submitted months ago. but they counseied
resistance to the Kellogg government, and
advised the people not to pay their taxes as
means OF breaking 1t down. Doubtless
these gentlemen expected precisely whaI
has happened. They knew the ignorant
and the violent nature OF the lower classes
Of the whites Of she State, and their recent
! address, like the conduct of the " sltIZens
| Committee" which issued it, was lncend4-
ary, and we SSe got III ss!l suTpTlseao St the
| result.
: Yhe eaSiona9 government will @& course
1 interfere at this luncture. with the pres
: sRt state of feeling in Louisiana, the scenes
! at Colfax on Sunday may be repeated III
! every town in that State. AS our readers
! will remember. we have never entertained
: a very high respect for the kellogg faction,
but the time has come TO support II, and
| with all the power of the nation. The pas
! sions that inspired that hellish agency Of
! murder and prosecutions, she kUkIUso SSe
!: still alive.
! From the chicago ?n-er1ceas.9
! two Republican newspapers have been
| uGSlIOltu NllHll JIO pdoI IhOhiA' sNA1'A SAiN
! fact that the rioters who were in .his city
4! in array, Whe robbed stores, killed people.
J and Gere fighting against Che State govern
I ment, were nos punished at ale IS finding
! It's logical s~quitur III che iawlsssness that
! 10 nosg cropping or, all over the Slates and
| is, in any opinion, only t&s PRECURSOR Sa q
/ general row this summer.
! She AIcEneryites are tDsy saanissge ~
! Sammatory SPEECHES. and on Monday night
! I,aIl in Sisy T,,oni Meeting
! That, Of course, will only increase the vol
: ume Of flame tia. has only gov been IL
. sited.
The foui.1aha .yUub'es aave d cain .es"i,-
ed an outbreak, che sntagOnism nt She rIel-
!: logg and McEnery factions extending 70
the interior parishes. causing b!oOdshed az
! Colfax and threatening aspece O. affairs
an St Helena. Even ia New Orleans the
feeling Of opposition 20 intense a'lE: '"p@-
tisiOn of the recent susuSSeG.1"S IS ~ %"
,ae.s;,s Improbable
sfTaM Pie Cssi:s es TO-s.
'Ulg LOUISIANA sODo.so
I. 30 s~t GOO early 90 conclude upvs. ~I..fn
cs upon what party rests she responsibility
tor the ware f races which has resulted. IN
the village 81 GOlfaXo Louisiana. III the -
termination az the sOl0re.8 inhabitants
! thereof at sh. point Of the har0ree. after
, one hundred o! the.y number had been slam
upon the soil. su! i. !s hot 200 early to stig
. ma.iz" il. sitting Germs the .arbarl" mend
ishness of she act Whereby che courthouse.
~ which the negroes had fled TO. projection.
.g.ts set on !irso and .he inmate. sho' like
dog. as they emerged one by one iron. 'he
burning building. We read -! deeds like
:ai> in Histories q. early sava"" warfare.
: but j. Is hard 90 conceive OF sUch Al assault
pcrnet-atea BY white 'aen IN AZ age .: CIV
iIiZatI0p upon .I'iz.ns %, 3"olA4l"n country.
Their. would seem 70 be is stern Of nects-
~. Tor ,hr Intervention ~ ''!e strong arm
~ lie government II uehal: al 'hc people
a.: Louisiana, 81. iH behalf - 'he l?"ah.
i.aut> ~, the EalieGrria frontier. There
should be runishneg' for HG.""s. black or
white: and in .articular sbe.e should ba q
?oweS invoked whic., shall Transform. Che
state a.. Louisiana from % t!"a.". oi "ivj.
%ar 20 a territory wherein. ~ least. a 1.a!.
may Se safe ~ sh. sviryieu. ~ Ms Lie
~heth. he have q white ~ q cDlDr"'. head
upon HE .hou..lc,s. without doubt ih-
si.w a.. t:,e s.-r viii speedily !e 'sh.es $
:Es s&t:crit.s. ~ " as.lQgtoGs
'F.ou. Oh. chicago T.ibtIso
! sH. LuuIsiAss sGs'.HTtH.
r'.e collision az ColIax, in L.uis iar:. 81
tween rhe blacks and She whites. la. 80 Ia;
resulted in the KILN: OF nearly 8 i.nudre,i
-. rht. furmes and y few ~ Che .aittY.
| .hOugII this may be the end o, tn. open
warfare The muraCs thu. begun wiz b" cay
RED OIL in guerilla fashion. until. s.!rsps,
zee AaUv snore shaii Oe killed.
8frole the ees S.rs S...s'
! Be Gong as ahe Louisiana trouble ~as cor-
tintu to the intrigues for power OF selfish
politicians, the nation was simply DISCUS ted;
when it threatened the OverthrOY Of law
and order, the country became indignant,
bat now that it has resulted III Wholesale
IL !
with righteous anger. There is more in the
story we print this morning than appears
from the simple facts, startling tEongh they
are 1t is strangely ike the dreadful tale
of Fort Pillow, 10 be told OF poor negroes
being shot down and killed a. they ran from
a burning building il which they were be.
leaguered. Yet this IS what happened al
ColtaX. Grant parish, Louisiana, on Sunday
last The details of this Aenalsh deed are
into the courthouse, and it wac fired, z,
the only means Of dislodging them. Dnl
hundred of their number were shot as Ply
lied. and after the melee not negro was {,
be seen for miles around. About ice ar,
said to have escaped. The fate Nf The 3ot
can hardly be considered as onEthma hn' .
horrible certainty
3 But little interest VIII be tet ITO Sht
causes which led to this fearful massacre
. The nation that supposed the rebeilInn had
been suppressed and peace restoI"do 10 sud
slcnlv startled by an outrage that ha. e
.ara!l.' only ~ III. darkest scenes .: shat
.olu' strife. The prescription 81 the II.
:!ana. :,..c. and honor .'eman. that liz
SUPREMACY q. tn. law si.'l. b" restore! ii.
....It!v IN that distracted state !5a' how.
shall! !lis i. done. The State "rtAo:l,ir'
i el.,.. !. any. hay. allowed aitlrs 80 '.,:i!
from bad 70 worse. The 'rouhic. .oGl':.:f.
with .hr .v.aaeIes al ambitious ielna.ogro'
have almost Se.gl.ei tina. worst OF huln'r
.a'.mitie.. .. wax "a races. N11i's ..