New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-11
MORE ECHOES.
The bpeso North and Wese 6n Southern
LawIessnesss

Lawlessnesss
The following ;s srolw she Cleveland
Leader of the &eyentlE
0ue Geographic eoiumns efis morning
contain long dispatch from tue so-called
.Democratic Conservative State Commito
Ne OF Loxisianai' which sOunGs very much
like an AppeaPtrom <hs SWhite Leas sue.s
These conservatives" assert thatthey ha 70
appeafeG to SheAxecutiva, judicial ard le ~
islativs branches Of our government and
have received A6 reliefs other than that
which they could obtain in anAlection held
under the susurpers kelloggs Thef now
acaQse this ":usurper" Uf having caused all
the recent piolence, and sf exaggerating its
Importance, simply Tor the purpose OF bringe
ing federal troops into the State that Demo.
rats oIay he arrested and prevented from
Soting. Thiw cry against the presence OF
federal bayOnsts is not unexpected. A para.
graph in Saturdays Leedcs predicted that
it would be heard in few dayxs The or.
gan;zatlon of the White League in the
south rendered the presence OF troops i'm.
ieratively necessary to protect the blacks
in the exercise Of their rights. This league
is the successor of the Ole kn Klux Klan.
and was created for the purpose of contin.
uing its outragesp Its aim Is to dlstranchise
the blacks and red;lcc them as neE as 2os.
4 glance at the composition Of Che popu.
iArion .. Louisiana will make shis clear.
There are about 10000 more blacks than
whites in Lcnisianas many of the whites
wiz sute with the Republicans; many of
them are deprived pf their votes from the
fact shat they are travelling. while the
blacks are generally at home and are known
to never tail to exercise theie newly aco
quired prerogatives al the polls. The 90.
.i.ica! party. shereiore. that arrays itself
against the known majority 2 OF the State. and,
by threats and persecution. SO frames its
poiicy as TO yepulse all member. Of that ma
iority, must base its calculation of success
upon a olau to d;senfranchse portion Os
the opposing vote. Thai this was the fun.
camenta: principle in the organization OF
the White League there ran be no doubt.
The colored people OF Louisiana are
naturally attracted to the Republican party.
and will vote for il until their tears soy
personal safety can be dispelledo They can
lind no assurance OF being allowed 10 eX.
ercise their rights in the history of the
Democratic party OF Louisiana In 1866 an
unarmed assembly of negroes in tine New
Orleans Mechanics Institute was brutally
attacked and massacrede and none Of the
participatOrs wero even go much as arrest.
ed. Democratic policemen themselves
made the attack, and they were eagerly
Joined bv crowds of ex-Confederates. who
used their knives and revolvers as long AS
colored man remained IN sight.
In 1865 the cOlored people were attacked
In their CLUBS. They were murdered. their
property destroyed and such u reign of
terror inaCgurated that in che city .. New
Orleans Grant received but $50 vores. In
the same yeax Sheriff Pope and Judge
Chase were murdered in st. Mary for their
fidelity to the colored people. and in laIg
number 0! parishes lie gro hunting and negro
numbering has been continually carried on
ever since the earlies. DAYS OF teconsfruc.
tion. For the last eigh. hears there has
been bat little security for the negro popu.
lation of Louisiana, and since the advent OF
the White League there is still greater
danger tor the safety Of bis lite and prop
erty.
This proclamation of the 50 called ':Dem.
ocra-ic Conservatives appeals to the good
sense o. the people Of the Union. It comes
from the shattered relic of the old State,
Rights Democracy Of louisiana. whose
leaders during the war. resided in London.
Paris. and other European cities. while their
follower. were fed in New Orleans on gov.
eminent rations. Their principal aim is to
excite sympathy throught the North that
vii! increase the Democratic vote in the
coming election. They are we'll acquainted
with the spirit of hostility that the ex.
shareholders entertain ioc the colOred peO.
pie. anG know from the past history OF
Louisiana that colored voters are liable to
be deprived Of their rights unless the strong
arm, .: :ae government is pyesen: to protect
them.
From the Albany journal Of tie Fifth:
Are the charges OF Southern outrages true.
Are the reports Of wholesale murders well
founded! Is this lawlessness the simple dis.
order Of an ill.organized community or does
1t bear the character OF political persecus
ton: In short. are the facts such as are
alleged in justification Of the action taken
by the President and Attorney General fo-
the protection OF the Southern communities.
This IS the first poin: to be determined.
The law is clear: the right to interpose has
been exercised before: if the facts are es'
tablished. the rest follows. What. then.
are the facts! The wanton. atrocious mur.
der OF sixteen blacks in Gibson county.
Tennessee. at one time. is admitted. The
unprOvOked, brutal assassination of ten
blacks who were assembled together III a
peaceable caucus il Alabama, is also well
settled. The savage pursuit and slaughter
OF the parish officers and their black trends
IN Coushatta are equally rnioubted. Be.
sides these wholesale and aggravated cases,
there are some scores and scores Of instances
where one Or more oil the prescribed people
have been brutally sho. down.
These outrages res. rpon no vague
fepOrts-they are attesteG and demon.
stcated facts. There may be pretense of
controversy az to the source or degree of
the prov0cation; there may be some dispute
as to which side were the aggressors; but
the most bitter enemy of the President and
most pronounced partisan Of the White
League mas not the hardihood to question
the fact that carnival of murder has been
gong on. Nor is there in reality any more
question as to the other point Of its political
character. or az to the aggressOrs. One
simple thing tells the whole story--in every
case the slain are the blacks or their white
Republican friends.
Take the case Of the Coushatta outrage,
about which there is the most dispute. 1t
is claimed, on the one side. that the blacks
assembled and made the mos: violent
threats, and that they were encouraged and
abetted by some Of the white Republicans.
IL IS claimed on Che other side that the
bloody affair grew out OF the White
Leagues purpose to get ride Of the Re.
puo!lcan ofhcers o. tie parish SO that they
couid contro! the tailot-box. Between
these Two conflicting stories, what we know
Is that these Republican officers were the
parties murdered In every case the
VICTIMS are OF the same class. Do We need
70 go any farther than this "a understand
the whole movements:
The organization Of the White League I.
a matter OF public :ecord and acknowledge
ment The demand for a swhite mans
party has been proclaimed IN many parts
OF the South. Folowin this political demon
strauon, we have these repeated and fright
ful crimes in which the bullet and the
bludgeOn are made the waanons Of pOIitical
warfare. The spirit of the crusade is ad-
mitted in every candid quarter. The Louis
vile Courier-Journal-th leading Demo
cratic DaXsuaner ns tho South -tonchaa the