Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-03-14
LOUISIANA.
Social and Political Aspects OF the
Pelican State.
The Negro Legislator and the Car
pet-Bagger.
lCorres pondence of the Philadelphia Pres

lC0rresp0nuence OF the fnliaueipn1h EreSs
NEW ORLEANS, March !, lS1t.
Ou'-the Durrell-Legislature adjourned last
night sine die, much to the relief OF all good citi-
zens, Of all stages in life and previous conditions
Ii was begotten by fraud and went out in u not,
many of the members, without doubt, taking
their last looks at their old seats representa-
tiyes (?l OF the people. Y our readers must rccol
lect that one-third of these soGstant represent
atives were never citizens Of the parishes they |
represented and many OF them have never set I
foot among the people OF those parishes, ana only
claimed to DO representatives after the L URited
| States troops TOOK possession OF the Mechanics |
Institute and the archives OF the State OF Ousi
| ana stored therein. These men never dreamed OF |
presenting claims for seats until the Durrel order
was promulgated, and they We're received by
| those composing this Durrell Legislature only 10
| ill the seats OF those really elected and who did
not recognize Mr.. Kellogg as the Governor elect
These facts not to be denied, rs The mischtv-
Gus CARPET -baggers and their instruments, the ig
| norant colored men from the swamp parishes
| were wiling to do anything 10 get possession OF
the State aud when bona fde Republicans OF
standing and character informed these bold, bad
men that their actions were unconstitutional, and
| would i'll the end give the Republican party much
trouble in the North, they only answered with
insult and derison, stating, at the same time, for
an excuse, that the end justified the means"
The Durrell Legislature has been looked upon
since its birth sort OF circus or monkey show,
where heap of iun could he had at no cost, with
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thing oyer-a gumbo or st. Domingo french tx
preston During the past session there has
been sone order aud decoruIA III The Senate,
the colored men comprising !. were more or less
educated but the House is where the fun came
in-especiaiiy when some old corn-neld negro OBJ
tanned the floor aud attempted TO give Lis views
relative 10 political economy and the financial
problems Of the dry
The managers of the Louisiana "itings'
have made millions OF dollars since the
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It where the law cannot reach IL while others
! have squandered their Ill l-gotten gains on
mistresses and riotous living.
II II the American people, Who look upon
ckedness aud crime IN lis true light, ,oul y
knew the real character aud behavior of a
large majority OF tha wnlte sul coloTed
carpet bag element of this State,they would
believe that an attempt La1 been made tc
Ireinaugurate another Sodoal or Gomorrah
and in the end blush that they were Ameri-
can citizens. Tue truth il connection with
4 these matters uever can lie to!d. Our Fed
, eral officials, he it understood. hold thest
miscreants III utter contempt and horror
aud only neek at political caucus. To,
genius "carget Dagger is a stranger, anl
his previous history ~ a sealed book 10 al
n inquiry, and when he leaves here lie re
" turns to that obsourity from which b.
A emerged, like one OF the lis that came fortl
from Pandora's box,
- The scenes last night, previous 10 The al
81 tournament of the House arc indescrib ba ble
Drunken men, white and black, in the pa,
of the ring" filled Dryades street, an
!, the lobby of the Mechanics Institute, shout
ing and disappearing at the top of thei
10 voices, and occasionally ihey would got D
the hoor, and then rush would be mad
by the police and sci geant-at-arns to rn
= them out. Fights occurred on tho foor,an
pistols were drswn,and on the presentsti 0
of pistols a scamper invariably took plac
ed Every body wanted bills passed, and every
body had the noor. Iels and shrieB
were the answers to the speaker gave
- This SOFT oil violence and confusion wa
L. kept up until the final adjournment Thei
were nearly \ hundred bills obnoxious
ins the psople-bills to consummase aud pc
ON petrate ali sorts OF frsud-whieh only fsi
ING ed on account of hubbub. AZ soon as III
I'd adjournment WAS fact spit-bslis wei
g. thrown all ov or the room chairs ana desI
NJ were mashed with wick einess Of ii
lS tent that only showed how lost "a sham
~ and honor these men had hecone, snd se'
eral narrow escapes were nsde from casi
allies by q mere good luck. The iisnds
Pandemonium could not have iuauguralt
a more refreshing hell ON Garth than tho
,ia people did last nigAt Inc metropolis
d's police were finally called in, and dispers,
,ro the rioters. W no skunk away 10 The drin
m ing saloons Astounding In the nelghboi hoo
on on of the Capitol building, and keptu up tue
orgies during the reinainder OF the nigi
Tnis morning, up TO noon Dryadns street
t. thronged by crowd of disappointed ere
. lures OF the "Ring," whose bills were n
sss reached, aud their hagRard appearance alt
last nights debauch is sickening TO 10,
upon. Ii these men are our rulers al
lawmakers, then we'll may monarchls
. m say that our Republic Is failure. til
:" city contains many foreign merchants w
tremain here during the cotton season, al
as they seldom 60 North, they have an Id
that all our country Is ruled like l4onislaI
y AZ Philadelphia is enslaved like LouisiaI
! 40 by tyrannical "Ring." Nut, thank &c
Pennsylvania State Is not, and there
ects vet hops that patriotic aud unhi asod jud
-, lazy will eventually judge the right frt
'i'n the wrong, and do Justice 10 those xho !
-an deserving at the instance OF the people.
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