New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-07-28
The SPANIARD MURDERED By TIE
WHITE LEAGUE KU.KLUX,

1t is difficult to correct errors published
in forign language by any refutation in
the American tongue. Yet we will try to
do so. The Bee is greatly exasperated
because Governor Kellogg, in Offering q
reward for the murderers of Manuel
Munos, has said:
! One Manuel Munos, an industrious and
upOttendiDe Spaniard was called from lis
bed and cruelty murdered in cold blood
by body of armed and mounted men,
! claiming to belong to the so.called White
League of Caddo parish, on the false pre-
text that he had been carrying arms to
! negroes.
! The Bee proceeds to denqunce in the
dead language the whole Republican
party and says:
That it has neither the strength nor cour.
| age to engage in strife with the loyal arms,
| to accept the combat when we have openly
| offered them.
We suppose that means that the political
differences should be settled here, as in
France, by nine small editors armed with
smallswords.
! In.s time for hshsmg has passed; those
who preferred it went into the field,
those who did not went to Paris or
Niagara. We prefer leaving these ques-
tious to the laws Of the country, accord
ing to the usage Of republican America,
and not resorting to petroleum or the
yfeurets-we believe they call the small
sword for decision.
| But after the usual amount Of abuse
comes the charges of the Bee against
Governor Kellogg. They are
l. That Manuel Munos twas assassin
ated by four 'miserables,' who had no
other motive than robbery"
2. The White League ''disapproves of
the act with a just sentiment Of indigna-
ton, and will chastise the authors Of such
crimes without awaiting the reward offered
by Mr.. Kellogg"
Now,we are aware that the Bee is very
fiery journal, with a highly Partisan
style OF scandal, but its reasoning is, as
we Americans say, very scattering" Sowe
will put its proposition through the cool
crucible and filter of common American
sense. "The murderezs Of Munos," says
the Bee, 'swere miserables who had no
other motive than robbery" ThsiShreye-
port Times gives this statement:
At eight o'clock at night three young
men rode up to the house of Munos, lit off
| their horses, went into mis- house and asked
| for drink of 1yotov hich uiy-au fhep,
| They asked for Munos, who responded.
The spokesman of the party then informed
| him (MunOs) that it was reported in the
country that he had struggled, on the last
| trip of the Texas, a supply Of si1-shooters
in trunks. which he secretly distributed to
the negroes.
The poor widow of Munos corroborates
this. She says in her letter to Governor
Kellogg: -s4
Ny husband said, II am Manuel" So one
one old man got up and said, ~ am sorry.
| we mare got orders to visit your trunks that
came on the steamer Texas. They have
told Us you have brought arms to arm the
| negroes" -uA
| This shows conclusively that the motive
avowed was not the robbery of Munos. It
is further substantiated: -: 4
The spokesman added, that they did not
wish to inluFs him (Munas), but intended 70
search for the weapons. - -
| The search ofths trunks proceeded, and
| in the course Of this violent invasion Of
the mans home and property he, Nunos
was killed by one OF more pistol shots fred
BY the committee Of search. SOD
The Times by no means sets up the de-
Tense offered by the Bee that these sssas-
sins had ''no other motive but robbery"