New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-08-11

is rung throughout the nation for
double purpose-frst, to create SYM
pathy in the old free States for the OLD
rebel element in the South; and secondly,
to make an excuse to kill as many
negroes and white Republicans as may be
ne. essary to establish white mans gov.
eminent, composed entirely of Democrats
in every Southern State. This is IN
doubleday the programme Of the Demol
Gratis in Louisiana in the coming fall
election; and they are to be assisted in
their bloody work by the Democrats Of
Texas and Arkansas if the national gov
eminent, under the recent ruling Of
Attorney General Williams in the case Of
Mississippi, sees proper to remain dis
interested spectator to the growth of
domestic violence until it has reached a
strength in the South that will encourage
it To again openly defy the power
OF the nation to enforce its laws.
It must be remembered that Louisiana
is reeking with domestic violence; that
she has been prolific in periods of whole
sale blood letting ever since the surrender
of the rebel armies, and the work of
congressional reconstruction commenced
here; and that in addition to the bloody
scenes witnessed here in lS66-when the
lives of several hundred men were ruth
lessly sacrificed to appease Democratic
hatred Of Republicans, negroes and
whites similar scenes have since been
witnessed in many other parishes of the
State, the most notable of which were
those which took place in the parishes OF
Grant and Bossier. Besides murder for
political reasons, which certainly can be
demonstrated domestic violence, is almost
daily occurrence in Louisiana; and the
political reasons are that Congress has
conferred the right of suffrage upon
the negro and bound the nation to
protect him IN that right. In de-
fance of this law men are now COM
bining and daily committing violence
under the impression that the President
will not make it his duty in the future to
see that the laws are properly enforced.
But we are inclined to think they are
mistaken in this. There has certainly been
disposition on the part of the government
to deal leniently with political offenders
but it is now becoming very questionable
whether, even under Republican govern
ment, the period may not be reached when
forbearance to political offenders ceases to
be a virtue. The nation will demand the
enforcement of its laws if necessary; but
we have too much faith in President
Grants sense of duty to suppose that he
will wait to be instructed in that matter.
He knows that it has been necessary to Or
der troops to New York to prevent the
spreading Of domestic violence; and he
further knows that heavy guns were used
in the streets of New York, with much
destruction of life, to quell domestic vio-
lence. The same thing has been done here
by his orders, and it will be done again,
without doubt, if the White League Or
ganization continue their acts of domestic
violence; and when another squad of po-
litical murderers are brought in here for
trial it is very certain their fate will be
harder than the fate Of those recently
turned loose by Judge Bradley: after they
had been convicted Of numbering some
seventy-fve or hundred negroes in cold
blood