The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-03

pirates, are preying upon the substance Of
the people. A telegram from New Orleans
TO the New York Herald stated that a
paper in Shreveport had published an edi-
torial advising the people of the State to
murder all the Radical candidates counted
in by the Returning BOardI This the shreve-
port Times pronounees a ''lie." That paper
says -
" The article evidently referred to ap-
peared in this paper last Sunday morning.
and advised the people to kill any and all
candidates who had been defeated, and
whom, nevertheless, the Returning Board
might, in carrying out the Infamous scheme
of, the Tascals of whom it is the instrument,
count in and seek to force upon the public.
We, made no suggestion to kill any Radical
candidate counted in. Some of the Radical
candidates, we know, were elected, and all
such are Just as much entitled to their
offices as are the Democratic, White League
and Conservative candidates who were
elected,
''Bg the proposition we really made we
stand. We do not intend to retract it
nay, nor to modify it in the least, and
reither the thunders Of the New York
Herald, nor the mad cavorting of the Chi
cago Inter Ocean disturbs our serenity.
I'VE made the proposition in the interest
of peace, of law, order and the public
good, and we now urge our, people to bear
it in mind, and if the Returning Board
9 counts in" men whom they defeated at
the polls, then, unless the defeated candi-
dates promptly and fully repudiate the ac-
ton of the board as a fraud, Kill them"
This shows that the situation is really
assuming threatening proportions, and,
unless the Radical crew give up their pur-
poses, we may be startled by the announce
ment of tragedies which win shake the
Republic from centre to circumference.
/ A correspondent of the New York Herald
writing from Washington, the twenty-frst
instant, says:
! 1T is understood that the President, in
his message, will call the attention of Con-
gress to the abnormal condition of affairs
in Louisiana by reference to the riot of Sep
/ teInber IA last, and the consequent action
! Of the administration in ordering troops
and naval vessels to New Orleans. Accom-
panying the message will be copies of all
the orders issued and the correspondence
which officially passed in what was then
and subsequently done. More serious trouble
1 is anticipated next January than any which
! has yet occurred to mar the peace of the
| State. OF this the President has been fully
advised, and the sorry condition of affairs
IN Louisiana, as well as Arkansas, excites
serious attention on his part. This week IS
| Herald's dispatches from New Orleans, al
1 ready published, narrate that the White
! League of that city threatens to lynch the
members of the Returning Board, and that
the White League of Shreveport volunteers
to march down and assist in the fell work
| A few days ago the Shreveport Times, which
is. conceded by the Republicans to be the
ablest Democratic organ in the State of
! Louisiana, demanded that every man, from
4 Congressman to constable, whom the board
I should return as elected, should be killed.
! All these facts are in the Presidents posses
sion, and, while he is most heartily disguised
with the unsettled condition of affairs, in
which be has the sympathy of the Attorney
! General, he recognizes the obligation to pre-
vent anarchy and stay riot. The defiant
attitude of the people of Louisianais thought
i to portend mischief, and it is generally ap-
pretended in administration circles that in
1 January, when the Legislature shall assem-
bles White League rifles will gainsay the
| title of many of those yeturned by the
1 board. 1t is said that the fear of Federal
interference will deter the league from max
i ing its effort any more than did the two
4 years Executive recognition of the de fdctC
government dissuade that league from its
bold experiment of September last"