New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-29
The Truth of ne Bayou sara Affair.

| w A0sc AtCciSeu S'OnA AiUus Il.
Weber. Senator from .ho twelfth SEM
toria! district, letter which, details wit
! scrupulous fidelity all the events OF IL. lat
troubl. at Bayou Sara. From the follow
! ing abstract it will be easily seen that th
letters Of Citizens in the Bu|!etin :xst
P!cny'4nc. and the statement of Pa1l.
Judge Haraison. contain distorted accounts
and axe not TO be relied or.
Among the false and erroneous state
meats made the following, now corrected
are the mos. important:
In .he fire: place there was not = :p,it IN
the Hepuollc&n party OF the twelfth sena.
'olial a's:ricr. for The Republican party in
convention assembled in the parish OF
Pointe Coupee unanimously nominated
JoAi' l.. Breaux. > staunch white Repub.
ncan, as their candidate for the State Sen.
ate. John Gair had not individual siren 9Th
or popularity enough, to split the Repuo.
llcan party. The Republican pa..y never
was more united or more solid in thi, dig.
t'ict before the late White League war.
unless 1t has been made unit bv tho pub.
locations signed by the leaders of the Lea ayut.
concerning the riot they failed to create.
and winch has given rev Ieccaits to the
Republican ranks.
Judge Hara'son's premises arc wrong.
He says:
''Il.a. early Thursday morning Iss%. lr;nc
the seventeenth of this month, / received q,
note trcsa w. w. Lcake. parish attorney.
TO :coih" :nt" town early. etc. that my
presence III town was required" In this
statement the judge entirely ignores the
fact that the ar.Iing Of the whites took place
on Tuesday night. and that they had effected
q reign OF terror extending through the
whole Of the next Wednesday and Wednes.
day light. He does not mention that thew
mad circulated the report that T.. l.. Weber
vas hanged and that they declared before
tho aiiidavits were made they would no,
dIsperse unit! every man who had received
,he nomination for parish officers on the
Re?uh.ican ticket would be out Cf their
way or Killed: that this would satisfy them
and they would have 40 trouble 70 control
the mass OF the 'Ote:S after the Republican
leaders were killed.
Judsa Uaraison states. after taking the
affidavit: OF w. w. Leakc, that l.. l.. Weber.
George Swaizie and the rest. were ''.cnor.
ably discharged" because the State had no
port ct the charge. This is not true, be.
cause Reuben Ogden and John S. Duia
were held with guns at their breasts the
entire day. and George Swaizie was turned
over 70 lieutenant Shelby. and tried Sasur.
LAY morning by Judge Haraison and ". W.
Leake. and put under a bond of $500.
Judge Haralson states that his housa Is
yards from the road. and ,ha:
Oh Thursday night he heard loud voices.
and recognized negroes in the road. He
says he was scared, and he makes !. state.
ment devoid Of fact. Before the Judges
house. aud Immediately u: the side of the
public road where his imagination had
discovered forty armed negroes. there is
butt bank no. less than twenty feet high,
which would completely drown any cenver.
sat!on carried GA iii any ordinary tone. or
n q tone by men bent upon such :.n .rrani
as these men are charged with.
But why did no: Judge HARRISON. after
The State had failed to show cause and the
accused had been discharged, disband the
wari!ae forces o! the White League and ie:
peaceable citizens rest undisturbedi Why
lid they keep their families huddled on the
WHARF boat, an. continue their reign Of ter.
'ol!
Because up to this time their move .a:
,sen !. failure, and their blood was ready
er u "nigy3r massacre" and their triggers
we're SET 1oc the game. 1t would look too
rad to 90 homo Nns.4tistissi and laughing
;ock.
There were Nv armed negroes about the
zone armed bu: whites. S, the blood suck.
rs secured the country. shot one OF their
lorses. the property OF widow lady, tor
,apitai. and when on their way home, after
he White League army had been dispersed
~ the lieutenant. shot u eoiored boy in cold
blood, five miles from town. Yet no arrest
las been made for this cold blooied and
lnprovaked shooting. According to Judge
iaralson's statement no wrong was com.
nitie1 against law and order by the arlniny
Il his own party against the peaceful |
'iacks. To his mind it is right for = White !
.eaguer in mob violence to shoot down a |
,oor negro. but If u colored man defends (!
himself. the latter is mob. "a town burner !
nd a riOtcr. I
Judge liaga!son is :, candidate Oh the |
White League ticket for parish .nige this I
lection. The colored people have got his !
measure. however. and he has no earthly !!
lance before the people. ana tbs - an.
tler reason Tor his statement.
l was an eyewitness of al: or most Of :ie
coEauc: of the army o: White |;
league rioters and heard them utter
hre:.'s against me and other leaders o: the
arty heSc. tried to keep. and did xeep.
he colc'e! people quiet and preserved the
Ves anI property OF those who were go
;aiy N their mistaken he;oisn to take my
&c. and many ar: willing TO give me credit
" 1t. The bands Of negroes. stated by :
,dge !iaralscn to be forty. came to town
thursday night to rescue me, whom The
,surgents had reported they intended 70
Il! IA order to &c, the colored men to come
here the Leaguecs might kill them.
That the obiec: OF the rioters wa. 10 ye:
ossessi"n o. the offices is proven hv the
&c: that at & meeting of the White !
eaguers at Whitaker Springs. in this par.
h. on Wednesday. the seventeenth instant.
hen George Swaizie. serving tax collcc.
rs notices. wen; there to meet the persons
who.i! tAe notices were directed. he was
Id to keep himself scarce. as they. the
eaguers. intended to march to Bayou
ara ard run the Kellogg office holders out.
All this vii! te supported by the sworn
iiiavits Of every parish official. with the
,ception OK the parish Judge. sheriff and
irish attorney, and by every leading 30.
;blic.a.
New Orleans Monthly Review.
Professor Whitaker requests us to state
Iat. III order TO preserve unbroken the Sc.
.s of the New Orleans Monthly Rcriew,
ID .ha: the public may be advised why
q Scpta,har Onui,er has mt anneared |