The New York herald., 1874-09-25

White CameIlia began their awful preparation Tor
year, as this, they announced their determination
70 carry the II possible for ,n
pr0wling, drunken, murderOns class began
William Hii '' F. Meadows, Of Claiborne parish,
ence, member OF the Constitutional Con-
ventlon and Of great political talent. His ex.
Klux. He was shot one evening In his dooryard,
in the presence OF his family, by men who,
after the deed was done, rode or as coOlly as II
and who yet boast of the deed aud derive
from II at this hour an honorable" impor..
coOred aud white republicans increased in ire
quency and occurred in nearly every parish IN
Louisiana. Still ihe negro was not inundated;
something more must be done in the interest OF
white civilization" Soon came the massacre in
st. Landry parish; 200 negroes lay rottne 10 the
woods, and the ''SOuthern heart was nred;N
Caddo foowed; every little neighbor hood in the
bloody parish had already It's history Of blood and
nence In riot and murder which she has ever since
enjoyed. FIRST the white repubncans, william 8;
Others, ali gallant federal soldiers, were driven
out Milton Fenwick alone remained, and he was
driven to dodge and hide with bears and
him. Wnen these inconvenieht witnesses
night thirty negroes were taken from about
Shreveport, marched to the bank OF Red River,
tied toget ther with ropes ana snot IN the back as
down the turbid river until the hungry alligators
gave them burial denied by men. On one occa-
sion seven negroes were cnalned in an old aban-
doned building ana with 1t burned. From Sep
tember to November 242 men, men OF the same
feelings, aspirations, duties and rights as yours
and mine, died IN CaddO parish, and died deaths
Of horror for the crime OF loyalty to their cOun-
try and their God. The adjoining parish of Bos.
sler strOve yet TO surpass rOul st. Landry and
bloody Caddo in the work OF death, and succeeded.
On the 3oth Of september, drunken bully.
tlon, demanded OF an aged negro, lying upon
the gallery Of q house, whether ne was a republl-
fred at the negro both barrels OF a shot gun. The
negroes near at hand rallied, arrested the white
man and started with MIN lor the Jail at Bellevue
This heinous offence on the part OF the negroes
was enough. Hundreds OF white men rallied from
Caddo, Northern Bossier and Arkansas Sixty
killed upon the SHADY Grove plantation. The
negroes Of the parish abandoned their houses and
Sem wh for days. s chyny
enjoyed all the pieasurable exctements of a
'nigeer hunt" Two hundred more were Killed in
the swamps, shot TO death--men, women aud
cmldren-or torn to pieces by the horrible fangs Of
dogs not more ierocious than their masters.
SPECIMEN OF CHIvALRY.
One chivalrous DR.. Whitfield Vance. accompa-
MED by a lew more high-toned gentlemen, during
the excitement Of the hunt met upon the road two
cOlOred women riding upon mules to reclaim, II
possible the bones OF their slaughtered husbands
This "hlgh-toned" DOCTOR with his own arlstO-
the road with the haters Of their mules, and went
home, doubtless feeling calm satisfaction at hav
ing been able to do that much for the cause OF
"white civilization" The same chtvalrous gentle
man dragged from under his own mansion negro
who had sought safety there, and enjoyed the
der and of driving it downward to his heart. An.
other wounded negro he covered in the wOOC with
brush and logs and tred the pile: The man YET
lives to exhibit the scars OF his fearful burns.
BLOODY TACTICS AGAIN.
As the campaign OF 1874 approached, it became
election machinery being IN the hands Of the
Republican state government, lair election and
republican triumph were probable. They there
lore resolved upon the tactics OF 1868, and the
White League wss the result. From the first
formation OF this conspiracy have had expert.
enced detectives within its ranks. Like the White
Camellia and K. K. K. 1t has several ranks and
degrees, each ignorant OF the membership and
deliberations Of those superior to it, all bound, as
those organizations were, to blind unquestloning
obedience to the orders OF their Chiefs In fact, tue
League Is but the Infamous klan under q new
OF the rotten confederaCy, the men who, in
..Buttermilk" "Yellow Jacket" and Pumpkin
swamp campaigns, .conscrlpt hunts and stump
speecnes, won cheap and hasty reputation
wnlle braver men and better men and men now
loyal to The core laced the troops OF the nation on
the field of battle and gaantly lived or bravely
died for the "lost cause" These men are the
cratic party so called, as well as of the league.
They are The aspirants for office at the hands IS OF
tnsviile H lie raids and ConsSatfa N massacres, and
urge on their -deluded followers to commit
These are the who aeT
extermination OF the white republicans OF
Louisiana. Their organizations, plans, mem
as we known 70 myself and INT the republican
leaders Of Louisiana as to themselves, and tney
need not expect immunity for the crimes of 1874.
The campaign began, upon tile part OF the
league, with q hurricane OF threats and slanders
leveed at every prominent republican IN the
State; from words to blows was short transition.
st. Martins was the first parish attacked. The
republicans were compelled TO resign or die IN
Iriv vol Out NatchitOchps
Collector was forced TO resign IN presence Of "a
yelling mob OF 500 drunken leaguers; the Dis.
of oying Child and dying father to save
his lie. An attempt was made upon the liie
OF Senator Blunt Pnrng S tne reign a o. iher
driven out Of the parish or compelled to resign.
AvOyells was purified by the banlsnment Of the
superintendent Of Public Education for the Fourth
Congressional district and of the Representative OF
the parish, MIL. j. LOuer. Charles +. Huseman Tax
Collector, was allowed to resign or to expend twen-
ty-lour hours in preparation for leaving the parish.
John McEnery visited Lincoln parish and advised
the mob here 10 take the same course; indeed, re-
ger, scalawag and negro to vote with US or leave
the state" rms highly original ana simple mode
tiOn was put in practice the same day.
GETTING RID OF OFFICIALS.
mob OF 100 White Leaguers waited upon Senator
Greene and W. l.. Greene Tax Collector, who were
lnduged with twenty hours during which to nand
in their resignatlOns the consequences OF neglect
Oh their part to be ION time" 1t was hnted would
resigned, it is needless to say. The resignationa
of Two members OF the police jury were demanded
elsewhere and obtaiued; all these designations
were voluntary" OF course; the resignation o
the Parish Judge was demanded, but as he was
absent from the parish the voluntary" principle
could not reach him. Captain John W. Harrison,
formerly Of the Eighth New York Volunteers, and
now Recorder OF the parish, and myself, were
warned that our presence was not acceptable to
1--WE the taxpayers" and that the sooner We got
beyond the parish lines the healthier 1t would be
for u.s. We have not yet departed. Upon making
following
officer of the United States the league was
prOluse In rs apologies for Its conduct toward
myself.
Mr.. Jewett states that at the same time a mob
waited upon II. l.. Twitcheii, Tax Collector; F. $.
Edgerton. Sheriff; X. A. Devices and Clark Ho
dand, Supervisors; w. J. Howell, Parish Attorney,
and McWillis, Justice Of the Peace Of Red River
parish, forced them to resign and leave the State
OF their subsequent murder he says
A Trustworthy guard was assigned the 'prison
ers,v and they were ''permitted' TO depart fol
Shreveport, on their way to Texas. few hours
ofear hn I'd no ltad n tha