New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-13
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~ Inquiry Anto Charcters

~ Inquiry Ants CharGters
Some oS che Intelligent people Il Rev
Uorb sity have begun % grow RspicioV
about she DeDutstioD q eur Louisiana press
ageuta 4 correspondent ef Che Ilerdd
lately aads Che discovery shas she tele-
graphic dispaeches sill noe. frequently.
hold watsD afsei the srfivA f m6l advices.
This is n evil ~s have suffered Srous aad
complaineA Of chess snaA! yesrs Our
associated dispssches are psepaced in Wash
inssop - Rev Jor2 ''sxclVsively for che
Southern 1aarkes" . Che average Northern
doughfaced toady understand IL Che se-
sule 10 &hey generally disgust slislasses.
The Republican sbhoss tiem fos their me>'
dscity ana ha,ignaGy. md che White
&eaguo saeero It Ghe1n tsr thslS Anbscility.
knowing they viii 10 exposed sithse by
epesiais ths se1t day. - - duo sossss et
mails
Ths Lrillisnt perform ancs specially soA-
planned - by Che correspondent q che
Herald appended below, probably origihat.
"a N Shreveport. They hsVe = Arse class
lie factory up >heye. which - ~s believe,
the snly zeal fsctory Cadds earish. can
boast Of hsviss. ~ this place ~as termed
out some highly polished sinsei which ~as
labelet, ~ ezue account Of the Aegro rists
in Coushatta," end elaborated vita . libel
on the Ot>ts Of Tesae, in charging that che
purderers Of the prisoners at che Rcfaiane
placs, 0efe Yex0A OuS psess agent hese,
who i aOe >os discreet and is sometimes
svsa accused OF Amrartislity. seAt the
whole Of che oiseaabe fAbrlcasioa to New
York, where it failed 60 tad . Nafket. dt
/ il setwped q ths expense Of the shipper ia
| the following caustic bot truthful expose.
We hops 10 will be sent back - Shreveport
and busie1 iD the vicinity Of che Ii'Ass
| oficg. 14et it be gsthessd to ito fsthess:
DoEs THE TELEGRAPH LIA!
Teths &ditor - the AerslA:
IS not the erisk Of naueacisS public
opinion at the North upon political events
in the South by living ,ele2rams becoming
zoe traasp0ent - bs worked much
Ysry frequently iusins the past moath
the pnblic has been favored with tele.
| graphic announcements Of "Iprisings OF
| the Negroes" 'Armings OF the Whites in
Selt!Defense," etc, usually eliminating in
accounts Of bloody conflicts between the
races, which, when correct reports come
by mail, prove to be but uuprOvoked and
I coward massscSes Of negroes by South
ern desperadOes.
! the horfid story which comes from Cou-
shatta, Red River parish, Louisiana. The
sheriff Of this parish OF county, apprehen
sive Of sutrages, called out posse COM
posed Of fifteen white and fifty colored men
| to preserve the peace, Whereupon the vera.
| cious press agent informs us that this public
yfunctionary was trying to incite negro
riot. To collect from the tee;ning groe
! shops Of cross roads and villages for LOG
miles round band of 200 outlaws was an
I easy task. This drunken, bowling, murder
Gus crew proceeded to attack the defenders
Of the law, staying four of them, overthrow
| ing the county government and reducing
20 PRISON the sheriff and Fl ye other principal
parish officers, at which point the lngenOua
reporter tells US that ''the ringleaders Of the
riot have been arrested" and that order
reigns in Warsaw.
But q bloody sequel remained 60 be told
From their prison in the little frontier
Louisiana town the unfortunate defenders
I of public order are taken ostensibly TO be
EcmOVOO " OuIONtpOkIs Oub Ia AOoACy Ou
meet doom dreadful as that which befell
the prisoners of Trenton only week ago
Midway to its pretended destination the
I ghastlv procession halts in the midst of the
gloomy Southern woods. A few brief
moments are accorded the Inflated men to
prepare for the awful journey, and then the
pistol, the knife and the bludgeon have
done their work. Six disfgu.ed corpses
Law by che roadside, TO fatten carrion birds
and appal the casual traveller through
those solitudes. The telegraphist now
I comes forward and vouchsafes the opinion
that the last part of this horrid business
was the work of Texans" who, no face
tiously adds, "did not intend to have euch
damned scoundre1s bunting homes in theil
State.'
Now, II ths champions Of the "whit(
| mans party" will insist on keeping up this
hells holiday in the South, disgracing US in
] the eyes OF the whole civilized world. we
must endure it patiently until the President
returns to the capital and gives his atten
ton to public affairs But let us protest
against the insult to an intelligent people
contained in this systematic attempt at de-
| ception by lying telegraphists who are in
heipous crimes. J. T..
New York. September I. 1874.