The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-04
Louisiana Affairs rs Seen Through

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? Sie Le O. 90 sye intesesaq
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. 4fe9c 10 90 spe;eer folly Sllaa 20 suppoe shaa
Che gecent aprlslss 3 She people OF Louisianr
, aSainse she kellogg rsurpation was in any sense
Q demonstration ogainss 0 ah,e the b nited States
Government IS the Sasro facv., 30 Gas &eeu
, called ner gebellloln and there o,t9ls to have
been ?ers's.ale effort o. areate upon the mind
&C the eoyas SortlA she impression thso IL was
anotleg 0utcsoppins Cd iho split OF the late rec
sellicHe manllestatloa d eiseNolts t. che d nss
Bed STATES oiovernmenss
such SO 0:fors may scovea 9alotsan 9eepose,
putdt 20 IS eruuG as uni ust o. people whas howe
over Sneie 0lethous OF obtaining A. dress NAV be
criticised have ceetainiy in the very acts sailed
rebelllcsls shown respelS and obedience fox
Federal authority that have extorted the admras
tor IS oVery bipartisan Northern man and
teverv arms officer in louisiana Few States that
have not passed through the ordea. of siv war
9and reconstruction would have submitted so
quietly ana so long to usurpatlon SO lndefene
sble and tysnncal, and yet weak in itself as
that OF Kellogg; and fewer still would have
patiently sreepted Federal Interference in its
behalf
| The truth is thae however it may be used for
political purposes the United States army has for
several Years past been looked upon by white
people Ill many OF the Southern States as power
standing between them and the violence OF enc
mics III their own streets, and on their own plan
tations, and have Yet to visit any part Of the
South IN which the appearance of Federal troops
Is not welcomed when they are under the control
OF their own officers. The latter minsle freely
With Their old antagonists of the Confederate
army, and the men Naturally svmpathize with the
White people among whom their lot Is cast
| AS has before been stated, the soldiers in the
Custom-House cheeIed the citizens little army
after the battle with kelloggs metropolitans on
the 18th OF September; and it is. moreover. true
that, before the battle began. some OF them gave
cartridges to citizens who had arms but no a,u-
munltlon.
THE SOLDIERS ~ SYMPATHY WITH THE PEOPLE
Every army officer with whom l have talked Is
ashamed OF being at the beck and call of par
tlsan Attorney General and his, If possible, more
partisan Marshals and District Attorneys in the
South, and has hardly more relish for the ask of
tying usurpnS government upon the backs Of
the high spirited people OF Louisiana. While the
officers are properly reserved in criticisms upon
tie acts OF the President and avow their free
dom from partisan bias, they are not backward
III expressing their disgust at this business of
making the army part OF the political machine !
~ to secure Republican ascendencv in the South,
and manufacture Sapital for the lspubliean party
lii the North.
Gay or tive ago asaed a veteran Of the late
war whether he aid not prefer duty in the South
with comparative son:ert i'll Camp and quarters, I
to the har.lsAips q service sn the frontier. mo,
SIR. SAID hes shere Is Got one of Us who would |
not prefer Indian lighting .eaS il aEd year out to
TINS contemplate BUSINESS. | mention these .
things ~ show tina. there is ;it..e sympathy bae
tween the carpet bag governments ana the sol
ders. AND shat there is between the cstxens and
Che soldiers amity and good viii. i4is would not !
be the case if these wac in the sx.CoGfe.lcrate I
element any insesDs spark of dislo.alty.
SO far as can form an op.n:on there Is not in
any OF to Southern States to-day a eorporars
suari ~ voters who would carry sLas State out .
" the I Non II thep ctNltS The people have not
erSotten and calsaoe be expected - forget the
memories OF the case, aor are they convinced
shat they DID wrons 10 = Ding tswar but slavery
snd sece -Gon col, and the idea Of their re-
Nval oxlse only il s:G minds Of ignorant ne
sroess whtso 1t has beee implanted by men who
know better. but whc find 1t useful IN keeping
their followers IN the party traces9 I
BE sEGEoHs WELL TREATED - sRv WHITES.
The original idee y Che White Leaguers was
simply TO secure 90 enrolment of the white
0oters and they Organization, 80 Chat the Colt
servative party might know lis strength and use
3 IL the best advantage IN political contests
against the cpssg rs we0 Soc alrea4s snus Gss
5anizeiJ
Thousands @oinea Il aecasse', !. was Me o.iio oesS
,anlZatioo OF Conserva.ISe voters, and prominent
MEMBERS whose word 10 alae %lll doubt, assure
ne tina. the League has Go designs o,ainsA SheY
4 gro-sha ts is pedgeY eogise ING ole rlghss p
lndcr the lavo aud tua9 tie onlyconssngeaGs 10
tAta p ear.p 20 80 orsanizatio,e soo6rt to sioep
eco Is shaS sS 90 uSrels e she eeGeoes &c siss
Xhe members o g, asee 81 Go goa olcss9
hent last week, 0ot % White Leaguele suS asn
hc only organic o oCest5 esNls whid3o Gene :
Is ssn found 8 ady O. oppose Tie EAoroushyy
'r5anized, armed anSO part mounted force 20
oetropolltan pos sely,ae hellosDgnd'e sheS
tltuted, howeves bge enc pare % ehS On;
rrgenis. the mase being made up Of men q 40
trades OF society os ert.eu!ar,y ~ eespeetable
' 'us,lsss men s1oe1 F9sea9 lnterss0 eco
lha: the race Cd s:stss do cot ent(0 efts sS:01
struggle is lGJve6l@ De fact this PIE
ist OF hIlle6 ana 9oundess among gle Kellogg
'arty embraced 81 small numbe OF colored meny
comparison with the numb euSa @ j that cole
rid mstrcpol;ans weso allowed 10 escape with
be surrender CT thetE arms wh5Gl elelr whitley
on.rades were shot, and that II the sour OF trs =
Hlph ara during the few days IN which the Ne
single negro suffered IN per. Oh ds property. G
It is indeed remarkable in view OF al tina; has ]
cen said and done by interested parties
D keep alive race prejudice., and IN view OF the
acesses which ordlnarils follow even the best ,
ondCcted revolutionary movements that case
violent Assault upon theee poor creatures is
apor:ed. AID that IN one instance 81 least, the
fe OF negro was saved by the Intervention OF
lemders OF the White Leas ue. (
The result Is that the negroes ere seglnniug TO =
istrust the silly stories that are told them of the
imposes OK the whites Il the McEnerv Govern
lent is installed, and that more Conservative
ubs are organizing in New Orleans to-day than
ver before since the war. NJ conclusion from
le abode statement is that the late revolution ,
As inspired solely by desire to nd the Sts,e Of
,e Kellogg usurp.tion, and tina, the charge that
was 5 manifestation Of disloyalty or u race is
ntrue.
An experienced statis.S.an has estimated tina:
'enty-hve per cent Of the lsboEirg classes II the
unus 9e to-day out Of employment. kvery
erchant and manufacturer and employer, To- [
eyed IS they a.. are by frequent applicants FOR
srk, can judge approximately Of the accuracy q
this estimate. This would give Us no. far from
10000 OF unemployed persons. .: two dollars
y diem, three hundred days year, these peri
rs should earn eighteen hundred millions o:.
liars annually. Thee idlenta Is so much loss
the country That Is GsrC the amount Of The