, 1874-12-11
LOUISIANA.
THREATB A0A1SsT THE RETURNING board.

Flo HayB TINT tho eituatinn OF nfrnira In Now Or
loans is very critical. The Returning Board,
which Ia composed mainly of Ropubicans will
prolnulgate the roturns Of tho election for State
officers on 6unday noxt. It is ataiud that
the White Loague organization has notified
tho mombors of tho Board that If Du-
b'1oet tho Republican candidate for Slate
Treasurer. is returned eloctod Moncnzo, the
Donocratio candidate, will be, installed by forco,
and that the Ayes OF tho mombera Of tho Return
iiig Doard Nill bo endangered.
THE ALARMING ntfonTs
as to tho condition Of affairs In Now Orleans,
laas night. vore FOUNDED only in tho apprel.en-
aions Of cortatn Republican Compensation. but
there NOT aoomsn possibility Of tho inausurntiou
next week OF another revolution similar to that
Of penn last summer.
New ORLEANS. Doc l0.-The Returning Board
ia considering tho rot'1rns from Helena parish,
tive Conmtttoo proposed TINT the Commission
ess Of Elections bo sent for to tostfy as to the
condition Of tho roturns whom they woro for
wlrtled. 4 member Of tho Board, in reply, said
the Board could nsrivo ut n conclusion regarding
tllcso rcturns BY tho evidence prouont. Tho
caao would 10 roferred to the Legislature.
Apprehension oxtsta in many Conservative
] circles that enough Conservative parishes will bo
refcrrcu to tho Legislature to give tho Roplb-
llcans working majority In the House.
Hpceaat Correspondence of The Chtca4o Tribune.
New ORLEANS, Dec. g. 1871.
former letter gave something Of an inside
viow Of tho body polite as seen In Louisiana.
Tbs showing may POSSIBLY be considered aB
scarcely complimentary to tho State aud people
at largo. But the facts, M presented, speak for
,hcmuclvcB. Thoy may bo, us they undoubtedly
are. peculiarly unfortunate for tho State in q
political aa woll aa material sonso. They aro
rnt tim 1nAa ~ nnHorfnbta IN {hnr,
thing Of knowledge OF aucl facts. too, would
Soon essentiai to anything like a fair UNDER
standing Of the actual situation. They must ac-
count for much othorwiso noo.ninglT inexplic-
able, In connection with Louisiana affairs.
Louiaiauar us simply one Of the sisteriiood
Of statos, would be readily understood. Louisi-
ana, al
PRACTICALLY FOREIGN pHrNc1rAL1rY,
undor tho guiao OF Federal State. is political
anomaly few aro prepared to comprehend. And
yet it IL only in such light that al1o can bo
properly understood at nil. A foreign oommuni-
ty, such as prodominates iu Loualana, eau in no
aonBe. savo as exercising tho rights Of citizon-
ship, be olaHsad rs American. 4 foreign, and, to
much e1tont, sadly degenerate and mongrel,
population cannot well make m oyor-proaporouu
State. An clement OF such mixed Lntin extrac-
ton ia. at beat morcnrial, dlotatorlal, and revo-
lut!onary. to the last dcgroo. It broohs little iu
tho wny Of control. It is 1od by its
passions, as by its preiudicos. It III
not aucnable to tho ordinary dlctatcs
OF reason. 1t is intolerant Of tho oplnions
Of others. It has littlo respect for Goyorn-
ment, save ea 1t represents tho strong aen, Of
power. 1tcan appreciate mono other, aave aa co,,-
vorting liberty iuto lico1Ae. As liberty, Of old,
meant j" liberty to wallop one'B own niggcr," 30
liberty, to-day, il lborty to run tho absp ot State
to suit themselves. Practically, thcro is oauch
thing as freedom OF opinion. II QUO Ia to
judge from Louisiana's political history, thoro
nayer has bDen Biuce hor admission as Il
State. In no other part of tho Foderal
Union did party fco!ing 80 completely over
ride any aud nn otllor interests as hero.
Nowhere else, too, did 1t constantly manifest
itso'f in such bitter fouds aud outbulHts Of par
Al botweon the Old-Lino Wings and tho DOM
ocrntH 1t ,TaB literally wnr to tho knife, and tho
lsnlfo to tho hilt,. Tho respective leadcry lad
but to crack tlo party-wh!p, and all wero OK
fray. There WAS no such thing as DETECTION al
lowed in tho ranks. There waa neither ndepot,-
doncu Of action nor freedom Of opinion. Ali who
were not fur woro against
Up to 1872, tho WhigG Heon to haYo generally
maintained q supremacy. Previous to this timo,
one must havo bocn taxpayer, to cortain linn
itel oxtcnt to 10 u voter. The Whigs, compria-
ing, as they did, tho woaltbics md noro rospect-
State. a clauso in tho Constitution of 1912,
comforting suffrage Oh all ctizone, effected Il
radical change. Letting in, az it did. perfect
horde Of the lowor casscs Of foreign extraction,
cal tide iu favor Of the Democracy.
Tho Whiga, thoneh losing control OF the stnte,
still maintained thoir hold tn tho city. They did
80 by controlling, in tho main. Tue French Gre
ole clement Tho Wligs wero known ~ prac-
tioaIly
THE PARTY or nEspEcrAu1L1ry.
Tho Democrats, on tho other hand, represent
Cd, ~ their rauk and lie. tho "poor white
trasl' Of tho hills and canailto Of tho uity. The
sencs Of responsibility, ailiatod with the Wings,
tic French orooles. divided the ioroign
element 70 m oxtout that gayo tho whigs
wero NJ rigid and uuyle1ding as ono could we'll
imagine. party rejudice, rather than reason,
would Heom to have been tho loadlng powor on
either side. The maases woro literally whipped
Into the TRACES through positive fear Of purity
even dreamed OF. Tho leaders met md discussed
tho isBea with pistols at ton pAces. or sabers at
e!oacr quarters. Tholr respective followers |
converted campaign into a votitable randeulo- |
rl,lsl. It waA thus duol or Btroot-nght, a |
klillnB Or murder, according to tho station in
life.
Tho killings and tho murdora tins inot1ont to !
MI oloetiou not uAfregnontly formed an aggrc- |
Kato |
ALMOST NErOHp RELIEF,
They passed. M tllo Ordinary i1lcontH,--a peo- |
ossnly baptism Of blood, al 1t were, essential to
the psopsr conduct ot . campaign. Nor woro
sooncs Ut organi2od violence aud nBllrrcotona |
by any neana unknown in tho past. Iha |
street hsrsioades aud batteries Of artillery, AZ
scon in tho stroots OF New Orleans iu 1853, aud |
tbs terrible riots Of 1866 and 1868, toll quito ~
bloody and agnlGant tale OF "a popular Up
relng Of tho people," aa tho somewhat similar
manifestation on tho 14th Of September last.
30. too. III thu notorious "Cartor war," HI opon
insnrrcction of an armcd ropu!aco waa saYott
from hccontsng bloody revolution only through
TIM timely intervention Of Federal bayonotH.
Tho tide OF popular prejudice, turned againat
the Republicans as seemingly natura! result at
tue War, has variod in i1l+enaty az n application,
only In accordance with the hopes or fears OF tho
loadlnB spirits in control 1t nlassaorcd the poor
ignorant blaeks By huptreha In 1866 and 1868. |
It naauaed It's armed cohorts. under tho londor-
ahlp Of Carter, tor tho fosclbo ororthrou Of |