New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-10
MORE ECHOESe
The Press North and West On southern
J4aw!essness.

Lawlessness.
The following IS from the Chicago Times
OF the seventh:
The people Of Shreveport :epel with much
show OF Indignation the lntlmatlon OF GOV:
ernos Kellogg that they supplied the band
OF a:med rutiians who murdered tue Ce'
.ehss!ess Coushatta prisoners. Very we'll
II is OF Eo consequence Thethe. the mr.
de:ers went irom Shreveport cr Coushatta
thing IS to ind .he fellows and mete GU: 20
them the punishment: they SO richly de-
serve. Tn. thing is to!erably certain.
namely. that it Will not be necessary 20 20
oui .: the State to tine the fellows. Inc
story ,nv.ite,. by them or their sympati''z.
ers. that they came from Texas, IS good
dea! TOO much !'ke tissue paper. IN 1he
frs. place. the massacre occurred a:
distance Of forty miles .coln the Texas
line. In the second place. the prisoners
were going to Shreyepel. and thence y Or.
There was no reason 10 suspect thai .heT
intended 20 seek homes IN Texas. and II Is
imross:ble 70 conceive OF any motive winch
Texans could have had 20 20 ont OF their
own State nr aug sucI murderous errand,
except :ba: Of sneer bio.i thirstiness.
In fact. it IS hardly possible t1 CONCEIVE
Of any a,;.e. motive which could have i'm.
pe:led I.ol:sianians TO suclI d deed. The
prisoners had resigned their offices at the
command o. tue mob, they had promised
to leave the State, and were. III tact. on
tneir ryay ont Of the State when they we're
| butchere. il coo: blood. In view of al
| the circumstances. not one ot when IS IN
| the ieas. pa.l.at:ng, it IL 10 DE aoped that
every titor. Will ne made 70 hrnt down
! and bring to Justice the :nlsc-eants VINO
| did this deed, from which evei. the most
cruel savases might have shl INK.
! And :heIe ara some other fellows III. n.
! deed, they are no. .he same onesi who need
! 20 i,- looked after: tie fellows. namely. who
! calling themselves ''c..izens' comm.ttee.
are Investigating the charge of melting riot.
etc, against twenty-five negroes ~ C1u'
| siiar.a. Il IS rot difficult 70 predlGr the
! outcome. %: :lts .'.1vesc; CATION" The cou1.
| x: :.as come 70 understand the meaniIp Of
| these performances perfectly vel. 1ne
investigation 9: EHarge5 agalns: negroes
! ov citizens committees il Dixie means
I .vncil:rg. ard murder. and nothing e.se.
| The enTegnriss il which this Ceushat1a
co,l,n!r.e. is engaged is that OF providing
| .I excuse tor he shocking crime that has
| Already been committed, and 4 precext for
| committing another OF the same kind. The
| chances are :;a. we shall presently hear
| that twenty-five negroes have been ''res.
| cueG" from :he Invests eating committee and
| sc OF to death. That is how this work Ut
| exrcvm.1a::or Is carried or.
| Ii this ease. as in all similar ones that
! have come - the knowledge Of the public.
the significant :ac: appears mat no white
| ma1 receives; :. scratch. There IS the usual
:a's alcu: Al AMY OF some hundreds OF
| a.,l.t: blacks breathing fortk threatening
| and Slaughter. ana proclaim, N9 :Ie!: intent
~ massacre :.,e -!,i-es. without distinction
Of a:e .: sex. Blu e:elyhedr knows wha!
; this :a!l: msans. The simple :ac: w..ich APP
| pears IN al. :hese cases. 10 white mau is
~ a
| wounded. is !. e..tiieien: commentary or
| ..ls noise abou. intended massacre. IN ali
| likelihood, II there was any conspiracy "a
! commit wholesale murder in Coushatta, !:
| was a white conspiracy. aud the indications
a-e .ta, the conspiracy is not yet broken
! rp. AID the laas:acr IS not ended.
The st. Louis Republican. which is 70:
principles Democratic. and always ready to
steak :. good wo:t. :or Democrats wher
anything good OF :ae,E could be said. has
the following words N its issue Of the sixth
instant:
The ,es,:i: Of the va: crght TO have
! demonstrated concIUsive!y 20 The Southern
people .aa: their social philosophy was the
wors. anu mos: deius.ye sopliscry. Thei.
soldiers. framed to look :ncltfeIently upon
blooisned aLG 20 regard homicide lightly
me. the soldiers o: the North. trained &c
abhor murder and shuide- :.t the shedding
OF human blood under any circumstances
At the outset Of the war che Southern peo
pie believed .hat the Yankees would no:
fight in tie :ieid Because tie: had not hee'
az :ustoned 10 killing eacn other in :ht
street at hone. Bu: the sequel showed
tha. men who might not light s.agly owe,
small or Imaginary personal grievances
! would Il ght. and. tha. &c the death, when
their substantial objects o: sOlicitude were
assa:led. SO We may conclude that race
ot people does not gain any actual siren gtn
by fostering. d: the South has always doae,
disposition to shed blood.
The remedy for these evils lies in tbs
hands o. the Southern people, .tha: IS to
say the aggregate community. IL the tirs!
place the Southern people must learn u
punish young men OF good family who
commit homicide Jus! as vigorously as the :
! would negro or d poor White for the sans
O.fanse. Trey mus: realize what they never
have entirely understood, that homicide
il al attront 20 al. society, and one tha;
can be exsenuated Only upon the gravesi
provo:a::oG. They mus: cease 20 make
rl:.-tie. heroic and b:codshed chivalric :.s
'ler always have done 20 Al. intents and
purposes by countenanc:ng appeals 20 the
pistol and tie knife il: settlement O! dis
puteS. 10 the stereotveed condemnation
.: all goo. citizens" they .aus: add swl.:
arrest. speedy trial and prompt. punish
| hien: n cases OF hon !cide. Until human
I HE becomes ,.earer than j: now is IN .e
South. We fear :ha. tie unfortunate section
will know but little peace OF prosperity.
III tie Cleveland LeaG.- OF the :our:i. in
I s:an:. We ind shis:
Uu. New Orleans dispatches show :hat
Governor Kellogg is determined 20 leave
undone nothing That can assist in secu-.rg g
the arrest Ct tue murderers of the Cou
shat:a prisoners. who ~efe killed %.s!ie
being taken from the State under guard
In the statement which accompanies the
proclamation offering g reward OF 5000
each for the arrest and delivery to Justice
OF the murderers, Governor Kellogg states
emphaticallv that the White Leaguers no,
1 onlI. occasiOned the trouble. but were the
..Texans" who committed she murders
Nov. that the United States marshals are tc
be aroused, and the negroes and Repu0
.icaus are to have assurances OF protection
it is possible ina. these scoundrels may ye'
be brought 20 Justice and be made to suffer
the penalty which the law prescrlbes tol
murderers. Governor Kellogg no 0ouo'
has his faults, but we're all Governors Q!
the Southern States like him, and could
thei. orders be enforced, the iawiessness
and GioodsheG wh;cn has nearly preclpisar
| eGs genera. "war of races. would tave
been IN grea: measure avoided.
! From the New York Graphic Of the fifth:
The situation IN the Southern States Is Sc
delicate and dangerous that it admits OF nc
| tritiIug nor tempOriZing. The questions OF
Northern politics have no influence there
and our Northern parties have no Southern
| cOunterparts except IL name. But South
err movements have a vast influence on
Northern politics, and the recent disturb