The New York herald., 1874-12-26

May. 1874, military organization, known as the
White League, was established In this State and
permeated every neghborhood. That the OBJ
jec, OF this organization was to prevent COL
ored men from votlDg unless they could be
controlled to vote the democratic ticket,
and to prevent them from holding ONCE
and further to compei republican holding onicc
under the present State government to abdicate
their orices, and to prevent the republican party
In this state from organizing with view OF con.
cenrating their party at the late election, and
expel the white republicans from the State unless
they would desist from organizing the
republican party In this State and
withdraw from the active support o,
that party. The means taken by this White
League organization to accomplish the above pur-
poses are shown to have been by threats that II
the colored voters did not vote the democratic
ticket they should be expelled from the pla antaons
on which they were farming, be deprived OF their
crops, be excluded from renting lands hereafter,
or OF being employed and deprived OF their ratons,
or credit to obtain them, and leading coored men
were threatened with death II they persisted In
organizing the republican party, and white repub-
ncans were
THREATENED WITH PERSONAL VIOLENCE
prescription In business and socially, OF them.
selves and families. and with hanging II they per-
sisted IN organizing the party with view to the
late elections. This organization in armed bands
In many parishes IN the State carried their threats
OIL personal violence into effect by killing some
republicans, whipping and Ill treating others and
compelling the parish officers holding ofce under
the present Stale government to abdcate their
onces. This was particularly the in all OF the
Red River parishes, most Of the Teche parishes,
and in the parishes between the RED and Ouachita
rivers. All the above acts, lesorted to by this
White League organization to carry out their pur-
pose, were clear VIOLATIONS OF both state aud
United States laws and would subject the
perpetr ators OF these acts to Imprisonment
IN the Penitentiary, 80 odlous are they to the
sense OF the people. These acts of intimidation
which prevented iar, free and peaceable elec.
tinn in the parishes OF ST. Mary and Grant were SO
general and overwhelming that the Board felt
compelled to throw out every box in these par
ishes and in many other parishes where
there was satisfactory proof that in
tlmldation had been used at designated polls so as
TO prevent iair, free and peaceable election AT
such polls. and they were excluded from the
compilation as the law REQUIRES. When the
FRIENDS OF A POLITICAL PARTY
such as the White League organization Is toward
the democratic party shall clearly and generally
violate the laws Of the country to control All eec-
tion In their interests 1t Is but just and prorer
that when they are shown to have brought such
acts to bear on an election raat they should not be
permitted to profit by them. and such Is the in
tenion OF rne law. The Board, however, in this
case did not exclude any poll from com.
pilation except on satisfactory proof that such
violation had been perpetrated, ana that 1t
had the effect of ntimidating sufficient
number of voters to change the result OF the cleo
ton. AS all these acts to produce intimidation
had been perpetrated in iavor Of the democratic
onA lnGf I'm hiAnr
the polls excluded from compilation gene
rally gave majorities in favor Of the democratic
party, ana their exclusion from compilation re.
duced the vote OF that party, and In some
instances had the effect OF returning Representa-
tlves and other On1cers OF the opposite party DIFF
ferent from the returns made by the Supervisors.
This Is the natural result OF illegal attempt to
accompl sh an object and Is no fault Of the Board.
The counsel Of the democratic party protested
against
THE COUNTING OF CERTAIN POLLS
In the parishes OF Natchtoches and Bossier, on
the grounds that United States troops were ex.
actually visit the polls on the dav OF election, in
order to assist the United States Marshal to arrest
persons charged with violations Of the United
states Law, and that IN consequence q
great number OF democrats did not
attend the polls and vote for lear OF arrest by the
United States troops. Even II such iacts had
been fully proved, as alleged, we do not see that
there was any violation OF the law in United
States troops doing So Certainly a person
charged with q crime against the United States
law cannot say he IS Inundated by
the fact that the United states Marshal
was trying to arrest him. 1t Is his own rault II he
is guilty, and he cannot urge his crime as protec-
tion. Persons not conscious of their guilt would
unt dan from, nra Of TInit cd Gro
shall and his posse OF United States soldiers. This
is preposterous, and we did not consider this a
good
GROUND OF INTIMIDATION.
There were no returns Of the election from the
parish OF Desota by the Supervisor of Reg srraton
as the law required. Persons Interested produced
the Clerk OF the Court with such papers as were
intrusted TO him and offered them as the returns
from the parish. The Board decided they could
not receive, canvass and compile such returns. The
parties IN interest applied to the proper Court ior
q mandamus to compel the Board to receive the
canvass and compile those returns; but upon
trial the Court sustained the ruling OF the Board.
The same principle was acted IN the Terrebonne
case. There was 20 supervisor IN the parish OF
Winn, the one appointed for that parish hav-
ing been expelled from the parish and an
unauthorized person assumed to act. They could
not recognize such lawlessness.
The Board submits to the Legislature ana people
OF this State the result OF their investigation with
CONSCIOUSNESS that they have properly dts.
charged their trust
]. MADISON WELLS, President.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec "a, 1874.
The Board has adjourned subject to the call OF
the President.
THE LRGIsLATURE-THE HOUSE NEARLY TIE.
Governor Kellogg states that the returns show
three republican and three democratic members
oil Congress- Tine House Is nearly II not quite
tie, as Ex-Governor Hahn and other conservative
republicans Will probably remain neutral.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
are declared carried BY about 10000 majority.
Bienville parish, which gave Grant and Kellogg
600 votes In 1872 and Dubucet no vote this year.
Is not counted, and Grant parish, the OF the