Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-01-20

that is disputed, they can correct me.
After stating the origin of the difficulty
which grew out of an attempt of white
persons to drive the parish Judge and >hcr
if (appointces of kellogg) from Office, and
then attempted protection by col"rcd per
sons, which led to some lighting, in which
quite a number of negroes were killed. the
Judge states:
Most of those who We're not killed.
were taken prisoners. Fifteen or sixteen
of tie blacks had lifted the boards and ta-
ken refuge under the floor of the court
house. They We're all captured. About
men We're taken prisoners
(thc number is not d definitely tiXesD. They
were kept under guard until dark. They
wer,' led ont two by two and shot. Most
of lhe men were shot dead A few We're
were wounded. not morally, and by pre-
tending to be dead were aftcrward, during
The night able to make their escape.
Among them WAS Levi Nelson. named in
the indictment. The dead bodies of the
negroes killed in this affair were left TN
bari, Il unit! Tuesday, the 10Th. when they
wcr buried by Il ,iuptity marshal and an
officer OF the militia from New Orleans.
These persons found tifty-ninc Gcad bodies.
They showed pistol shot wounds. the great
majority in the head, and most of them in
the back of the head. In addition To The
fifty n.ne dead found. some cha~red remains
of dead bodies were discovered hear the
court house. Six dead bodies were found
under Il warehouse. all shot in the head
heart The only white men injured from
the beginning Of these troubles to heir
close were Iladnot and Harris. The court
l.
>umcd There is no evidence that any
one in the crowd of whites bore any &" law
ful warrant for the arrest of any of the
blacks. There is no evidence tha: either
Nash or Ca>eold after the affair ever de
manded the offices to which they had set
up claim, but the register continued to act
~ parish ju ge and Shaw as sheriff.
These are the facts in this case as | un-
derstand them TO be admitted. 10 hold
the people of Louisiana generally rcspon-
siblc for these atroci les would not he Just
But it is a lamcntalle fact that in>upclabe
puui-hin~ these mur,lcrcrs. and the SO
not only justified the mr,>acrc but de
the attempt of the United States officers
10 lIll0 ll.cill 10 1U>llEt' I'll ICt tit utlICEt-
ton, rin.r throurh the country about
office holding and election matters in
Louisiana. while every one Of the Colfl>
mscreants co.S unwhipt of Justice. an,
no WAY can be- found in this bo1s,eI land
nf civilization and christianity to punish
fine ,,ornrtr.,tor, of thj, bloody and mon
,.rons crime.
Not unlike this was tl.c massacre in
Au~,1,t last. Several northern ymlnr men
of Capi al and ENTERPRISE had Started the
lttIr and t1ourj,Iiu', town of Cou-lr,tt,
some If them were. rrpuhlic:,n. and office
holders under KrlIocrr Thcy were there.
fore doomed to death, six OF them were
.oiz4I and c.,rrirl AWAY from th ir home.
and mrr,lrrrd in cola blood No one has
cen rnni>hcI. and the conservative press
of 1hr ,;att. d.nounceI all rtfort, to that
end and boldly Justified the crimes.
MANY mur,itr> Of a like character have
been committed in individual eases. which
cannot / ere he drtailcd For example
7 s. G;tw.orl. ;u9-@ of the rari-h. md
the district ATTORNEY of the twelfth judicial
district Of tine ,t,tt. on their way to court
were Shot from their horse, by men in am
bush. on the Sth of October, 1873. and the
widow of Tie former. in Il communication
to the department of Justice, tells Il Itcou>
tale Of the persecution of her husband l,.-
c:tI.>r he WIS Union man, IN Of the
tl,.r., made to screen those who had com
m!t,d Il crime. which 10 use h,r own lan-
~,lage left two widow, and l.inc orphans
,io o~olate'
10 ~aV that the murder of u nero or Il
white r,pul lic:n is not cons dored Il erin,
in I.oui~i,la would probably be unjust t,
a great part of the people; but it : true
thlt Il -ir:tt number ot s'.ch murders have
bee: committed. and no one h : been ln
i~hcl: therefore. nanil,.-tiv to thcm tie
spirit of hatred and violence i> stronger
tn n ltW. Representations were made /,
me that the I, scnc,. of troops in I.o ,r>ian;
WIS unnc' e~s''rN- "nt lfFliAlrd the people
and that ulrr was 10 GAnE'r Of pnhLl'
disturbance II tlHN Wcr" t'k' away
/ Consequently. early III last sumner. The
troop~ were all WlthdlaWn from tn" state
viii III" rNcrI tl"n OF 4 >ln'l -f'F:l,' u
New trlc"nN barracks. IL Wa tI"l'nt'