The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-04
Lonlsinna InYe.tlgntion.

was very CoEu4HlIy EeCleNeu w tut PeVFtS'
Witness social intercourse with the peo'
pie Of that city and section has been the
most pleasant; the Republican residents
express q desire that the representative
men from the north should settle in that
country; the feeling Of the residents Is
loyal 10 the general government; troops
have been in Caddo parish nearly ever
since witness has been In the parish; ifthG
troops were absent from the parish law
officer OF the Federal government calling
uponthe people would receive assistance
In making arrests; does not know Of
White League in Shreveport the election
last fall was asquiet as witness ever knew
to be held in any State; there was . dis
position on the part Of the people that It
should be SO; the general desire Of the peo-
pic, without regard to race, is for order
and good government; there is q great de-
preston iIlbusiness and shrinkage in val
ues there, which has in part resulted from
high taxation and maladministratiOn
generally, The city Of Shreveport, al
though patrolled by a voluntary police
force, was, at tho time Of Major Nor
relies appearance, as orderly as any town
in New England. The i'll feeling against
most Republican officials was owing to
their cOrTuptness; there arc some who arc
respected; Mr.. Wise, although Repub-
lican and an ofiCeholder, Is evidently es-
teemed.
TO Mr.. Frye-Saw negroes vote the
Conservative ticket; for two months and
q half previous to the election, under the
volunteer police, the city was quiet be-
longs to white mans club, but did not
Join the White League; knew Of no White
League in the city; does not know Of any
residents being engaged in the COus hatta
massacre; everybody with whom witness
conversed OF this affair condemned 1t.
To Mr.. WheelOr-If II had not been for
the partisan action Of Major Merrill there
is no doubt that tho labor resolutions
would have been rcsCinded.
s. b. SleeFs-Resides In Shreveport Is
q native Of New York; was well received
by the white people Of Shreveport the
people arc anxious that respectable men
should come from the north and settle
there; Republican olEiceholder, II he be
upright and honest, will 10 respected; he
thought during the first few years Of his
residence there that the two races could
not live together, but there isnow a better
feeling existing and were II not, for the
interposition Of certain white Repub-
licans the blacks and whites would get on
peaceably. Tho white people regard
Kellogg Us u usurpGr, and TO that may DO
attributed tue late troubles. 1t Is my
opinion that tho afiairs have not been ad.
ministered honestly, and certainly the
people have been exceedingly patient
There Is no hostility existing against the
General Government. There isno desire
for tho re.establishment Of slavery, and
any man who would attempt to defraud
the negroes in settlement would loso
his cast among the better class ot people.
Knows Of no White League organization
or political clubs in tho town. The elec'
tion passed of quietly, and many negroes
voted the Conservative ticket
Crosse xaminCd--As 10 the difference
between the Warmoth and Kellogg gov.
ernments thcrGiJ little; anumber Of color
cd men-Yoted the Conservative ticket; the
Republican olliciciuls Of the parish are
to some extent corrupt; there was q pub
lie card signed by the northern residents
OF Shreveport denunciatory Of Merrills
reports; tho most corrupt appropriations
had been made by the radical officers In
the government Of Shreveport, particular.
ly IN the infringement Of tho Savings
Bank.
Mr.. Marshall here reminded Mr.. Frye
that the ross.examinatlon should not 10
conducted as In police court.
J.C Moncuro has lived In Shreveport
since 1851; came originally from Virginia,
and has resided in Louisiana for fourteen
years; was candidate for State Treas.
urOr In the past election. Soon after the
reconstructfon Of tho State 1t was found
that the negroes were induced to array
themselves In solid mass In the interest
OF class Of men who we're strangers In
tho State, and who hnd organized the
negroes not for the public good, but to
secure their election 10 official positions.
Witness was nominated for the Legiela.
turein 1870. The blacks were told that
their interests wore dependent upon those
Of the whites; that they were labOrerS,
and that there should DO no antagonism
between them. The colOred men were
impressed with these statements, but they
eFadicated the idea from their minds In
secret meetings with them, and told
them that the Conservatives were not
sincere, and only desired 10 obtain power
In order TO cast them into slavery. In
tho Legislature OF 187l.72 there were
many plundering schemes One OF these
was tic State House bill, which was dc.
feated by parliamentary tactics, the entire
Democratic vote going against II. In the
canvass Of 1879 there was Q new feature.
Witness said this war In Louisiana was
not against Republicans, but against q
dishonest government. In 1872 the Com
Servatives fused into one party. There
we're many Colored men on the ticket, and
the election was carried in Caddo, but the
were counted out. It has al.
ways been the attempt Of the white peo.
pie 10 make the political Division one not
Of color. The organization Of The whites
was not intended 10 deprive the negroes
Of any Of their rights. In 1874, having
tried all other means, the campaign was
conducted under the ayowed auspices Of
the white race. twas not the intention
to deprive the negroes Of q single right,
hit Il was believed that more effect would
be produced on tile negro mind by q
white than by having mixed
black and white ticket. The result show.
ed the correctness OF this supposilion.
The white ticket had larger black vote
than II ever commanded before. The
was fairly conducted at the
time, as fairly by the white people US any
thai has ever baen held. Tie relations
between the white and cOlored races are
Ia reality very friendly, except when
they are acted upon In elections OF by the
Of men who are trying 10
organize the negroes and obtain control
Of the machinery Of the government. 1
believe there il a general and complete
on the part Of the controlling
element Of the while population to feCpgs
nito every legal right Of the negro | be-
lieve that the negro would enjoy more
happiness and be better taken cate Of
In every way with the State under Con.
,ervative control; believe that In the or
binary everyday intercourse the negroes
and white men are mitch more friendly at
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