The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-01-22

| the case OF tie InlIe1 STATES VS.. CruiheHenA
| and others, in New Orleans, in March, 1874.
| He said In the c>se OIL Trial there are many
facts not in controversy. l proceed to state
some of them IN the presence and hearing or
counsel Oh both sides, and If | state - . con-
| ceded fact any matter that il 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 Sheriff. appointees Of Kellogg from
office, and their attempted protection by col
ored persons, which led to some hShtinS, III
Thich Quite a number of negroes were killed.
the Judge states that most of those who were
killed we're taken prisoners. Fifteen or FIX
teen OF the blacks had lifted me
boards ana taken refuge Under the
all captured: about Ghirty-seven men
taken prisoners; the number is not def
! nitely fixed. They were kept under guard
until dark. They were led ont two by two,
and shot. Most Of tho men were shot to death.
| 4 few were wounded. but not MORALLY, ard by
pretending 10 be dead were afterward, during
the night, able to make their escape. Among
! them was the Levi Nelson named in the IN
dictment. The dead bodies of negroes killed
in this aft air were left unburied till Tuesday,
| April Is. when ther were buried by a Deputy
Marshal and an officer of tho militia from
New Orleans. These persons found fifty
! nine dead bodies. They showed pistol-shot
Ollitl II SlcSb biOJ'AAk' 80 HO
AID many Of them in the back OF the head.
In addition to the dead found, some
charred remains of dead bodies wero dis
covered near the Court Hyusa. Six dead
bodies were found under a warehouse,
all shot in the heart bu5 one or two, WHO
were shot in tho breast. The only Wllte men
injured, from the beginning Of these troubles
to their close, were HaJrOt and Harris. The
| Court House and its contents were entirely
consumed. There is no evidence that any one
in the crowd IF the whites bore any lawful
warrant for the arrest of any CT tho blacks.
There is 10 evidelco that either Nash or
| CaZabat, after the affair, ever demanded trial
before III officer who even set W Il claim e.
legally act but the Register continued 20 act
as Parish Judge.
These ara the facts in this case, as l under
| stand them TO be admitted. To hold The peo-
pie of Louisiana generally resPonaIblo Tor
these atrocities would not be just brt /. r. a
lameutable fact that insEperaUie distractions
were thrown Ill the way of Furnishing these
murdarers. and the so called Conservative
papers Of tha State not only justified the mas
sacre. but denounced a. "F-dsrAl tyranny anl
despotism" the attempt of the United States
officers TO bring them to justice. Fierce de-
nunciation5 ring through the country aboHt
otfice-hOld!ng and election matters Ill LOUIS
lana. while every one Of the CoifGX miscreants
goes unwhipped of justice. and no WAY can be
found in this land vi boosted civilization and
| Christianity to punish the perpetrators of this
bloody and INDUSTRIOUS crime.
Not unlike this was the massacre III August
last. Several Northern vounG men Of capital
and enterprise had started the little and
fouIishing town of C0ushatta some CT them
we've Republicans and Oflice-hoidc!a under
Kellogg. They were. therefore, doomed to
death. Six OF them were seized an" carried
AWAY from their homes aid murdered l.! c,id
blood. No one has been punished, and the
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all efforts to that end, ami boldly Justified the
crime.
MANY murders of a like character haTcbeen
committed in individual cases. which cannot
here he detailed. For example: 7. s. Cliff
ford, Judge of the parish, and the District
Attorney OF the Twelfth Judicial District OF
the State, on their way 10 the court, were
5hu. from their horses by men III ambush on
the Sth of October, 1879, ami the wife Of the
former. in Il communication to the Depart
ment of Justice, tells q plteOus tale OF the
prosecutions Of her husband, because lie was
q Union man, and of the efforts made to
seize those who had committed L crime which.
to use her language. left tSo widows ana
nine orphans desolate
To sav that the murder OF 2 negro or willie
Republican is not considered a crine III Lou
isiana. would probably be unj lst 10 q great
part Of the people; but 1t Is true that Z Sreat
humber OF such murders have been commit
ted. and no one has been punished therefor,
and it j. manifes:ly true that the spirit or
hatred aud violence there Is stronger tilAh
law.
REPRESENTATIONS were made to me that the
presence Of troops III Louisiana was unneceS-
sarv. and that there Was no danger of public
disturbances if they were taken away. Conse-
uuently early last summer the troops were
withdrawn from the State, with the excep-
ton of e. smal garrison at Ne" Or
leans barracks. Il WAS stated that
q comparative STATE Of quiet had supervened !;
that the political excitement as 20 Louisiana
affairs seemed to be dying cut; Lus the No.
vember election was approaching, and 1t was
necessary for party purposes that the namo
should be reiiShted. Accordingly, on the l4th
September, D.B Penn, claiming he was elect
ed ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS III 1872, Issued &n IL
tammatory proclamation, calling upon tue
militia OF the State to arm, asoemUie and drive
ont the "usurpers," as he desIGnated the
officers Of the State. The Waite LeaSuers,
armed and ready for the conflict, promptly
responded. GA the same day the Governor
made a formal req1lsition upon me, III pur-
suance Of the act of 1875, and sec. 4, articie IL
Of the Constitution, to aid III euppreaslhS
domestic violence. On the next day, | issued
NV proclamation, command ng tho insurgents
to d;suerse within five days from the date
thereof but before the proclamation was puD-
lished in New Orleans the organized AID
armed forces reCrganlAlng a usurpinS gov
e1nment, hal taken forcible possession of the
St,te House and temporarily subverted the
government. Twenty or more people were
!, killed. including q number Of the police OF the
> city. The streets Of tho city were stained
VITA blood. All tha. was desired IL the way
, of excitement had been Accomplished.
Prior to, and with n view tc, tia late cleo
: ton i'll Louisiana, white men associated them
t selves together in armed bodies, called
4 white Lessues," aud at the same time
threats were made i'll the Democratic Journals
9 of the State that the election shoUIh DO car
: ned against the Republicans ut all ha2"'o1
= which very naturally greatly alarmed the col
ored voters. By section s Of the act Of Feb
%. 1871, it .s made the duty OF United State
Na-ehais and their deputies, at tho p0ii
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