New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-01-29
SOME OF THE CORPsES.

will be received. We are at some 10
: to know how to construe this request,
how far back into the history Of crime
are required to 60 to convince the n
oyune that there is but too much groun
for the fearful arraignment which its par,
is called upon to respond to. Will tt
two hundred and twenty-eight victims I
the massacre Of July, 1866, suffice, or mu
\ we continue the damnable record all dow
through the dark years that have sine
, elapsed, and rake from the wayside an
cross roads the fostering corpses of thos
who have been dispatched to thei
long homes by the assassin for politics
purposes? Are we required to rak
among the ashes Of Colfax courthouse 70
the charred remains of Democratic vic
Tins and rake the bottom of Red river TO
all that the fishes have left of those who
wounded to death, found rest in its turbil
waters? How many corpses will sufic
to persuade the Picayune that the caus'
of injustice Of which it is the advocate
has wrought the death Of thousands O.
innocent victims, whose blood yet cries
loudly to heaven for that vengeance which
is denied by man? The dark stains that
besmear hundred places in this State
! can not be sneered away by the apologists
of the guilty murderers, nor the names Of
the dead appeased by ridiculing the de-
mand for security for the future as a
''bloody shirt"
The books are too full of the bloody
records to make the task of producing all
the corpses an easy one, from sheer want
of time and physical force to copy them.
In the report of select committee sent
here in 1867 to investigate one of our riots,
there will be found corpses enough to
satisfy any one not hopelessly blood
thirsty. The committee was composed Of
Messrs. Eliot, Shellabarger and Boyer,
two Republicans and one Democrat. They
presented report Of about six hundred
pages Of closely printed matter, which
shocked the nation and secured the pass
age of the fifteenth amendment and the
reconstruction laws. The Picayune ought
to have a copy Of this report to refer to
when it is particularly anxious for sight
Of corpses. They are scattered thick as
leaves in Vallombrosa all through the
volume, especially on pages thirteen,
fourteen and fifteen, where we have the
fearful story ep,tomized. Leaving out the
cases of confusion and wounding, in the |
hope that some Of the injured persons re-
covered, partially, at least, we confne |
ourselves to the business Of producing the |
,orpses which resulted from the attempt |
If the Democracy to dispense a peaceable
body of men, assembled for lawful pur-
)Ose:
17-Will,am Har1ie, died August 2. 1866.
7-Frank Edwards, died August l.
man, died in Marine Hospi-
tai, August 4.
65-James Washington, died August 6.
johnson, died July 80.
Henderson.
l9-Rev. Mr.. Horton, chaplain of the con.
vention.
3l-A. P. Dostie, died on the spot.
32-S. 5. Fish, died from wounds received,
a few years after.
H0wes.
55-Captain Z. Loup.
All the above victims were sent to the
[arine Hospital except those who died
lstantly, with others, numbering in all
IS, and were officially reported by Cen
al A. Hartsuf Coroner C. Delery
ewed the bodies of Charles johnson,
INES Nelson, Collins Page, E. H. Cenas ,
i'd Wilson Johnson, who lost their lives ,
the fearful massacre. General Hart s
IF reported the total number Of
leo =. ;::.:.:.;:........ ....... 80
ounotu severely 90 |
OuuOo0 sllgltly.. W +
Total ascertained casualties. ............l 84 Il