The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-01-21
The Committee give an account Of the

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non-fnlfllment of personal or political
pledges: maIfeasance of home and local
officials; disputes among leading colored
lerSo9s; loss bt embezzlehent in some
cases Of the School Funds and the fail
ure of the Freedmen's Bank-all conf-
bined to divide the viewsof the colored
voters during the campaign, An effort
was accordingly made by the Cohserva-
tives to acquire part of the negro vote.
With that view it was sought in many
quarters to propitiate them. Frequent
arrests by United Ssates Marshals for in
timidation or threats Of unemployment,
and the apprehension that was telt that
the Returning Board would count out
their menif an excuse for such course
were offered, all combined, especially
after the l4th of September, to put the
Conservatives on then good behavior,
and the result was that in November,
1874, the people of Louisiana did fairly
have a free peaceable, full registration
and election, in which q clearly Conserv-
ative majority was elected to the lower
House of the Legislature, of which ma
iority the Conservatives were deprived
by the unjust, illegal and arbitrary action
of the Returning Board.
THAT there were turbulent spirits can
not be denied Those returned to office
NV the Returning Board in violation of
y ',G hes Of the nennle are esneciallv
III VIZ ",''iI9 Tn " ona WV ;,s,opca the aditos ~
t%a aVS1, S6rerenorf m y Naws1 in anticination Of
tr,U TntH hu tbe Pet,irning PnaIJ If
tbn "'vs%Sig w,;iI of X neonIe onnn1y derlareJ
uo W. va a., ott,,l ,lI roniady ,test6rkilI tba
'r,onS ,'i"U ao amd % decIated this to he rhe SEN
t;rnapt 1 ~ tLe Conshrvatives of his spc-
t;nn tilrS nS tho Stote XII hevond a news
StOai Ss,nI ~ tlyo Nbo 3enlar,tion Of
p"i0i t%dt sort =, T was hrourhf to orr nofire al
h" .ii"v sGi "s ""S od,nifted on all hands that
MgS us3hao SoS,Ja Of fba &BoIa STATE felt
on,o trraoad No tha action of the Re-
SS';, 80, poari fydeed if iss conceded
i'iiaiI ~ i St;as tbot thG K jloro,uGnCn,n
uS,~t' = Pni'i nniT rnSSId'hy fha T93eraI miIi.
,nUr .ur-V y Wtbdraw G the military ana that
70 e. ,a,,r,oilt ~, xii 90 down - This va
tr,a GUo hnfnnSa H. IN 3f Jann9rv as we'll ns
vpO.o DsfoNu wy Y o,,f, we th;o II ~
nv ~, ~ aa,,bt thot f7Gngtaes has nar-
~ 3tad ~ w bort Mn tLo IagalIty 9f Gis Gbyern-
,lil," n,,t T M CanJarTat; Tao ~ oay tbie is nnt
NV, ~ hoca,,So tbn Ghvernment is ILLEGAL
I,t' I,,t ooo,'So oo il bos heen ohusive and cor,
Uuo oeO"''o ~ - 49,
iuPI Rf +ho Whit aaoues of New Orleans
~ ~ 'nno Yuo onittae @ eays 1T 4 an oroaniza,
w t;n, 0O,n, oon,nnssJ of d;ffarant Clnhs nm
So,,; tlon vonPo III hotween , 506 and So0 the
v1onS I5ona 49, % which bave nrov;ded arms
elo.,oelo ene.Lo1o ~ InoS and WITH or without arms
nm az, ,ano sm~l ir military drill Thev have no
un3SS un3if3rm their arms are the property of
;,iMT,;d,IoIs and nnt of tho organizations
Thnn ny, 'I o,lrnnr;Se @ large nnmher of rennta.
hia My III G E1ans and of nronertv holders
Thoir ~ nurnose thew declare to he simplv
rrotaot; % ion necessity occasioned nv
p,o'Ue, ipho,-;stance ofl.syIns : mono the hlackS :.
" cifo the bostiI;tv with which The KELLOGG
oovornment ~ arra ed the black AGAINST
S'I';to SJttl raoo. Of tbe want of eacrr;tv to
"naeeobIe "mi.o citizens and their families
pJ%CJh ap'L;ch oxisted. fnr those reasons and he
a,,,nn "mi1 also Of Tho necnliar formation nj
tSe'' t%o 'ooIico | hrigade On tbe other hand
the the pRenublicans assert that this is an
onu oruood bodv of volunteers existing for
thn an ,nUu w, nose nose of intimidatino the blacks
onJ O,J rthr WING the KeIiooc Govern.
"nu "nant That if had anv considerable re-.
int;oms % outside of the citv q, New Orleans
nr that II was intended in anv wav TO in.
tartarn With the RIGHTS of col0red citizens
Jid mt annear. Nor ON the other hand
d Ala \ appe = that there was anv exten-
siva secret leagne among the blacks OF
NV kind That the White League would
resdilv co-onerate in any feasible scheme
for % byerthr6winp the Kellogg Govern.
ment vour Committee do not doubt. So
will substantially all the white citizens
Of Louisiana, Such organizations may
he dannerous and are very rarely to be
;m,tifed The affair of the 4th of Sen.
+ember is an illus ration of, this" The
Cdmmittee cave a detailed account of the
trnuble at t6at time, and saw; N
'"The Conservatives of Lonisiana do
MT nronose to fight the Federal Govern.
ment @ They submit, not because they
want TO but because they must; not be.
camse thew proclaim anv enmity against
tie dao. not because free labor has moi
haen fonnd nracticable. n6t because Of
SoStil;tv to tbo lcoIorad neonIs bncarse
tbey resard themselves al .deirSuded oIt
Of the election of 1872-vet more ont 81
the last eIection-and bacansa thew tbink
thar Stata govarnmant hos haen 70 the
Iast donreo dostrr ctiyo } "a chrTnrt In,
ded in orr ;ndoment tho enhston nfiol citi.
sons ~ +bs efafa vii sI hn3;f T. on,, fo;,
Instrumentation e m % oftba onest;nn " Of E the late
uIVoi oIn.; ,"o,n a. oA.Uiio ?uooTloi u 'o M
can secure nrm ana gooa government !.
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