The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1875-01-30

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cess, but a failure in Georgia, Ala
hama, Virginia, Tennessee and
Arkansas.
The New Orleans Republican Of
the 23d inst, sanctions the bill
about to be introduced into Con.
gress, which recognizes the Kellogg
government, but abolishes those OF
the other named States. It says
Louisiana il excepted from the lat
ter because in Louisiana reconstruct
ton has been a success. There
must be, and we presume there is
another exception from failure
South Carolina. 1t is not often
that it is our good fortune to agree
with the Republican, but we do
agree with it in saying that Recon
struction could not have been ex-
pected to have accomplished more
in Louisiana and South Carolina
than it has accomplished. In them
we may learn what the Republican
and the party it represents, regard
as successful Reconstruction and it
is a lesson we'll worth learning
We are not familiar enough to
give a detail Of what Reconstruct
ton has accomplished in South
Carolina, but We propose to give All
outline of its blessings in Louisiana
Gen. Sheridan reports that there
have been 5000 homicides in the
State since 1868; that a very large
proportion Of the perpetrators of
these homicides are UNPUBLISHED,
and that here there is no secur
ity Of life. AS these figures are in
excess of those of any of the States
in which Reconstruction is admit
ted to have failed, We suppose their
excess to he one of the fruits of sue.
cesstui reconstruction. We regret
that the General did not continue
his detail of the other items of sue
cess which has made Louisiana an
exception; OF, how many other tel
onies have marked it's rule; that
he did not tell the world how ten
der reconstruction has made the
heart and sympathies of our recon-
Governor for such telonies
us murder, rape, arson, burglary
and larceny; so tender that he par
doned GO at one time; an act une-
qualed in the annals of philanthro-
py. We regret that the General did
not tell that of the 5000 lomiciGes
III Louisiana since 1865 more than
half had been committed by ne
groes upon each other in virtue of
reconstructed District Attorneys,
Jurors, Judges and Sheritfs; that
he did not tell the world that re-
could make District
Judges out of men whom the peo-
pie of other States thought too ig-
norant to be Justices Of the Peace,
and District Attorneys out of re-
Attorneys to ignorant
to draw an indictment and too
stupid to conduct a prosecution.-
Lest our readers may think we ex-
pccted too much of Gen. Sheridan
in so brief a despatch we will con.
tinue on our own responsibility an
Of those features Of
which have been
successfully engratted upon Louis
lana and made her an exception to
the other Southern States to be re-
constructed, and we do SO the more
readily because we intend to emu
merate only those features which
are known and read of all men. We
wish to tell Of grand and petit ju-
rors made of poor, ignorant ne
groes who cannot be made to COM
prehend even the forms, much less
the substance Of law who aannot
be taught that the offer of a bribe
is an insult, or perjury a disgrace
and a crime, but who are open to
the approaches Of every criminal
and in every important case, to use
the gamblers phraseology, the Grim