Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-01-22

o rage which had Just been perpctrated a
( Coushatta lie adds that there was "a
= openly ayowel policy Of czteminating tn
( Republicans"
: September ! J. Gov. Kellogg makes requi
I siti1u on the President to take measures
D put down the domestic violence and insur
/ rcction then prevailing.
e On December o. Gov kellogg telegraphe'
the PresiJca; as follows "lniormatio'
reaches me that the White League propos
making an attack upon tie State House, e
r pecialiy tlatportion occupied by the Treas
urer Of ;hc State. The organization is YER
, numerous and well armed and the Stat
forcesuow areial!e are not sufficient To re
sist successfully any movement they luay
make"
Ez-G.,. Wells, President % tie State Re
turning Beard. :elccrarhcI the President,
December 10. Us follows. The members Of
the Board are being publicly and privately
threatened vith violence, anlan attack upon
the State liaa-c, which is likely to result
in Mo1d,hcl. is also threatened. B1 request
OF the Board, | respectfully ask that Dc
tgchmcnt oi troops he stationed in the State
House. - that the deliberations and final ac-
ton of the Board may he tree from iu;imida-
ton and violence"
Sacrian's Instructions from tie ,resarv
| Of War are given. These say
| What the Prcsiden; desires is the true
condition of affairs and % receive such sug-
Sestior~ from You as Won may deem adyi>a-
bic and iadiciIuS. iurl0sed herewith is an
order authorizing y1u 20 assume command
Of the military division oftEc South, or any
| portion cd tag- division. should Won see
proper TO Do So l. may be possible that
circumstances may arise which would rem
der this proper course to pursue. Iou
can. u F1u desire it, see Gen. Mcdowell in
Louisville. and mike known % him conf
dontal.Y the object 90 your ,rig. buI this j.
no; required OF You. Communication with
him Bog yoa is lcis entirely 20 your own
| Judgment. o. course, You can take with yOu
such gentlemen o! Your staff - yuu wish,
| and u j. b->; that the trip should appear %
/ he one as much OF pleasure as Of business.
/ for the fact OF your mere presence in the To-
calitie- referred TO Will have. il is presumed,
/ a beneficial effect The Pre-. ilent thinks,
/ and SO 90 /. that trip South might be
agreeable % you. and that you might he
able 10 obtain good deal Of information on
| the subject.
SHERIDAN Summary ca NyEaEE- ,Np OUT
FACES II LOUISIANA.
Tie following telegram appear. IN the
correspondence
NEw OE,EANs, Jan. 10, 1870 p. Ii.
". ". Bel1nap, Secretary OF War. Wash
iagttn Since the year l-GG. nearly >. 800
persons, 4 great majority ~ whom were
coi0rei men, have been killed AL wounded
in This STATE. In l-GS, the official record
shows that ] Ssh were killed and wounded.
From l-ts 20 She pvc-ec: time no official IL
vestIseuon has heCa made, and the civil
authorities in all but few cases have been
unable to arrest, convict and punish the per
petrat0rs. Consequently there arc no cor /
rect records 10 be consulted Tor iniorma- |
tiOr. There Is ample evidence, however. IL |
show that more than / POO persons have been |
killed anO wounded during this time On ac-
count Of their political sentiments. Fright |
fal maSsacres have occurred in the parishes
Of Poster. Caddo, Catabou.a, -. Bernard, |
81 Landry, Grant and Orleans.
The general character Of the ilas-acres in
the abOve-named parishes is 50 well known
that II L. unnecessary to describe them. The
isolated cases can hes. he illustrated by the
following instances. winch take from
mass OF evidence now lying bii0re me. of
men killed On account Oh their political
principles In Natchitoches parish the
number of Isolated cases reported Is 80 in
Bienvillc, 30 in Red River, 81 in VIM,
-, II Jackson, 20; in Catehoula, 30 Most
of the country parishes throughout the
state vii show corresponding state OF
affairs. Inc following statements will Illus
,rate the character and kind of these out-
RACES On August 80, ISL. in Red River
parish six State and parish officers named
Twitchell, Divers, Holland Howell, EIgcr-
ton and Willis were taken. together with
four negroes, under guard 20 be carried out
OF the State, and were deliberately mur-
dered. On August %. the White League !
tried, sentenced and hanged two negroes.
On August 2o, three negroes were Shot and
killed az Brownsville. just before the az
rival q the United States troops in the par /;
ISL twD Nhlt9 LeaguerS rode up to q negro :
cabin and called for drink of water. When y
the old cpl0rod nan turned 10 draw If, they =
shot him in the back and killed him. The !,
courts were ali broken up in This district, !,
ana the di-tric, judge driven ont. In the :,
parish of Ca4do, prior - the arrival OF the !,
| nltcd States troops. I'll # the ciiccT- ut ',
Shreveport were compelled t. abdicata by /
he Nhie League, waieh took possession of 81
Inc place Among those obliged 10 ahii- =,
ate were Walsh. the mayor. RGpors. the n
sheriff, '. ncatln, the c.trS Of the cOdrt, =,
)urant, the recorder, and Ferguson and \
}eniZo, administrators. Two cJlored men, -
yh0 had given evidence in regard to frauds :.
committed in the parish. were compelled to !,
lee for their lives. and reached this city, :,
asst night, having been struggled through -
n 4 cargo Of cotton. In the parish OF B0s- -
Ter, the White League have attempted to p
Dree the abdication OF Judge Baker, the -,
,nIted States commissioner and the parish -
ldee, together with G'Neal, the sheriff. ~
nd Walker. the clerk Of the court, and
hey have compelled the parish ana district ~.
ourts 10 suspend operations. judge Baker 4
.ates that the White Leaguers notified him 49,
syeral times that if he became 2 candidate -
n the Repu blican ticket, or If lac attempt -
/ to organize the Republican party, he oo
lould not live till election. They also H.
led to intimldate him through his family ~
! making the same threats to his wife, and ~
hen told by MIN that he was a United ~ -,
ates commissioner, they notified him not -
attempt to exercise the functions of his -,
ice. In but few of the country parishes ~
IN it be truly said that the law Is properly 81 81
forced, and in seine of the parishes the ~
dyes have not been able to hold court for a s-'
70 years. Human life, in this State, is ~; ~
Id 50 cheapiy, that when men are killed -
account of political opinions the mur- ~,
rers are regarded rather as heroes than as "a,
iminals in tho localities where they re- 50.
ie, and By the White League and their '"i
pporters. 60
An Illustration of the ostracism that pre- an,
lis in the State may be found in resoiu- the
N of a White League club in the parish the
DE Soto, which states that they pledge WI
emselves under no circumstances. after for
Q coming election, 70 employ, rent land Dor
or in any other manner give aid, comfort. for,
credit to any man, white or black, who I
ties against toe nominees of the white stol
IN party SAFETY Tor individuals who out
press their opinion in the isolated por- cleg
ms of this State has existed only when and
1t opinion was in favor Of the principles the
q party supported by the KrKlux and eou
hIte League organizations. Only vester- ed
y, Judge Myers, the parish Judge of tair
tchitoches parish, called on me upon his five
'iyal in this city. and stated that, in or tbot
: to reach here alive, he was obliged TO thai
We his home By stealth and after night this
|, and make his way 20 Little Rock, tiou
k, and come to this city by way OF but
mphis. lie further states that while his Sne,
her was lying AZ the point of death in at a
sa'ns '1iiage ne was unable to Tlsit bin clerl
iear'0i assassination and yet he is a and
i've OF the parish, and is prescribed for VII
itical sentiments only. it is more than .nat
babe If bad government had existed in com
! State. it is the result of the armed or spch
lizations which have now crystallizsd fusi,
D what is called the White League. In Dem
I'd of bad government developing them Boa
y have, by their terrorism, prevented to tests
siderable extent the collection of the ticip