Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-01-25

Constitution. have recognized as the
Government of the State 1t has been
bitterly aud persistently alleged that
Kellogg was not elected Whether he
was or not l. not altogether certain. Nor
Is it any more certain that his competi
tor, McEnery. was chosen. The election
was gigantic fraud. aud there are no
trustworthy returns of its result Kel-
logg obtained possession Of the office.
and. in my opinion. has more right to it
than his competitor. On the 10Th of
February, 1873. the Committee On Priv
ilegeS aud Elections Of the Senate made
u report. in which they say they we're
satisfied by testimony that the manipu
latiop Of the elective machinery by War
moth and others was equivalent 70 20
600 votes. and they add that to recos-
nize the McEnery Government would be
recognizing a Government based upon
fraud, in defiance Of the wishes and in-
tentions of the voters Of the State.
TIE coLFAX BUTcHERY.
Assuming the correctness of the state
ments in this report. and they seem to
have been generally accepted by the
country. the great crime in Louisiana.
about which So much has been said. is
that one Is holding the office of Cover
nor who was cheated out of 20. 1000 votes
against another whose title to the Office
is undoubtedly based on fraud. and in
defiance of the wishes and intentions of
the voters Of the State. Misinformed
aud Inisjudging as to the nature and ex
tent Of his report. tie supper erS Of Me-
Emery proceeded to displace l.y force in
some counties of the State the appointees
of Governor Kellogg. aud on the 18th
of April in an effort of that kind. butch
cry of citizens was committed at Colfax.
which in bloodthirstiness and barbarity
Is hardly surpassed by any acts Of saw
age warfare
JUDICIAL TESTIMONY.
To put this matter beyond controver-
+ sy. | quote from the charge of Judge
" oods to the United States Circuit Court
to the jury in the case of the Unite,l
States ". Cruikshank and others IN New
/ Orleans in March. l~73. lie said:
I'm the case on trial there are many
facts not in controversy. proceed To
state some of them in the presence and
hearing of counsel on both sides. and if
state as a conceded fact any matter
that is disputed. they can correct me.
After stating the origin of the difficulty
which grew out of an attempt of white
persons - drive the Parish Judge and
Sheriff. appointeeS of Kellogg. from the
othce and their attempted protection hy
colored persons. which led to some fight
ing IN which quite number of negroes
were killed. the Judge states that most
Of them who were not killed we're taken
prisoners.
Fifteen or sixteen Of the blacks had
lifted the boards aud taken refuge under
the floor of the Court House. They were
all captured about thirty seven men
were taken prisoners. The number Is
not definitely fixed They were kept un-
der guard until dark. when they were
led out. two by two. aud shot. Most of
the men were shot Il death. A few were
wounded, not mortally. By pretending
to lie dead. they were afterwards. during
the night able TO make their escape
Among them was the Levi Nelson nam
ed in the indictment The dead bodies
Of the negroes killed in this affair were
left unburied until Tuesday. April 10.
when they we're buried by a Deputy
Marshal aud an officer Of the militia
from New Orleans.
FIFTY NINE DEAD BODIES.
These persons found ffty-nine dead
bodies. They showed pis'ol-shOt wounds
the great msjnrity in the head. and
most Of them in the back of the heal.
In addition to the fifty nine dead bodies
found. some charred remains of dead
bodies were discovered near the Court
House. xix dead bodies were found un-
: der warehouse. all shot IN the head
but one or two. which were shot In the
: breast. The only white men injured.
from the beginning of these troubles to
their close. we're HadnOt and Harris.
he Court House and its contents were
, entirely consumed. There is no evidence
that any one in the crowd of whites bore
any lawful warrant for the arrest Of anv
, of the blacks. here is DO evidence that
either Nash or Cazabat after the affair
ever demanded their Offices to which they
F had let up claim. but the Register
. continued to act as Parish Judge and
Shaw as Sheriff. These are the facts in
this case. as ! understand them to be
admitted
TIE MURDERERs UNPCNIsF ED.
To hold the people Of Louisiana gen
orally responsible for these atrocitie,
would not be just. but it is a lamentablC
fact that insuperable obstl uctions were
thrown in the way of furnishing thest
murderers. and the so o-called Conserva
tive papers of the State not only just
fed the massacre. but denounced a. Ped
eral tyranny and despotism the attemp
of the Uutted States cficers to bring
them to justice. Fierce denunciation,
rung through the country about the Of
ice-holding aud election matters in I.pu
isiana. while every one of the Cclfa1
] mi>creauts goes unwhipped of justice
and no way can be found in this buasteC
land of civilization ard Christianity t,
punish the perpetrators of this bloody
! aud monstrous crime.
I .HE cOUsHATTA MASSACRE.
) In August last. several Northern
young men Of capital and enterprise hao
e started the little and hourishing town o
= Coushatta Some of them were Republi
= cans. and Office holders under kellogg
! They were. therefore. doomed to death
Six Of them we're seized and carrieC
5 aw.y from their homes and murdered il
e cold blood. No one has been punished
: and the Conservative press of the STAT