New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-05

the old police jury an attempt was made
| to start Q White League in our parish last
| june. but the attempt was failure; Senator
Blunt has told the cOmmitte that he saw
! armed white men in the fremen's hall a,
the time Republican meeting was in ses
sion; l was ia the hall aud saw NO armed
men; am satisfied that the social position OF
Mre. Meyers has not been materially
charged from her former position.
A recess was taken until 1880 NJ.
Mr.. Hoar announced that hereafter per
sons not having business in the room would
be excluded rigidly.
Evening Session.
The committee reassembled at half pas,
! seven O'Clock last evening, and tho first
witness called was
Mr. Pearson, of Natchitoehes parish, the
last one on the stand ut the recees. RI.
| sumed-i Witness offered some newspaper
! articles 10 prove the situation OF atfair- in
Natchitoches parish for the wears Of 1860
To 1854; tue total number of homicides, 40
Republicans have had charge Of the parish
sinoe 1865, Il portion Of our parish was
| taken OH to make up Rcd Liver parish.
which took away from US about 3O0O in
habitants; we had no White League or
armed organization; troops first arrived in
our parish on the nineteeth Of Octuber:
citizens were arrested; Messrs. Cosgrvye.
Markham, Taylor, Brazle, Lane AEd Lowe
were arrested. charged with conspiracy aud
murder in the COushatta massacre; these
arrests by the United States marshal in
Inundated several white men; it WAS
universally admitted that CosgrOve was not
| IN the COnshattx affair; had the warraats
been in the hands OF y known and non
partisan marshal he could have executed
his writs easily it il not the general practice
ON the part Of our employers to cheat
laborers out of their dues; the feeling to-
ward the federal government is kindly;
there is an opposition to tho State govern
ment; up to the fourteenth OF September
the State government was recognized: in
1868 old man Hastings. an influential COL
ortd man in his vicinity, was murdered by
unknown persons, and it was ON account of
politics.; the administration OF criminal law
has not been prompt.
To MIR. Wheeler-During the war wss
colonel in the Confederate army; the do
mand made on the parish officials to re.
sign Wac made BY mass meeting; men
olpated IN the meeting; do not know Uf any
White League organization attempted to bo
made after election; have no knowledge ot
II; htpubhoan leaders have not generally
been cordially received; tho Democratic
party did not "cut' Mr.. Levy because he
held large amount of parish warrants. in
partnership with the tax collector; Senator
Blunt was afraid that he was not personally
safe; BiunL's personal character Ia uukown
to me; some CONSIDER him bad man: he
gave cOlOred men bad ad vice and reminded
negroes OF the bl cd from lashes that rau
down their backs in times of slavery:
Z. T.. Nash was at our meeting
which requested our parish officials t.
resign; l knew that q warrant WAS out for
his arrest as implicated in the Colfax muir.
ders; had not the officers resigned there
would have been trouble; it would have
been almost impossible 10 control the pop.
ulace; first knew Judge Neyers az an unre.
liable man in 1871; iu 1873 1 recommended
him for the district judgsbip, although l
knew that he had b.. n charged with com.
plicity in bad iobs; $1,000 were actually paid
on lho map Contract, and that money WIS
paid to q Democrat; heard that two
Domocratlc members OF pulice jury
received an unlawful amount of paw: NV
personal relations with Judge Meyers are
not the most friendly; alter 1879 there we're
two police juries-one kellogg aud one =
McEuery; neither did mue b business: Gov.
ernor Kellogg told us to make charges
against our tax collector and prove them.
aud ne would remove him; u new man WAS
a.terward appointed in his place; the debt
OF our PARISH accrued before the Kellogg
government was installed; when the parish
Tax was slxty-tour mills very small sums
were collected
Judge Taylor Beattie-Re side In La.
fourche parish: was born there; am iudg.,
OF the district court; in the election OF 1864
met with many people OF both complex xions
while passing from one Of my plantations
flb the Other. rho NJ hire 70 10 ;v,
last election was quiet one; in the parish |
Of 1erre DOnEe there wss q contest tOr sew
eral parish Offices, and the case went to 6
jury; the supervisor of registration was
named Board; on the trial l ordered the |
court clerk to take out q tally sheet to show |
{. he vote; he refused to obey my order and |
l removed him; | am not . D-mocrat,
but think am Republican;
am not ostracsed on that account;
my section Of country; in L4fou, che .rish !
there are perhaps seventy i've while r.. |
puollcans; in Assumption there sre not |
more than twenty five, and In Terreboare
there may be fifty; do not know of ans
intimidation; one Of the Jury men in the
election contest case was badly beaten tho
lay after the trial; believe that our people
are loyal to the federal government aud
10 disposition to reduce colored people to
y
To Mr.. Hoar-My neighbors were seces-
'ionlsts; believe the war settled that aaes
ion; our people do not believe that the
ederal government ia oppressive; they
mink that the present State government il
usurpatiOn; tha people believed that &C.
'esslon was right, but efter the war they |
ettl-d down to the situation and would not
ry the fortunes Of war again; was willing
y support Grant for another term, and be-
leved in the civil rights bill; was denounced
"a bad man thereafter by u few theudet
'onng men; in the lass.f"ur years the h"mi
ldes In my three parishes would amOnnt
o about twenty; two " hite men have hO6n
enfenced to the Penitentiary for life; in
S72 l supported Greeley for Presld-nt; l
Nth others attempted to speak 1T the g.,
;haries Hotel here, but was prevented by
mob.
To Mr.. Marshall-l think that most peo.
le have no i'll feeling toward the federal
overnment; they consider it their real
r0' cotton.
To Mr.. Hoar-Tbe election of 1872 had
'ands in IL; do not think that a oungres-
Onal committee could not have settled the
nestion as far rs concerns New Orlrnnt: l
INK that Mr.. McEIery was eleoted in
a2.
Ar. Hoar called attentio to the fact that
Though the Democratic had been allowed
larger number of witnesses than the r.
ablicsns. they were consuming much moro
me.
The committee adjourned until ten o'clock
is morning.
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