The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1875-02-27
Some More Lies.

"SS p'SVssouVts ~ WV SOMNtE{IAJO VA yes
tcrslay, deserves to be studied by those
who wish +" enlishtcn themselves touch
ing political affairs in that State. AL
though Mr.. HUNTER denied the existence
Ut q White League organization in the
parish although he denied that any at
tempt had been made to intimi,late the
negro voters, aud represented the relations
of the races to he most agreeable aud
amiahlc, yet when pressed by u cross
he could not deny facts which
sw"re to that which, 30 knew to he "a wide
distance from the truth There had been
fifty seven houIici.lcs in tho parish since
1863, ~ fact in itself strongly Suggestive Of
bad blood between the races The Com-
casiah. Of which he is the editor, had done
what it. tOnlh. rs extracts from, its columns
shows, to excite hostile feelings and ell
courage assassination. 1t Endorsed the
took u band in Ito killing. 1t advised
l"ggitcs when the editor knew, as was at
IN st constrained to admit that in the cIrc
ton Of 1874 the cn)orcd vote iu Rapi.cs
Nachi'ochrs, and other parishes, M shown
by comparison with the registration, was
nearly suppressed Even HUNTER, who
had the face tn say that many rolorcd
men had voted Cor McESrrY, found his
cheek Insufficient to attribute TIE nniori-
ty for the Conservative candidate for Gov
crnor to change OF political! sentiment on
the part Of the blacks.
IT the committee vii rs thorourlly in.
vcsttgate the s,uootl-tongucd witnesses
who come forward to testify in behalf of
MCENrHy with the th"rougI,,css manifest
ed IN the examination of Hunter, they
will have - report to make differing IN
important particulars ion, that of the
sub committee which recently returned to
We arc indebted to the Kindness
Of q friend for handing us "a COPY of
the Cincinnati Commercial, contain.
ing the above. We could not ob.
tain a copy OF the day previous to
which, he allu.lcs, to- see what sort
of a report it published Of our tcs-
before the Congressional
Committee, but Judging from the
foregoing editorial comments it's
report was Il tissue Of misreprcsen-
tationS, not to call it u tissue of
lies. We shall for orr own salts.
faction, get from our Committee a
copy in full Of our whole testimony
as taken by the short hand Rcpor.
ter and publish it for our own sat
isiaction.
Meanwhile We propose to have
little say with the CommcyriM.
When the Commercial! says that we
testified - to that which he knows
to be n wide distance from the
TRUTH" the Commcrcicl lies, and in
making such IL statement with it's
Slim knOwlcn &c OF the facts aud cir.
cumstanccs, it displays, reckless
ness that induccs us to believe that ii
lied maIlclouSly. We did say that
there had been 81 homicidcs since
January 1868, but we submitted a
statement in full, takel, from the
criminal records showing that IS OF
them were cases where neg ocs had
been killed by negroes, and that
there were only . eases in seven
years where negroes had been kill.
ed by whites, and that not one OFF
these homici'lrs was for political!
causes. How is that as showing
''bad blood between the races ~
Extracts from the T0ucasinu do mt
show that sit bad done What il
could to excite hostile feelings and
assassination" aud we
are obliged to say that again the
Commercial purposely lent itself to
the fabrication and circulation of a
vile fa!schood.
We plead guilty that we did en-
lorsc the Coliax affair, but not as a
massacre. The letter of tic Asso-
riate Editor OF the CuNcasi0a, pub
|ishcd in the Democrat Just after
the occurrence, which was in the
hands OF the ComWittec, fully cx-
plains his part in that affair, and
when Intercepted upon that point
we referred them 20 that letter.
We acknowledge also the advice
Us to revolutionary proceedings to
GUST kell"9gites, bnt that we were
to admit that the col
pred vote in Eapides, Natchitoches
and other parishes" was nearly
in 1872, as shown by a
with tie registration,
that part Of the Tommeyci0Ts Muuu-
factu''cd testimony, is Il base fabri-
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