Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-01-27
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Mr.. EpIToR The above is a very
importan: question, and may be cor
rectIy answered
1t is evident that the New Orleans
''hiIlabaloo" is nothing more or less
than political affair, that Democrats
have been for long time rolling around
their great political handless jug, till
on the 4th of this month, when they
charged General Sheridan with putting
a handle to it for them; and now they
have taken fast hold on il, and are pour.
ing nut their long peat-up wrath upon
the Republicans, thinking to frightcn
Sheridan, who has told the truth about
them, which has greatly effected their
moral and political standing in the eyes
of an intelligent world. They are
smarting under the Irony Of their chief,
and cry out to their political friends
east, west and north, to come to their
relief. Yes. they know that their old
political friends are not all dead yet.
New York city answered, l am with
you, and Baltimore SAYS, amen, and
thus every nook and corner echoes,
saying, down with the Administration
turn them out. Now, as a party they
have encouraged each other since the
fall elections, and find like the kilken-
nv cats that another new lie is breathed
into them. Their whole aim seems to
be to kill off the Republicans, so that
their poor starving Democratic souls
NAV get at the crib. Now let the
world and everybody else know that
President Grant didn't hurt any ybody,
nor Gen .ral Sheridan didn't hurt any
body, nor did De Trobriand, the Loui-
siana general, hurt anybody-in fact.
there was no blood shed, nor Intended
to be, but on the other hand, the Gov
ernor of Louisiana only intended to
prevent the shedding Of blood. At this
the Democrats took courage and raised
great hue and cry. Their action,
when they saw the fifteen muskets enter
their sacred room, reminded me of
Governor ~ Use, OF Virginia, when they
raised the rebellion. He said no Yam
kse troops should set feet on the sacred
soil of Virginia. Yes, these bot bloods
of Louisiana felt a little scared, aud
hence afraid much like the Indians
who once captured white man and ran
him far back to their HIgwams, and
were there about TO ihfict corpOresI
punishment on him, when he took his
snuff box from his pocket and told them
that he carried the small pox in there,
and SO soon as they hurt him he would
open the box and let it out he poor
Indians, being a good deal afraid o,
that really dreadful disease, allowed
him to 60 on his way rejnieiug thai,
things are no worse The Democrais
ought to rejoice that the 1overnmen;
cared for them aud would see to their
welfare, that no blood, IL" sacred blood
be spilled in Louisiana, or elsewhere.
Now, the whole truth IN Louisiana,
as we'll as in some other Of the States,
Is this : There are several classes of
people, thus, lst, 2nd, 3rd and 4ih, and
so on down, or rather up in fgures, and
among these are the colored rsce, who
used to be in bondage, but by the
amended Constitution of the United
States are free men. These free men
know that 1t was the Republicans who
fre, d them, hence they wished to vote
the Republican tickets. but the ire of
the old masters hate them because they
were once slaves and now have a vote,
equal to mine in the choice of an office
to rule the master. First class men
will not lay hands on the poor black
Republicans, but there is another class
who will, and who organize into Ku-
klux bands, disguise themselves, aud
sometimes GO many miles from home to
join in league with others, aud in the
night 60 the cabin of poor "darkey,"
and kill him and burn his cabin. By
this means they keep out of the ballot
box one Republican vote, and perhaps
that same night the Kuklux will kill
! from cae to teu such people, and send