The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-02-20
HONORABLE WILLIAM WARD.

!. and in part by desire to appear as bod
worthy Of respect to the outer world. War,
is bad fellow, and he no doubt treate
Hahn's members in an outrageously sauc
manner. He was the worst negro in tn
, crowd and as bad as any white man in it
They had set many examples of legislativ
pugnacity and had joined with him il
numerous skirmishes. He only varied tn,
style little, showing'a triie of his way Of
doing things at home in Colfax. Leader in
the black instruction that ended in tragedy
of blood, he came to New Orleans saturated
with a sense of his great Importance.
His vanity was still more intlamed by his
appearance before the Investigating Commit
tee. He found his name and words in print.
He discovered that the Hon. William Ward
was to be talked of all over the Western Con
tinent. Dreams of future grandeur hoated
the coming man Hero Of Colfax, member
Of the House from Grant parish - Gamis
| and Cawdor He perhaps "looked into the
seeds Of time and said to himself Billy
Ward is a great man and must be at least a
Governor Am | not as good as some other
Governors? Am | not tie head man of my
race in Louisiana? Am | not as good as the
mulatto that wants to be Senator? Is that
little Antoine any better than | am ? Have
not the colored men of this State been in the
ack-ground long enough? am, must be,
| the coming man OF my race
| With such sentiments on the floor of the
House. he feltall the expansive influence of his
coming grandeur. Finding persuasion useless
he obeyed his natural instincts and resorted
to bullying and for this was expelled
In thus retiring temporarily from public
life, the Honorable William Ward will bear to
his home, on the shores of the rolling Red
River, the satisfaction Of leaving behind him
a great many kindred spirits. But in e1trud-
ing him from their body, the members Of the
pseudo House need not deceive themselves
with the notion that they thereby win any
esteem from honorable men here or else
where.
Since writing the above d friend, worthy of
all trust, has handed to US the following per
tnent statement:
The expulsion of the negro Ward from the
Radical Rump now holding forth at the St.
Louis Hotel, under the name and STYLE Of the
Louisiana Legislature has unusual signif- |
canoe, IN view OF tie confessions IN er41elQis |
made by this dissovng and dissolute assem- !
blage Ia the discussion Of the motion for
his expulsion, that body being entirely com
posed of Il ,dicais-black. white and tan-the
statements of the debaters may be accepted
as the sentiments and admission Of 81 all of |
US, etc. The fact was Very freely admitted |
that Ward, though occupying seat for the
third time as Representative of Grant
parish, had never been once elected the
still graver fact was acknowledged that Ward
was the cause, agitator and leader of the
troubles in Grant parish, which, inevitably
and necessarily, resulted in the conflict at
Colfax
Ward was the pioneer in the Black League
which, under the form aud dis
suise OF a State militia had in view the sub
Iugatlon OF the State to the domination of the
black race and its corrupt white allies and
rlngleaders. He was invested by W. Pitt
Kellogg with a commission as captain of
:. c.. 4, 9Th Regiment Louisiana State
Militia and was, by the same orders, fur !
nIshed with arms and accoutrements for his
V company. Ward entered upon the per
or nance Of his ro'e with great zest and zeal !
White citizens We're halted and arrested with /
mpunitv, un.il one of them who demanded
he exhibition Of the warrant or authority F,
lnder which his arrest was made was in !
ormed that the arms exhibited We're the |
authority and then and there shot down in t
old blood 4
50 w4nton was the cruelty Of this negro a
nd 50 great the indignation I'll tho STATE .
vas put to the expense of ''court martial"
o get rid of him. which was convened hy ,
rider OF James Longstreet, Adlutant Cen +
raj. under whose finding Of January -. h
So, he was discharged and orders were 0
s,utd for the surrender of his arms. In the Q
anguaSe OF a report afterwards made in Ella Q
ion to this affair: Ii
These orders were conveyed by an officer to " "
HON the arms Were ordered to be delivered. :,
ut Ward and his b nditti refused to comply Il
18th this order, retained their arms and con p
nued their course of robbery, pillage aud v
utrage, until emboldened by their success,
ley endeavored to seize by force the govern
lent OF the parish, III lmi ration Of X llogg. II
al 10 have themselves recognized as de tIctO. p
though they were in mutiny and insuoordi- -
alton against the State, and should have =
cen indicted, tried, committed and impris- LII
led III the State Penitentiary for their in
INES and otfenses: among which, mu,iny 81
OF and theft aud ENLIGHTENMENT OF the Safe /;
ary and rape and treason the greatest" &C
The Radical organ Of the State, the New L.
rieans Rfp0Gca1l, in its issue of April II. Of
~, commenting upon the anxiety then felt =.
bile awaiting news Of the cont ct which was :
lown 10 have occurred or about 10 occur ~
Grant p IRISH, used the following language: wi
:" Bat there is one thing apparent-t1e ~
cal majority Of Grant parish is prepared to :,
can out the local minority of Grant IN ci'
enty-four hours or less, ii not prevented. fri
In Grant parish it seems there IS tn
local majority Of colored men, not only ~,
to the trade OF war. but equipped :,
til arms of the most perfect ch iracter lh
Another article of the same number con- fax
rs the folio wing:
= According to the last reports from the
ane OF conflict, the difficulties in Grant ma
seem to have been more serious than a i
first believed. The colored population ~
IN TO have reached height Of exaspera- :
n and resolved TO obtain redress of the tia
ongs they had suffered, or believed they vol
suffered, and not to disband until they 20
1 obtained Guarantees for he f,,fpro ~