The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-26

have always persuaded the negroes to elect such
men tne local onlces. 1ensas mad, in 1870, I,4oo
\ wntes and HOS blacks. WITH economical
management they have extingulshed since
1866 debt OF 100000 contracted
Tor leyees before tne war; paying or
4 Sl3c, cOo ofir The rest was proved fraudulent Ia
the courts The parish has good roads, bridges,
thirty schools, Iour graded scnoois-two for each
color; II has money in the treasury it, assess
\ ment is very low; the courts respected, the
\ laws are enforced, peace obtains; even stock
stealing has been put down. Meantime, tue
4 Northern men have not ceased 70 be republicans.
4 nor nave ney gwen up their share Of the onlces.
\ TIE state Senator and Representative and some
u or the local officers are Northern men
\ and Republicans The negroes are salts
ned, anu when once some drunken ruliians
\ from a neghboring county threatened TO come in
\ ana attack a Northern man. the largest meeting
\ OF whites ever assembled IN the county promptly
\ gathered and sent word the rowdies that they
would be shot down II they showed their faces IN
tile parlsH.
surely the story or these two.parlshes tells the
reason why discomfort and sometimes disorder
are found in pats OF Louisiana. 1T Is not the
radicals but the thieves, tnat We hate ana op-
posen said more than one conservative to me.
And | believe this 10 be the truth. | have not
time TO wander all over the State; but nave ex-
ahmed every case where | have heard OF COM
plants or especial hostility republicans, and IN
every case have found that there had been gross
and long continued misgovernment, eXtrava-
gance denial Of justice and tolerance OF disorder
by the courts was told, for instance, that Madi-
son PARISH was mot q pleasant place for repub-
ican.n Very well. lind that in Jour years-from
1868 to 1S72-the reconstructors ran up debt In
this parish OF over $4,000. This parish had, in
1870 BY the census, only go white persons IL
Ok uht ta unta md
backs. The few whites were, OF course tho
owners OF almost all the property. Sucn mon
strous mismana cement, borne BY SO few taxpay-
ers, might very well create ill-feeng and strife;
but the parish gave, in 1874 1,6l4 republican ma
orlty, and the vote ran but nftY-fve short OF the
registration. Intimidation is, OF course, out OF
the question.
LOUISIANA MURDERS.
In the North we nave heard so much about MUIR
\ ders that was very glad 60 get hold here Of some
parish statistics this subject. The State govern
ment which has almost entirely neglected 10
punish murderers-being too ousily engaged In
steallug-has OF course, no such Official returns OF
crime as IL ought TO possess. | have Deen able to
obtain returns chiefly made by county clerks ard
coroners from only thirteen parishes, not counting
Plaquemine. hicn have before given From 1868
to 1875 there hav been In these thirteen parishes
Sl3 murders. or these ninetythree were OF whites
Il
eight were whites by colored, thiftytwo colored
by whites, three coored by officers OF justice i've
colored by persons unknown, seven Will tes By I'M
known, five whites by mobs and i've colored by
MODS. The State has flty-seyen parishes Most
OF the thirteen OF when | have given returns
have population nearly equally divided betw en-
white and black, and suspect the dgures give
more than an average number or muir
ders OF whites by whites ana less than the
Y Ala
nine for instance, not counted in the above INST,
registered, in 1874, $40 white and 2,16o black
voters, and there found that there had been since
1858 SO murders, OF witch 81 were or blacks by
blacks. There IS good evidence for the statements
that the large majority OF murders IN the State in
the last six years are OF blacks by blacks,
instlgated by whiskey and jealousy. The
negroes drink less whiskey this year than
two or three years ago, when they were getting
much higher wages; but their demand Tor II IS so
strong that fnd the planters generally sell II TO
them In the little plantation stores, having dis
covered that II they aid not their hands would be
running or elsewhere to get IL, or some negro
would peddle it IN the cabins. The plantation ne
proes commonly carry razor as a concealed weap-
on and absurd this seems as weapon OF attack,
they innict serious and often fatal wounds win
It. Tue razor seems TO be their fayorite weapon
else v here also, Tor found IL so In Delaware.
They take TO 1t probably because It is the cheapest
weapon with a keen edge.
Il Is not only TACT that crime has not been
punished In the state under the republican rule
neither crime against the person nor against
property--but there IS great complaint that the
pardonlng power has been abused. | have found
but one return the subject, which shows GER
tainly liberal use Of this prerogauve.
From January /, 1873 to March 5, 1874,
Governor Kellogg pardoned thirteen murderers--
almost one month-besides six men convicted or
man slauQhter. The whole number OF pardons
during tins period elghty-iour and among
the offences thus condoned are poisoning, rape,
shooting into dwelling. burglary, assault
with intent to Kill, perjury and brbinR
Witnesses. Now, when society is said to
be by Governor Kellogg in disordered
state and when he himself acknowledge as he
did 10 me, that crime is not generally punished
surely tits q error 10 pardon win so free
hand persons convicted OF snch grave and dan
gerous crimes as / have mentioned. 1t cannot
fail to increase disorder. Unhapply II cannot
bring the courts into greater contempt than their
geDeral corruption inef1cency oil over the
state. and from the lowest TO the highest mas
already brought upon them.
LOUISIANA PEACEFUL
To return the question OF my Northern
fiend, louisiana Is az peace | doubt lf there is
single man within It's borders who does not sin.
cerely call himself a Union man. The people
universally accept the Unon-notning is more
certain than this Also. there is no di spositon to
re-ensIave the negro. The planters have dis
covered thar free labor Is far more economical
than slave. Everywhere planters have been ready
TO demonstrate 10 me the proatableness u Tree
laoor, and TO acknowledge that all their
fears OF disorganizanon proved grouudless
The bitterest democrat have met In the
State said to me, ave are fortunate In one thing
wnicn little expected az the close OF the wsr: we
nave the best laDorlng force In the world" lie
went on 20 tell me that before the war he mad
often 70 pay, for extra hands which he hired from
sl6O TO $500 year, two suits OF clothing rations
aud medicine. Now he pays s13 10 SIS per month
and a ration. "And they work Just about
as Will except when some accursed poll
tlcian cnnna m rom New Orlnana wltn