The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1875-02-13

tons between the races are peace
ful and have always been so.
In 1873, while the District Cour
was ~ session vt Colfax, Capt
Ward, with his band Of armed nc
gr0es, took from the court hous
some men who were under trial an,
brought them to New Orleans.-
Witness also detailed several out
RACES committed by negroes in tn
country; the murder OF Yawu, an,
the horrible outrage Of Mis- La
cOur.
Before the Colfax fight, threats
were made by the blacks that the,
intended to kill MI the men and re-
serve all the women. Witness pre-
scented u list compiled from til. OIL
cial records OF all the homicide.
com mitted in Rapilos from Janus.
~ LIST, 1868, up to the prrscn, time
The summary is 81. Total white.
II, blacks 40; whites killed b,
blacks. 81 blacks killed by whites
10; whites killed 10y whites, .
blacks killed blacks, %; whites Kill
led 10y unknown persons, 3 black,
killed by unknown persons, 2; sui
ci''rs, =, executions TO q.
Three ont of this list were con
victcd one escaped from Jail, and
another was sentenced to the Tcni
Tertiary for twenty years, and has
lately been rar'lonetl by Kellogg
There are 500 or more eases 10,
petty oilrnses which have never
been tried.
None Ut the homicilcs on the list
were political broi!s.
The jnrics arc black, and the off
ccs arc held by republicans. and
the white people are in no wise re-.
sponsble for the crimes.
Both whites and blacks are vii
ling enough to convict criminals,
but the inei1iciency "t the criminal
law, more than anything else, intiu-
tncrd tho colOich people to vote for
white people.
There are very few white Rcpub.
licans in Rapi,lcs, Gov. Wells is the
most prominent one, and his family
is not in tho least oStr;,cisrd. HIS
sons and daughters mix with the
best society, aud are always we'll re-
ccivcn.
Many republicans have been as.
sociat,..i with schemes OF fraud and
plumber, and they arc avoided in
tho same manner as Il tibet or u
burglar would he.
The witness read u statement, nm
der the signature Of tho Parish
Treasurer, OF the indebtedness OF
the parish, which, amounts to 1884,
:,9l.
The police Jury have managed the
finances as we'll as they could be
managed, and have been engaged
IN no schemes OF plumber.
Thirty-iour hundred voters were
registered at the election.
The rate of the State tax before
the war was l-G Of one per cent. on
u valuation Ut over three millions /;
in 1873 it was 90 mills, and III 1874
II mills. The State tax proper, is
I mills; the balance is u tax for
payin. the interest on bonds, the
levee tax, and the school tax.
Tho causes which urged many no
groes to vote the Conservative tick
ct at tho election were, that they
were dissatisfied with tho Freed
mems Bank, the non execution OF
the criminal law, the assurances Of
protection from the whites, and the
chief cause was the collection Of the
poll tax in 1874, which had been
neglected previously.
After the result of tho election
was known, the colored people had
a large meeting aWd passed rcSolu-
tons to the following effect: That
they denounced tho action Of the
Returning Board in falsifying the
returns; that the only intimidation
p:acticed was that against the
white people by tho troops. At an
other Conservative meeting ut least
two hundred colored men attended
some Of whom made speeches, and
declared that the election had been
perfectly free and fair. Tho hope
lessncsS, the want OF confidence,
and the universal uistrnst and de
are due to the interfer-
ence OF the Federal Government
with State affairs. There is no an
tagonism against the National Gov
ernment
TO cure the existing evils it would
be necessary to put in the Govern
Dr'r chair II man in whom boil,
white and black have confidence
! man who has had no connection
with politics in the past. At the
lime of the Cuban complication the
Southern people would huyc taken
~ arms more. rnnlli " th.n %lo ,,nn |