The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-10-20
LETTER FROM CLINTON.
The Town and Parish Quiet-The Cotton
Seed Regulators" have Put Stop
10 the Stealing Of Seed Cotton - The
DR., Saunders Poisoning Case.

CLINTON, La, Oct. II, 1875.
To the Editor Of the Bulletin:
I arrived here last night, and found the
town and parish quiet. There 10 no DISPOSE
ton on the part Of the people to have con-
tinued the work of gin and store burning,
but all are united to prevent the traffic CT seed
cotton, both day and night Those who have
suffered in East Baton Rouge parish had
am ole warning froa parties styling them
selves 'sCotton Seed Regulators, to dlscon-
tinue this ruinous business. They disregarded
the admonition and assumed defiant attl-
tude towards the public. and the promised
penalty swiftly follow ed. Since then similar
notice has been given others, and it Is con-
soling to all honest men to see with what
alacrity and earn estness the stern edicts of the
regulators are obeyed.
The regulators, though not known to any
one, are supposed to be composed Of the
respectable bone and sinew of the planting
interest, and though their acts, in few in
stances, may be outside the pale of law, must
be applauded for the prospective good they
will &C omplish. The forbearance of these
people for the last ten years in permitting
negroes and cross road stores to rob them OF
their years labor, is truly heroic. They have
patiently waited for the return of justice, hon.
esty and reason, but as each successive year
On the very borders Of ruin and bankruptcy,
thew have in their righteous indignation re-
solved to defend their sacred rights, and say
to the evil doer, both white and black, you
must stop.
None but those Immediately interested in the
gains from this nefarious system Of plunder
are heard to utter word OF disapprobatlon.
Honesty and prosperity will yet be restored
to this almost ruined parish, and the credit
will be given to the regulators. and not to
corrupt judiciary, presided over by partisan
Judges. The New Orleans Republican has
been received here, and with its characteristic
bitterness makes a. labored effort to shield
the brutal atrocities of the negro and make
martyrs of Gair and Babe Mathews. Instead
Of DR.. Saunders being well and in good
health. his condition at this moment is criti-
cal, and he suffers excruciating torture from
the poisonous drug administered by Galr
through the agency of his sister-in-law.
Babe was not a virgin, being the mother OF
one child and free moral agent. The black
ness Of her fate becomes white when COM
pared to her fendish crime. She, without
provocation, coolly and deliberately attempted
to take the life of her benefactor and yalua-
BILE member Of society. TO be able to admin
lister poison, stand serenely by and watch It's
terrible effect upon her innocent victim, enti-
Ties HSE tO d pIOIHtuCAt PiaCO OiA sao wv "
murderers and assassins. She has paid the
penalty of her misdeed, and the pubic is dis
posed to draw the mantle of charity over her
misguided act and may her spirit haunt the
Survivors of the arch fends who lnst1gated the
tragedy to their graves, and the melancholy
SEQUEL Of this whole affair serve as lesson to
others who may be disposed to give ear to the
malignant counsels OF demagogues.
Insurance companies have it in their
power to effect great good by requiring ap-
plicants not to buy seed either day or night
The evil can not be removed by permitting
any one to buy in daylight, for the reason
that those engaged Ia the business can de-
post stolen cotton within shost distance Of
stores under cover of night, and dispose OF it
after sunrise. The inconvenience that will
be occasioned by a few who have right to
sell in seed is nothing when compared to the
interest of others who will be benefited by its
total suppression. The community looks tor
the insurance fraternity to aid it. Trading
only in daytime will be no security to the
com panies, as the traffic must stop.