The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-01-22

bore any lawful warrant Tor the arrest II any OI
ute blacks. There - no evidence that either
Nash or toxabot, amer the affair, ever demande~i
the Offices for which they had -ei up a claim hut
The Register continued a. act A. Parish judge. =
These are the facts IA this ca re Asi understand them
Ia be admitted. To hold the people u Louisiana
generally responsible for these atrocities would not
be- Just. but II l. a lamentahle fact that insupcr
able instructions we've thrown Ia tn way OF pun
ishing these munlcrrrs. and the So called Conscr
yauvc papers oi the state not only Justified the
massacre. but denounced - frdsTai tyranny and
despotism the attempt ~ Initei states officers %
bring them % justice. Pierre denunciations ring
through the country about Office holding AMI elec
ton matters In Louisiana. while every one Of the
CoifaN mircreant- goes unMhipped 81 justice,
civilization and christianity h. punish the pcrpe.
traitors ~ this bloody and monstrouS crime.
Not unlike this was the massacre IN August
last. several Northern young men of capital and
enterprise had started he little and nOurishing
town ~ toushatta. some OF them wen Rcpub-
leans AMI office holders under kellogg. They
were therefore doomed "a death. SiN ~ them
were seized and carried away from their homes
and murdered m cold hlnuNt. No one has bgrn
punished, and the Conservative press 81 the >ttte
Denounced all efforts 10 hat end and boldly iusti-
fissi the crime. MANY murders Of a like charfc-
ter have been Ia individual eases " Which
cannot here lie detailed. For example. a. :.
tranord, the Judge II the Parish, and the District
Attorney % the Twelfth Judicial District OF the
state. while on their way - court were shot irum
uleir horses hs men ina ambush on the stu 81 Octo-
bcr, l,.3, ana the wife Of the former, IN a com.
munication 10 the Department Of Justice. tells a
pItcous tale 81 the persecution Of her husband be-
cause he was 4 I mon man, aniof the efforts made
10 seize those who had committed a CRIME. which,
IA Use the language Of the woman, .'lrft two
widows AMI nine orphans desolate.
To SAY that the murder Of "A negro ar a white
Republican u not considered a crime in LOuisi-
ANA. would probably b. unjust "a a great part Of
The people, but IL l. true that a great number Of
such murders have been and no one
las been punished therefor, and manifestiy the
spirit ofhatret and violence j. stronger than law.
Representations were made t. me that the pres
fu.aB ~ rua.r IN 4 uUf.fanna NraE
ann ! reliett on the statements ~ the pcopie. and
believed that there was no danger Of public dis.
turbancei II they were taken away. Consequent.
~ early last summer The troops were withdrawn
from the state with the exception ~ a small garri.
son AZ the New Orleans barracks. IL was stated
that a comparative stateof quiet had supcrvened;
the political excitement a. to Louisiana affairs
seemed % bee dying out. liut the November cleo
ton Was approaching, and II was necessary for
party purposes that the fame should he
rellghtsd. Accordingly, on the lfth of sep
temDer, ID. b. Penn, claiming that he was elected
Lieutenant Governor in l>ss. issued an infamma-
tory proclamation, calling upon the militia ~ the
state % arm and assemble and 90 drive out the
usurpcrs, A. he designated the officers II the
state. The White Leagues. armed and ready for
the conflict. promptly responded. On the anne
DAY the Governor made a formal requlSIflon
upon me. IN pursuance ~ the act Of ls.5. AMI
section 4 VI Article 4 " the Constitution, toail ia
suppressing domestic yiolence. On the next ayI
issUei my proclamation commanding the insur.
gents - dispense within i've days from the date
thereof, but before the proclamation was pub
hsilct IN New Orleans the organized and armei
tcrrcS, reOrZanlxlng a uSufpIng government.
had taken torcible possession Of the state
house. and temporarily suDvcrted the Govern
meni. Twenty or more people were Killed, in
Guiding a numter ~ the police u the city. The
streets Of tie city We're stained with blood. Ali
that was desired in tine WAY 0f excitement had
been accomplished, AMI. IN view Of the steps
that unere was Intimidation Of Republican
v1ter- at the election, Notwithstanding these pre-
admits OF no doubt.
The ing are specimens Of the means used
l.. 80. 49, - -
and published the following s.Re. M Hnsier'
signed. merchants 81 the city % shreveport. in
70 a request Of the shreveport cam
paign Club, agree g. u-c every eadeaVor Ia ret
our employees 10 vote the Peoples ticket At the
ensuing election, and in tbs event Of their refusal
80 10 60, or IN case they vote the Radical ticket,
To refuse "a employ them AZ the expiration Of th.ir
term Of service" On the same day another large
body ~ persons published IN tte same piace a
paper, IN which they used the following language
the undersigned, merchants 81 the city OF
shreveport. alive u the great importance u Sc
curing a good and honest gov Tnmen 10 the state.
do agree and pledge ourselves not to advance any
planters, the coming year, who will give employ.
ment Or rent Lands to labOrer- who vote the Eadi-
ticket IA the coming election"
have no information Of the proceedings 81 the
Returning Board for said election which may not
he found IN it, report which has been published.
but II j. matter ~ public Information that a great
part Q. the time taken % canvass the returns Of
me state was consumed by the arguments Of the
lawyers, several Of whom represented each party
tefOre the Board. l have no evidence that the
proceedings ~ this Board were not in accordance
with the law under which they acted. Whether.
IN excluding from their count certain returns,
they were right, or wrong, J. = question that de-
pend- upon uie evidence they hal before them:
but II - very clear that the law gives them the
4 they choose 10 exercise IL. Of deciding
that way, and prima fscie thc persons whom they
return a. elected are entitled u the Offices for
which they were candidates.
Respecting the alleged interference by The mill
lArs win me Organization OF the Legislature 81
Lou -iana on the ith instant, I have no knowledge
VI which has not been received by
me since that time and published. My first in
formation was from the papers OF the morning OF
The 9TH 81 January. I did not know that any snch
hing was anticipated, and no orders and no sug-
we're ever given 70 any military officer in
that state upon that subject prior 70 the
occurrence. ] am well aware that any
military interference hy the officers or
troops 81 the L niied states with the organization
" \ state Legislature, or any Of It's proceedings.
with any civil department Of the Government.
Is rcpugnaDt TO our ideas Of government. I can
conceive ~ no case not involving rebellion or in
'~urrection where such interference by the author
~, o. the General Government oughtto IT, permit
ed or can be- Justified but there are stan
'es connected with the legislative imbrogIio in
Louisiana which seem 10 exempt the military
rom any Intentional wrong Ia that matter. Know 4
ng that they had been placed in Louisiana to pre-
domestic violence, and to aid to repress il.
revolution was apparently though IL j. be-
leyed not really, abandoned. and the cry q Fed !
raj usurpatiOn and tyranny was renewed with Z
edoubled energy. Troops had been -cnt 10 the I
tate under the requisition 81 the Governor. As 4
'ther disturbances seemed imminent. they were i
allowed u remain there - render the Executive I
uch aid as might bccome necessary u enforce the I
u the state, under press u contemplated I
lolcncc. which seemed Inevitable the moment I
'ederai support shouldbe withdrawn. G
Prior 70 and with a view % the late election in !
-ouisiana. white men associated them selves to- '
ether IN armed bodies called White Leagues and
the same time threat- were made in the jour. (,
lhls Of the state, that The election should he car J
lei against the Republicans NJ all hazards. !
which very naturally greatly alarmed the cOiOred !
otcrr- BY ~ection- ~ the act 81 July =, n Z. IL T.
mat. the duty Of the United states Marshalz T,
nd their deputies az polls where votes are east \
o.. Representatives IN Congress 10 keep order 4,
nd prevent any violation ~ the so-callel IN. =