, 1875-01-16


| ot Uee.ie. This fnio necessarily protiuceti della
| III procuring lail fur perso,lH nrrcgtol. and Ii
| WAS waited on In ono casa tv rrnceHhion y
eiflze'lF. WHO offered him honl nIgned s'y over
man IN TIN Procession. TIa ba regarded az Ii
taririnl Of l,ls prnceo'liug. and refused to fo
c'tvo tho hssHl. sie wns caliol nB q witncps t.
prove tho Intimidation That esiH.ed in tint PAT
| islt. lla lad IIitnHef
| No kEuwLEIalE NF ANY ACT or TtfE T1%D
except I|,ih lroccnsirf. which. la tliuuSst, wh'
Falculatcu to utfnitlatu culnre1 VOTERS. ltc hat
M idea TINT tho &frcns 1nnln sIpo, l,,s warrants
| ani tlo proceedings under thsn', had any ofrcc
| III interfering will. Conservative vutcrs. On TIL
ntlicr tian tho CnJIeeryatlen IN that ncighbor
hood tllDuElt hhnnt thiH lt,st tho rovcrAe. In
deed, tho reports of tho military officers in com
iilafid Of tho forces Of tho United States IN tflt
country, thon.h generally sndlcntmg cn''di
t.nn Of lllot mud orler tako Hunetines cnk!re1,
| dlFt nronvjomB OF the situation,
IN tho other hand, 1t waH in esidonen that ti'e
llaekB who not,glst to net with tho Conservative
! laftY woTn, on thoir part non,utsnea exyoacd tg
| c'nity and nbnec. In Tho interior, otie coored
tive Bpoech, md in fow Oruans II
| appeared, iro,n tho testimony. that cnorod
'nen who Aought to cd-ol'craso with iho ConaerY-
AsivoH woro subject to 10 much abusn frnlh TIC
puta Tint nssociatiDn OF lawyers volunteered
TO Trntect them, bdt with little effect.
1iIe Committee Eive an account Of
| THE tiENEHAL CONDITION uF AFFA1nS
in The Slate; tllo canSction anon. tin wi,f:ea
that tho Kellogg Gorcrntnent wns nsnrt'atial
tue general want OF confidence IL State aud
local officials; tho lcary decline in Htato sncuri.
tics, anl exurtant taxatien; tho reduction oi
Nagcs; nu,i-fulIillment of personal OF. 20.
litisal p1edGea; t1alioaaaneo OF ho'ne ,' m
coiorcd porsous; loHs or ombozzlc,nent in pon,e
caHeA of school ftnda, and failure Of tho freed
mon'a Eaiit, MI combiuc. to aivitio the viows oi
culorcd voters during tho lsto campaign. An
oftort was accordingly made BY tho Consersa.
$, r. nj I'm ra+-r0 writ WItt
that yiow it wns aought in many Quarsorn tG
pfopltiato than. Frequent arrests by United
StatcB Marsha1a for intimidation or threats Of
non-emplo;ment, and tho apprehension tim.
was felt tint tho 1lcturning Duard would count
out tho men IT an oxcuso for such n courBs were
offered all combined especially after tho 14thnt
September, to put Conservatives in their
good behavior. and Tie result was that in
Nove,nber, 1874, the people Ut Louisiana dl'l
fairly llayo FREQ, peacoabo, aud full rcGistra-
lion aud election, III which
4 CLEAR CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY
was elected to tho Lower HOUSE Ut tho Lo5iBla-
ture. Of which tho majority Of Con.
tSativos r"s Tero xh4a1r dSprlyoa bv uDas r.
RECURRING Board, thai thoro wore ttrhu1ont Brir-
its cannnt be denied. TAoao rnturuod to Office
by the l.esurning. Board in violation Of tho
wishes OF tho people wero especially odious. III
ono instance, tho editor Of tho Shreveport
Ne'cs, in anticipation Of tho Illustration by tho
Returning Board Of tho will OF tho pooplo
openly declared that tho only romedy was to xii
tho llsurpers, aud declared tlllA to bo tho senti-
nlentB Of tLu Conservatives OF his section of
tho stute. but beyond q nowapaper-cditor or
two, no declaration, evoa Of that sort, wad
brought to our OWN notice. although 1t WAS
admitted Oh all hands that tho "hiso people of
the whole State felt greatly outraged by tito ac-
ton Of tho Returning Eoartl. Inlectl. it in col-
cedca by gil parties that tho Kellogg Gosorn-
1nent is nnly
u11igLD NJ THE rEDEnAb MILITARY.
Withdraw the military mud that Government
will 20 dof3p. This was truo beforo tLe 4tA of
January 4ewoll rs now. Gov. Kellogg says this
is owing ,Qstlio doubt slat Congress has per-
lnittcd aGtut tho legality of htH Government.
Tie Conservatives say tlliA il not only hecauHe
lla Government iH Illegal, but because it LAS
bcnu abusive and corrupt.
or THE WHITE LEAauE
of New Orleans tho Committee Bay is an organ
izatinn composed OF difIeIent cllba, numbering
iu oil botween $500 and 2,8so, the mcnbor1 Of
Which have provided arms for themselves. and
tary drill. T'l.oy ncar no uniform
and tho arms arc property Of individtsls mud not
cf tic organization. They coulpriso large
numbor Of reputable citizsua, aud Of property
holders. yheir purpose they dcclnre 10 DO simply
Of leosuos among the blacks; by the industry
With which tho Kellogg Government has arrayed
tho black against lilo whlte race; By tho wallt Of
security 10 peneabe citlzons and falnlleD which,
the
PECULIAR FORMATION or THE POLICE BRIGADE
On the other hand, Republicans nbaest that tll,b
is an armed toay Of volunteers oxlating for the
purpose Of intinidating tho blacks aud over
throwing the Koiiogg Government. Tint It hutl
any considerable relations outside Of the City OF
Now Orleans, or tlias 1t was inteu1el iu aty wny
to interfere with tho rights Of coiored
citizons did not appear, nor, on tho othor hand.
did it appear that thero any exfenslvn leagucs
amongst tho llacxs at my kind. That tho Wnito
League wonld readily co-oporato in any feasible
Eohotno Tor oser'hrowing the Kellogg luyorn-
snent your Committee DO not doubt; 30 will aub-
stantiatIy
ALL WHITE CITIZENS or Lop1srAsA,
Such organizations may bo dangerous, and aro
very rarely to be justified. Tho araif OF thp
llt!i Of bortenbcr ia MI illustration Of this.
The, Committee give n detailed account
tho Conservatives ot Louisinnn 10 not pro-
poso to light tho Fetoral Government.
They submit, not bccauso they want to, but be-
ca'sso they must; not because they proclaim
ts,' enn,ity ,aSainst tho tag; net bocaaso free
not boca'lso Of Any hostility to colorei
people Lecauae they are co1orod, but
because thoy regard themselves ar defral,Jea
out Of the olcction Of 1872, aud ret moro ort. ct
tho last election, and bacauao They think their
destructive and corrupt. Indeed" say tho Com-
nlittne /" IN our Judgment tho nubHtantiai eIttxops
of the stato will submit to aly fair doterlnins.
ton Or tic question or the late election OF to
aud aud good, government. What they sock ia
peace and opportunity for prosperity. To
that emf they will support any form
q government Tint viii afurd them
Just pIotocti0l. In teir diattosa they ayo rot
enyona Hg auy nero question Of political party.
Ibe connailteh rcciteB ut ieugtiI the FACTS rel~
at!vo to tho attempted organization Of tho LegB.
'as"sa v 5an. aii1, mud conclude Of follows: