, 1875-02-09

we're ,uslo bv authority of the Congressional
Committee now In soHrion III tlis city. Ihls u =
mfnthko., No eo.tton Of nat.l Co,nmttete .has has
subject. For tho ncton Ut 1ndiyiuAA! members
Of TIM Committee they arc responsleie ~ 'nal-
viduala nnlv."
NEw untrANs. Feb. H.-lscforo ti,e Congree-
aio,n1 Committee tnstlav James lucknor tcstt-
Ieu thai tho White League Wns organized for
protection. }ccaso information had bccn ro-
coiycd 1t tho formation nf 1llaok League. Tho
affair Of tllo 14th OF HeptombeF wha the in,rulHa
Of tho hnnr. The fight WAS brought on iy tho
police. who refused tn allox tho withdrawal Of
arms from sseamloat. At that time tho oEgan-
i2atton numbered nfno companies. The mnHnh1rH
nrc principally hup1ncsa men, City property now
could scarcely lo mortgasod for eighth OF
liz former values.
". ". tlowo swore he tas itvod In tho city
ril,ro 1s.I}. Was in tho United Htates Army.
Has bccn TntlEn Of tho Supreme t't'nrt Bonch
Will. the Republican party. Coming here as a
Uutod Hates aoldier to Ito oil tho da.neee llo
couli, he naturally did not expect to bo received
on q social footing, nor afterwards. until tho
pAarntls Of tho War were rnmewElnt nsAnnEed.
He 1n'l never heard of well established cahe of
Rora oHtractvo ngasllst n.y resident Of Northern
birth. Mover saw nlorc peaceful election
nnyNlere than tho last ii, Now Orleans. Tho
political q1nrrclH, etc. Tho 0atlIng Dun Con-
ycntton, when Wartnoth WINS called ont by a
lnch"r Republican Convention held In Tho Gus
tnnl-[IalEe. was tho commencement OF tho LOU
others, then fell tlnat nothng could 10 done. it
Wnr ,latrral for poorlo to get angry WHOM they
frlt Tint they had been swudcd. and they nut
nFaly folt disposition to pBl. their tasncBs Or
enjoy life. Property now does not frequently
pny for the taxes and repairs. Assessments
liatl },een excessive. Thero ha1 boeU persistent
cfT0rts to obtain relief in this direction, tnatsy
Eoing hpforn Judge mud showing that tho A.
Iraistmcnt wna excessive. Tie election III 1878
was unfair, beca1lae, when tho election was lluld.
Republicans acted wrongtulIy IN staying at
homo aud refusing to vote. TlIey woro In
reality III no danger, Witness voted tllon tho
Republican ticket without danger. Tie Hcrub-
leans aeroeA not to voa to invaiilato tin elec-
ton. anil that tho fact might bo brought to bcnr
upon tho Government. Tho 1leturntug Doard
law was. in his opinion, invalid.
El,nso Fenner Bworl,: Iosidcs In tho city. In
an attornnv at Inv. New Orleans llaH appreciated
rn,tcl, in l,or value that tho Ihtter tny DO sal
almost to have been annihatetl IN three-folirtI.s
OF the Htate an1 1t wonld bo Impossible to fix
M nrrrec,abo yalna upon property. III 1868 tho
People wero hopeful, mud had been 30 sinco tho
War. Property then Ind rcaclIod It's highest
value. Tie subsequent enormous decline was
SssssSnsa on III tho BY s and Inter s9f'p
represented by mon who camo hero to use
tho State credit Though tase: wero HOW moro
than twice as largo al ever before. and wero d.
slded among thu legislators. tho people would
etili havo retained Lopo, and ercaped ruin, but
for tho fact taat machinery was created fos per-
pctunting this power. Laws wcro passed to rivet
mud make stronger tho terrible Government un.
der which tic people wero groanng, a Special
Court WIS created To coustrue fayprab1y every
law. In tho political stuation tho people folt
that they had szlcli q network woven around
them by n'uskots police courts, md other
that their despair naturally Affected valuoH. Un-
tler such Rtnto Of affairs ~ have oxisea slnco
1sGB no capital would be invested hero. We
nced good Government, AMI our prosperity Ia
assurel. Republicans, as such, are not ostra-
claed.
William Alexander [ooloraf) sworn Is pres-
don't Of Conservative Club. Believed that The
time hAl COMO When Charge III Office would bo
many other colorod men, votod the wlnto
ticket. Members Of hiH cln1, wcro subjected to
oil surts of outrage from Republicans, solno Of
which resulted in death,