New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-07-04

| hOpc VI opdulsO yOlu, tsuetS In8G IllOa
! pleased with bis forts in behalf of Spain
| At the same time denorncing the revolu
'ionists he pronounces Clloa arbitrary, np
reasonable, and unfit to govern.
The leaders of the people are stated b,
Gayarre to have been the first citizens o
! the colony, and twelve of them are prom:
nent in his pages. The master spirit wal
the Attorney General OF the King, Nicholas
Chauvin de Lafreniere. Him the historian
following the Spanish authorities, styles 1
plebeian: and 60 he was. if among those wh(
break the way through the wilderness 70,
tho march of civilization. the son Of one o.
four brothers who Game with ak on shoulder
but were unable to write their names, may
DC called 60. highlands nobility mark the
axes their ancestors carried with Saxon
blood. but otherwise their attachments are
equale1 by men who came with Bepville
from Canada. Latreniere sprang from the
IONS of labor. but he was the irst man OF
tho village. his rank second only to the
Governor. his education the best that France
could afford, his presence so commanding
that his familiar title was Louis XIV, his
strong brain controlling all around him.
and he had the el0guence Of q tribune OF
the people. Appointed Attorney General a
month after the session. ne and his com.
patriots must have known it could not
be rescinded, but they used the hope as the
lever to move the people. Pierre Marquis.
captain Of the Swiss troops. was the only
one who publicly proclaimed liberty, but
he only did it when O'Reilly was ascending
the river. Joseph Ville,e. who commanded
the German coast; Jean Bap:iste de Noyan,
nephew to Bieny:lle; Joseph Milne. and
Pierre Caresse. wealthy merchants. were
The others whose acts cost them their lives.
With them wer. Baithasa. de Masar,
Jerome Doucet. a lawyer. Jean Milhes and
Hardy de Boisblanc. who escaped death.
bu: were condemned 20 imprisonment and
Punishment. At the bottom Of the coz.
spiracy was Foucault. the inten6ant COM
missary, man false to every pied &c. secret
and eowardly sreacherOus, betraying alter.
nately his King and his associates, and only
true to his love Of gain. With poetical
Justice his secretary played the spy aud his
disclosures ruined his master.
All Of these pen were deeply In debt. so
says the Spanish prosecutor Del Rey, and
he charges them heavily with epithets. If
they had not the self sacrificing spirit of
the more successful patriots Of the later
revolution: if they did not equal John
4 a hor III
a beggar." or Samuel Adams with his gift
IT all he had-sixty hogsheads OF Tobago
cum-or Charles Carroll when he added
Carrollton 70 his signature, it may be re.
membered they gave all they haG-their
ives. Ii tie people were less yirtuous and
thrifty than those Of New England i. was
because corrupt Governors. Partisan morals
and luxury. want OF love of home end an
vii element forced by the law upon them
! sd made them different. They were in
leb:. say the Spanish; they are miserable.
ay the French governors; we are abau-
loDed, said the people themselves. And Of
he men who went out to David in the ca ye
Adullam, the Bible says: "And every |
n that was in distress. and every one that |
'as in debt. and every one that was dis.
ontented. gathered themselves unto him
nd there were with him about 300 men,
For little over two years and half |
ii Ga tlie d to control this people by causing
II bry to govern, while he waited for more
o ops. The people were not in the humor
, permit possession to be taken; but one
lar &c made against Ulloa was that he
eglected to do SO. Yet he was also CEN
lr ed for raising the Spanish flag at the Ba-
20 and the Illinois. He paid the expenses
the government with hard dollars, and
Tered three times the current value for the
'per money. but par was demanded. lie
duced his soldiers pay to that Of the
70 nch, but that suited no one. His pres.
ice was intolerable. but his eight months
81 dence at Balize, while he waited for his |
e ruvian bride. was construed into an in.
1t. He offended when he promised there |
ould be no change. but gave greater
ense at each attempt at bens.
ial one. The smuggling practiced =,
ured the colony and oppressed
. consumer, but his commercial ordi. ,
nee against it reused all classes against | 6
n at the ;nstigatiOn Of the importers. He
his wife were ostracised and then &C.
sed of naughty exclusivenese. The sum.
ng up OF the charges included MANY
ngs. evil and good, that had always ex.
id wi thout comment or cavil. Some of y
m " ele that he had continued the priv. -.
es OF trading granted by D'Abadie, that ,
had closed the passes. interfered with
} pilots. issued commercial DEGREES ',
ough Aubry, sent the citizens to mines.
uestered goods, created a new tribunal,
Ills he'd the Superior Council, intended to
'ore foreign negroes. removed brick :.
d where putrid matter had collected.
cd imprisoned Germans for an English. .
MS SD per head, made tho Arcadians .
yes. remained away from French =
ire hes. violated the ecclesiastical law of
colony by having his own chaplain say :,
So and perform the marriage ceremony, =,
t lepeTs to the Balize. forced the colonists =,
go six miles out of town 70 whip their y
yes to please his wife. married without :,
consent Of Father Dagobert. whereby -
or Gus people were religiousiy alarmed, =
'ed negroes to the condition OF freedmen
sent to Havana for nurse for his =
ID. His personal character was summed !,
as Unfortunately avaricieus. horrible 8.
ipat by to humanity. q natural disposition :.
svil deeds. intolerable haughtiness. and -
ring to starve the people aud feed VAN. =,
% with their blood. -
lloa's opinion of tho people was not :,
e favorable. eharacserizlng them as \,
vokingly unjust and unreasonable. =.