New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-04


their rights; statement that no govern
ment could exist one half black and on,
half white would misrepresent the prevail
ing sentiment; It could not exist il they
were arrayed against such other and mo-
left to themselves to manage their OWL
affairs; 1t would be slandering the Dem
ocratic party to say it was their opinion
whole, and that the downfall Of the Repub
!lcsn party would put an end to the contest
between the colOrs; the sentences read
from the address of +. p. Blair and Others
do not represent tie feeling here; McEnery
received 300 more votes than the white
registration and kellogg 1900 less than the
colOred BY our returns in 1872, when
We eendeavored to influence them bu,
thought we could gain more by forming q
thought we could do better; never made q
speech saying more blood must be shed;
take Shreveport Times; many people con.
| slider 1t too extreme, but support it; the
preponderating sentiment of the people is
conservative, as shOwn in nominations and
acts; the unanimous sentiment is opposed
to the civil rights bill and to admission Of
colored children to schools, places of
amusement and methods Of travel; people
would not complain il excluded from insti.
tutions established tor colored people;
would not desire to go where they were not
wanted; the cOlored people, do not be-
| ieve, in the country, one in q hundred care
| about the exclusion; Judge Loouy is re.
garded as pretty good man, and ether
court officers are not corrupt; they are Con.
servative; the city council are good mehf
the police jury are pretty good men
the Democrats; don't know the Re-
publicane; don't know that Republican
Justice of the Peace Robert Gray was pre-
vented from taking Office or of his being
murdered: have no recollection of it; knows
MIR. Hugh Curry, but never heard of his
being charged with it: the polls in 1868 in
Shreveport were not surrounded by armed
men; mover heard OF Joseph Watson being
killed that night tor voting for Grant and
that day; don't know Of five cOlored men
being shot; didn't sign paper pledging my
self not to employ c0l0red men who voted
the Republican ticket; approves of it it it
does not conflict with the law; would, un-
der the peculiar circumstances, advise col
ored men to combine not to raise crop for
q Democratic planter; if . white man
should circulate such q paper his life would
not be safe in the parish; circumstances
alter cases; if these circumstances affected
the colored people as they do the white it
would be different; black man having q
white mistress would shock the people
much more than tho opposite case.
A. 5. Hall, of ShrevepOrt-To Mr.. Mar
shall-Came to Louisiana in 1888; resided
in De Soto and Caddo; in Shreveport nine
or ton years; voted the Conservative ticket;
have been foreman of Jones' foundry nine
years; always voted the Democratic ticket
from conviction; own real estate, and so
want good government; voted the Demo-
cratic ticket because got disgusted at Q
Republican meeting, hearing Mr.. Allen tell
the negroes the Democrats wanted to re-
duce them to slavery; that was at the first
election; voted the Democratic ticket ever
since; the people are Industrious; the white
people treat the well behaved colored peo-
pie well; there is no desire to deprive them
OF any of their rights and no sentiment to
deprive them Of their wages; they can get
justice and prefer to have their cases tried
by white men; any amount, several hum
dred, of cOlOred men voted the Democratic
ticket; quit the Republican party on &C.
count OF misg0vernment and failure to keep
promises; don't know much about the par
ish government; many colored people think
they would have better government by
uniting with the Democratic party; intelli-
gent men should manage political affairs;
get $3.50 q month salary; have white and
colored men under me; never heard of any
colored man being forced to or scared into
voting the Conservative ticket: would have
heard of it if there had been; there was
free discussion and q fair, peaceable elec.
ti0n; have house in Shreveport and q
plantation in De Soto of 500 acres; is worth
about $4,000; other colored people own
property; it was the cOlOred property
holders mostly who voted the Democratic
ticket; the Freedman's Bank was q fraud;
was oppOsed to it at the start; believe there
was fair election in Caddo, De Soto and
BOssier.
To Mr.. Frye-The Freed mans Bank affair
had tendency to make the colored men
vote the white ticket; the bank failed be- |
fore the epidemic, summer before last; it |
had a pretty good effect in making them |
Democrats; there are moro c0lOred Demo-
Gratis now than there were two years ago;
only know as to Shreveport. Returns read |
by Mr.. Frye, showing more cslOred votes |
for McEnery than for Mencure.] Don't |
know how many votes the col0red men |
added to the Democratic ticket; voted tho |
Democratic ticket against Grant; have been |
9 slave; never knew q white man of the |
South vote to make my people free; never
knew anything about fourteenth and fif. |
didn't know that the constitution freed
them or gave them the right to vote; don't |
know anything about politics; nobody told
me; knew OF men and women being bought l
and sold and whipped; didn't care any
thing about it; don't care anything about
the party that gave freedom to the colored
people, and made men Of then; know the
'igners of the pledges read; don't know
anything about the eject on the colOred
people; don't know whether it was right;
ion't know of Shreveport Times. [Mr.
Frye read several articles]; think such talk
strong; "that was them;' they were the
men l voted with; if colored men wanted
work such articles would influence them;
lon't think it right to take work away from
legrOes; don't know anything about these
hinge; didn't know any thing about them
# the Democratic resolutions read; think |
{ will all die ou:; looks az it it was got up to
influence election; don't think it was right;
hink it wasn't . good thing to do; they
ouldn't carry out the threats to discharge,
'ecause they had to have the cOlored men
i'll tho first Of January; don't know that
'rrests by troops prevented these threats
rom being carried out. Il
To Mr.. Marshall-Tbe colored men didn't
lear of these articles; there ID one private
chOol going on four or five years; free
cho0l in the church; the intelligent colored T.
'eople knew the whites could get along
Without their labor; don't know Of any but
rifling hands being discharged.
r. II. Marr-Never held Office or been .
andidate; lived in Louisiana since l845:
racticed law in all the courts of the coun-
~; was chairman Of the Committee of
eventy for eighteen months; it was de- |
oted to obtaining recognition Of the Nc.
Inery government and putting down that
+ Kellogg, by means Of q legal character;
witness gave . resume of preliminary &C
ion, conventions, and formation Of the ,
arty; it was desired to satisfy the colored
eOple that no invasion of their rights was ,
Intended, and to advoid anything which
'ould be considered intimidation; colored
clubs were organized, and |
sked aid and protection; there were con-
iderable number of colored men at Con-
ervative meetings.; am satisfied the elec-
ion was peaceable and fair, and every