The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-02-06
THE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.

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anguish was heard from the Administration
wing of the Radical party. Every Federal
office-holder of the land shouted out ana.
themas against those honest and fearless gen
tlemen who had dared to tell the truth-the
plain, unvarnished truth-about Louisiana.
Grant and his satellites had been for SO long
a time fed upon tho strong-drink of false
hood, had been so long sustained by excitants
and stimulants in the form of Ku-Klux out
RACES and Southern horrors" generally, tina,
the truth SO unexpectedly and bluntly admin.
tstered, Immediately caused alarming symp-
TOMS
The President was very seriously affected
and Williams. Morton, Packard, Kellogg, etc.,
complained of the same trouble. Kellogg's
wall is said to have been as piteous as was
sids on the day they both essayed to swim the
Tiber
Dispatches were rained from here to Wash
ington, calling for assistance in the shape
| of another committee, and ofices-holders
everywhere backed up the request. What if
the first report had been adopted by the
committee and regularly submitted to the
House by the chairman? What if the country
had accepted it as true9 Party interests de-
manded another report.
Bloody shirts and murdered negroes wore
needed, and SO another committee was sent
down here to find them OF have them manu-
featured to order. The committee came and
were received by the people as the former had
been, courteously and trustfully.
So long as the dreadful tales recitedSby
Radical witnesses were spun ont, Messrs.
Hoar and Frye were nightly pleased, and
felicitated themselves, doubtless, upon the
smoking dish of horrors they would be en-
abled to serve up on their return to Washing
ton.
When, however. the Conservative witnesses
are called the tone and manner of these gen
tleman change, and while Mr.. Frye assumes
the bearing Of a Toombs lawyer before po-
lice court, Mr. Hoar grows exceedingly with
ering and sarcastic. 50 long as these COM
mitteemen are acting rs judges, it would be
quite as well for them to remember that an
exhibition of partisan feeling and bitterness is
calculated to lessen popular comic ence in their
impartialty.
The following article from the Worcester,
Mass, Press, of Feb. LIST, will be read with in
terest as Indicating the feeling in Massachu-
sets in regard to the committee and its chair |
man:
"Both Novel and Peculiar,
Our representative. Mr.. Hoar, seems to be |
having quite an experience in the Crescent
City. He will probably be surprised at the
additions which this visit will contribute to
1is knowledge of Southern affairs. The let
er of Charley Hays, the reports of Williams
Outrage" agents, and the alcoholic dispatch
IS of Sheridan. are not reliable sources from
which to draw conclusions.
If it were established beyond a doubt that
hese reports were true in every pvrtcular,
We might all hold the same opinions held by
,ur Representative when he started for New
orleans, and during his investigations we
night all remain confident that he would find
uch evidence as he started out with the de-
ermination of finding.
But the occasional reports which reach us
concerning his progress seem to indicate
hat he is beginning to loose something of !
hat beautiful faith which characterized his
departure; and IL would not be at all strange
he should return before many days, an
ouncing that his visit was simply for the 8
urpose of satisfying himself and that he
as no material notifications to make in the
enort Of the Subcommittee. I
Whether, or not, he will do so depends en- r
rely upon how much he is willing to do for a
1e party. He is probably the strongest par
san in the Republican organization and if
g shall return convinced and converted, the o
managers will probably con-
Jude that the task of justifying Grants i,
purse is little too difficult, even in these !,
avs of partisan action.
Mr.. Hoar has already concluded that the v
tuation is ''novel and peculiar" He is q
eetipg with characters which are both
nique and original; and he has doubtless
agun to suspect that they are characterized a.
9TH by "ways that are dark" and by "tricks te
lat are vain" One of these characters, for ~
stance, is Ex-Governor Wells, who was !,
lairman of the Returning Board. !"
Mr. Wells could not be found when the NJ
,ntlemen of the subcommittee were looking b,
r him; but, as soon as they had taken their T,
,parture, he appeared in New Orleans :,
arching for them. At first he thought he 81
ould follow them; but upon second thought "
concluded not to do so. Mr.. Wells is re-
onsible for throwing out the vote Of Rapides q,
IRISH. -
He was very sure that the vote of the par ~
1 ought not to be counted. He waited for sV
me fellow to come before the Returning is
'ard and swear that it ought to be thrown u,
t !; but no one came, and, rather than have
9 voted counted, he made the necessary aft I'd
Wits and the vote was set aside.
Mr.. Hoar and his committee have discov- =
I'd n somewhat startling fact with reference
the treatment of the negroes. They are III
OF down upon the slightest provocation tx
r instance, if some foolish negro snapped hs
cap at white man, the negro would be =,
mediately shot down. Not because he had W.
apped the cap, says Mr.. Hoar, but because LII
was black. CO
We can't help thinking the Southerners
list be decidedly playful lot Of fellows if
y allow all persons except black ones to VIC
Up caps ut them for mutual amusement
re in the North, if person snaps cap at la'
,ther, he is pretty likely to be perforated Eel
iore he has time to try another cap-not CO.