Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-01-14
FROM NEW ORLEANS.

New ORLEANS. Jan. 8-The Price Cur.
rent says the political troubles have not Of.
fected the commercial transactions Of the
city, which are carried on as usual.
Attorney. General Dibble Of this State,
counsel for the Republican party duringlthe
recent Congressional investigation here, has
written to Mr.. Foster, chairman of the com.
mittee, in which he gives lengthy review
Of affairs in Louisiana especially for the
last two years. He says be has constantly
supported the State government and aided
all reforms. and has no regrets for this. He
then proceeds to make some suggestions to
the committee. Everything that has occur
red in the State since 1872 has been revolt
utionary.
The sudden change in the relation Of the
races in the State made the effort Mt recon-
struction more or less failure. Since the
war, spirit Of intolerance toward the
blacks and toward white Republicans has
existed. The Republicans vested in the
Governor, by means Of the harshest election
and registration laws, most absolute power;
yet these laws were justiflable, affording pro-
lection to the weak and untutored Blacks
He believes that the Republicans had q
large majority in 1879, and that Kellogg
and his colleagues would have received a
large majority had the election been fair
Subsequent acts of Gov. Warmoth and the
Democrats were illegal and revolutionary,
and these acts were met by counter acts not
less revolutionary. which resulted in the in
stallment of Kellogg. He Dibble) always
regarded the government as revolutionary,
organized by the House of Representatives
and the judiciary of the State, and he be.
lieves its acts were invalid. In IA these
revolutionary proceedings were repealed
The Republicans were cheerfnlly obedient-
the Conservatives were sullcn, and showed
spirit of hate towards the opposing party,
who had done all that was possible to lessen
evils, lower taxes and check corruption.
General Sheridan telegraphs to Secretary
Belknap that several prominent persons
here have, for the last few days, been pass
ing resolutions and manufacturing senti.
mental protests for Northern political con-
sumption. They seem to be trying to make
martyrs Of themselves. 1t cannot be doue
at this late day. There have been too many
bleeding negroes and ostracised white citi.
zens for their statements to be believed by
fair minded people. Bishop Wilmer pro-
tests against my telegram Of the 4th inst,
forgetting that on Saturday last he testified,
under oath, before the Congressional Com
mittee that the condition of Affairs was sub
stantially as reported by me. shall soon
send statenentof the number Of murders
committed 10 this State during the last three
or four years, the perpetrators Of which are
still unpublished. think the number will
startle you. 1t will be up In Thousands. -
The city Is perfectly quiet and no trouble ia
apprehended.
Sheridan forwarded this evening to Sec
rotary Belknap statement Of facts concern
ing affairs here on the 4th inst.
A statement 10 also forwarded, addressed
to the House Of Representatives and Senate
Of the United States, signed by Mr.. Wilt
and 81 other Conservatives, giving his
tory of the organization and dissolution Of
the House on the 4th Of January, from the
Conservative standpoint.
Dibble's manifesto, it is understood, fore.
shadows the programme Of the Louisiana
Republicans for the reconstruction of this
State.
Prominent partizans have been engaged
for some days preparing bill for Congress,
providing . provisional government for
touisiana under military rule. Congress.