Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-16
The Louisiana Middle.


a general fear among the best inform
ed persons here that trouble is inn
mnent and from this distance it
seems more likely to occur in LOUISE
ana than in Florida, especially be-
cause of the excitable nature of the
popuace, the increased agitation is
always proport;oned to the number Of
inhabitants, and the complete state of
preparation for revolution which the
Democrats of Louisiana have been in.
for four years. In n conversation
with our correspondent to-day, Col
lector Casey, of New Orleans stated
that, in his opinion, the matter would
not be settled without a severe and
perhaps bloody struggle in New
Orleans. He then went on to say
al was conversing with leading
Democrat from that part of the
country to-day, and he uses these
words IF you radicals can carry
Louisiana, after the preparations we
have made to get it ourselves, you
are certainly welcome to it, | don't
know what that MEANS" said Mr.
Casey, "except what child would
understand from the remark. | know
they have been very confident of car
rying Louisiana, especially the state
ticket. Remember there are t,0o
Senator's depending on this election.
If there wss a fair vote the Repub-
licans would have a majority of at
least %, 900 but Judge from what l
hear that the White Leaguers have
cut off about $4,000 of that. There
are some counties where not a single
Republican vote was cast, which in
1872 gave several thousand Republi-
can majority. We have most unde-
niable evidence that this was acc M
plished by the White League, and |
am OF the opinion that under this evil
dence the returning board will throw
out whatever Democratic votes may
come from these counties. They
would be perfectly Unsuitable in doing
so but they will not dare attempt
any such thing if Florida goes Dem
ocratic, for that will elect Tilden, and
the state government of Louisiana, if
1t was Republican, would not stand
six hours for if Tilden, went into the
White House His Inauguration would
be celebrated by a grand revolution
in New Orleans. | imagine that the
Returning board will wait till Florida
is settled, and then if she goes Re
publican they will proceed to give
the returns a fair count | am not
at all of the opinion that it will be
necessary to throw out the Demo
cratic vote from the counties | speak
of in order to get Republican ma
iority am sure there is at least
10000 without them, but they might
as well give right in, and say no more
about it if Tilden is elected. If Flor
ida goes Republican there are yet
many difficulties to contend with.
We have the best reason to know
that Tilden agents have gone to New
Orleans with large sums of money,
and they will no doubt make an at
tempt to buy up the Returning Board.
If they can't do that they will kill
them or kidnap them. Tilden can
afford to spend hundreds of thousands
of dollars to carry Louisiana. An at
tempt will be made to carry it that
way The Returning Board has
nothing to fear il the Democrats car
ry the state. They will be in perfect
safety. But if they give it to the Re-
publicans their lives will not be Sc
cure, nor their families, nor their
property, and you can see what a
terrible strain must be upon the men.
A hundred thousand dollars in hand
and an assurance of perfect safety
would be powerful inducement for a
man to turn away from poverty, os-
tracism, and perhaps death. 1t looks
almost certain. that some of the Re-
turning Board will be bribed, Killed,
or kidnapped"