The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-11-30
BULI4-DOSING.
A Chapter of Facts-RecOrd of Fearful
Outrages in Louisiana.
[From the Chicago Tribune.l

From the Chicago Trbune.]
Yesterday morning a gentleman at the Grand
Pacific Hotel received letter from New Or
leans, dated Nov. 10, written by gentleman Of
known veracity, and conservative Republican
careful OF what he writes or speaks
He states that he believes the Republicans
are masters of the situation in Louisiana, aud
there can be but little doubt as to how the vote
has gone in that State. He says the Repub-
licans are to be protected and s'not to be put
down by pack Of bowling rebels and North
ern Democratic putty-men.' He then goes on
| to say: Colonel could not, in one week,
write all the horrible details of outrageous
wrongs and crimes committed and practlced by
/ these internal rebel cut-throats upon the
Union men and their families in this State. l
i was yesterday talking in -, IS office with
the United States Inspector OF Election, who Is
i a resident of Ouachita parish, and has been q
resident Of the State for thirty years: He is
also State Tax Collector of that parish, and
also United States Land Receivers man OF in
telIigence and highly respected. He is to be
witness before the Board Of Canvassers. He
told me yesterday that he and the Sheriff OF
Ouachita in the commencement of the canvass
commenced the organization OF the cOlOred
Republicans in Ouachita Parish, and had nearly
completed the organization, when they were
| notified that, unless they discontinued their
efforts, they would be killed by the Democratic
"bull-dozers" He said that the Sheriff was
man of pluck, and paid no attention to the
|
dinner one day he was met by several mounted
men and killed on the street. No attempt was,
or could be, made to apprehend or punigh the
murderers. He said these mounted men
would ride through the negro quarters and tell
| them that they must join Democratic clubs and
vote the Democratic ticket or they could not
live. He said that in this way many darkles,
to save their own lives, were obliged to comply
with this demand. One colored man
Henry Young-refused to comply, and he told
them that he was a Republican, and should
vote that ticket. Whereupon a committee,
composed of DR.. Young, John Baker, Henry
Collins, and Mr.. Tidwell, were appointed to wait
on him and kill him. They went on the Satur-
day preceding the election to his house, broke
open his door, and killed him right there III
presence of his wife and in his own house His
wife made the remark, Gentlemen, don't kill
him." For this they stabbed her so seriously
that she died the next day. The woman had a
child 10 months old in her arms. The inhu-
man fiends took the child, and, in the presence
of the wounded and dying mother and father,
knocked its brains out against the wall of the
house. They then went to another mans
house on the adjoining plantation and told
him he could have his choice-to be hanged
or receive 100 lashes on his bare back and, hav-
ing his choice, he of course took the lashes.
They took him out of his house and laid him
on a log, and made him clasp his hands around
| it. They then took turns IN whipping him
until they got tired, and then would sit down
on the log and rest themselves, with their poor
victim suffering the fortunes and Affections of
their hellish acts. When they had got through
| they let him loose, and told him that he was
now Democrat and would have to vote the
Democratic ticket.
On the morning of election, Benjamin Jones,
a constable of the parish, and a Republican,
| was stopped on the road to the place for hold
ing the election, and the ballot-box taken away
from him. and the poll-books and papers taken
TT IL 1---s1 Ina1 nz.rn
broken, and also wounded twice in the left leg.
1 Then these Democrats took wagons and drove
to the plantations. and took the darkies by the
hundreds and made them go to the elections
where the polls were in their hands, and made
these poor, scared negroes vote Tor TIlden
and reform"
Now these parishes that nave usually gone
almost entirely Republican, in the manner
above (particularly) described, have been cnr-
ried solid for Tilden and reform. And now
John NJ. Palmer and Lyman Trumbull are here
asking that the acts of these fends in human
form be sanctioned and approved by this great
nation, and are the apologists of these inhuman
| creatures.
The above facts are true, and the victims of
many of these acts of cruelty are mere on the
ground to testify before the Canvassing
Board, and those who are living to show their
wounds and the manner in which they were
treated.
| And Palmer and Trumbull are here to put
them down and apologize for these ut-throat
bull dozers, who have perpetrated these crimes,
and are going about at large, proud of their
acts without having the least fear OF being
dealt with for anything they have done.
| Men, women and children who come here to
testify to these acts come never to return to
their homes again, as the sentence OF death has
been passed upon them in case OF any of them
giving information.
These towards take affidavits in blank certi-
flying that no intimidation was used, and that
the negroes voted the Democratic ticket freely
and voluntarily take a cOlored Justice OF the
Peace into wagon and go to negro quarters,
and, not allowing the Justice to explain the
affidavits, have these poor creatures sign these
documents, without knowing what they were,
by the hundreds And Palmer and Trumbull
are to present these affidavits TO the Canvassing
Board to prove that the election in this State
was peaceful and that no intimidation was
used
But the evidence is here to prove that the
condition is hundred times worse than has
been reported by the Republican press.
The letter concludes with the statement that
before the election all the damage was done,
and New Orleans is quiet now while the North
ern men and Gen. Sheridan are there, but
when they are gone, the tocsln will De sounded.
[Cor. Chicago Evening Journal
New ORLEANS, Nov. 19.-"Come along with
me and will show you proof that this is the
land of the free and the home of the brave.
where every man is entitled to life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness and that there was
no intimidation at the last election, as the
Democrats allege," said gentleman to me
this morning, and went with him to a room
in the Custom House, where several gentlemen
were assembled. In a few moments colored
man, about 80 years of age well made, of me-
dunn height, with bright eyes, and an intelli-
gent, honest countenance, came in and was
subjected to the following interview, which is
| oyiuoY1 aS 11narIv aa rnHGihA in his own VvOrda:
NV name is ZekiaI Glover. / live in East
Feliciana in the Eighth ward, nigh Clinton.
bout ten miles from dar, on de telegraph road
leading to Osvka; was born and raised dar,
on Levy Dotv's plantation. I rent bit of land
from w. N. McAdams and worked in saw-mill.
Bout 10 o'clock Saturday night fore de election
a man came to my house I; he was John Nor
wood he tnla ma ha Wanted to see ma for no