The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-09-17
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The following correspondence under
dale OF August 2Gtlr, from New Orleans,
appeared in the New York Verdi, and
requires no comment: .'
l hardly think that sufficient rto.
nIincnIe is given 10y tlFc Democratic
press To the fact that during political
| campaigns ia the South cniissnries are
centres OF rSaicG!iG:n 10 ia7tigatc thcrn
to all sorts os violence, with the hope
that the whites may become cxaspcrut-
ed and Kill It. few uf them. IN the parish
OF West FelIc.Inn, where the negroes
are Hooking to the Democratic standard.
PacEnrd'S agents are busIiy cHyaSyl in
cndSarorS To stir up b,oo:ly strife bc.
tween the races. In this parish not
many days ago, II plot to murder Col.
Robert II. Barrow aud his family was
discovered 10y the umcly confession OF
black who had been approached To
Join it. The rinS!caderS were arrested,
confessed their guilt. and offered, as II
paliation OF :hsir otEcnsc, the fact that
they had been instigated to the deed
by the white radicals Of the parish.
What are the white people TO do in
MI instance OF this Eiai? II the parish
iii question there are 1900 colorcd reg
istered voters and about 2G0 white reg
is!ered. The minority are csmplvtclv
at the mercy o: TIE majority. The
Courts are. i'll the hands Of iunorau;
cUlnred men, aud The law o!iteiais are
those who are instiSatinS the crimes.
II Was il this parish that young Hale
was dragged from his mothers room
and she; down by a mob OF infatuated
blacks - close to shat mother that his
tTsins a:.i blood bpsrui;creL her
clothes. W. ID. Winter, who has Il biz
brain and 4 warm heart, WAS called 10
the window of his study, wherein he
sat teaching his little Poy- and brutaIiy
shot down IN the presence OF his house
hold. These facts should 30 for so;Ie-
thing. II they are good foT nothing
else, they should ,e suiiicier: 10 show
the condition CT society that ralical
ra!a las fos;crod. III this parish, where
have stated tha: therc are 1000 req
is.erei coiorci voters tJ 2UJ whites,
there IS = company Of soldier stationed
for the arowcd purpose of protecting
the majority fIo.n tie minority. Yet
for one T'=s;To hii.!etl i. that parish there
have been five white men brutality ruuv-
dered. What IS the material condition
Of the parish The whites arc inipoy-
erislsed, the blacks are working on halt
wages, while few radical Office
holders arc living in luxury and fast
bnying up tho best property 10 be had
Iii the county.
heliog. aud Packard have unloubt-
edly informed President Grant of this
condition OF affairs, and impressed up
on him the fact that unless he iutcTicrrs
very decidedly and cncTgcticui!y the
State must go for the Democrats by n
majority OF 10000. TO prevent this
10 theml disastrous revolution, the
troops have been placed virtually un-
der the command Of Packard, who rep
TeseniS political trinity as the Prcsi-
dent OF the State Central Committee,
rs nominee for Governor. anl Tvs Unit
cd States Marshal.
What he will do with these troups
tho testimony given before the Congrcs-
bionHh Committee appointed to iuvesti-
gate affairs III Louisiana clearly shows.
The northern parishes will be ovcrrun
with negro cavalry, aud those who are
most prominent i'll their opposition to
llepublicanisIn will be dragged from
their homes Oh hmsclc6s charges and
held as culprits i'll New Orleans until
after election. This il only part Of
p"ckard's plan for carrying the State.
Behind this contemplated VIOLENCE
stands fraudulent system OF Iugis,ra-
ton, and looming up from behind this,
stands out in bold relief, eliminating
Ill an apex Of frauds. stands the Re-
turning Board, surrounded aEl protect
cd Iy tho soldiers OF our common
country.