New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-11-25
CCommunicased
What the Shepkeepers Of Monroe Know
About Intimidation.

MONROE, La, November, 1876.
EDITOR REPUBLICAN,:
send herewith q copy of the Telegraph
published here, and mark an article headed
ELECTION in Ouachita." Were it not fol
the grave character the election in thit
parish has assumed before the country, VIZ
might smile at the "humorousness" of the
affidavit contained in said article. The sig
nature Of F. A. Hall, accompanied by the
saving clause ito the best of my knowl
edge" could, with just propriety, have beer
followed by the others. Colonel Hall had
the same opportunities for learning the
came things, and yet he besitates to swear
positively. 1t is well. How merchants
who never left their houses of business
during the whole camgaigu to 90 out of the
city, can swear positively that there was nc
intimidation used by the Democrats, is an
other one of those Democratic, bulldozipg,
don't-know-w ho-didit mysteries to me.
OF those who sign this affidavit, four are
unnaturalized; four more are not citizens of
this State. One OF the signers, Jonas
Meyer, at the city election here in May
last, has been accused Of attea pting to
bride q coiored voter to vote The Demo
cratic ticket by offering him S., and he is
to be tried for it at the coming term of the
district court at this place. Another one,
Moreus We'll, told . candidate on the Re-
publican ticket, in SepteEb Der last, that he
(Weil) would vote for him in November,
1876, but "the candidate must keep it Sc
cret, as it would ipjure him, and he had his
living to make" No intimidation!
Another one. john Gerspach, discharged
some of his colored wOrkmen because they
would not vote the Democratic ticket at
the city election in May last; and at q pub
lie speaking in the courthouse square, few
days prior to the election for the city, q
resolution was offered by A. A. Gunby, and
indorsed BY all who sign this affidavit, zap.
proving the action of John Gerspach in dis
charging those workmen who refused to
work with the white people," Gerspach
WAS afterwsrd elected on the city coun Gil.
No intimidation!
They say that "several ignorant negro
United States deputy msrshals were ut the
polls" But they forget to say that the
mayor appointed about fifty police, some of
whom we're not yet citizens. and not one
Republican was appointed. They forget to
cay that around each of the four polls at
Monroe four or five of these policemen were
stationed with 6atons near the polls, 80 i'm
mediately near that deputy United States
marshal requested the mayor ITO move his
police from tho polls, az this was not city
election" which he did. They forget to
81 ate that all the roads and ferries leading
into Monroe were guarded by armed men
for day before and on election day. No
intimidation! That since May last many. Of
them have been assisting to keep alive
the rife clubs of this town, by contribu
tions. They forget all these things, and
swear point blank that no intimidation was
used. They swear THE, and right on the
heels of that swear comes these soldiers
| and marehals were, atlantis verify believe,
| employed solely for the purpose of intimi
dating both white and coIored voters" All
in one breath they swear that there was
| art q jewelw Oh, Democrat, thou art a
swearist! But might write year end
not toll all, or convince q Democrat that
| he WAS wrong. verify believe they imsg
| inc they are doing God y service when the J
rid the country by their "kind, concilistorJ
means' of id Radical"
| Affairs in this parish have, for the pas
six weeks, been simply outrageous ant
without parallel. even in bsrbarous coun
tries. Tue recent campaign was not polit
ical one, but savage war-tc-the knife cam
| pdlku III WulCA tuO ASSpuUliodbo hoSo C'oi
been the victims. These men pirate ant
howl of incendisry speeches by Republican
leaders, uprising and arming Of Radica
negroes, aud yet they can not point to . sln
gle instance where q Democrat has been
injured or even moIested; while on th'
other hand the list of victims from the Re
publican side to the Democratic, bulldCz
| ing, "kind and conciliatory means" woult
put the blush of shame to Sioux Indian
| "Were it not forbid" by Democratic ''argu
ments and appeals" the colored peopl'
| (reader's) hairs stand on end" etc.
| And maybe the truth will yet b
| cleaned. A fair and impartial mind, by
reading this, will be satisfied, no doubt ~
that there was no intimidation.
VERITAS.