The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-07-18
FIRST ELECTION MOVEMENT OF THE
BOSS.

Boss Packard, United States Marshal
for the District Of Louisiana, and Rssdi-
|, cal candidate for Governor of this State,
has opened his canvass. The readers
ct the DHMoCRAF will remember that,
some months ago, number. OF the
Il most stEintiuentialEa and conservative citi,
zeps OF East Baton Rouge were arrested
by the United States Marshal on a.
charge Violating aUnitedState statue,
brought to this city. arraigned before
the Federal Court, and forced to give
aheavy bond for their appearance before
The court in November The terrible
crime for which these gentlemen were
arrested and brought to New Orleans.
was participation in mass meeting of
their fellow citizens, of all colors and
parties. assembled TO request certain
parish officials, who had proved them
selves corrupt and incompetent, to re-
sign. The arrests even at that time,
when the gotfence was frssh, we're res
garded everywhere "a a dastardly
outrage, and the tndigfiation aroused
By the FroeeediBg was 10 general and
80 Intense thai even Packard seemed tod
realize that he had gone a step too far,
and his movement against the partici-
iPaptssin th 9 mass meeting was, for the
time, suspended. This people, now 50
familiar with iBfringements of per-
sonal rights and violations of the Con
stitutiop, had almost forgotten an Incl
dent which, In o better period OF the
Republic, would have provoked revo-
luton, when Monday morning 1t was
announced that two other prominent
Democrats. WaS. Booth, Esq, @ lner-
chant. and Col. 'E.7aW. Robertson. a
iawyeSA Of Batop Rouge. had, been
arrested and brought to New Orleans
by order Of Marshal Packard on war !,
rantstssued Junesth. fortparticipation !
IN the mass meeting held months
before. ahd referred to above. Mr.
Booth. .'whomwe know personally, con- !
lrms the story fully. He and Col. !.
robertson yesterday, under arrest by .
Packard, appeared before a United !,
states Commissioner, and were re-
luired to give each Il bond Of I've thou =
'and dollars to appear before the Fed !.
'ral court on the. list Of Novem ber next.
Q answer an indictment for having par =
icipated In . amass'fneeting. i4tssll =
Ihe arrests We're an open defiance Of ),
ne law OF the country, and tyranicalI Z
loiatlon OF the most sacred rights of the W
itizens, Rerpetrated with conscious :,
ess OF the wrong, but with the %
'UTefffmtht WUu.e. .ysA { .3-A. ynY y Win the I'll
rmy.qlWe call the attention OF the
ountry 30 the fact that this crime OF
gainst the citizens OF Baton Rouge was tn
erpetrated by order of the United Ia Ia
tates Marshal, who is also the Radical ye
for Governor, and whose pur- ~ ~
ose Is to intimidate the Democrats
nd Conservatives OF that parish and re
eter them from making an active and ar
gorous canvass. 1t is well known in On
lis State that the whole machinery of 81
le Federal courts Is an instrument for W
'e persecution Of the whites OF the ar
ate and not OF Justice, and that every n,
onest man IN the State, who is opposed hi
the Radical party, has well founded fr,
rror OF federal marshals and federal I'm
'urts in q political campaign. fe,
Under Radical rule in Louisiana, ba
stained by Grants Administration, n,
ere is no loyalty save allegiance to St
o party Of thieves who are following du
ackard, and no law save the will Of the ar
seals into whose power Gen. Grant vo
rough the power Of the army has sur TS
ndered the State. af bsh mr.
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