The daily gazette., 1876-11-15
A German Journalist on
the Situation in New
Orleans,

Geo. Foerster, the editor of the New
Orleans Deutsche-Zeitung yesterday sent
the following additional despatch to the
publisher ofthe New York Stats. Zeitu,g
in this city:
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 13,-The reports
in certain Northern papers giving an ac-
count Of riots alleged to have occurred in
the streets Of this city are without foun-
dation. They are simply fabrications,
which have had their origin on the Re
publican side, their object being to bring
the white population into dispute. The
excitement in the city is intense, but the
white population remains quiet, and not
even common fight has occurred in the
streets, much less riot, which our Re-
publican managers would be glad to see.
Our Democratic citizens, in view of the
provocation given by the Republicans,
evince great moderation and self control,
and they are bound to avoid any conflict
which might injure their cause. We I'M
derstand perfectly we'll that, in conse-
quence OF the new turn of affairs, the
Louisiana question has assumed a new
phase and has been transformed into a
national question. We comprehend that
the recognition of Tildens election in no
small measure depends on the course of
Louisiana Democracy, and in order to aid
in the success of the good cause and to
give the Republicans no opportunity what
ever to annual our majority for Tilden
and Nichols by the Returning Board
swindle, we, the Democrats of Louisiana
have come to the conclusion to under
take nothing for the present except to
keep watch over the doings of tina Re-
publican managers and to insist on our
just rights. We know how much there is
at stake, and our course will be such that
our political confreres of the North will
have no cause to complain of us. Tie
latest aspect of affairs are as follows;
A number of Custom House officers
have left for the upper river country. They
carried with them bags full of affidayits,
which the blacks Of that district are to
sign with their Y, swearing that by intim
idation they have been prevented to exer-
else their right to vote. These affidavits
are to be handed over to the Returning
Board and on the around of these sworn
statements, obtained by fraud the vote of
the respective parishes is to be thrown
out. With the aid of these fraudulent
affidavits the Packard-Kellogg clique reck
ons on Transforming our Democratic ma
jority from 5000 to 10000 into Repub-
lican majority. But we expect that the
presence of the leading men from the
North will put stop to this infamous
scheme. Our German citizens who, with
out exception, have cast their vote for
Tilden and Nichols, received with special
satisfaction the news that Mr.. Ottendorfer
was one of the delegates. Kellogg inso-
lently refuses to reconstruct the Return
ing Board, which is illegally composed of
Federal and State office-holders. He
maintains that he has nothing to do with
the fact that Madison Wells, the President
OF the Returning Board, is the Surveyor
OF the Port. If Grant will remove him
from the position of Surveyor he says he
may do so. The fact that Wells, as a
Federal officer-holder, cannot legally act
as a canvasser, is purposely ignored by
Kellogg. The loss suffered by the Radi-
Gals is gain for the Conservatives. The
Bulletin has suspended its publication. 1t
was sheet sailing under false colors.
While pretending Democratic principles,
it indiscreetly served the cause of War
mooh and his faction of carpet-baggersand
negroes. Its pretended proprietor and
editor was Page M. Baker, but it was real
ly owned by the lottery dealers, Charles
Il. Howard and Ex-Governor Henry Clay
Warmoth. In 1872 Warmoth Joined the
democratic party, but at the early COM
mencement of the last campaign he again
Joined the Radicals. His paper, the Bul-
tetin, although sailing under democratic
colors, indirectly supported the carpet-bag
Ity. The returns show the following
composition of the Legislature: twenty
democrats and sixteen republicans in the
SenaUe, and sixty-eight democrats and fif-
ty-two republicans in the House of Rep
resentatives-a democratic majority of 20
on joint ballo.. This insures the election
of Democratic successort to United States
Senator West and Democratic Senator
for the vacant seat in the United States
Senate, to which Pinchback for long
time aspired. GEORGE FORESTER,
Editor of the Deutsche- Zeit,ng.