New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-05-12

The Sentinel refers to tho recent attempted
assassination of Senator Twitchell, of Lou
isiana, in terms of hesrtless flippsncy, and
to that gentleman himself a. - Louisiana
carpet bagger." It is one of the misfor-
tunes of present-day Democracy chat it re-
auires it's votaries to justify the murder of
c0lored men under any and oil cifcum.
stances, and to denOunce white Republicans
in Southern States - ''caFpet-bsggers," to
shoot whom is venial, if not prsiseworthy.
It 10 not likely that the Sentinel has any
personal acquaintance with or knowledge
Of Senator Twitchell, but - matter Of
Democratic consistency it feels called upon
to saeer ct him - - Louisiana carpet
baeger," and to refer to his attempted
without condemnation. What are the facts
Senator T Witchell is native of Vermont,
born OF good family, and possessed of .
liberal education. He entered the Union
service ut the beginning Of the war, and
served till its close with credit and some
distinction. In the battle Of the Wilder
ness, fought in Virginia, May 5, 1854 he fell
on the field, shot through tho head, and
only recovered from the wound by reason
of his vigorous constitution and previous
good habits. At the close of the war, when
his regiment was mustered out of service,
he found himself in Northwestern Louis
lana, where, having formed an attachment
for q Louisiana lady residing there. he mar
ried end settled. He has been q citizen of
Louisiana oontinuously since that time
eleven years. He has had children born to
him there, and has buried at least one. He
has spent eleven of the best years OF
his life there, and has done more to de-
velop and build up his portion of the
State, in ell that goes to constitute
q State, than any one hundred ma
tive Louisianisns in his district. He
| is man Of marked ability and unimpeach-
able character. For some time past he has
been recognised as one of the leaders of the
Republican party in Louisiana, and as q
member of the Senate has shown some Of
the best qualities of leader. Some ten
| days ago, while crossing Red river, he and
| his brother-in-lsw being the only white per-
sons on the ferry boat, q hOrseman rode ny
| to the bank of the river, and with q repeat
| ing rifle deliberately shot both OF them
| killing the brotherin-l Law, and dangerously
| if not fatally, wounding Senator Twitchell
| No cause lie assigned or attempted to be as
signed for this dastardly outrage. and none
can be assigned except that Mr.. Twitchel
is q Northerner by birth and Repub
lican in politics. The white-liners Of Lou
isiana could not answer his arguments no
| intimidate him into silence, 50 they deter
mined to kill him. 1t was at first supposed
that his wound would prove immediatel.
fatal, but latest advices indicate that b
will probably recover.
Now, what shall be said of state of &C
ciety that tolerates such outrages, or of
political party that justifes them! l
there never to be any federation in tn
South nor any safety or protection there to
Republicans! L. it always to be the cas-
that q Northern man will be permitted t
live peaceably in the South only if he is
Democrat How many years must. a RI
publican of Northern birth live in Louis
ana, after having married there, to outgrO'
the epithet of carpet-bagger and feel e
cure from being murdered in cold blood
Yet these outrages and this intolerance al
the very essence Of the Democratic part
which, in this centennial year of the repul
lie, is scheming and hoping to obtain Col
troll Of the Observation-Disclosures Jou
| mol.