Middletown transcript., 1876-12-16

! Angel Gabriel, calling upon the Lol
to witness the truth Of every word
the story. Mental hallucinations Al
not confined to the colored race BY an
means. but the ingenuity displayed }
negroes in the manufacture Of sue
stories serves to explain in some degrs
the manner in which they can be mad
to construct fearful story of politics
intimidation, with attendant horror
which make the blood run cold, out {
any case of violence that may come uu
der their observation. If man is she
while stealing chickens. or visited wit
violence by personal enemies. it is q
easy matter for United States Com
missioner or any one claiming to repre-
sent the United States Government
which the negro believes the embodi
meut of all that is great and good. t
convince him that be is victim o
political persecution, and nobody vii
assume the airs and honers Of martyr
dom with more complacency than th,
man thus tutored.
CRIME ENOUGH IN THE SOUTH.
There is crime enough and political
rascality enough in the South, and espe-
cially in the Gulf States, to sicken the
heart of any lover Of peace and respecter
of law. But the lowest depths of polit-
ical rascality are reached by the men
who, largely responsible for this crime,
make this crime their stock in trade az
politicians. This depravity is mani
festly chargeable upon Kellogg and bis
tribe, who now hold the government Of
Louisiana under the protection of Fed
eral bayonets. and glory in a usurpation
whose cornerstone was cemented with
blood and whose overthrow would open
the shortest road to the suppression Of
crime and general peace and prosperity.
The prevailing insecurity of life is due
in part, perhaps, to public sentiment
which has become callous to the enor-
nifty of the crime involved in the she'd
ding of mans blood, but it is even more
a consequence of government which
shows neither the ability nor the dis
position to maintain the peace The
people are not protected either in "life,
liberty or the pursuit Of happiness. p
The executive department Of the gov
ernment is administered by man who
is weak, indecisive. corrupt, and withal
a mere political trickster. with no am
bitiou except individual enrichment and
political advancement. The judiciary,
with few exceptions. is sheer rottsnness.
Its higher branches are devoted to par
tisanry. and its lower branches are most
distinguished by ignorance and incapac-
lty. There are parish judges who can
scarcely read their own names and who
'ould not spell the title of their Office.
The juriss in the rural districts are
made up of illiterate field hands, who
'annot speak intslligibly, much less fol-
ow legal argument, and who do not
Enow the difference between guilty"
md "not guilty" A School Commits
ioner who ever saw the inside of |
chool-house or who believes that the
world is round il pleasing novelty in
ertain districts. There are sheriffs who
annot spell the name Of the State;
,ommonwealth's Attorneys who never
cad a page Of law; Justices of the
'eace who know no difference between
u affidavit and distress warrant; Con-
tables who could not call letter of the
lphabet by name; Overseers of the
'oor who are the worst vagrants in
heir parish, and Parish Clerks who
,ust hire other men to keep their re-
ords. The police juries, to which is
on6ded the general supervision of
very parish, are generally composed of
literate men, without dollars worth /
property.
PATTERN OFFICIAL.
Here is an amendment to the police
'de, as recorded by the president of
lie police jury Of West Feliciana parish,
nbracing within its limits as large {
,oportion Of people of culture and 6
ealth as can be found in any territory {
the same size in the United States.
is taken from an official report Of a
Getting Of the jury, held March 5th, G
'75: 8
it Resolves by The Police Jury in Regular
shion Convean That The Treasue from l.
Ter This Day shall Propotion The amount of
'ney Payed over to him By The Tax Cor
ted in Three Days from the Date it is i.
ssed Over To him and he must max The
act Proportion Payed out
e money on the Proper Vouchous of the |,
rson or Persons and That no person shall
aloud To Carlec no money on a mother o
rson Vouchous uulest autharyed Ry him r,
Do So Without Principal Person Is dead =
sick and cant get There him self and if L
easue shall vi late This act be shall be a.
in Sun of not Lest The $50 90 and no
re Then $4,000. D
With the State Government in such o.
nds is it any wonder that no respect b
paid to lights Of person and property, le
d that justice is a stranger to the peo- O.
, Of Louisiana? It is hard work to G.
t jury to convict criminal or a y
lge to sentence him. and. even If he