The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-26
First Election Movement Of the
Boss.

Boss Packard, United States Mar
sinai for the District of Louisiana, and
Radical candidate for Governor of this
State, has opened his canvass. The
readers Of the Democrat will remember
that, some months ago, number Of
the most Influential and conservative
citizens of East Baton Rouge were
arrested by the limited States Marshal
on a charge of violating a United
States statue, brought to this city,
arraigued before the Federal Court,
and forced to give heavy bond for
their appearance before the court in
H'vember. The terrible crime for
which these gentlemen were arrested
and brought to New Orleans, was
participation in mass meeting of their
fellsw. citizens, of all colors and par
ties, assembled to request certain par
ish officials, who had proved them
selves corrupt and Incompetent, to
resign. The arrests even at that time,
when the ofense was fresh, were
regarded everywhere as a dastardly
outrage, and the Indignation aroused
by he proceeding was so general and
y" tense that even Packard seemed
.ealize that be had gone q step
too far, and his movement against the
participants in the macs meeting was
for the time, suspended. This people
now 80 familiar with Infringement
of personal rights and violations of the
Constitution, had almost forgotten az
incident which, in a better period O
the Republic, would have provoked {
revolution, when Monday morning il
was announced that two other promi
nent Democrats, w. S. Booth, Esq, ;
merchant, and Col. E. w. Robertson
a lawyer, of Baton Rouge, had beef
arrested and brought to New Orlean
by order of Marshal Packard on war
rants issued June 5th, for participation
in the mass meeting held month
before, and referred to above. Mr.
Booth, whom we know personally
confirms the story fully. He and Col
Robertson yesterday, under arrest b.
Packard, appeared before Unite'
States Commissioner, aud were re
CURED to give each bond of fiv
thousand dollars to appear before til
, Federal Court on the LIST Of Novembe
next, to answer an indictment fo
, having participated in mas
meeting.
The arrests were an open defiance q
= the law Of the country. and a tyran
. meal violation of the most sacre
| rights Of the citizens, perpetrated wit
q consciousness Of the wrong, bu
r with the full assurance that the Fede
) raj Government would sustain it wit
the army. We call the attention {
r the country to the fact that this Grim
. against the citizens of Baton Roue
e was perpetrated by order of til
= United States Marshal, who is also Il
!. Radical candidate for Governor, ar
It whose purpose is to intimidate II
d Democrats and Conservatives of TIL
!. parish md deter them from making q
It active and vigorous canvass. 1t
q we'll known in this State that Il
i. whole machinery of the Federal c0ur
n is an instrument for the persecution
is the whites of the States aud not
Justice, and that every honest man
II the State, who is opposed to Il
= Radical party, has a we'll found
!. terror of federal marshals al
'e federal courts in a politic'
lie campaign.
ir Under Radical rule in Louisian
" sustained by Grants Administrative
IA there is no loyalty save allegiance
!e the party of thieves who are followi
10 Packard. and no law save the will
e the rascals into whose power &c
.e Grant through the power of the arr
n. has surrendered the State.-(N.
,e Democrat.
as What is Thought Of Gen. Hayes