The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-12-07
Especial correspondence Cincinnati Times ]
Louisiana.
New ORLEANS. Nov. 20.

New ORLEANS. Nov. 20.
A LETTER FROM HOME.
No-day received letter postmarked
Cincinnati, which dishes me up in the
following racy and rsttling style:
Now. what is the use of such n lot OF
balderdash and stuff as Is contained IN
yours Of the l4th, TO the Times2 What
do you expect to gain by endeavoring 10
nAame the Northern heart with hatred
Of the Southern people? Have you re
ceived orders to Give il to en- regard
less OF facts All this sort OF Outrage
porridse has been served up SO often, aud
is so transpareutly aud Obviously fraud,
cannot believe any tair-minded mar,
b. he never 20 ardent a Radical, can pay
any serious intention to 1t. II Hayes
has such a sure and soft thing, why en-
deavor To cover up the doin2s ui such
rascsls as Packard, kellogg Il Co 10y di-
rrcting attention to imaginary outraEes
committed by iairy tale 'Bull-dozers
There's no such thing Why. you are
getting to be worse than thc most Iidical
81 Radicals A Republican hyenal A
bloody screamerl Cut loose iIon such
outcasts aud thieving rascals as Kellogg.
Packard. Pinchbaek, &c /; you will
not shade them with coloriua OF truth
here and there and about as much
more TO the same effect.
Now il is pretty safe to conclude that
the person who wrote that letter j. a
D-mncrat-is somewhat sore headed over
the situation of affairs, and never was III
Louisiana IN bis life. Ilis style, how
ever. would do credit to the fire eaters of
the back parishes OF Louisians. / prin /
the letter, because | think il affords IA
iair index OF the feelings oi many North.
ern Democrats, and because it affords me
a fair basis 10 show something OF the real
work OF these mythical and fairy-tal
bulldozers. / am not altogether ignorant
OF Louisiana affairs. / have been here
several times before, and have spent
many months in the State. | can rea
sonabiy, think, be supposed to have
some idea OF what | am talking about.
As the letter ] have quoted is of the ma
ture OF personal attack, ] may be par
doned il | say in self defense, that one OF
the morning papers in this city, last
week. speaking OF the northern visitors,
said Of me IF. d. NJ OF the Cincinnati
Times is an old acquaintance, having
spent some weeks here in 1872 His let.
ters at the time, attracted good deal of
attention and comment But time, at
last. fully proved his facts and figures,
and vindicatsd his judgment and sagac-
ity."
| don't wish to thrust myself into my
letters, but feel justified in doing so to
this extent ir this matter, and to follow
with reasons for my statements in the
letter which has SO enraged my cores
pondent.
do not wonder that Northern people
are slow to believe the horrible stories
that come to them from the South.
do not wonder that they, especially
those who have never been in the South,
read such letters Of Northern CORES
pondents with incredulity, and denounce
the writers as exaggeTatoTs aud ialslfiers
do not wonder that they are unable to
comprehend the possibility OF such
condition Of things IN the same land aud
under the same Government with them
selves. In the North there is quiet. and
order, and prosperity. There are school
houses, and chuIches, and thickly clus-
tering villages, and green lawns, and
neatly kept farms aud comfortable farm
houses. There are railroads, aud t,le-
graphs. and newsp iprrs. There are no
hundreds Of thousands OF recently liber-
aied slaves born and reared in degrada-
tion and ignorance and dependence. In
politics are comparative purity and hon
esty. There a single vote may possibly
elect a mau TO an important office with
out u contest There are no carpetbag-
gers. There are no organzrd bands ol
public piunderers aud schtmug otficy.-
seekers. There il no war oi races. al
~ hite League, no Ku Klux, no bulo
dolers, no White LINERS
How dif rent fr ,m Louis a1a-p1o-.
torn, plundpTcd. distracted. demoraiz Il
louisiana We must fully understand
and comprehend this difference before
We can realize how these ark and bloody
tales OF outrages aud violence can he
true. Here political morality aud de
cency are at a discount The politicians
are the most insincere and deceptive
people ! ever met. In crowd OF them,
when one man swears to n certain thing
there is sure to be another man within
arm length who will swear to the oppp-
site. II you want to prove anything,
you msv get all the afii lavits you require
10y paying for them II you want to
prove anything, you may get all the
aiIidnvIts you require by paying for them.
Ii you want to prove just the opposite
you can get just as many 10y the same
means. The political history Of Louisi-
ana since the war is a tale of star cham
bcrs, of night meetings. of cabals and
feuds, and factions. of dark treachery
and deep laid schemes Of trickerv and
OF fraud aud corruption. To-day,
a man puts his creatures into power, and
to morrow the creatures overthrow him
and put their own creatures in high
r. 4 Il. a
der TO shoulder, for place and power, to
morrow their hands are At each other
throats. aud their followers fighting each
other Men who are in the same party
and are friends, to-day, belong to oppo-
site parties to morrow, and are schemiuG
against each other. Politicians change
party here as the cham-leon changes
color There is hardly one Of the prom
inent men in politics here who has not,
during the last ten years, belonged 10 al
most every party. and faction OF party
In the North, when a man leaves one
party and joins another. il is a matter Of
great comment and wonder. and he must
give good reasons for it, and in any case
it is never forgotten against him Here
it is very hard TO keep track OF . mans
political predictions. and the question
is, What party is Snand so with in this
fight?' Said Hon. Eugene Hale to me I:
Studying the political history OF Lou
isiana for the last ten years j. like read
ing the old tales of the Nrnitian Repub-
lie or the bloody old stories of frudil
times. 1t does not seem possible sue b
things can toe done in this day, in THIS
free land. ] don't blame our people
North for refusing 10 credit the tales OF
tloud d and treacheiy that 20 up from this
State. ] was an uubeleyer until came
here and saw Tor myself
1t is not generally in the cities or more
thickly settled portions OF the State that
deeds Of violence aud lnwl,ssuess are
prrpetrated. Ohio is covered with a net
work OF iron rails ard telegraph wires
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