, 1876-11-26
Some Incidents in It's Tumultuous
Political History.
Bulldoz:ng in Country Parishes---How
Democrats Conduct an
Election Campaign.
The 4i1da1it Of William Jones, Col.
ored Citizen Of West
EeIiciana.
Special Correspondence qf Tbs Tribune.

Tile ScLt!ctncnl O1 all QucsLloAss eoCid1 aAu peas
ical, by the arhitrament OF force. This c1emcn
has succeeded many time in getting ordinarll.
good-tempcrcd citizens by the ears, and til
whole city and State into bad scrape. Ih
bulldozcrs OF to-day can conceive and carry ou
no att OF violence which has not had
ITS COUNTERPART GENERATIONS AGO
in the history OF the State. The euleute OF thu
14th Of September, 1874, and the driving Of the
Kellogg Government into the Custom-House
for refuge, we're an almost exact repetition o1
tile expulsion Of the first Spanish Governor,
Don Antoniode Uli>a, from tlis province in
colony that she ceded it to Spain, the peop le
ancestry; and determined that they
would not submit to Spanish author.ts.
So they trained their cannon out on the
st.eets, and drove Ulloa en- to man-of-war in
the river. and lie lost no time in rca hing Ha-
yana. The Spaniards were not 50 ien:cnt as
Uncle Fam, however. They next ecnt-ntt
Sheridan but one perhaps who might claim
similar ancestry to tile hero OF WincEester-Don
Alexander O'Ee:lly, who, upon his arrival,
caused the immediate arrest Of ten Of the old
est and test," who had hem the leaders IT
The r.volt agaiEst Clloa, five of whom he had
slot to death. and five were sent to the dun
goons OF Havana One other, Villere, he caused
to be assassinatcd.
AN oiD-TlME cARTEr-DA6GER.
When the province was first celled to the
United States, William G. G. Claiborne was
made Governor; and when, in 1si2, Louisiana
Ec>amc one Of the States Of tie Union. Mr..
Cla-b"rue was elected to the same position,-
not, however, without great opposition frum the
Eatiyc white element. He was native Vi Vir-
rin;a, had been i member OF Congress from
Tenness' c, and was regarded BY the people who
much the light as The dcst cudants Ut Mr..
Claiborne and his confrcrcs now probably regard
Ncssrs. Packard; Warroth, and kcilogg,-and
VITA no more cause,-as ''carpet-bagger."
A CAMPAIGN TWENTY YEARS AGO.
In 1866 campaign was conducted in New
Or'cans which nearly equaled, in the bitterness
and hostility exhibited, those which have occur
red sine the War. It was between the Demo-
crat:c and Krow-Nothing Ia:ties- Blood was
treef shea n the sIests 1ns ra dag
Square, and the other in Lafayette Square. In
his last message, Gov. Ijebclt used, iu reference
to this diseTa- ciu1 tampaiSn, rery strong lar
g:age~ He referred .'wath deep mortiisatlon
to the sceres OF intimidation, violence, and
bloolshed which had marked the late general
election OF New Orleans" lie said:
The repetition Of such onfta9es would tarnish
ou1 national Character and sink Us to The lcye! OF
that. before the occurrence Of these great public
crimes the hideors defos1nity Of WHICH he could
nut describe. and which were committed with i'm
P1n1tE in broad daylight, and n the presence Of
the possibility TINT = bloodthirsty mob could hive
contemplated to overawe any port on of the PEOPLE
of Ii State in the exercise Of their must valuable
ri:bt>: but that which would have been denied
even as possibility is now historical fact
Gov: Robert c. Wickl:dc, who was Presl
dcutal Elec:or On the Tilden ticket in the last
1851, sad, III regard to tue Know-So,hing cam
3aign referred to By Gov. Hcbert in thc above
extra"t: aOut Of II SIT votes registered in the
City .oi New Orleans, cniy S.S33 were cast,
shaving, apparently, at least an inexylieab.e
ernor cou:1nente on this regrctablc fact in the
following language:
II demonstrates thnt extraordinary cause
was nj work to rrcyent large oporton OF lawful
con luton II is we'll known TINT t@ It the two w,
last genera! elections many OF the streets and ap-
prc@cate to the ols were completely in the hams
1euec on multiicdcs Of our csuzaxed fellow cti-
zcns who dared venture to exercise the right Of |
suffrage THIS nearly one third Of the reg stored
voters Of New Orleans have bet deferred from
c:citnE Their highest and most sacred prerozatiyc
The expression Of such election is palrab!e |
! rama on 1he people, and recommend to y.u lthc
to adopt such measures ehal] effect
Easly prevent the true will OF the majority from
being totally silcnccd.
The Louisiana Senate, TO which this message |
was addiessed, was Democratic, and contained |
lroElneat in the party. That Senate, upon
demonstration vi the facts alleged, unscatcd
Messrs- Burtle, Michel, and Burke, Know
Ao;is'ugs, who Lad re- etyed an
UsQCEsT1oNED MAJORITY or TIE VOTES Ac-
TGALLr CAST,
and seated in their place Mcssrs, St. Paul, Hy-
ANS. AID W.tLers, Democrats, who had been de-
prred Of . majority on account OF violence and
int rnidatlon at the polls. So much fur Demo-
oxrat.c precedent.
only refer to these matters to demonstrate
that the elements for trouble always existed in
Hcw Orleans. While this city has the reputa-
1lan OF being cosmopolitan, there Is the most
intense loral and provlnsial feeling here OF
eny place in the United States which,
50 far as Northern men Of Northern principles
is concerned, has Ec%n further Intensified by tho
results ot the late War. In the rural districts
of the State, is far worse tEau in The city. To
% Ecrntlican is to be so tally an outyast; and
or Southern man to side with the party oi !
'rogress is to incur consequences which people
II t.tc North can with difficulty comprehend. 4
who has been for the past four
ears 4 Judge Ut one Of the D;st,iet Courts Of
>cw Orleans, natiyc Of the State. and man
e alnst whose integrity 10. word has tver
ctn said. in commenting upon this subject, to-
lay, showed me letter from lis son, who is on
= iatucr's plantation in one vi the parishes. I
make
FEW EXTRACTS
rom the letter, as follows:
.oted tho Republican ticket, with come few ex-
c;'t:ons as to tic parish ticket: md, somehow OF
taer' 1t cot oat. and great many have offered
I
nypody: 1h:y questioned ME go much about it
: 70 tnaEc nc mad, and then told them did vote |
ne Republican ncket, but it was none Of their
a-inest; that would TO it ayu.n. if it were to do
,e-. ! understand that my uncle is terF |
n-ry with l;c. and MY cousin Tom says he will !
cst: shake hands with mc again Why can you
OF let my brother ~ come and say with mcs |
AIN very lonesome. and, since thcy al1 hate me |
much for voting the Republican ticket, 1 do not
se} safe
q. course this Is not SO bad as killing man,
Ut it is Fcry far IRON being agreeable. This |
J. 1al prescription has great deal to do With !
cterrng 0ld-Line WhGs, who do not in their
carts lKe the Democracy, from joining the
epublie=2n party.
In your dispatches you hare had detailed the
,urse which has BEEN pursued bv the Dcmocra-
in what arc known as
THE BUL1DozEp PARISHES.
he policy in all those parishes seems to have |
.cn a:out the same: to inycigle colorcd men
t, Democratic clubs on false re2resentatioas
at they w,ull he allowed finally to vote as
cy pleased; to administer them an oath which
/ Y wcre informed meant something different,
It was III reality au oath lu vote the
smocratic ticket; to force the attend
ce OF culored men at subsequent meetings OF r
e clubs br whipping recaltitrants. and sume-
ncs killing them. Hundreds of al1idavits are S
iu- made ia regard to these bulidozing opera h
.ls, and, us they greatly resemble eacn other, &
reit as TO punishment inflicted, l select one C
Iicil gives = lar idea of the way il which u
rec aud far cl:ctlOa y WAS gunducted IN the u