New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-29

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belong to it; ssw the book afbM n IVES taken
| in the hands Of Henry Young; did net be-
long tn it myself; the clab was broken mp
June II; white men from tho country came
! into Port Hudson aud gathered men ana
arms to 20 ous and hang and kill menbera
| of the club: L. A. Fuller, q school teacher,
was believed by them to be at the head OF
| it.; hs left the palisb; it fwas afterward
proved he had nothing to do vita y;
| DR.. Delee, of Port Hudson, told me to write
| to Fuller nj tell him he nigh return; Ma
| jOr Bascom, United States army, came from
| B atom Rouge to stop the Mount Pleas
| ant fuse; he brought twenty-six. men
| with him; don't think they were SOL
| diere; the whites fred into the Colored men,
and the colored men fred back; some
| prisoners were brought into Port Hudson;
some were hung; none of them belonged to
| the club; their names we're not ON the book
| captured; . white storekeeper was killed
not by colored people, but by Joe Nc
Kittfick, . white man living in Baton
Rouge; never heard of white man being
| shot by colOred men in that neighb0rhOOd;
Ellis, colored Democrat, was killed, it was
said BY colOred men for bulld0zing.
Senator McDOnald-That is, he belonged
| to the RsgulatOrs-the Regulators and
bulldozers amount to tho same thing, do
they not?
Ssuator wadleigh-One is the tsdpole
and the other the frOe4
The witness-Yes, cir. 80
Senator McDonald-Did not apply to
| lieutenant in Baton Rouge for an escort ON
any occasion; do not know him; never sp-
piled to any army officer except General
| Brook; heard OF q contemplated 1nterler-
ence with a Republican meeting, and went
| to him; he said he thought there wOold Oe
no trouble; if there was to let him know;
| there was none; did not tell the lieutenant
that the supervisor would leeve some OF the
papers in the ballot box, and they would be
thrown out; knew none Of the army officers.
| George Brown, colored, sworn-To Sem
ator Wadleigh-Lstt Baton Rouge pArlsh
june II; can not return because l organized
Republican club; it was He'd Union
Rights Stop; it .numbered i02 or IVA
men, all colored; they organized on fues'
day; the fuss started on Saturday, juno II;
IWllham Loudon, On whose place wis em.
ployed, waited ON mo ON Saturday, and
asked me il there was an organization
among the colored men; / gavo no eaesfec-
torv explsnatiop; Loudon told mo II it was
true that such club existed, there wonld
be thousand white men there BY Sunday
morning; lsft st half-Pasttxo for. fcr5 i ana. 40.
son;- ON the way c0lored woman told me
that Mr.. Grifith, William Loudon, Ed.
Woodside and Jse and Willie Slaughter
| were on horseback looking for me-, with
rome: they said they would hang me
to the highest limb they could find If they
caught me; William Loudon told my wife
he would fill my body q full - 2 s:eve with
skiff: vent down to Bruele Landing;
there saw Mr.. Griffith. John Ligau, and q
party of twelve; they said they were look
ing for me to take nae to the centennial;
, that they would break my neck where the
, other men were hung; they would nave
killed me right there, but Mr.. Young ano
other citizens intercededJ and Ilwss taken
ia ;ail and lodged there two months; An
! drew Isham, coIored, was killed BY this
party at Brusle Landing ON same day; be
alwavs behaved himself; waa discharged
from Jail; never was able to gel
: ANYTHING from my place: Mr.. Loudon
! claimed l owed hlm for rent; haye not seer
him since-lucky thing for me; the ciuo nae
three or four meetings; Levin Foster wa'
IS .ptist eacher; he was . member; b.
was hung; L A. Fuller taught coloret
, | school: he was not q member but he wa
a driven from the parish. :.
: Senator Wadleigh asked witness II n
. was not white man. He replied that nj
y mother was colored; he was born slave.
: Senator Mcdonald read from the Nev
q Orleans Democrat, of June q, what wa
. stated to be the pledge taken by member
:. of the Union Rights Step Club, and eske
!. If that was the obligation which he admin
Q istered.
|. The pledge is - follows: G .h'7 :
Q Re,olred, That We, the undersigned. d
. wilfully. and faithfully aud solemply pledg
It ourselves and life aud lives to voluntee
); ourselves into . company to protect on
D; selves. wives and children and etc - tn
It time has come 90 We are oomPt i!ed 70 @ % =.
L = s~.- -hakS n f0FNne
f; statt: and we do further swear by II
is Ilmiehty and Him to help us, that VII,
10 has been going ON for the last SIX montt
ehall not remain the elapse time again. ID
a. 20 doing We do .braxely call upon ~ lnte
T. ested colored men to aid us in the same. :.
" committee shall b as you 70 VAT ON you \
= your signature to the above WORDS Aq9 oCc
~ mente; and it is further understood tn'
3: any man under the age Of forty .hve yea
~ old. and refuse 10 cooperate with sad cor
f. nanv. The committee shall be authorize
Ia wait upon them three times, and atter eot
e. times has been executed and oaao part
=: refuse to Join the hold OF body. Of mi
II shall go to tho same ana ges msn n,s saa =
IT, reason, and If such reason don't sumce u
above psrtie shalt immediately shot GOV
lie without fear or favor, and all psrtie %.
ol be COMPEL to take oath to this enect I
"a certain times. The time ohall be liked I
ne said company.
as The witness, mphatically-Insver hea
he of such thing before. That 10 not :
er resolution. l agree with you about t
55 first part, but somebody has added the Ia
re- part: that was not in the book; II Tn
ol charge that, let them bring the book bel
'g- if that is in it, some one has put 1t tine
IN since it was taken.
'se PA. Triplett, colored, sworn Reside
oi East Baton Rouge; is son OF q former me
Der of the Legislature; my father q
charge of Mount Pleasant plantstion-tr
at one time to buy it; it was owned Dy
Smith, of Ohio; there was an ASSOCIATION
fifty or sixty cOlOred men who wofke0
plantation; each had his share of the or
wa formed q Republican club in June;
OF was called the Union Rights Step Ci'
On. held two or three meetings; it was brok
no June II; q colored man rode into I
ward saving that they were fighting up
in road; soon body Of white armed %
my came riding down; when . short q
ON tance of they halted and order
re- us to put down our gums, and fired into
ket we returned the fire; the fight lasted abb
he twenty minutes; took . skIf and cross
ion the river; intended to take the stean
+; Katie and 20 to Baton Rouge; when
lat Katie was swinging IN saw armed men
I'd" board, ana ran of into the WOODS; tno arm
Try men got off at Mount Pleasant; avoie
by them; went down to Baton Rouge; WAS
9ry BY Mayor jas tremski and some men; g
'tlc them our arms.
pc; Witness was questioned in reference
o ov the obligation taken by members OF
M MaN Union Rights Step Club. 1t was conclu'
@ @'n~ to send Q sert rteant-starms to Generai ,
Aon gnr. United States army, VINO was ealo
as have the captured book in his possession
Il D.,