New Orleans Republican., 1876-12-14
POLlXIOAL MOTIFS.

P0LlEI0AL NOTES.
We clip this bit of Democratic pretended
statement Of . Republican witness, and n
buttinG "faets, from the Official organ o
the Demoeratic party:
Ono Robertson, colored man, was com
PEELED to leave his employer and his h0ml
for voting tho Republican ticket.
FactscThe said Robertson did not leav(
his employee, and did not yots tAe 8spub
Gcan ticket, having been Democrat fol
years, etO.
TswM-Sworn to by one of the weAlthies'
and most respected Democrats Of the parish
Of East Baton Rouge, whom tho congres
sional committee will do wen to examine a
to the startling truths he tells:
Granville y. Pieres sworn, ssys-I reside
in the parish Of East Baton Rouge, on the
road near the Granville spring road. Charlea
Robertson, . colored man living on my
place, was dragged from my place and
taken about threequarters Of . mile from
his house to the forks of the roads, in con.
spicuous place, and there hung to . tree,
and found his body there the next morn
ing. The man Robertson's house was some
distance from my house; hence the matter
vas done without detection. | Judge from
the tracks OF the homes that ton or fifteen
persons must have been engaged in it. Re
liable persons have informed me that
threats had been made that If he. witness,
over took any steps to report the matter he
would be treated in the same way. I was
advised not to give any information to this
committee, as it would lnjure me mate.
rally, which infer means both bodily ehd
pecuniariiy.
This man Robertson was not an Office
holder. Robertson had been in the habit of
of some hogs, and he had been accused Of
stealing hogs by come of tho neighbors, bct'
had . cert,dcate of his good charscter from
the responsible neighbors. He kept No
store; he bought no seed cotton, and was .
quiet and peaceable man.
I en- Democra& from childhood, and
never voted for Republican in my life.
Croee-examined BY Mr.. Finney,. Demo
crst-This occurred last Wednesday, the
sixteenth Or seventeenth of February. I
found the body hanging the next morning,
Thursday. know nothing about this mat
tor except that found tho body hanging.
No threats have been made to me in PER.
son. Idecline naming the persons who i'd
vised me not to testify before this commit
tee at present. This colored man Robert
son was engaged farming ON my plantation.
The planters generally in tha parish Of
East Baton Rouge have been losing their
seed cotton and stock by the depredations
Of both ,chite aud colored. Tho unlawful
trafic in seed cotton has been stopped for
the last tseo m0sihs. / refer to the d0predA-
t,on in stick, which has been almost en-.
trely stopped. to the best of my knowl-
edge. In the neighborhcod in which
live the blacks have been terrorized,
and they don't 60 in for stealing
ish. Was a member of the Legislature
ia 1857 and 1858. Within the last two
mcnths the regulators established . rule
that there should be NO hunting of any
kind of game on the part Of the blacks.
The white people continued to hunt in the
woods. This rule was established to pre-
vent tho killing of hogs and cattle by the
blacks. I attribute the disturbances of the
parish to the stealing of seed cotton, which
threaten the ruin Of cotton planters unless
checked; therefore, the planters engaged in
the cultivation Of cotton united for pr0tec.
ton and adopted the mode, for they could
not obtain legal redress. Az to the subse-
quent troubles and maltreatnent of blacks,
do not know whether it was for political
purposes or not, or for self protection; % to
CD0 EeRulStOIe, tney ueeAS1S10 tA0 mOuo AA
which the colored people shall reside on the
farms and plantations, as they prescribe
that the colored people shall not rent lands
unless the owner lives on it; the general ex-
preston is that the trouble would cease If
the offices of tax collector, parish judge and
sheriff were filed by Democrats; the gen.
erxl expression Of tho people is that here
are no competent Republicans in the parish
tO1ill these Offices.
Myself and four or ave of my neighbors
visited persons suspected Of killing negroes
and advised them to stop, o the people did
not desire them to carry 1t any further:
having any connection with these troubles.
This IS the only effort that know of hav.
ing been made to stop these troubles, and
did stop them in my netghborhood after tho
hanging of Robertson.
These people were of the middle GLASS
the persons whom and my neighbore vls-
tied. have known them ten or fifteen
years, but don't know what their poeition
in society il. I don't know whether they
are sober or industrious. ~
Redirect examination-M My impression u
when this man Robertson was hung he was
dead before he WAS hung to tree, on &C
.couut of the mud on him and his pock be-
ing out on one side. I derive my impress
eion from the fact that he had been dragged
some distance. sud that the part Of the
rope ov er the limb of the tree was bloody.
Will Justice ever lift her swordl
1t is q general Democratic complaint that
the .afidavits of Republicans. exposing
Democratic crimes, are made and sworn to
in the Customhouse in New Orleans. To
people who live in communities where the
aeyis Of the law extends equal protection
throug ghout the entire limits OF its jurisdie'
ton this msy appear surprising; but in
Louisiana the citizen who exposes Demo
cratic crime does 40 At the peril OF his life
In the rural districts the witness dare not
testify. nor the law officers certify to or at-
tempt to punish Democratic crimes. The
cruel fate of those martyrs to Republican
ism, Pope and Chase. and Crawford and
Harris. and n score of others, are yet too