New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-28

detaehments of Captains Burlington and
MeCloud captured him and he il now in
jail; at poll No. Q in tho fifth ward there
wele ntnety-six Democratic and two coiofed
votes; these two are tho only Republican
votes ever cast ct this poll; don't know Core
Williams; Mr.. Phillips is . yonng man Of
high character, educated in Europe, and
stands - we'll in the community a. any
young man could stand; Mr.. William Rose
Is planter, man of good character, and
stands we'll; Mr.. Joe Turner is Q plain,
honest man; don't know Mr.. Block; Walter
Logan's character stands very high, and he
moves in the same social circle as Mr.. Phil
lips among our very best people; they are
gentlemen; Dr.. Potts has very large prso'
tice, and is q very modest, quiet man; don't
know any DR.. Kennedy except one that
lives twenty-five miles from Cora; Thomas
Lyons is q cOl0red Democrat. and stands
we'll in the parish; Ware Brennan is q gen.
tleman of some means, associating with the
very best people, myself, DR.. Richardson
and others; have no personal knowledge of
the shooting of Logw0od, johnson and
others; after the election it was generally
conceded by the Republicans that the cleo.
tlon had been peaceable and tair; julius
Ennem0ser, returned as clerk, and Robert
Ray, returned as Judge Of the fourteenth
districr, admitted il: the decentralization OF
the Republican party was caused by the
dissatisfaction with their ticket; several
polls were thrown eut which had always
been Democratic; polls Nos. IL, 10, 9: the
polls not hitherto Democratic We're so by
the voluntary voting Of that ticket, which
would have been successful anyhow. by the
colored people ard the absence of the Re
publicaDs in Monroe.
To the CHARM ,n-Am brother of John
McEnerv, the Democratic candidate Tor
Governor in 1872 and one Of the candidates
tor elector in 1876; there were 290 votes
cast at the city election; about forty Re-
publican majority; about ten white Repnb-
lieans; at the last election there we're about
l73 Democratic votes and lJ6 Republican;
the registered votes were all Doilrd; the
election was peRceabe there We re larger
number of white people present than Usual
at city elections; they we're not armed. ex-
cept they usually carried pistols; that 10 the
custom; as a class, the c0l0red people have
the same habit; can't say saw any ON either;
had One; there were about thirty people
from the outside at the city election; heard
the colored people were coming into town
to intimidate the whites; the information
came about q week before election, BY
Alex Myatt and q planter; the Rspub-
licans denied it at the meeting on Sstur-
day; cOuriers we're sent out Sunday; under
stood the purpose of bringing in colored
people vas not to vote. but TO encourage
the Radicals and paraly "a the efforts OF the
Democrats to gain the colored vote; that
they were coming to give moral support to
their race; sent for the thirty whites In case
of disturbance; anticipated one; they were
not sent for to intimidste negroes; most
| of them were kept at my cfice Oh Grant
| street, not near any poll; the gathering OF
| negroes in large numbers tends to create q
-. I~<A lo, onr,ov a II.
Ored people; learned more in the last cam
| paign than before in my life; have seen
| them congregate in large numbers before
| the last election; never knew OF riot to
occur; congregatirg in Monroe IN large
numbers is not such cOngre CATION; their
| congregation would irritate the whites; the
| fact itself would not excite riot; a diff
Guilty might spring up from an individual
| fuss; the fact that they were brought there
| to aid the Radic ais would irritate the whites,
| and it was feared some extraneOus cause
might cause riot; expected riot; ex-
pee ed the whites would be irrltated: on
| this anticipate thought a collision az
| likely to ensue: didn't send for the viii, %
| in order to avoid irritation. but to help us
| out of tin other words, to fight; we would
rot have attacked the negroes unless they
| were the aggressors; ths irritation OF the
whites would not have caused q collisions:
| expected the blacks to get lrritated: it was
not unlikely in q canvass and when the ne
groes were sent tor to control the election;
| that was my impression: had no idea they
| would prevent us from voting; they would
| prevent US from getting at their col0red
! people to il flaence them; had no club or
| gauiz alton; did not want the men from the
country to he lp change votes; wanted them
! to help fight; if there had beed fight there
| would nave been q great many votes
changed; we we're thoroughly prepared for
| it; there would have been great many col
ored men killed, have no doubt; not
| many whites: there we're about thirty
colored men voted the Democratic ticket;
| Witness detailed the meetings OF the cam
| paign and the conventional The
| firs, rifis club was organic ed in July; was
| not complete till arms were got in August;
there were seven armed organic atiOns IN
| all; PIG men armed: one of the objects was
| protection of the cclored Democrats; they
signed no pledge: the Monroe club was the
| only one that had q constitution and BY.
| laws; there were captains, lieutenants and
sergeante; some had tull compliments and
some not; we pledged ourselves to protect
| the colored Democrats at all hazards, even
| with our lives, if necessary; said nothing
about our sacred honors; the other obj cts
| were to preserve the peace and suppress
riots; along the Ouachita is thickly settled
| with blacks; if they gathered together and
| were excited from any cause, and gained
| fret victory. there would be no telling
what they would do; these organizations
| were to be ready to prevent such riots;
when the houses were fired into thirteen
men were sent below with instructions to
act solely on the defensive: their going, in
| the opinion of all, prevented the appear
ance of 500 infuriated negroes in Monroe;
ave never known a negro riot in Ouachlta;
have known them prevented BY timely ac-
| ton of the whites; in 1868, the Monday
| night before election, about 300 negroes,
half armed. marched through Monroe hoot.
| ing and yelling at the whites; drew up
twelve men on the bar9uette in military
order to create the impression OF
a large body in reserve; the col,
ored people stopped yelling, concealed
their arms, aud finally marched away; Sep:
teuber l3, 1874, col0red man was killed
BY a German, and great excitement was
groee gathered rapidly. but were dispersed
by show of force of ten men, and after
ward thirty more; there was NO armed or
| pspiz alton then; was . member OF the
Kniphts Of the White Camelia; not armed;
| nothing was said in the constitution and
BYLAWS about arms; the members had arms
| the order was secret; the members were
bound by oath; there were seventy,hve OF
eighty in Ouachita some of the twelve men
| paraded were members: the riot didn't com
mence because l paraded twelve men; the
negroes inferred l had . reserve, became
alarmed and left town; don't consider it
/ dispersion because there was no scattering
nor a retreat. but the abandonment of an
intent: think this demonstrates the neces
| sity of organizations to preserve the peace
considering the difference between 1868 and
1876, The colored people are now very vel
armed; as soon as one gets pony he gets
gun; they have more guns than ponyt thei,
stock and weapons are improving; when
drew up the twelve men it was in front OF
| rozv of closed stores; if had had re