The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-06-07
NEWS rnOM THE COUNTRY.
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ntyEM -'fHE CUtiOlsEU ELEMENT,
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NAroniyooHEs, May ~. ]


Editor Dentoerdt-41 am here again.
after a twenty days ride. which, 70 one
so little used to such exercise, IL not Ct,
very pleasant. However, all the H.
tigiie Of body Ii oountefbalHnoed by the
pleasure enjoyed In bringing to notice
your most excellent and dsservedly
popular paper
/ have told you Of things and people.
M found them on my journey, and |
can now truthfully say that the jnunt
has repaid all peeuniafy and physical
outlay Ny mind has been much re-
lieved 10y this intercourse with the peos
ple of the several parishes 1t was my
pleasure to visit. | have never yet seen
exhibited now by the citizens Of the
He'd River country Every one has put
aside personal likes and dislikes, ana
the work goes on tnanfullv.
THE ooLoREp ELEMENT
are pr6mnt TO realize their dependence
upon the whites for lasting benefits, and
Ia consequences will vote In lHrge mum.
bers the Democratic ticket. In proof
Of this, find that since my departure
from Natellitoches the eOlored voters L.
several wards have been organizing
Democratic clubs, and who has ever BIZ.
fore heard Of other than a Radical ts-
gro club here? This liz cheering, ihaeed,
aud, what makes these clubs look like
real bona Il IL business elu -, - tl5 Ia (,
Of their organization by the coiorea
people,
Ar THEIR own voLITfoN.
No white citizen proposed such u thing,
II was. IN fact. the voluntary act Of their
best men. who had become sick vi H'td.
teal rule, disheartensa OF reform, with
such metz ms Bouilt, Blunt, Myers, Ezef-
mack aud Van Dusen TO bring II about I;
would surely uvertake them and us by
continuing 70 support men OF such char
aeter. they are coming into the. house
Of their only true and lasting friends
the white people Of the State.
A multitude OF causes have operated
to convince the negroes thHt bis blind
and obstinate following OF the lead Of
Kadicalsm would eventually ruin, and,
la fact. had already ruined the State.
THE BULLY LEADER"
who was wont to curse and damn the
whites. who claimed 80 many rights fvr
his wards" ut whose beck and call
soldiers In blue would promptly re-
spond In times past, has had the strut
taken completely out OF him by that
Supreme Court decision. And now
comes this Seelye disclosure, which goes
to prove that Stockton, our marshal,
wns engaged In the same business Ia
Natehitoches. with the assistance OF the
Radicals here, whose naings will now be
made public for the first time. The mo-
Natchitoches had committed q
crime; they know full we'll.
and have go expressed themselves, that
the arrests made here In 1874 were with
out warrant or law, prompted simply
BY Bouilt and his clan. and executed to
drive off the white voter. restrain his
influence over the colored man, who had
been by that time pretty we'll informed
of.the virtues t7) Of the Villains running
Natchitoches In the interest OF the Kssdi=
cal party--.lnd as u matter OF vitldictive
revenge.
All this cavalry raiding has boom q
matter Of home gossip from tue time ol
its occurrence, aud as there were many
things done boldly and openly by our
leaders, TO show the negro and tinld
white man that no fear pervaded the
hearts OF those who were standing In
the front ranks OF liberty, such things
are now preached by the negro more u
the glory of the fearless white, than the
20 wnrdly Radical tIhef who planned and
put In operation the "dragoon dashss''
IT Dog Merrill's men In 1874. Taking
all into consideration, there Is no power
on earth TO prevent the whites from
polling an overwhelming maj ,rity In
North Louisiana this fall. III the other
portions of this State work with such
vim. such vigor, as is now manifest
throughout this section. INSTEAD OF five
or ten thousand, as heretofore, we will
pile up& majority OF thirty, and, per-
haps. flfty thousand.
II seems TO me that the gods are with
us, II we can take the actions Of our en-
emies as indication Of that fact. After
the usual cant and cry OF reform, such
characters as Mat. Wells In Rapides,
Bouilt, Blunt, Myers, etc, OF this
parish, KeetinR, OF DeSoto, and others
OF like standing, assembled In conven.
tion day or so ago, and nominated
that sweet pink, George L. Smith. rs q
candidate for Congress. That certainly
Is reform and with vengeance. The
pap organ OF Shreveport. you will
see. is profuse In It's compliments upon
Ezernack, a sap headed Mexican ass,
who claims himself editor Of the Match
itoches Republican, and does not know
enough OF the rudiments to spell
baker," to say nothing OF the con-
struction OF q sentence. Bouilt comes
In also for full dash OF the bucket, and
OF this man enough has already been
said. II he and Myers are not two
among the biggest thieves Of Louis
lana then there Is no such thing rs
honesty Ia the State.
THE DOUGLASS MURDER.
] learn that a gang Of masked men
entered the jail ut this place few
nights since and killed ono Douglass, q
notorious house breaker, confined there
In for the past seven months. It Is sup
posed that the gang were his confed-
crates, who fearede that he would
''squeal," but / take this story with
much misgiving. That the mon came ]
do not believe that Douglass was killed
/ know; but what was the sherifTs dep
uty and the clerk Of the court doing at
the courthouse at IL o'clock at night?
That Is totally unusual with them, and
their explanations are very vague and
unsatisfactory on the point. That Doug
laaa WAS guilty every one knew full well !;