The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-05-29
EMPTINESS OF REPUBLICAN DECIA-
NATIONS IN FAVOR OF
EDUCATION.
The Twttehell, Harris et MS. Red River
Public school Ring.
The Farmers af Desoto Crop Prospects
Living at Home.
MANSFIELD. DeSoto Parish. |
NAV Oh 1HTG

inc and fully appreciate the crossing Of
the line from Red River parish. to-day
tho darkest cave Of Radicalism in
Louisiana, into DeSoto. which, thanks
of freedom at least from local robbery
and misrule--a government Of It's own
choice, of responsibility and intelli-
gence; In consequence presenting to
the eye In the appearance Of its homes
and fields. and to the ear from the firm,
determined tone Of its citizens conver-
sation-a marked contrast to those
whore deatinies are under the baneful
influence of such creatures "a nj. II.
Twitchell. of Red River | had not
known that really was within the
bounds OF DeSoto before I encountered
an evidence. and a convincing one to
me, that this certainly must be q white
mans parish" as the Radical
bummers delight in calling those
that are controlled in political
destiny by their intelligence. wealth
and virtue. for i found in the course Of
eight miles travel t,ro c0lored school
houses u, .Jull operation, filled wiM the
p0,u,g Of the black race. i have heard
much talk indulged in by the Republi
can press Of this State. as well as tho
entire Union. about the Republican
party and It's promotion and fostering
care OF the educational institutions of
the many States of the Union, but to
those who must perforce reside IN the
parishes of Louisiana, whose schools
are controlled by q keatiDg. and whose
funds are manipulated by Myers. will
believe that this cry Of Radical educa-
tion is one of their many buncomhos.
Here have an illustration in point. Red
River. Natchitoches and Caddo. under
full Aedged dominion Of Radicals. sus-
tanned by the full power Of State and
Federal influences, hedged around 10y
all tho pledges to reform all the
promises TO give good. honest govern
Jnent" that could be crowded upon
paper. then have no schools save or the
vilest and most political sort. Caddo
aud Natchitoches have them i'm their
parish seats or,ly and the teachers em-
ployed are intended. FIRST, to promote
The interest of the party, and il a poor
colored or white boy escapes from one
OF these educational dens generally
presided over by u pedagogue more
given to shooting raw whisky down his
throat than to teaching the young
idea" Il knowledge of the orthography
of baker,, it Is an accident that
should be made % note of Mt once,
RED RIVER UNDER TwrrouELL
has had her schools managed in u sean
dalous manner. The moneys were held
by Twitchell, and each one of "the ring
was named rs n teacher. King, Harri-
son and others, clerks of the court.
Postmaster, Sheriff. Recorder, all re,'e
teachers, In name Mt least. and furnished
vouchers for Twitchell to absorb the
moneys levied and collected to educate
the youth. These men, OF course. did
not enter q schoolhouse during the en-
tire season for which they were EN-
ployed thatlwas not what was expected.
and Is not in accordance with Radical
ethics OF grab. Sometimes a negro was
employed, or rather the contract 10 teach
acdS sublet by the teacher (?) at SIS to
S25 month, the certified teacher
"vouchering" to Twitchell his services
at $125 per month. This was in extreme
cases, and, no doubt, looked, to the
Radicals, as a somewhat more decent
manner of getting away with the
school money, than the more rough but
none the.less effective. OF "helpinE your
sell" n Ia Myers. See the contrast Of
this in DeSoto, lcih tO-ddy, fortv-f,ro |
schools, colored aud rhite, al ,ceH attend |
ed and IN charge of proper instructors, /
all Of whom cre promptly paid for their
services, and the people are well con
tented and happy with their mango
ment.
When your correspondent inquired in |
relation to the educational matters OF
the parish OF DeSoto, the Treasurer
kindly and promptly exhibited the
books, explained the condition and
number OF the schools, the interest |
taken in them by the citizens, etc. |
Now, would beg to inquire where is
the Radical School Treasurer in this /
State who for moment would have
submitted to the ken OF newspaper
correspondent, or any citizen even, the |
books relating to school matters?
These explanations / admit are pro-
life; in fact, with regard to their inten-
ti0ns in school matters. as well as all |
others relating to law morals or ethics. |
they have a tropical fertility of promise |
but most frigid sterility of execution
have never yet seen a person Of in
telligence. or even claiming common un-
derstanding, who was not. and is not.
most heartily in favor of a public school \
system, but they are most determinedly .
opposed TO the radical manner of con
Quoting them, or rather non-conducting
them. The conduct of Radical school 4
treasnrers, presidents of school boards. /
and all parties in the interest of Radi- +
calism connected with public school I
matters, has been inRthe extreme most /
outrageous. Plundering and robbing
has been the rule from one end of the +
State to the other. And how could It be |
otherwise, with such scoundrels as Keat-
ing, such thieves as Twitchell. Blunt /
and Myers as the promoters. in the sec
tion l am now visiting, of education and /
the disbursers of public school moneys
THE FARMERS OF DE SOTO
are a wide-awake. thrifty body Of citi- I
zens. and are at this moment deyoting
their entire time and attention to farm
matters. Corn and cotton, although |
late. looks well, and are coming out
rapidly from the setback occasioned by I
the heavy flood. Much replanting was /
continuation OF such season as we are
now experiencing, there will be fine
yield Of products. The acreage of cotton
in cultivation this, as compared with |
last, year, is ten per cent less; that Of
corn, twenty per cent more. So you see
that the "living at home" idea is at last