, 1876-01-24
POLITICAL
How German Enligrnnts Arc
Trcntc1 in Louisiana.
The Nation" Thinks Joff. Davis Unfit
for Amnesty.
Clerks In tho War Departmcnt---1fcn.
bricks and Morton.
LOUISIANA kNoW.NOTkHN0isM
fUtroi8 Eidts-Ztitut,g, 2tst mt.

ittnois Stdts.zt'tHng, 2lst iHsf.
Ths Staals-Zeituuq OF Friday last has tho fol-
loving editorials For tho laet t'fty yaArs Know
Nothing[sm has chiefly ragged In the thzoo former
sla7o States OF Maryland, Kentucky, and Louis.
{anp. II hhs TO graat e1tont disappeared from,
tho first two. but In Louisiana there stil prevails
among the native CrooIca, "a wolf % thoso who
call themselves poor Anglo-sa1ons, the gloom-
lest and most prosecuting spirit Of natEvtem and
hatred for Foreigners.
, This feeling prevails especially In tho rural
sections Of Louisiana against German omigrants.
Tho telegraph briefly announced recently that
in tho Parish Of Wost Fc!lctaaa two German
families, Ktuso and Albors, had bson assaiicd by
band rho burned down krnse'a house. aud
drove tho familtcs In = bitter cold night from
their beds ont on to tho road. John Albors
describes this double violence In . letter to tho
Ueutsche- Zeitun3 Of NON Orleans, an foiIowst
On the 13d Of December Of lat year ! reached New
ono Of whom vsn 10 ye.ra old On tho a4th of De.
sssa ssssssa hs s d fsp spaea aisa
O'Clock Of tho morning Of tho 5th Of january,
.sfs y; x " ,s.sful acns n1:s
house, and weso Violently e1psllei anlid threats md
sntuits Altar I'll had 6een driven out Of Tue hoass
Guns md pstos sad 1na.kcd. our prayers md en-.
treaties that they would allow us 10 1t least tafo COW
e1ug enough 10 cover Us were In sait! They hardly
caye &tmo enough to get out OF tho house, Tho
children weso put out naked, and ny wtfo, who has
heon pregnant for aeren tnortha, waa lcaten and
dwelling ghouse and to tho outbuElAinG bud, When any
Of family tIod TO savo soe clotAes the articles
Nese thrsst ln,o tho aamss; | !o,t a.! my p,,srs.
suddenly reduced to i destitute coudlton.
Tho above description Of Albers is confirmed
by tho ehezff Of West Fel!cinna, Mr. Ko1mann,
WHO Says that Tho asrocity Inflicted upon those
Ipoos people cannot bo painted iu too broad col.
orc. Tint tho above atgocIty Ia not an isolated
instsuco Ia confirmed by further statement Of
tho Deutsche-ztitung Of similkr occurrences
which layo taken place sinco 1878.
Tho Legislature Of Louisiana has requested
turbed Bectons, aud to case Of necessity to call
upon tho Federal Govorntuent for e.d. The In
fernat hpirtt Of haired to Foreigners cannot bo
expelled by such uoasuroa. II is only checked
for the time betng. Therefore it ID tho duty
uormnns Of Tho United States and Of tic
old FsthcT1and against emigration 10 Louisiana.
Altar The War the Robes in tho interior OF Louis-
lana perseouted tho nogroca with all tho fury Of
which thoY wero capaoo. but for sone Jears
thoy have turned tho!r rago against tho Ger.
maus. Il nero better that tho productive soil
OF Louisiana should perish than that tho indus.
trous Gorman should cultivate 1t ind make
himaelf and the country prosperous.
/ This same spirit dlnplays itself, though not at
first In 40 broad q fRsn,on, in tho Aobel Democ-
racy Of Texas, WHICH hhs sot Rado ali proviB-
lonn for tho benon. Of emigrants es.
paclnlly Qor1nana, With Bsruko Of the
pom. and, by tho pasaago Of n stupid
and tyrannical local option temperance Law, Ia
Trying to unyo away from Te1nn that Gormnn
immigration 70 which 1t mainly OWES its proBpor-
ity. Such shameful actin tn tito part OF former
Nebols agstnat Germans must oertainly bo con-
dcmned IL this Ctntopnlal year, although thoro
aro not lacking those among tho 0erman.Ame1-
leans who Reem to think that every coudomnato-
~ word ever mentioned. ovnn OF tic misdccds Of
1lobo!s. ia al attack on tho apirit Of general
forgiyeuoBs and lovn. Wo desire to DO excused
from any such foelinR, which makes hundreds
and thoueands Of worthy GosnlAua tho objects Of
ttH assaults.