Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-12-02
TaE cOL0RED VOTER SPEAKS.
What He Says About 50 IntimidatiOn''
In LOuisiana--Kell0gg Handled with
out the Mitfens.


What He Says About g IntimfdatiOn''
In LOuisiana--Kell0gg Handled with
out the Mittens.
The following letters from colored
men Of st. Mary's parish. Louisiana
with the endorsement of their white
neighbors. are published in the New
Orleans Picayune of Friday:
Messrs. Jno. T. Moore & Co., New
Orleans-Dear Sirs: Please have the
enclosed letter published in the Plea
yune at once. Frank Gear is one of
our most trusty servants, and we au-
thorize you TO add your signature as to
his honesty and integrity. All the
others are equally honest, upright la
borers. Ed. Smith is one of the most
intelligent colored men in our parish;
so is Frank Coar. Yours, truly,
FOSTER Il LEVY.
To VIM. Pitt Kellogg-Sir: In your
letter to the New Orleans Picayune
you state that Ouchita, East and West
Feliciana should have gone Kepubli-
can, because in every other parish of
the State the colored vote has been
cast solidly for the Republican ticket,
and the Republicans have gained large
ly. / cannot speak for any parish but
my own, st. Mary, and for fear lest
some of the Northern gentlemen may
be misled by your false statement, as
strangers are apt to be taken IL, pro-
nounce your statement as regards St
Mary utterly without foundation. st.
Mary is still, aud has always been a
large Radical stronghold, but this
year hundreds Of colOred men like my
self have abandoned the party, not on
account ofintimidationb by the white, but
on account of the wholesale stealing
and robbing that its leaders have perpe-
trated on our parish treasury. The
better class OF colored people see this
and feel it, and freely and willingly
have cast their vote for Tilden, Nichols
aud Reform. You, Mr.. kellogg, have
some rights as a citizen, but you have
no right to falsify the honest colored
man position, and whenever you do, /,
as colored man and citizen, claim an
equal right to refute them. st. Mary 5
usual Radical majority is !, 15O. This
election it is only 925, a~Ioss of225. L
claim that about 225 colored men voted
the square out Democratic ticket, and
| deny most emphatically that any in
timidation was used by the Democrats
to effect this, while myself, with hun
dreds Of others, were rebnked and
cursed by the Radical leaders for join
ing the Democratic party. These are
not mere boastings, but they can be
proven. Let the gentlemen who visit
New Orleans for the purpose of watch
ing the Returning Board pay our parish
a visit, and they will see the happy
feeling that fills the cOlored Demo
Gratis heart. Our parish is perfectly
quiet. We had a quiet and peaceful
election. Still troops were quartered
4 in our town, to ELL the colored man {
heart with terror. But twas no GO
/ this time. IF Grant and you, Kellogg
| calculated forcing colored men to vote
for thieves and rascals, of what avail
is our freedom? Why are we not al
lowed the same rights you enjoy? Ii
tomorrow you feel disposed to vote q
Democratic ticket, who dares say any
thing to you?
Were we freed to become political
| slaves? appeal to the North not to
put faith in your word. You have
fooled the colored men. You fooled
me four years ago and got my vote, bu
YOU couldn't fool me this time. Come
people of the North, and see for your.
selves. Come to the homes OF the col
ored Democrats be you Republican.
or Democrats, you will be welcomed
alike. Stop at Camperdown, Oxford
Oaklawn, Dogberry, Anna Plantation
Bellevue, Polo Alto, Shady Retreat
and hundreds of other plantations or
our beautiful Teche, and you will re
ceive such hearty welcome from col
ore6 Democrats as to make you fee
ashamed that such a creature as Kel
| logg should hail from the North.
FRANK CoAR.
OoL1oun pIanFofion Nov ~ 1915