New Orleans Republican., 1877-03-10
TRK NEW HAMPSHIRE CAaEPAIGN.

March 81:
1t Fained like a flood. The walking was
bad rs bad could be, and it was in all re-
spects the most unpropitious of evenings
for 3 political meeting; but in spite of this,
Smyth's Hall was filed, the seats and stand
ing room in the body of tte hall being all
occupied by gentlemen, and q portion of the
galleries By ladies, whose Republicanism
was proof against food and mud.
The meeting was called to order by E P.
Richardson, president of the city club, who
introduced A, w. Quint, Esq, as chairman.
The fret speaker was Judge Campbell, of
New Orleaue, who, after brief introduction,
said he had come from distant part of the
country on an ever ing of great rejoicing, to
speak OF a question which undeflios the
whole situation, and was to the people of
this section especially of the first impor-
tance.
1t is charged by the Democrats shat the
deoition in the Louisiana case, though
affirmed by the Electoral Commission and
in accordance with law, was tainted with
fraud and that though the State had been
given to Hayes, majority of the legal
votes cast were for Tilden. He believed
that Hayes carried Louisiana as fairly and
as certainly as he carried New Hampshire.
After saying that he left Washington re-
luctantly while the great question whether
Mr.. Hayes, having been elected by the vote
Of his State, would now shake hands with
the bulldOzers there, and leave his friends
to their mercy, was pending, he continued:
Snppose that an organization of Repub-
licans in Vermont had rode through three
or four counties, had shot four leading Re-
publican Irishmen, hung three more, and
whipped and otherwise outraged scores of
others, and had thereby prevented them
and other Democrats from voting; and sup
pose the leading men of Massachusetts
and New Hampshire, men like Senator
Wadleigh and COngressmen Hoar aud
Joyce, had, after months of investigation
upon the spot, returned and reported these
faote, they must either be accepted as true,
or the men set down as scouudreis and
liars. We present you similar facts, sup
ported by the same testimony, in LouIsi.
ana. In the investigation carried on
by the Senate committee, which went
to Louisiana and spent several months
there, it was proved and has not
been disputed, that in four parishes SIG
persons were shot, hung, whipped, dragged
at the tails of horses, driven from Cheir
homes or other wise outraged, because they
were Republicans; and that as q result the
Republican majority of nearly 4G00 in these
parishes was wiped out aud q Democratic
m ,jOrity of 10000 returned. In one par
ish where there was a registered cOlOred
vote of 230O, and where 1900 or 100 Re-
publican votes were cast at previous cleo
tiOne, not Republican vote was returned
last fall.
In East Felioiana parish John Gair, the
leader Of the cOlored men, a man of much
ability, and the author of the clause in the
State constitution which provided for legis
latiOn to guard against fraud and intimi-
dation, was seized, tied to q tree and shot
dead.
Iu Ouachita parish DR.. Dinkgrave, man
Of great ability, culture and breadth of
mind, and the leader of the negroes in the
parish, while going to his office one day
last August, was met by masked assassin
and shot dead.
In Monroe the leader of the cOlored men,
, small well utO-dO farmer, was taken from
his home and shot, receiving five wounds,
from which he has since died. He escaped
from his assailants and was taken to New
0rleans, and was there, while on his death
bed, examined by the Senate committee.
He closed his testimony by saying, They
have killed me because am Republican"
In East Baton Rouge William Y. Payne,
another promin mt leader of the negroes,
WAS seized and tied 80 a horse, and dragged
By the neck until he was dead.
These murders of the leaders were fol-
owed by the shooting of many of their fol-
overs, by the breaking up OF Republican
neetings, by armed men, and by Ominous
to the negroes not to vote.
This Systematic bulldOziug extended over
seventeen parishes. Now look at the result.
In forty parishes where there was no sys-
iematie intimidation, the registered eOlored
voter exceeded the registered white voter
Is 900, and the Republican majority was
800. In the seventeen bulldozed parishes
the number of registered oolored voters
was q ,638, and of registered white voters
IA $40, llred majority of 1859; but the
vote returned was. Democratic Is. 500, Re-
publican 9000-a Democratic majority of
800.
These facts are matters of record, and
they are not impeached or even denied by
The Democrats themselves. The only ex.
,use given for them, the only answer to
Them is that probably the negroes who
we're shot, hung, whipped and outraged
had been stealing. Similar horrors to
these occurred years ago when the Ku-
Klux occupied the place now held by the
and it was to meet exactly this
state of affairs that the Republicans of
Louisiana passed a law creating Return
ing Board 60 investigate charges of intimi-
1atiOn and frauds at election, and to throw
put the votes obtained by these means.
Under this Law, which is mandatory and
exploit, the Returning Board after long
and patient investigation, at which mem
bers OF both parties were present, did throw
And this is what the Democrats call
fraud. They have no condemnation for
murder, for outrage or for any other enor-
mites which have been perpetrated by their
party in Louisiana, but they are very out
spoken against "fraud" which deprives
them Of the results they hoped TO obtain
by these crimes.
Judge Campbell closed by brief por-
trayal of the results which would follow
any compromise with the bulldozers at the
South, and By calling upon New Hampshire
to stand firm and true by the Republicans
OF Louisiana During his lpeeoh he was
several times interrupted by some specimen
Tildenite, who shouted, "Thats id lie."
eyes" ;" replied the judge, "that's the Demo-
CRATIC answer and argument. To all these
facts they have but one reply, North or
South, W which is, it's d-d lie; but there is
this difference, the Northern Democrat does
not back his answer st all, the New Orleans
Democrat supports his by drawing his re-
volver and shooting the man who does not
accept it."
After 4 selection by the band Mr.. Qaint
introduced ex Senator Henry r. Pease, Of
Mississippi, who proposed three cheers for
the triumph Of right over wrong, OF loyalty
over treason, of votes over buildozing, of
honesty and humanity over crime, of the
true man, Rutherford B Hayes over the
Mephistopheles Of Gramercy Park, samuel
j. Tilden.
Mr. PeaBe is a ringing speaker, and held
the perfect attention of the audience for
nearly an hour and three quarters. His
speech was an eloquent and impassioned
defense Of the Northern mon and negroes
ut the sonth, and portrayal of their suffer-
ings and wrongs. No abstract OF theepeech
can do it Justice, and the crowded state OF
our columns eompels Us to fOrego an ae.
tempt at any. At the conclusion of bis
speech. which was at half past ten o'clock,
G. A SuIloway took the platform, and read
the following resolution, which was enthu-
aiaatioally adopted By rousing vote;