West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-06-23

article which we copy from the
Baton Rouge .Advocate Of the 18th
Instant Every impulse of honor
requires that the sacred pledges
and promises made during the late
political contest. and which were
the basis of our success, should be
rigidly and faithfully kept and car
ried out. We are gratiied that
the courts and officers of East Bat-
on Rouge have evidently a deter"
nina lion to enforce the laws and
afford protection to all citizens, re-
gardless of race distinctions:
Friday June 9th, Hampton Nc
CURT, Henry McGuirt; Jackson
NEG uirt, Guy Bridges, Washing-
ron Hunt, Louis Hunt ard Pierce
Butler we're arraigned before Hon.
n. N. Sherbnrn, Parish Judge, on
tho charge OF whipping. and threat
ening an assault with dangerous
weapon, upon Washington Bush
and Austin Bush, both colored.
The exam nation commenced at ter.
O'Clock and was no, conc uded unit,
evening. A large number of wit
nesses were summoned and exam
Ined. After hearing the testimony
Judge Sherburn, discharged the
three McGuirts, there being no ev.
idence against them. Guy B, dyes,
Washington Hunt, Louis Ii unt and
Pierce Butler were placed undc.
bonds to appear before the DIS.
tr,ct Court al its term which con-
mcnces in this Parish this month.
From the testimony it was show n
that a party of seven or eight men
went to the plantation OF Mr.. Ben
jamin Borsky on the night of May
10Th at about 9 or 10 O'clock, went
70 the cabin occupied by the two
Bushes, called them out and whip.
ped them with a strap. The Eu>he.
were not positive tut thought they
recognized toul of the prisoners al,
he bar. They did not see the three
MEG uirts.
The whole community were very
much incensed at this act and a
meeting was called in the neigh
borhood and the act severely con-
demned, and MIR. Boreky resolved
al once, upon the information given
him, to make an affidavit: against thn
parties named. Accordingly whee
the affidavit was made Judge Sher-
burn issued writ tor the arrest OF
the parties and placed it in the hands
of Sheriff Booth, who, with his uSG-
al promptness executed the wit -.
He had not the slightest trouble in
making the arrests. Sublenas
were at ouce served on a large
number of persons and the Case
was set for examination Of FRIDAY
Juoe 9Th and resulted as above stat.
ed.
We regret very much to record
such an outrage as this. If the me-
groes had done anything to merit
punishment al tie hands of any one
| the courts are open and presided
over by men un biased in feelings
aud whose integrity is unquestioned
by any one and these courts are
fully competent to punish offenders
| against the law, aud private indi-
viduals have no right to take the
law into their own hands. By
dong 80 such persons lay them
selves liable to punishment. Aside
even from this fact there are many
vther reasons why these things
should not hapi EN-. Among these we
might mention the fact that acts OF
lawlessneSs Of that kind tend to
drive away laborers from the Parish
| and to work a serious hardship up
on persons engaged in planting
FurtL ermore such acts are wong
and tend to bring dlscredit upon
those who earnestly and Eohesti,
participated in the last canvass.
Every citizen who had occasion t.
speak to the colored people during
that memorable canvass assured
them that they should be projected
in their rights Of person and props
erty when the Democratic party
elected honest. competent and de-
cent men to fill the offices. The
colored people were painiy ttld
that oil offau.;,ra o,rojp.s tho law