The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-01-18

suit, and would accept the decision a.
| final so far as the Presidential election
in that State Is concerned. Individual.
". care very little whether Hayes or
Tilden goes in. but / have the kecnest
desire that whoever does 20 in. shall be
there fairly. and the framework Of our
Government not impaired
While this j. true. yet / am convinced
that Hayes Is the man who Il elected.
believe he would have carried Louisiana
as certainly a. be carried Vermont. u
the elcction-and the conduct Of the vot-
ers previous 70 the eleciion-had been
as fair in the former State az in the lat
ter.
The five bull dozod" parishes we're
carried By murder. whippings. intimida.
tidn, aud a reign Of terror There were.
during tho campaign. in those parishes
fully forty Republicans murdered They
were killed 10 intimidato the rest and
carry the election. These parishes are
mainly near the Mississippi line. and the
Mississippi plan was carried into effect
Mark this. In every parish where there
were no murder aud intimidation Of
blacks. tho Republicans made gains
gains that would have carried the State
in triumph for Hayes had the same per
cent held good in the five bull-dozed
parishes. But. behold in these Eve par.
ishes where there was q reign Of terror.
the Democrats made . net gain Of about
nine thousand. That H. they turned the
usual four thousand FIVE hundred Repub.
lican majority into a Democratic MAORI
~ Of about the same amount This 10
what gave the State 20 Tilden on the
face OF the returns. Please keep that In
mind when rejecting about the Louisi
ana case. and it will help you 70 see
through the muddlo az a glance. The
Associated Press has been indusirioasly
sending over the country the testimony
before the Democratic House Committed
showing how this. that and the other
Def..ocratic darkcy was Threatened by
those OF his color for voting the Demo
cratic ticket But you will observe that
there was not q single M rider Of Dem.
ocrat. whether white or black. while In
the parish OF Ouachita alone the rife
clubs killed a dozen IN the process Of
Carrying tho election. In that parish
there we're FIVE armed rifle clubs. who
rode about killing. wounding and whip
ping Republicans. breaking up their
meetings. and instituting a reign Of ter
ror for campaign purposes. The evidence
j. overwhelming. / doubted until
could doubt no longer But did armed
bodies Of organized black rifle clubs 70
about killing black Democrats aud brea.
king up their meetings IN Orleans parish
or elsewhore7 No. The simple truth H.
there was not sufficient intimidation Of
black Democrats TO make any difference
with the result, for. mind you. right In
Orleans parish, where the House Com.
mittee is finding that 90 many black
Democrats were threatened, and which
testimony goes TO the country daily by
the Associated Press-right in that par.
ish the Democrats made immense gainsi
But in the five parishes where Republi-
cans were murdered. whipped and ter.
rorized. the Republican vote fell of tire.
mendously. In East Feliciana. where
they usually poll nearly two thousand
votes. there we're but three cast Now
II the House Committee can show any
such falling of as this in the Democratic
vote where the black Democrats were
abused aud "threa tened by those Of
their own color. then will they make out
fair case OF set-oH