New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1878-10-19

only three or four citizens slain, and
eight or ten thousand dollars worth
of property destroyed BY Ere. AFair-
fax, the Republican candidate for
Congress, has gone to parts I'M
known.v sE5t q gsc q AHAa eaaaI.
We have argued elsewhere that
1.-THE disturbance has been part Of q
systematic plan on the part Of the
Denocrati0 party to defeat any Re-
publican organization inthe parishes.
We have exposed the flirnsy position
that asRepublican parish convention
composed of members from the par
ish of Tensas could not be allowed
to hold it's sessions in the parish Of
their residence, although, but q few
days before, Democratic conven-
ton had held its sessions within the
same parish, because Of the, danger
of contracting yellow fever from
colored people living inAtheir' own
PARISH! We now have the entire re-
futation of this pretense in the words
of Democrats themselves on the au-'
thOrity Of the Natchez Democrat: ~
The.steam ferrybost was procured, and
the party left about twelve o'clock, and
reached Largent Landing about day break.
Here q cannon was fred to announce
their approach to the people Of Water
| proof, some three miles distant. Several
| persons from the shore came to the boat,
and the pleasing information was OBJ
tanned that there was probably no need
for armed assistance, To thoroughly
satisfy themselves however, the party
proceeded to Waterproof with their boat,
where they were met by the authorities of
the town, and the information at Largent
was confirmed. At the urgent invitation
of the people of the town the party went
ashore, and were entertained during q
portion Of the day, and returned last
night at about twelve o'clock.
The volunteers who thus converted
the ferry boat into a gunboat were
well prepared with artillery and
small arms to intervene in the affairs
of neighboring State. "At the
most earnest invitation of the people
of the town of Waterproof the party
went ashore and. were entertained
during a portion of the day" So
these citizens of Waterproof, who
three days before had quarantined
their own colored fellow citizens
among whom was Alfred Fairfax,
living within a mile of the town
through fear of the yellow fever,
when there is admitted to be no
"need of armed assistance" go down
to the river landing, and at the ur-
gent invitation of these very people
the party of hundred volunteers
ego ashore and are entertained
during a portion of the day." Is
there any further evidence required
that the quarantine was but pre-
tense intended to keep the Repub-
licans from assembling in conven-
ton and nominating candidates for
Office in a parish in which the Re-
publicans have an undoubted ma
jority. The departure of Fairfax
makes the parallel between the pro.
ceedings in Natchitoches and in Ten
sas complete, and if Mr.. Fairfax has
as good luck or as good Judgment as
Mr. Blunt, we may expect to see
him in the city in few days. And
now what will his excellency Gov
ernor Nichols have to say about this
calling out of the State troops, and
their dismissal to their homes, with
out an order from "these headquar.
tersq" What will the world say of q
commander-in-ch chief whose informa.
ton is so limited that a decisive ac-
ton has been fought before declara'
ton of warq Will not this be con.
sidered rather lethargic campaign
Then this invasion from a neighbOr-
ing State to preserve the peace D
Louisiana with cannon and small
arms. Is there no respect for the
dignity of the State of louisiana
We look to see some court martials
ordered, and a correspondence in
forming the government. of MissiS
sissippi that the State of Louisiana
can maintain peace within its owl
borders without the oficiOus inter
ventiOn of its neighbors.
Such is, thus far, the sequel to thu
quarantine in Tensas. We are au
thorised to deduce from these fact
and comments:
/. That there can now be no doub
that there has been violence and in
timidation in the State of Louisiana
: 2. That the Republicans of tn,
State have been prevented by tn,
political opposition of the Demo
cratic party from holding conven
tiOns and making nominations TO
parish and other officers.
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