The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-23
THE Red WARRIOR BAND.

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The exposure OF the organization of the
secret band Of oonspirators under the desig~
nation Of the Red Warriors, which has ap~
peared in this paper, involves, In the GRIMM
ality and infamy Of their purposes, far moro
| than the individuals whose names appear on
the record Of the proceedings OF the secret
association Of which the Red Warriors are
the auxiliary and the executive authority.
It involves, by the clearest evidence, the
Radical party Of this State at present I'M
der the exclusive direction of the Return
ing Board, Custom House officials and
the National party Of this city.
Even the organization Of citizens, composed
of honest and well-intentioned citizens, each
and every one Of whom. we are satisfied,
would revolt with horror from any associa-
tion Of such a character, having such design,
has been without their knowledge intruded
upon by @ committee composed Of chiefs Of
this conspiracy, with propositions looking to
the admission of some of these Warriors on
the 'sctizens ticket This committee as
sumed to speak for the Nationals and de-
nounced any other parties who presumed to
speak for them.
"Ihe Red Warriors were the true Nation
ais" Some respectable gentlemen who had
declined and abhorred all connection with the
so-called Americans" and had adopted the
National financial platform, had been called
into consultation by the citizens, and whilst
SO engaged were told that q committee Of
| the True Blues, alias the Red Warriors, were
awaiting in the ante-room, and DANGEROUSLY
demanded that they should be heard as the
| opIv authorized 0rpo NO Of tho Nationals Tho
Citizens committee heard them, but does not
seem to have given any heed to their slgges-
tions.
One, at least, prominent gentleman and old
| Democrat, who ascertained this identification
and merge Of the Nationals with the Red
Warriors. was not slow to renouDoe oil con-
neCtion with the party. Doubtless there are
others who will be prompt to abiure such an
association. But these will constitute q small
remnant of the party. The great body Of it
was made up from the beginning Of original
Red Warriors. When we say "originaI War
riors' we mean distinctly the surviving
members of the organization Of 1876,
| which terrorized over this city and
| perpetrated Outrages unparalleled in any
| civilized community in the Christian world.
Their names and deeds are well remembered
| by our old citizens, not O few Of whom still
| bear upon their persons the scars Of wounds
! inflicted by the ruf1ians who inaugurated 81
| reign Of blood and violence in this city. It is
true that there was considerable number of
this association who did not personally en-
gage in these violences but who sanctioned.
! Winked tand prOfited by them. And there are
survivors Of this class who will Indignantly
IT.
ton with the executive officers Of their secret
association. who were the Red Warriors, the
Mameukes of the Native American or Know
Nothing party. But Of what value will such
disclaimer be, in view Of the facts that the
profits Of the terrorism. Of the destruction of
ballOt-boxes, and the driving of peaceful citi-
zens from the polls by their Red Warriors
Injured to these secret meters, but public dis
chalmers, of these same Red Warrior ruf1ians?
Besides the Nationals, the Radicals, under
the leadership Of the Returning Board, to
which Mr.. Hayes has assigned the control Of
the Federal patronage of this State, have
been landed in the bosom Of the same amable
law-abiding, non-proscriptive organization
of Red Warriors. Beginning with tho Big
Chief from st. Landry, Thomas G. Anderson
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House Lodge have been supplied with to1na-
hawk, scalping-knife, and red paint AS
Billy Bowlegs was compelled, after his
tribe in Florida had been reduced in
numbers, to enlist runaway negroes and in
vest them with the insignia of great warriors
and with names Of terrible import, SO our
| warriors have recruited from the worst class
Of that color and race and J. Henri Bureh,
ella, ct ais. have put on the paint and feather
of this formidable tribe. And thus have the
warriors aforesaid swallowed up the whole
opposition to the Democratic party in this
State. To President Hayes and John Sher-
man are we chiefly indebted for all the
strength this combination can have.
The Custom-House has again been made
the asylum Of the enemies Of the honest and
peaceful people Of this State. A liberal dis
| tribution of Federal patronage has enabled
the Warriors to equip themselves for the con-
| flict AS the arms and munitions furnished
by the Federal agents have enabled Chiefs
Joe Modoc and Jack, Sitting Bull and Crazy
Horse to murder 50 many of our people and
desolate our frontiers, SO the "hard money"
dispensed by Mr.. Sherman is to be employed
to provide our Red Warriors with the neces-
sary implements to recover from the Dem
ocratc pale faces the reservations" from
which they have been ousted on account Of
their misdeeds Of murder and marauding.
But thanks to the vigilance of the Demo-
cratic chiefs, their conspiracy has been dis
covered and exposed In time to insure its
nipping In the bud and the crushing defeat Of
all implicated in it, whether as accessories,
aiders and abettors or as principals and act
ors. A solid, united Democracy will now
confront this mongrel combination Of Red
Warriors, of thieving Radicals and renegade
Nationals. and drive them into the "lava
beds" Of ignominous defeat, with good
chance of landing some of the most audacious
of them in the Pententiary
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Swails, one OF the South Carolina "mar-
tyrs," who was recently In Washington, i'm
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