The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-16
HOW THE PEOPLE REGARD IT.

The following letter. received by a lawyer
at Shreveport, published In the Times Of that
place, shows the feeling with which our peo-
pie regard the infamous persecution that Is
being waged against them by the fraudulent
administration. The writer IL described by
the Times as IAN Intelligent, responsible.
quiet and law-abidlng man, who Ia fully CON
seious that he Is innocent of any violation of
| law
/ This Is but one case In n thousand OF men
now under arrest In this city, at heavy ex-
pense. while their affairs al home. by
| which they earn q meagre living. are
| being neglected. submitting themselves
| to great pecuniary loss as well
as personal duranee and outrage. These men
have all come here voluntarily through the
same consciousness OF Innocence and desire 10
meet and disprove unjust chsrges which
aetuate the writer Of this letter. After coming
here they have discovered the Infamous
character Of the testimony on which they
have been arrested. and by which II is pro-
posed to convict them. II should not surprise
any one II many who have not yet been ap-
pretended. happen to take the same Views
expressed In this letter, and, fully Informed as
to the treatment to which their friends have
been submitted. avoid arrest. No honest man.
conscious Of his own innocence. would seek to
"evade fur trial." yet we can blame no one
for refusing to voluntarily Ego into court
already convicted"
Yet this Ia precisely the danger Incurred by
all who submit themselves 10 the mereies Of
the inquIsitors who are engaged In these pro-
.t,f,
devised more Infamous means OF tyranny
than tho conviction OF innocent men on per-
jured testimony, before Instructed and par
tisan Judges, and by juries from which the
law itself excludes all The integrity. virtue
and intelligence of the country. Men are not
to be blamed for evading the processes of
tribunal SO INSCRIPTIONS as this
learn from good authority that there IL an
indictment against me by the United States
sasna lury .. New o ,e am not guilty #
nor have done or said ANYTHING that | would
not d. or soy again. Yet | am neither able
where the simple writing OF a mans name Or
the wave OF The Boss hand amounts to eohyle- |
ton. 10 matter how good bis defense. Please
Investigate through such channels as you know |
aud flnd out u am indicted or not. II so. |
upon what charges.
All the cases SO far are called In this month |
for trial no doubt. for fear q Democratic Senate |
and House will expunge the test oath clause |
and thereby allow man to be tried by jury OF |
bis psers. Let me know how soon this may |
possibly transpre. and II 1t Is not possible for
our representative men. either at Washington
or New Orleans. to arrange the post ponement |
81 these trials, aud further. II 1t cannot posi-
bly, be arranged to try parties In their own |
parishes. These points should be urged as It |
is bankruptcy and utter ruin to submit to the |
present mode Of trial which liz persecution |
rather than prosecution. / would not under |
any consideration. evade fair trial but to 90 |
Into court already convicted, no matter what |
the defense. Ia n greater infamy than am will |
leg to submit to-
Please write me all ron know about IT, and |
also write 10 our representative men every
where TO lake some steps In this matter for the
peoples prot ftIop wxM