The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-02-12

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3 abandon the field to'the opposition
4 No more effective, extensive an
Il disgsaeefal scheme Of intimidatfol
z could be deviseds Iatla yet Senator
and Representatives in Congress
II dndre1ls aof ne Wspapefs asd' thous
Stands and tlte.lsanaso of r tdieaF ore
Ilpublieans alFovert tlielaml are ifepa'e
I Esenlitig isias a tneasaree FOR tile pro
3 tecsioh Unconstitutional government
p The protests of our pedp1ey are
Z ,scarcelyiheartls fthey drowned h
the Wild babbie and fierce dendticiR
q tons oftAepassioh infamed ,poptii.
! lace and @pHsss oof Bhe N orth. Fol
, the' purpose of maintaining, 81 raLA:
era restoring the supremacy of the
Republican sparty, the Federal ittl-
administrations anditsE ceufts1a and off.
cia1s i.are saiking .atathet dearest
1righbsi addainteaestssof isoutil Caroli
1'natand Louisiana. ST o restore hat
dspprenacy a fearful ,ci!imelis .befng
1.attempted& The eisiHzaeienofthe
two.states is,togbesasstraysdif 'necs
1 essary, ithe, value ofltliefr property
is ofbe eanaillilated; ItheAd'borders
fare'ato be nude too!inhospitableh for
aselfsent;senterprising, free white
n'enato live therein. ,sFKe wlHte .pesoSsi
pie are to be forced, taiAdef the pen
alty'of criminal prosecutor, TO snbh
mi it ;ao hthe "a omhiatio6 Of thet ignoi i
Iifantoand BRUTAL. negro aabBle, : led By
fwtite men ofsthe imeaaest character
|fsqchr are the cpd saawhiehlare aimed
Pat in Misrepresentation byy'a court
ofganizedI and instructed toa'persesl
cute and convict sDe mosFatic af1d'
Conservative 'citizensf dfILouisiaha
by the score aadlbyhshe ,2hundred.a
ss Tae most .bigoted 'partfssn, WHO
iknomsaa uythings sof Che white and
ibaeleHaces ofthis' State, and ofathe
characterized the uoscrapufousp men
~Iioqecoptroi landa lead the 9iatser,
imust beteonvimcel sAaty.eyen grant,
ing st,at thm Writes have eommitted1
some acts Of 'viol encg, there has been /
d r' ssSuF iE$ss opg noop thhss eiaE
tue II. negroes; i that ,all, etAa Nielenees
was met pespetaatedi 'bylGhcistian4
ana4eallgtteusa men, wish bdsiaess
and ptopes,ty Interests at Stale, and
shat The ignorant, de ley 9 and and bsu,
tai negroes f'',S we're i,p il all ard syeyg lpa
staqye ip,the rcight.naAnd yekwe do|
not lind amongst ithe,indipted par
ties, 'as SINGLE Republican, White, u,
g ~. r. VIE IIes
been liinn di iSsFadltss re While neas and
Democrats or GenseryaliYes.osDo
not stllis factiatone prove shat they
are p,osecuti6ns,, .iotl rather political
per sss sss 'iaSsstfuttssda
pafpiaasaess sJ Ard r tp EasaEays aadintiaiaI
date the white citizenssofLouisiphaat
w by could not, the packed grand ju-
Iy Iindict spmh pf tieRRhdicag ne |
gfoes who opened the fight at Gale
donia,T jain Csldoa or soms Of close
WHO vefe'up fa'afhs, sARhb!o,, 'f6fsd:,5h.f
tile white ocitizenssTofa ,Tensas; or
ometof'tl.oseswho,S 5for ten years
Aave kept thss Parish. Of Natchitpshes /
I'M turmoil Rad,anathe verge, Of civil.
war3aIne'all zthese .agitatioHs ahdt
riots could Federal. Grand J1qllry
hear, eefltns Waite or. negTo,eRadicsl
who'isad d criminal part inst these Ia
malts ll s ceul lIli The dlistEiet attorney,
learnoef no, witnesses 1saxe,those iWho1
we're cable 10, swear against 2 Demo-
crats2a..Y1 es5yi;;a' but that Vaala. have
been against,othe instructions from
Wasllington;.s that a!woald not Nave
been IN Harmony with The theory, Of
the prosecutions, whiohis to,insimiii
date p emocrats, and not V, yfhdicate1
outraged jpstice.I,i7,ia 4o.Iaiasl, ID, "a
aButottese prosecutions ;paiaspitea1
~ The basest 81 motives and pat-'
sued With - shameful rechlessnessd
Of law, Justice .antathel public iinter1
81 7canne..t succeed ii atbis state,
E.yenss partisan tjuryf,apd an c,auda- !
cious court dare mot convict a. singieiI
one oftliese nsn, Ill Reliance * Of ST. a. q
enllishtspaa aad4free tpuhlic'iopinion,.|
The constitution cannot be abolish
ed in louisiana "a ana seAth Caroline
their people, made. the victims of ahel
ignoianee and malice of saaneg foafab-
BILE, a shqqit t|hBssifi material Interests, A.
sstroyed, byothsa mostitutieni of the
lis.-x..,Ax, as, as nj ,l,.axosf