, 1879-01-22

va take,, TO vtndicato tte vioiatcl majesty OF
tctrltY, No investigation Of thc attack on hr.
FaErfax's houae wss made: there waa no effort
Instituted TO discover tue names Of tue men
WHO followed the lead Of Capt- Peck; but war
rant was quickly Issued for The arrest Of Mt
shhaE1tg ~" VIII srft N
the Gods that governs the conduct OF Home
Rulers in Louisiana.
Other companies hnstencd to the parish. Ot
course, It was reported that the negrues were n
nrIns, mn. that The lives Of thc whites were IN
imminent ttanger. ohe cn'npAny crossed 1ron'
Attssisstppi. They wcrc siRntacantly aiM M s}csa'
pendent ticket that this WAS mot ntgEers'
wnr," but quarrel between white Democratic
mud that tllcy hn.t better return to their own
State. They went back.
VII
Meanwhile, one Of the armed companies that
marched tl.rouel, the parish ean,c to = thfckiy-
pcop1cd negro settlement and fired \ murder
nns voliey Into tncIr quarters at Ha*se's Lane.
They reported that they had been Tired into tly
oath, atiesis that he heard no firing, although.
as be was 10 the ranks. he must necessarily
have heard tho shots, II there had been any
shots from the negroes. nut, aceofdine 70 ,'s tn1
One attempt 10 oycrawe tho white 1ndercnd-
ent Democrats was promptly withdrawn: lucy
sGasra Yssnaee ws m Fo es{ usF wGe aes
were Killed In this parish. This statement
comes from Democratic testimony. But The
| reports nt tho time Eavo larger Isat OF dlan'
an!! the senat' Investigation na' not been eoh-
This series OF spisodcs accomplished tts pur-
pose. There WAS no Republican candidate Tor
! Couerces IN Tensas Parish. The race tssut was
| raised, aud then tho Independent Democratic
| nAyfsh ticket Was defeated by fraud.
IL.
| Caddo Parish IL In the western part Of tho
State. Il Is strong Republican parish, With a
acnsa black popaatlonn z n yes i t va aoso,nte. :.
| il order to elect another Congressman. In
neither OF these districts, under fair count,
could any Democratic candidate secure even
respectable mnGr1t5 vG1e ~ tho ec,np, f
coiorcd voters during that campaign. But the
Republican leaders had adoptcd tho wise policy
| OF selecting young wh!tc Democrats exclusl7cly
local candidates in order " divide tho
white or Democratic vatc md to secure
tie support ot tho fighting race. The blacks
wero urged to support them for the reason TINT
they wcre young men. md not welded ~ tho
Old men were welded, to the shcories Of aate.
be,Iufn times. references to the days Of slavery
we're denounced as "lncenIiary." and all Illus
toIlInR for inadequate pay.as BY the system Of
leasing aud "adyances "-thmt prevailed in that
parlsh we're tlcrcely dccrled by the Democratic
lenders as efforts to ncitc labor against capital.
X.
The ballot-box At one precinct was placed in
\ Hbulltoztng DISTRICT" 30 difficult to reach
that, In ordinary weather. AZ one Witncss said.
"only duck Of binl could get to 1t " from the
tapde where the maAaea Of tl'u ur1rocs worked.
of s or ot9 nor e s,srst t1oe anoa
thickcts and swaMpa-for the Democrats had
taken the prccautton to remove tho fesry-boat,
After this boz hnd been used all day. party oi
| armed white mou seized 1t aud destroyed It.
II.
AZ another prcciuct-C -Caledonia-bctwccn 4
| and 3 o'clock tn the afternoon compnny o1
mounted men, not residents OF the settlement
nor voters thcra, arrived, every Man iul!, @
afteegse az Two who moo began 10 w1cste, an
IN The course Of thr1E seuf!le they @ ran aEa1at M
lame black man. He asked them eivlilyt TO "kecr
oT Ills leg" 1'he Republicans assert iiat thlI
tain Tint one Of the whites Immediately accusce
tic black man Of striking him, and then cal!ee
loudly for hls shotgun. Anotss, Tn!te nan oe
gan to fe his revolver LS ,sx eesSs
Tlicy ran to the house Of colored man nenf 6y
The only colored candtdatc on the ticket. In
sta,,tly tic err waa raised TINT they 'wcro run
, foueF fe or fye ehotguns, which Ind been kcp
there for several days, bccausc threat: had bee'
made bY q personat cncmy-afso colorcd maj
| m r6ftN1-Yf6
nrct. nn,c,s ntI were frcu by the whites, Hcyc,
~ "i"hf nsrrnea wcrc killed; one white ua1
r.s stE EEnnnIr.i.
"Th's stnt wnr1d ..cm tn he A tense]csa m wei
h,u,ai stonghferEcerintuiy rather a 1runkc1
eh.n . nniiticai affray-,f ote could keen otlt d
stm.t stIas ~ as,nni1onfots arrival al tic nrmc
s,9ms ~ ~, ,,"nrnca hi vntcd: tho Democrat
Iuen' l"c r1,at.oi ~ Tia hoiot.ho1cs. Win
haa so!s ,,,u .o,,s from Tsn. in tl,e rvenin,r
9en1m. son.u 1eI IN Whit h"rc .sncrsci III
~ tNe @ .'. ,.nnt r,nii,dcai nnrnnsc cnnid
! votsIsi Jul Nv" "uH' pe''''~1' po|p1so e"4+1
c @1ves ,,t,,,..n ,, tso. - us. tr.opd.d T.
|. Ine ncpuptts .t...I,n ra"a H. o,ss.r ~ nrcror
arouse tle s,a' - naso ~ ~ ths 1nS",ncisn
ia,f COUNT toE 't ..u ass ~ t,o H. no,i. III ~.
,i h"1. .sns !" T. that thcro was either
: honest retur, OF q irregular" Democrat
2 funeral, Tie raca issue ouce raised, cvc
:. these men wc1e ower!ess.
= And II fhts waa tic purpoac, Il WIS tnttrcl
j, suc.rssfut. fur the partsh nn,l this ward OF
= wera returned as having voted for tho Bourbo
y brauch Of tAe Democracy.
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