, 1879-03-14
A DEMOCRATIC VICTORY.
AcquIttnl Of Forty-eIcht lsultdozors.

HtlB forE Tribune. Iareh II.
An n'Assoclated rrcss dispatch from Now Or
leans, printed on s,null tYpc In cornct OF Mon
days paper, announced that forty y-ctght citizens
Of Eatehitoches, WHO had been cleared by
Jury of charges Of conspiracy during the late
election, were escorted Saturday cvcnt,: to the
atcatnouat, on which thug left for their homes,
by n voluntary military company with Il band
Of nlusic, and TINT a salute was fired in honor
Of Sc event.
These forts-c!eNt citizens were all Democrats
md white men. One day last October they wcre
assembled In tho Courthouse OF tic Town OF
Natchltochea holding II Democratic Convcn-
tton. WORT canlo 10 the meeting tint Ii body
Of Republicans, chiefly black, had had thu
andacity to gather on the satnr day ut n
church III another part Of the town, and wcrs
nrtunlIy Gngaged In discussing plons for
nominating candidates mud tnakl,lT mn ctFort to
carry the al,proacl!in. e!ccslpn. The FortY-ctght
citizens Declared that tl!s sort Of tli'; must DO
stopped. 1t was nothing less than n f'nrgyr
rising" antl must bc promptly suppressed.
THEY hurried through the work ot their Con-
vcnttou, completed their Democratic parish
tI:ke., ctosa US Captain ihcl. nominee for tho
Legislature, got nn their horses, and, urmcd
With rifles mid tcyoiyess, whiel, they lad prn-
dently brought With iheln To tho Co'lrt-I1ouse,
they moved IN holy upon the enemy. Tho
Republicans. upprisca Of the cou1lng of ths
meeting, ahl sought safcty In flight Tho
IortY-cight c!:txcns, ntnunG wt!onl wus u rlcin-
ber, Of Congress, n'nl MI cx-tusn1ber,
@ ,',atsu vigorous pursuit. SONG d tho Ronub-
they wcrc hiding, others wero CHASED To tt1a
woods anl u,ula their escape. Tho men who
were tnuets were escorted out Of town at night,
mud told that 10 return would be certain death;
into swamp. To make their work complete,
the tortyeisht cltizcus appointed vigllaucu
CosnH,ittec 10 keep wntcll for tho nlen ~ hltlg
III Tho wools, aud the local Democratic uewA-
illat II they valued their lives they had better
ilcir faces thcro ucain. These Isepub.
llcan teaders Hcre accused Of no crIue:
residents, l.al families, aud. apart from their
politics, wero reputable pcrsons. Ono wns II
l,autIst minister aud l'rrsldcn. Of Nil assocla.
lio' ot iitty eolorell baptist CHURCHES. Three
pct'yo Democrats. The only oilcnso thcy lad
committed WRA attempting to rcorgan,ze llla
Kcnubcan part. IN tinir parlss.
There was MI exceedingly quiet campaign In
,trutinn Of tlc forty.e'eht citizens. anl lie
1!esnocratlc ticket was, elected without ihe
SLIGHTEST opro!s1!tion, Not !. ,!'epatltean yutu
was pollca. Thy bullaoze1 lsepub!'c;!n lual-
Uuited States Election MI had any force
nlpl effect IN Louisiana. AMI thty went 1cture u
HralM Jury ast winter NIX! gAve testimony
agaIuHt il,e inrly.eiEht uhterprising Democrats.
indictments were found, a.At thu casus cat,,e to
trial; hut, I'll aptu ot tho most conclusive eyt-
dsnec, The petit Jury found verdict u arquit-
tut. It seems ttlat tho ycr.llut was AatleI in
Naw Orleaua asu Democratic victory, mud tho
ronlpiesu success Of one oi tllu most brilliant
and etftctiy8 feats Of builtl0xllg oyer attempted
in Louisiana wus ce!clratcl With brlss band
usltl an artillery sltuts. Evidently thu Election
laws aru lea.!lctter tn Louisana. Another
tlIlng IL equally p!a!n t4crc will b. no further
attempt II tevlv1 tllu Republican purity In
SatchttucAes Parish.