, 1879-05-21

poris two interesting intorviewH with foading
politicians Of Lou!aiann. Tho first inter-
yiow waa with ox-Gov. WAnMorn, typical
carpot-bngger, not loo nico In his mothols
of obtaining power, nor too scrurulous in
naing It. 1Io was atfo to maiutain himself,
however, by grcat celebrity II, the use Of tho
revolver, nftor most Of tho other carpot-bng.
gors l,od boon driven from tho State. lis
successful stroet-hght, In which l.o killed lis
man, Is remembered to this lay to his credit
in Louiaiana while hts Nagrant nots of Of
nofal misconduct aro forgotten. Tho opin-
Ions of WAnMoru wcto cofored, aR might DO
expected, by his prajulioos. He believed
tllat tho negro migration las beon duo nj
most entirely to bu1ldozing, totally ignoring
tho fact that 1t has boon very large from
parishes which aro md always have been ul-
dor negro ru1c. WARstoTr, OF course, ncg.
lects to notice TINT tho misuse, by himself
and Other whitoH, Of powor conferred by me-
gro votes WINS in part responsible for bull
doz1ug at tho beginning.
But 1t WAnMoTu is extreme on tho one
side, W11Tz IL still more 70 on tic Domo-
crntio side. W1ETz owes Nil tho politicnl
prcfernlont Ito llas cvor enjoyed to tho votes
Of tho ultra Bourbons. Ile WIS olcctod
Mayor Of Now Orleans, mon,ber Of tho Log
islaturc, and Lieutenant Governor by this
faction. 1Io was it's candidhto for Governor
before tho Inst Stnlo Convention m ngainst
NICHOLAS, and was nearly nominated then.
11o took tho nomination for Lieutenant
Governor in order to preserve tho orgsniza-
tion of his wing of tho party, while pretcnd-
ing to promote harmony between tho two
wings; and he has boen evor since the elec-
tion thorn In the sitle Of N1cno11s md
relentless opponent of tho Conservatives.
It Ia significant Of tho success Of hia effort8
that ho Should have beeu recently chosen to
preside over the deliberations of tho Cnn4
Btitutiona1 Convention, though part of the
!argo vote which ho racoivnd for this
ofaco VIM unqnestionnbly duo to lis
|sropnlation for impartiallty md quic,snoaB as
n presiding oillcor. W1nrz formerly rau
with the "masheon" in Now Or1eans, and
still Inns tue enthusiastic support Of oil tho
firomon, which ;n that city implies good toal
Of work Mt tho polls. NrLrz is, in short,
typical Sonthern-city politician as NICHOLS
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The former Is naturally ultra Democratic md
tho lattor naturally onsorvasive-Dalnocratic
Now, what docs this ultra. Democratic poll
tician say with refcronco to tho cnllaes Of tito
exodus? Ho says it WIS brought about by
bad adyisora and designing omissarios, aud
that political troubloa Ind nothing to 10 with
It. "Afy reply to alt this" said Gov.
"11rz, refcrring to tho reports Of tho first
TRIBUNE correspondent, "is to appeal to
your own reason. The better why would bo
to got tho anawora Of tho Democrats 1iving iu
those ao-called bu!ldozod parishes"
It happens, Fortunately for the ca1,so of
truth aud Justice, that wo have the means Of
refuting Gov. W1Lrz by following his own
advice. Tho first correspondent of THE
Tnu'uNE in tho south did 20 through Tansas
aud Concortlia Parishes, aud did talk with to
glo exception, they nj! admitted TINT bnl1-
doing did have \ good leal to do with the
exodus Of negroes from those parishes. Iu
St. Joseph aud in Waterproof In Tenaas
rarisl,, or in Vitla|ia in Concortlta Parish,
or in Natohcz, opposite vidalia, it would bo
difficult to tial white man worthy of tho
nRu,e Of gentleman who would louy TINT
bullsloz!ng Ind been tho naai., causo Of tho
exodus from those regions. II was no un-
common thing to hear of planters who Ind
put repeating rifles in tho hands of tl,or
oyerseers and agonts, md instructed them
to protect the negroes against bulltloz-
ora from tho back counties. Nobody
there woull or could dony that bulldozing
had boon common, aud that It hal frightened
the neg1oes, aud thnt they woru moving on
bocauso thoy wero frightened. Tho facts
were too notorious. II is only when ono
gota many hundred miloH away fron t,e
scenes Of actual bloodHhod, fresh in the men,
orios Of a!l tho inhabitants, tbnt 1t is possible
to fluid intelligent, woll-moaning mon like
Gov. Wurz who lony that tho negroos arc
moving away purify on nocounk Of b,lll-
dozing. At distanoo 1t ia difficult to collect
the eyidonco, but on the ground everybody is
a willing witnoss to tho sumo effect.
Tho Conservatives Of Louisiana, anl cspo-
chilly Gov. NlonoLs. are doing themselves
aud tho poopla of their State grcat injus-
ttca IN refusing to speak ont boldly
as to tho groat wrongs tlat hayo
boon perpetratetl upon tho colorel race,
aud the disastrous oonsequoucos that are
flowing from them. Tho Governor lnado
personal examination Of tho alleged outrages
at Waterproof in tho FAIRyAx caso, and ro-
portoa on thom fully. IIo knows that tho
negroes IN TINT massacre woeo fcayfully
wrougol. lie l,as so stated. Why shouli
ho DO unwilling to oouueot tho massacre with
tho exodus from Tensas Parish? It is inpos-
siblo tisal tho two eYonts should follow eaoA
olfaor 50 closely ard 1ot he connected LII tho
minds OF tho pegroea and tho whitos. Tho
Now Orleans Ttmts, Democratic newspa-
per. WINS boller. It told tho truth iu regard
to tho exodus aud bu'llozing, and for tolling
1t new kind Of commercial bullloxiug waa
brought to boar upon 1t. IL 1t possible lint
Gov. N1oloL1s has not tho courage to stand
| up against pressure Of this dsscslptiop2 II
lae has not, Ills Administration IL failure