The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-08-12
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control. This was pure assumption
He arrived in New-Orleans late in No
vember, 1857, and on the 29th of the
same month issued his Order No. 40,
in'which he said he was gratifed to
learn that peace and quiet reign in
this department" From whom did
he get this information? Probably
from the Democratic politicians in
New Orleans. Certainly not from his
subordinate officers, for he did not
wait for their reports. Texas was in
his department.. What sort of peace
and quiet prevailed there may be
learned from the report of Major Gen
eral j. j. Reynolds made to General
Grant for the year beginning Septem-
Der 30, 1867. Here are a few extracts
from that report:
Armed organizations generally known as Klux
many parts sae The precise objeef of TRe the orr
and in many ~ cas, Ini"1 m men me no AND TOD
ssad 9n.a{ss.n rEoffer murder United states of-
Trinity River IS almost dead letter Inv In some Of the
fv K are al hey SE G hofGa kn q d4
in large bodies the political meetings under auspices
indicated by name from the speakeT's
der common as 10 render it impossible
and Re Sr re generally FTee
derstood, have never existed in Texas. To
quire that troops be stationed at many county seats
work years.
Louisiana was in General Hancock's
department. In the annual report of
the Freedmen's Bureau, dated Novem-
ber 1, 1867, General O. 0. Howard
said:
The complaints of freedmen against the whites so
common throughout the South are unusually frequent
voting description have been peTpetrated upon the
e20Ged people in some sections almost with tmpunity
permit criminals TO openly excuse
A year later General Howard thus
described the condition of affairs in
Louisiana:
In sections the treatment of the colored people
description have been perRMetriated pet i upon them with
cohnved at the escape Of offenders While some have
even. participated in the Outrages. Ku-Klux
and shed the blood of unofending freedmen In many
cases Of brutal murder brought before the civil au
fence have been rendered.
The course pursued by the civil au-
thorities in Louisiana toward the re-
construction laws was thus described
by General Sheridan in the report he
made to General Grant on being re-
lieved of the command of the depart
me1t by General Hancock:
l found upon examination in the two States, that
nearly every civil functiouary, from the Governor
down, had been soldiers aiders and abetors in the
Rebellion and that in nearly all they had been
elected Confederate grounds, solely for services
rendered in their attempts to destroy the General
when they candidates their services in this res
pect meritOrious appeal for votes 1t is
scarcely necessary to state that from this condition of
affairs nearly every civil officer within my command
either openly secretly opposed to tn, law, and
to myself as the authority held responsible for its
faithful execution.
To such civil authorities as these,
elected as reward for their participa-
ton in the Rebellion. and pledged to
resist the operations of the Recon-
struction laws, General Hancock made
haste to subordinate the power he was
directed by Congress to. employ to
maintain the public peace and protect
the rights Of persons and property.
We are glad to learn, from our Wash
ington dispatches, that the Republi-
can Congressional Committee propose
to place before the country at length |
the facts which we have briefly stated |
above When the light is let in on
Order No. 40, General Hancock will
not pose well as statesman.