The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-28

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ere you going to do about itf' Said l.
"AE. Davis, I didn't think 1t would be nse'
essaly to do anything more than to tel
you the facts, and you would release It."
"Well," said he, ~ think you and
can have just as pretty hghi
over that, If you want 70 fight over 1t, as
the next two men," This was . young
man, twenty-five or twenty eight yeArl
old. Said /: "Mr. Davis, l am not Q
fighting man, and / don't propose to make
fight over bale Of cotton, but suppose
that YOU are aware that man who com
mits treSpass Of the kind that you have
becomes liable for all the debts that thai
man oWesP "Well," said he, With "a
oath, "What are you going to do about III
have got the cotton" Well, ! went 70
Mr., Ware, who is now District Attorney
he was not then-and told Ware about
il, and asked him what could do, "Mr,
Davis has got about $50 or go worth Of
my cotton, and what shall l do about
It% SWELL" said he, "Mr, Heath, you
had better pocket the loss; you can't do
anything about 1t, What you say about
his trespass rendering him liable for all
the debts the man owed Is true. He has
committed criminal ofsnse, and, in the
arst place, in order TO avail yourself Of
any redress, you would have 70 fetch him
before Grand Jury, and il they found .
bill against him, then you could prosecute
him; but you Couldn't get Grand Jury
that would find bill against him. You
don't stand very we'll In the community
here yourself. did you know thatT Said
!, ~ think do know II, and will you
please tell me why it Is that ! don't stand
well hereP" SWELL" said he, VI dom I
know; they don't seem To- IeliAh
having you come here and trade
with the negroes, and 90 forth"
SWELL" said l, VI think have . right
here; l own my place; l don't meddle with
anybody else's business; why should they
NEEDLE with me9" swell" said he,
they have got kind OF down on you, that
Ia the substance OF It," Inever knew of
prosecution OF any kind that amounted to
anything on account OF the murders COM
mitted there. | think 1t 10 because the peo'
pie themselves are afraid Of the conSe'
QuenCes Of interfering, ...
The trouble is, In all these courts, to get
q Grand Jury that will find bill, unless
the man charged with crime Is colored
man. II colored man does anything,
they will ind bill against him and send
him to the PenitentiaIy. They have the
Penitentiary full Of colored men, and they
let them out to the planters 10 work. But
II there 10 any charge against white man,
unless 1t Ia some poor fellow that hasn't
any money, he will be pretty likely TO get
off without Q sentence. That 10 about the
way the thing 10 In Caldwell Parish, and
what Ia true nj that particular place Is true
Of the other parishes.
Caldw well parish Is located between the
Mississippi and the Red Rivers. Very
often my friends In New Orleans, some oil
whom are strong Democrats, would say:
"Mr. Heath, you have got into the worst
part OF our State" Well, | would tell them,
II fear have, but hear the reports from
tho other parishes, and they seem to be
about like the place am 10. There arenot
many Northern men there. There are
some In the country above my place, but
they are oil good Democrats. There Is no
objection to them II they go for the South
But man who will not 20 for the Solid
South had better keep away from there. !
don't want to do any injustice 10 tho
Southern people, but want the facts TO
be known. ] met one Of the most promi
nent lawyers Of New Orleans down at Po'
land Springs last summer, and as we were
sitting out on the piazza, looking
over the surrounding towns CluS
tering In the valleys, he said: "Mr,
Heath, have been thinking what q beau.
tiful country we, have down there In
Louisiana, and how, II we had these PEG.
pie down there, they would make II the
finest state in the Union III Ten or fifteen
years." said, "That is 3d." "Now,"
said he, "you ought 10 talk this thing
among your people here. You are &C.
quainted with them, you have been down
into the country, and know how itch the
land 10 and all that sort Of thing" eyes,"
said |, "but there Is one drawback; they
may ask me how have succeeded, and Il
| should tell them howl had got along
and been treated there, how many oil them
do you think would leave their quiet
homes here? II 10 Just as you say; the
land is as fertile as the sun ever shone
upon, but what Of the peopleT' "Well,"
he said, "you are In the worst part OF the
State" "That may be co." l replied, "but
II all l hear from the other parishes
Is true, where Is there o better2"
And l mentioned 10 him the other
parishes, and recited the murders that had
been committed In Franklin, 10 81. Mary's
Parish,- lone few years ago, when q
Government officer was shot, and his wife
was obliged to cit and watch over her dead
husbands body for twenty-lout hours,
and not lady In the town came 10 to
sympathlEo with her or offer her assist.
ance In any way. "Now," said l, "who
would want TO move into such Placer"
SWELL" said lie, they must go in colonies
then" Said |: snow | will tell you how
you can do something; you can advise the
people OF Louisiana, the better class oil
people, as you call them, instead Of har
boring these outlaws and murdefers, 10
endeavor to do something to bring them
to justice. But as long as they wink OF
crime, and do not prosecute the criminals,
and say they will not meddle with them
because they fear their vengeance, you
cannot expect that YOUR State will grow