Year: 1874

successfully lnaugurated, so that If an
publican voters would not dare at
tempt to deposit their votes. remembering,
as they do the scenes of 1858, when men
Offering to vote for General Grant for Presi
dent were shot dead in their tracks with
their ballots in their hands. The Ku-Klux
or X. w. C. of that year, has been recrgan
lied this year under the name of the White
League. The former organization met in
secret, and it's instruments mid their crimes
under convenient disguises. The White
League of to-day is open and bold in its
movements. but none the less infamous in
its designs. For proof we refer to the
articles OF association, copied from their
chosen organs. The following is from the
platform adopted by the White League in
S.. Mary on tie thirteenth Of July:


We enter into and form this League for
the protection Of our own race against the
daily increasing encrOachments Ut the Ne
gro and are determined to use our best
endeavors TO purge our legislative, ludicial
and ministerial offices from such horde
of Miscreants as now assume to lord 1t over
US.


That to accomplish this end we solemnIy
Dle1oe our honor to each other TO gige O1tr
iearty Support to all that this League may
determine by a majority OF votes cast ar
any regular meeting, and to aid to the ur-
most Of our ability in carrying out snch
measures as 1t may GdOpt.


That We do not reject or condemn any
white man for his political opinions so that
he join as in the one grand object We may
nave III view.


At Alto, on the eleventh OF July, the fol
lowing was adopted:


That we regard it the sacred ard polit-
ical duty Of every member OF this club to
discountenance ana socially proscribe all
white men who unite themselves with the
Radical party; and to supplsnt every polit-
ical opponent in all his vocations by the
| employ ment and support Of those who ally
| themselves with the white mans party; and
| we pledge ourselves tO exert our energies
| and use our means to the eOnsummating Of
| this end.


At the White League convention in
Franklin. on the first of August, the follow
ing significant resolution was adopted:
Resoleed, That 1t is the sense Of this con-
vention that every member of the White
League organization is in honor and duty
bound zealOusly to support and vote for
each and every regular nominee OF the or
ganizatiOn, to the exclusion Of all other can.
didates or persons whatever.
This platform is broad enough to cover
every species of crime and outrage.
Now let us quote from the White League
organs. The Enterprise, published at
Franklin, St. Mary parish, in its issue of
August 6. says:


We ask tor no assistance: we protest
against any intervention. We own
this soil of Louisiana, by virtue OF our en-
deavor, as a heritage from our ancestors, and
it is ours and ours alone. Science, literature,
history, art, civilization and law belong
alone to us, and not to the negroes. They
have no record but barbarism and ldOlatry.
nothing since the war but that Of error, in
capacity, beastliness. vOudOuiem and crime.
Their right TO vote is but the result of war,
their exercise Of i. mOnstrous imposition
and vindictive punishment upon US for
that ill-advised rebellion.


Therefore are we banding together in
White League army. drawn up only on the
defensive, exasperared by continual wrong.
il is true, but acting under Christian and
high principled leaders, and determined to
defeat these negroes in their infamous de-
sign of depriving us OF ell we hold sacred
and precious on the soil of our nativity or
adoption, or perish in the attempt.


Come what mag, upon the Radical party
must rest the whole responsibility OF this
conflict, and as sure as there IS a just God
in heaven, their unnatural, cold blooded
and revengeful measures of reconstruction
in Louisiana riU meet ,ciH q terrible 7'etiiIN.
ton.


The following is from an address to col
ored people in the Natchi .oches Vindicator
Of July is:


The white people intend to carry the
State election this fall. yhis intention is
deliberate and unalte,uble. tions the fact hat
their yery eristencc depends upon ii, and that
you may enjoy the blessings which will
naturally follow such an event, blessings
made doubly sweet when you know you
were partly instrumental in bringing them
about, we desire your cooperation, and We
simply ask you, will you assist us in redeem
ing your State from the degradation and
ruin she now is in, or will you follow still
the advice of those who have placed her
thusl Take time to answer it, and let your
mind, should you decide atiirmatively, be
at rest for yo1r future welfare and happi-
ness. We propose to do for you more than
any party has yet done for you. On the
other hand should you imagine that the
teaching Of your former rulers is correct
and YOU elect to attempt, for it will only be





must take the consequences. For IRE tell yon
nor, and let it be distinctly remembered aat
you hare fair ,rarn,ing. that ere intend to
carry the State of Louisiana in Nocen,1cr
aert, or she uiN be a military territory.


The Alexandria Democrat of July Is con-
tains the following:


The people have determined that the
Kellogg government has to be gotten rid
OF, and they will not scraDle about the means
as they have done in the past.


This is from the Mansfield Reporter Of
July I:


There is nothing to be gained by plead
lngs or concessions, but every thing is with
IN our reach. If we will move forward and
grasp II. Let oar actions be such that erery-
BODY irN knor uhat zee rant and let them
see thai zee are IN earnest aud ore determined
to carry on ne programme regardless of the
consequences.


The same paper, of July IL:


The lines must be drawn at once. before
our opponents are thoroughly organized,
for BY this means We will prevent many
milk and cider fellows from falling in % the
epemy's ranks. While the white mans
party guarantees the negro all of his pres
ent rights. Mey do not intend that mhite carpet
6eaqers and renegades shall be permitted to
orgGni=e aad prepare the negroes for the
coming campGig1a. Without the assistance
of these villaine, the negroes are totally
incapable of efecrually organizing them
selves, and unless they are previously exI
cited and drilled, o,ae-Ialf of them ciH mol
COME to the polls. and large per cent OF the
remainder tciH rote the ckite mans ticket.
The following is from the 4inden Demo-