They had retired from the politi. cal arena in sullen despair. It is well to understand this. The lawless classhate that assailed naturalized citizens at that time. assassinated theri. kept them away from the polls. is now transferred to republicans. white and black. Force aid fraud had such play that at the election where Kellogg and McEnery were candidates republicans practically could not vote. and any result declared in favor of McEnery woild have been a gigantic fraud. a denial to the people of Louisiana of their rights. At the election in 1868 when Grant was a candidate the returns showed that in many parishes General Grant did not get oven one vote. in other parishes he got two. in other parishes five. in others ten votes. but the important fact is that numerous murders. numbering us repoted by a congressional committee over two thousand killed and wounded. had produced terrorwhich between Mayand November made a change of seventythree thousand votes.
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