Levees have been rebuilt. bonds have gone above par. The State treasury is full. warrants are at once cashed. Schools are prosperous for both white and colored. Peace prevails everywhere. The whites and negroes are on cordial terms. Crime has decreased. courts speedily and impartially administer justice. Officers are compe. tent. careful. honest. and diligent. White immigrants from the West have come to Louisiana in large numbers since the overthrow of negro domination. Except the corrupt and adventurous carpetbagger. none ventured there before that time. The people of Louisiana have been watchful that there be no return to that era of debauchery and crime which I have described.
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