The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1860-02-03
HuMBUGING Us.

Tery bread out of their months. The
South has fed and sustained these des-
iituta beggage-been the main prop to |
support their manufacturing interests :
and institutions generally-until they
have grown : fat aad sassy upon her
and now in return they have
given US kicks and insults for our lib
crafty. Owing to the late state of at
fairs, Southern patronage to some ex
tent, has been withdrawn from them.
1t is really amusing to see the effect
These hollow-heaFted wretches howl
aud whine about their love of the
South, as if they thought Southern
men were fools enough to believe their
base acts of deception. They say the
North as a body sympatEises with the
South. We would as soon believe that
heaven and hell were the same, as to
believe such damnable heresay. The
North DOES not, nor never has extended
sympathy towards the South, nor her
Institutions and when Northern man
says the South receives the confidence
of the North, their deeds plant the lie
upon their words.
The North for her good welfare, must
reesive our patronage; this beiug with
drawn. plays havoc among her laborers
and manufactures; and to ain our con-
fidence these deceptive wretches get up
tremendous sympathy on our behalf
for sake Of the dolIar-hold Union
Meetings" and express great sympathy
for US. Magnanimous and self-loviug-
q nion-saviug-Patriots Don't burt
yourself, We don't need your sympathy
nor your 'pretentious words" We want
proof Of your fidelity we need some
thing more binding than words ; We
want actions to prove your stability
not mere words. Looking as we do
upon tue matter towards both sections
we regard the non-interferance of the
North as a bound obligation or duty
which sue owes to the South, and which
must materially aid in preserving the
sacred compacts guaranteed to as by
the Constitution. We are no rabid
disunionist we only ask to be let alone;
We ask for our rights, and We will have
them" peaceably if We can, forcibly
if we must" Our rights must not be
Iinfringed or trampled upon, and the
pefpetrator allowed to 60 UNPUBLISHED
1t is all very well for lukewarm politi
clans aud editors to pirate about thu
glorious Union, the American eagle anc
our fore-farthers, how long it will take Il
build another Union like this. in cas-.
Of dissolution, ete.-it sounds very well
Such men are utterly destitute of mora
courage; they have not the effrontr,
to face sick baby. Are we of tn
South to quietly cross our hands an
have them tied behind our backs, an
, mepkly submit to the eapriees of thes
|, bowling fananticsl The angry tide {
faBaiicism must be met aud the enem
, must be snbdued We hardly thin
it necessary for dissolution to effect thi
Let them know that our rights shall b
respected, even if it should be done b
n blood. These cowardly traitors woul
e not dare to harm us if they knew the
# ,lesecrated lives weIe the forfeit. If
d few such prominent characters as Sew
: ard, Beecher. Greeley Garrison, Gil
: dings. Sumner l. Co, were only mad
examples of like Brown and his fello'
Q traitors we ould hear less of fanaticisi
= There would not be the first iota of
i cause for sectional strife if all su,
traitors as these were My swung 10
!, black jack. We viii BET there is n
! two dozen negroes in the South b
!. What vouId Of his own free will at
e accord. hang old Greeley or any of
-e clan for attempting to deprive him
:. his peaceful home.
RS II there is not confidence in unto
it is mere cheat--such a union is
:. Slam, and not worth the scroll Of p