Shreveport news., 1864-12-13
--. For the News.
lIknc0lla IL Elected.
When We cease ~ be masters, we will be
come slaves. TKOUP.

United States. Strange as il may
seem, Abraham Lincoln has been re-
elected President Of the l.. =. Lin
coin is an Aboli,ioni>t and n misce-
seuator. He said before the war
that "the artificial weights must be
lifted from all mems shoulders."-
That "the declaration of indepen-
dence applied to absolutely all men"
That 1.-THE States could not endure
halt slave and half free" He says
now that no negotiation can com
,nance with the Contcdcratcs no:
based on "the abandonment of slave.
ry and the restoration of the Union.
Yes, Lincoln is an Abolition negro
equalityite. Abolitionism AID mis-
crg-nation means everything horri-
Bile that he mind of an honorable
man can conceive. 1t means some.
thing worse, more degraded, beyond
suhjusation. SnhiuGati"n may be
equal to death; niscrG"nation and ne
gro equality are worse than death
1t is TIA. political and social equality
of barba.i anS with ourselves. our
wives. our mothers AID sisters. II
i rs Col Wigfall said in a late speech
in Mar>lal!. the arminS of every ne
gro in the land and the disariuins Of
every white ma T.. III. ,urnin. loose
Of tn. passions of the brute, with til.
assistance Of white h.atirns in pow
Ell to yuad them on. |: is the dr>-
tructinn Of oar prosperity, onr reac,
and our civilization.
1t is the corruption of nur blood, our
III ,uhrod, "ur honor. 1t Is the Strug.
Cling of u fair woman in the arms OF
Il brutal u.Sr" III tn" presence Of III.
chnrk!ing Yankee and the bound
and m-nacl,d husband or brother.
and tn" weeping children. 1t is trra-
-"n against God and nature and
man.
The practical results Of it may b.
seen IN all the central and South
American States, Mexico and thu
vs.: India Islands. There the
plain laws of nature were di>rr-ar-
d..d The. blood Of the "hig,cr man"
and tn" Indian were mingled, and
what is the result \ mi-rrahir ~
hrid mon-rrl rarr--a rae" without
manhood, pride, honor, civilization.
morals or intellect. There they ar
now, a 10y word IL the pn>-'.r-hy. thu
scott and contempt of tn" world
Til" proud old Spaniarl forgot him
self. L,hasrl hi blood. and thouS-
aud years o: Va'i"mc" on III" par, "t
his Descendant ctHnnt a;,nr tor II :
faux pa, But tie Spnuitri> hi
not III" lights iha; W. have, and hi>
crime Was not IL great rs those VIII"
II ia" in" of AL history. and IL the
middle of 'hr - u century. Lincoln
and lis party are moral. Y the great
rs, criminals that ever atil c,cI the
world with :hrir presence.
Then it i, no; >trang-c that y pc"
pie should deliberately choose such =
monster Of iuiuu!!v rs their Chi.t
Mig rate. The success of MS prIn-
cipl..- would h. the destruction Of the
last hop. of government on the white
basis in the world. Now, Mr.. Editor
I wish 10 make this point. viz: that
Lincoln could not have been rr-rlrc-
ted If the South had taken in thu, be-.
sinnin: of this war tina, high po~ir;"n
~h. ought II she had taken that
position and maintained it ihrou.h-
ont. the scales would have fallen from
the eyes not only Of til" \orth"rn
people. hut from III. eyes of the
world. Til" opposition To Liucnln
in tn, North il ba-"d upon the
ground tina, he i fighting to reduce
not only the South. but the pc"rl. OF
III" North 70 level with Irgrors.
This can be demonstrated at any
time by r"adin. extracts from til.
leading opposition journals of the
North. This is so potent that l do
not deem ii worth rgulng.
Then, if the Northern opposition
has taken this ground, should we no,
occupy il also. Most mauitrstly We
should, and by this means We would
uphold rh, hands of the opposition,
srrengt hen the cans. Of the South,
aud finally overthrow the party tina,
is maxim. war upon us. Bat We have
not done SO: We have not been true
TO our destiny. w. have not known
lit s-emsl that Fighting tor govern
sncnt on the white basis, We will b..
in future as the reckoncd
saviour of mauk ind. N. Y. Day
book. We have tri.tered away our
strength, fighting (as We say fo-
States rights; the right to seccdc for
and so forth. BY this
means we have denied the charges
lnade by the opposition of the North
and virtn lily aided Lincoln. Let us
rise little higher and grasp secret
and new powers that We never ye.
hav" used. moral force is to physical.
Napoleon says, as 3 is to $. There
is a mighty moral element that we
have never used; let rs grasp it; let