Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-10-10
ADVERTISEMENT
TO the People OF Louisiana.

OF my friends to run for the office of
Secretary of State. and having no
opportunity of visiting the different
parts OF the State before the election,
adopt the medium Of he press to
say word as to my political status,
past and present.
l have no concealmrnt.. and de-
spise the man who has. especially in
reference to matters Of great public
moment.
Born, reared, and educated in the
South. | have ever been devoted to
what | conceived its best interest,
was an original secessionist. and adj
Hcred with uutiiuching determination
TO the easse. So long as rcsista &c
could be of any avail. even en-
treated Gen. Smith and other lead ing
officers on this side of the MISSISSIPPI
pi, to continue assistance as long AS
even the ncuclcus of an army could
be kept together. There were many
contingencies that might have stayed
the current so strongly setting in
against us.
This plain statement is due to
III. State will have "A vivid rrcollrc
ton Of my position during the war,
as | was prominently connected with
the pr".s during the whole period.
My object was to preserve tla, pccu-
liar form OF civilization growing out
of the institution of negro slavery,
believing that this form OF labor was
best for the negro a. we'll rs for the
white man. and was, withal, Il great
conservator Of r-publicanis.n, aud All
essential element of progress. En-
PERTAINING these views. and believing
that the institution would perish if
confined within our present limits,
readily Joined with others in the
.xinrt to establish "A -"parat. govern
mrut, which would be secure from
the attacks Of fanatics. and whicl.
would ultimately embrace within is
boundary the larger portion Of troli
cal America.
The above are the views of the
more cnl ightrn"d of iioS" who aided
in the establishment OF il separate
government with negro slavery ~ n"
basis Of It's labor.
But it mus, not h- supposed hat
no troubles were. anticipated. even
after the scheme had fully succeeded
On the contrary, difficulties CROWN.
out OF tariffs ana ho"hnnHs were
an'!c'pht"d' ana II wa" i"f''"f know"
that tw" great AhSl"-SaX"n i'pnhAcH
adjoining each other on this couil-
nrut would nrccssitatc the Haiut"-
nance o; lnach more rIi"n>l'" iM'.'-
tary c-tahi'-sments than are "rc's-
."r.v n present.
And AGAIN there doomed up IN
the not very r"'not" i"tir"' the Sh-i-
ow OF trrr!tle danger growing out
OF the rapid in'rrfo" OF tn" black
r"pu!at'o" under our iorin'f 7ystr,m
ct labor IN less ''''', u century 'N'
blacks w"oid h"Er mutt V''"d a. least
tn or t""niy'i"Id, and would haE"
Locom" worthless from thus very e1'
co.'s OF numbers. /" aver TN, Ter,
lbie d"nG"T Tree ana "'!ir''F'r'e"
expansion VA. required.
But Ia" South, b"a't on nj! sides
impoverished, ana s''T" h'ii"r" 10y
ruinb.Is lad no alternative hu; 10
surrender Car peculiar torn Of CIV
I.'zation persisted with the dr~trur-
ton of ".r system OF labor and tina;
Tor "h'c" l nave 80 I''S struggle"
Il" longer forms '''
For tn" inst tune IN 'h''ty years i
am | nlon'st--a s,ncrrr, open, ana
devoted | n'"ni@t. lat tor Whi"h !
.ir"sSIr1' AND t.. preserve winch
""7 willing to dissolve tn" '"on'
has ceased I" exist and never again
vii! form living i'sur III the p"!I-
tics of this country. hen II, man
Il honor and principle guided ny
Wis !om' and acting Tor 'h' GOOD OF
my country and my KIND nave II"
alternative 'ut TO H'oP, me existing