The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-07-12
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LABOR.
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| Inc extent 20 which the people Of
the south are mlsunde rstood and mis-
represented 81 the North IS SO great
[as to De scarcely credltaple. The
Northern papers sometimes amuse
themselves at the expense OF English
papers BY showing the utter ignor-
ance OF this country which ls display
Ied ~ Cockney attempts made at crit
1lclsms upon It. they have never
shown anything worse than they
themselves EXHIBIT with regard to
the South. 80 universal and SO gross
Is this that no matter what journal
you take up, the fact will be found
broadly Illustrated. Political or
Literary government or opposition,
friendly or inimical it matters moi, it
seems impossible for a Northern jour
Inal to compass the truth-with regard
| TO the South. !.
The Courier des Etats Unss is q pa.
lper which has always affected "a
LEANING towards justice and the true
principles OF our Government. Gem
[erally itShas endeavored to give a
lair represent ,'f the actual con-
idition OF affairs. But even IN these
attempts the effects OF the universal
heaven will manifest Itself.
One Of the famous or Infamous
ideas whielt:it isconmon for North
fern papersto yentagainst the. South
Iernspcople, is the assertion that they
Fare idle and look upon labor as de-
grading No greater untruth is told
about them, as the history OF the
|prnducts they raise and the commerce
they transact abundantly suffice to
prove. Yet it is lterated and relter-
ted whenever All occasion appears to
offer itself.
Thus, in the Courier Of the l7tll
inst, we find IN an article on the
Freedmen, the second sentence read
ing thus: The blacks nowhere sub
subject themselves to the great law
lot labor. anllstoo many Of the whites
still under the control of the idea that
LABOR Isl degrading, give the negroes
an example II llstlcssless and Idle
ness. Now, in the FIRST place, the.
idea that labor is degrading never.
did prevail, and dues hot prevail any
more ut the south than at the North.
There IS scarcely aWhlte man ln the
South who does not know and mas
not felt that IN order to enable him
to maintain his position lit has always
been necessary for him to labor Tar
harder than ever he saw . negro Ia.
Dor, A negro never Gould and never
would perform the same amount of
labor that the white man did; and he
never wilLdo so. The reason for this
ought tube very plain. The negro.
has no such aspirations as the white.
man, He knows nothing Il the de-
sire to place within his own reach
and within that Of his family, within
that Of the community in which lie
lives and within that Of the Govern
|inentsby which he is ruled, within
|tliatof the age in which his exis-.
tcnce is cast, the glories Of mind and
Of art, If truth and Of beauty, Of love
aud uf goodness, by which the higher.
races are distinguished from the
lower. He mistakes for all this q
desire for frep,.1m from the necessity
for labor for liberty, to indulge him
|self in unbridled sensnalty, and for
license tosbelp himself to what be-
longs to others, at his pleasure. This
difference between the races always
has existed. and most certainly it
was never more distinctly illustrated
than it is at this moment. Look
where you will in the South and you
will see the white race moving heav-
en- and earth to bring order out Of