The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-07-07
From the Planters Banner.
4 Radical Purtian's Advice to the
Southern People.

my De0f DetudeG BTeu1T1ng. IL
pains me to see you so blind to your
own interests. | am your friend and
brother. / always loved you. But
you are great sinners. You have
sinned against your God, your country,
and us, Gods loyal Union men. God
loves and admires US, and he abhors
you. You must repent in dust, ashes,
and taxes. You must smother your
unkind feelings towards US. You
mustn't have or allow even secret I'M
kind feelings to US. You mustn't think
''d-n it." Our feelings are very SEN
sitive. You must watch your words
and actions closely, and see that you
do and say nothing that will aggravate
US. We are easily vexed. How could
you expect US to smother our righteous
and loyal indignationl We are but
mortal. You should work hard and
honestly in the field. You should use
close economy. You are poor by your
own fault and disloyalty. We are rich
by our own industry, virtue, and 10y
atty, and the grace of God. You
should be thankful that you are not
utterly wiped from the face of the earth
and your property all confseated for
the benefit Of the government and loyal
| men.
When you have repented for four or
five years, we will allow your test-oath
representatives. to take back seats in
the halls of Congress, or in the CALLER
les with loyal colored people. You
| should not go too fast. You should
thank us for our kindness if we let you
back in five years, You are great
sinners. We are great saints. True,
you have laid down your arms, and
ceased fighting against us with wicked,
rebel weapons. But you fight against
US in your hearts. You don't love us.
You don't feel as you should towards
us. You don't acknowledge us your
spperiors in piety, and loyalty, in
books and greenbacks. You don't get
down low enough. You are not
whipped in spirit. You still walk erect,
look defiant, and say nothing. You
won't argue the question of your sins
with us. We dislike your sullen ST.
lence. We want to convince you that
| you are rebellious sinners, and that
you can never get to Heaven or Con.
gress till you repent and believe.
| You must believe as we do. 1t is a
sin, crime to believe as Southern peo-
pie and eopperheads do. You must
believe that God organized and sancti-
fed the United States Government
You must believe that God hates every
body who ever opposed or resisted said
government. You must believe that
the U. S. army, in burning farmer
| houses, and villages, and cities. and in
carrying off property for the use Of
said army and loyal men, was execu-
ting Gods righteous judgment on a
disloyal and stiff-necked people.
| When you become clear-sighted,
and see our true character--when you
feel and acknowledge in deep humility
that you are the sons of satan, and we
the sons of God, and when you are will
ing to vote for Radical Republican
for President, instead of vile, biting
copperhead, then We will begin to think
you are safe and loyal men. You can
then enjoy the great and glorious priv
ilege of voting for Gods loyal servants
to manage one of the best governments
that Heaven ever smiled on.
i But if you don't help us possess and
hold all the important offices of this
government which our wisdom and
| greenbacks have saved from destruc.
ton, may your lands be confseated
your taxes be ten times as much as you
can pay, your wives and children
starve, pestilence destroy you, the
floods drown you, hurricanes sweeE
over the land, your cattle die of rinder.
pest, your horses and mules of charbont
your hogs of trichina, and your chick.
ems of gapes. fyou oppose the ''Civil
Rights Bill" the "Freedmen's Bureau
Bill" or the Demonstration BILL
or support the President and his vetoes,
may you roll and roast in birthstone
fires amidst the shrieks Of devils and
damned spirits; and may you never
see one ray of hope,-may you be
preyed upon by wasting, black despair
through never ending ages of eternal
pain. May you, and johnson, and
Seward, and all copperheads, have oc-
casion to say, in the Ianouape of the