The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-10-20

we may be brought in contact with
them. BY the first we convince the
world of our good faith. and get rid of
this system of espionage, by removing |
the pretext of it's necessity and by the
second we secure the services of the |
negroes. learn them their places and
how to keep them. and convince them,
at last, we are indeed their best friends.
When we do this, let us hope that So
ciety will revive from its present shock,
and our land be crowned with abundant
harvests.
1--WE need the labor of the negroes
all over the country, and it is worth the
effort to secure it. If it would not be
extending this charge beyond what |
conceive it to be a proper limit of
time for its delivery, | might enlarge
upon this subject by showing the. de-
pressing effect upon the country which
would be produced by the sudden re-
moyal of SO much of its productive
labor. Its first effect would be the
decreased value of the lands-de-
creased agricultural products decreas-
ed revenue torihe State and Country,
arising from these sources, nth their
thousand attendant results.
!" Besides all this, which appeals to
cur interests, gentlemen, do we owe
the negro any grudge What has he
himself done to provoke our hostility?
Shall we. be angry with him because
freedom has been forced upon him
Shall il excite our animosity that he
has been suddenly, and without any
effort on his part, torn loose from the
protection of his master You may
have been that master. He is proud
to call you master yet. In the name
of humanity, let HIM do so. He may
be older than you. and perhaps carried
you in his arms when you were an in
FAINT. He may have been the compan
ion of your boyhood. You may bt
bound to him by a thousand ties which
only Southern man knows, and which
he alone can feel in all its force. /
may be that, when only few year:
ago you girded on your cartridge boz
and seized your trusty rife to go fortl
to meet the invaders of your county
you committed to his care your horht
aud your loved ones and when You
were far away upon the weary march
upon the dreadful battlefield, in tn,
trenches and on the picket line, many
and many time you thought of tina
faithful old negro, and your hear
warmed toward him. Did he not rails
the corn and meat that fed your wifi,
and children !! And when you returnet
home, did he not welcome you wit
tears of joy! Was he not faithful t
the last /! l believe there was scarce
ly ever such picture of fidelity il
the world as was exhibited by the ne
groes toward us during the war. The
let US not cherish any animosity to
ward them, for that which we and the,
were unable to prevent, aud which is
deplorable catastrophe to them, NOR
, than to us.
, /" And now, gentlemen, let us lift u
our heads, and press forward in tn
, discharge of our duties. If there
thai buried in the past for which
would have been glorious to have die,
there is still enough left for which "
may dare to live. When the ghost
our ruined fortunes rises up before u
let US lay our hands upon our hear
:, and say:
Thou canst not say did it never shall
d Thy CORY locks at me"
n and we need have no self reproache
il But our duty TO our selves and o.
r country is none the less. The foolit
e man who hid his talent in a napk
70 was none the less to blame because
IF had but one. Let US each in o
Is sphere-you in yours, and in mine.
y do our duty. That duty now is a p
tient and faithful observance and e
forcement of the law. May God he
us I"
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