The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-01-31

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| ,.5 From tiie Mobile Republican.
! Our Washington dispatch this morning
tgiyes some interesting particulars, in add
Ition to the regular, report of the ptoceed
Iings in the House Of Representatives yes
tterdaW id reference to the action snppn, 1h
hill to elevate tllenegre Toian equality Win
the white man i'm the pissFict-9f Columbia
lit will be seen that solle OF out Ranica
Missouri eongressmen could not'assohnact
| their African Brother III the shape presents
| ed, and voted against the measure. The
| vote ofthe Democrats agaiHsttld aIlefst
Iment to qualify the suffrage way given ia
/ make the bill as odious as pSasible,9 hut had
They United With the Repubiicaas who III.
vored the aihendinent, it is doubtfalWheth-
er the result would have been different
The course they pursued lvas any rateHhe
correct one in . parliamentary view, their
opposition I'd negro suffrage looking beyond
Iahy compromise on the subject, or any
ftlwadling With halfway expcdients. It is
sufficiently plain that allprovisious liaitinss
the extention of suffrage to those Of the
blacks. who can ,rritees read would BE- ;sior
lated or eyaded irpractice to u very large
extent. The bill is yet to go to the Senate,
and my there be stringlEd. Should 1T
become law, Washington City and George
town will become the nfgger paradise, and
LII is expected, IN that event, that thither
our epfraaachised brethren sof the ,celorel
persuasion will .wend their way rejoicing.
4 larkeye Mayor and sable City Council
will doubtless in due time 'iulcsthe City of
Magnificent, Distances, and there Will be
none to dispute their perfect equality With
the Radicals Of the Thirty-ninth Congress.
L During The late war against Slavery, al
most every one innocentlv supposed ! that,
if successful, its abolitiOnswould put an end
to the everlasting agitation 81 the negro
question; but the war, is mo sooner over,
and universal emancipation proclaimed,
than we find, the evil aggravated. The a.
clifton denagogues are now stirring up cx-
element and strife from one end of the
country to the other with the crazy scheme
of bestowinS the elective franchise upon
the negro, fco,, 6scating the lands Of the suf-
fering whites in the South to furnish home
steads to their black pets, and insisting
that in every respect, they shall be placed
on perfect equality with their former
masters, if. indeed. they shall not be even
raised little higher. Surprising them to
succeed again, does any. one imagine that
this would bring peace and rest TO the
country? Such an expectation would
prove as grouhdless and Hopeless as the
other. The truth is. thata the abolition-;
lists have always been the worst enemies of
the African race, 50 if that pestilent party
could carry their present points, the inevi
table result would be a war between the
races, and the utter extermination of the
blacks, accompanied by scenes Of blood and
horrorfoft (which those. enacted on,a small
scale in ST. Domingo aud, Jamaica may,
give us some faint idea si,aa;j 8 II .t,.s., IS
What would beithe necessary immediate
consequences Of granting to- negroes the
right of suffrage? The 0hio Crisis. has,
some striking and truthful remarks in reply
toitlis question, than which more visally
one was never submitted to the
consideration and decision of the American
people, Are We willing that the negroes
should hold the balance Of power between
parties ii this country, and therefore con-.
troll it? Are We drifting to such u pass
that a black party of al million of voters
shall rule thirty millions.of white men 7
Can we endure the thought Of such state
Of things as the Crisis thus prophetically
foreshadows? $50 10
They would be led ard controlled by the
most abandoned Abolition demagogues,
and they would elect whoever they pleased.
The dream of the abolition lunaticsthat the
black race is superior to the white race,
would be realized to. the extent of having a
big negro or mulatto running for President,
and beating twosor three white statesmen.
Plenty Of such reneggades as Chase, Builder,
Phillips, Sumner and Cox would be found
bidding for the leadership of the black par
y, and buying negro votes as they buy
blackberries in the market, by the basket
full. Every abolitionist would have two
votes his own and Ills niggers. The cleo
live franchise would become mockery and
! huhblihg, and the white people would be
delivered over to q black despotism the
most CALLING and degrading.