The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-02-07
Blood.

The Radical papers Of Missouri, says the
N. Y. News, are loudly boasting Of the
wonderful progress which negrophilsn, is
making in that State. They herald with
particular delight the latest manifestation
Of the UNREASONABLE fact, that to them, at
least, the blood Of the African slave is pu-
rer and better and more to be priced, than
that which flows in the veins Of Sterling
Price, and the brave and gallant gentlemen
who fought by his side, or under the ban-
ners Of Lee and Jackson, in assertion ofthe
independence oftheir native South. In
deed, It seems that these Missouri Radicals
regard the African blood as even better
than their own land God forbid that we
should get into any controversy with them
on this point y and that the Slightest in
fusion Of it elevates and diguifes him,
whose complexion it tinges, and whose hair
1t disposes rAfricaine. At least we
should infer as much from the splendid
ovation which has been recently given in
the capitol Of Missouri, by the Legislature
Of that State, to an. orator from Ohio, who
rests his claims to the honor Of being q ne
GRO, upon the substantial basis that the
sixteenth part of his blood is derived from
an African slave.
Certain it is that it was to this fact, anc
1 to it alone, that this colored gentleman
owed the triumph which he achieved on th,
ninth instant in the Capitol Of Missouri
We wish that we could have been there t.
witness the modification and envy witt
(which the white skinned Radical girls ant
their pale-faced Radical lovers listened te
1.-THE orators proud and glorying boast thai
lin his veins there flowed weak tincturc
lat least, Of that noble blood which ha'
made Africa, the abode of civilization ant
refinement these many centuries!l Oh, tina
we could have been there to see the eye
of those fair-haired Saxon girls grow brigh
with the hope that i their own heart
could never palpitate with the throbbings .
that much-prized blood, they might. at least
laspire to he the wives and mothers of thos
lin whose happy veinsit might course, Civ
i ing the dear tint to their skin, and the GOV
i eted kink to their hair iliit4ts,tsa e
The orator who aroused such feeling
was o Mr.. John NJ. Langston Of Ohio; a
. natural orator. says The Missouri Stat
) Times, .of The highest order, and, witha
i a we'll educated gentleman and IN abl
lawyer. His discourse was, OF course Q
[s'negro suffrage" Says The Missouri Re B
:. llDuDllcan gt ~ tsss..l - n 3Y
He came nc to the city iHleralded with II
promise Of great expectations. In the va
ofthe cortege escorting him was q band
music, in sturdy blasts ringing the atino
lphere with the sounds of martial music
5 proclaiming, See, the conqaerinIgF her
! comes |! And he entered the hail Of II
House of Representatives, preceded by
9 band trumpetins forth another grand ar
glorious national air. W.
: Verify the reign of ,nisesgenation, seen
i to be near at hand in Missouri!
& Il .k- - 4. .aS
nAI 1t is stated that wien Speaker @
' fax, some SOM days ago, presentedto Preside
= johnson the Indiana petition against I
: pardon Of Jefferson Davis, the President
= ceived it with, a smile, and said thathe COZ
place It by the side Of Gle Of petitions j,
:. as large, praying for his release. as''a
sssTf III sAo>~~-~o>|-sD ~se
IN B@- About the only person We 9,
y heard Of that was not spoiled BY being il
lied, was Jew named Daniel