The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-12-04
THE PERSONNEL OF THE CON-
VENTI0N.

We are indebted to the Mendicant
Loyalist for the only Ineligible de-
scription we have yet seen OF the menu
bers who compose the niger Conven-
lion (white, black, and saddle-color,)
now sitting in the city Of New Orleans,
with the important work OF
"loyal" Constitution tor the
people of Louisiana. The Convention
is composed of an even number OF
whites and blacks forty-nine of each
though the color Of the latter repre-
sents every shade, from the Congo
black to a color which is almost lost in
the delicate hues of the Caucasian race.
There is no doubt, however, that the
Convention is thoroughly and emphat-
ically niger. This is shown by the
organization and the votes on the reso-
lutions that were introduced the first
day. It is true that neither Mr.. Gard
ner nor Mr.. Pinchback, black niggers,
was elected President, but this was
evidently owing to a laudable desire
on the part of the blacks to reward
that very respectable white niger, Mr.
Taliaferro, of Catahoula, for his very
able, very honest, and very luminous
decision on the bench of the Supreme
Court, to the effect that it being an
impossibility to hold property in hui
m an flesh, all contracts for the purchase
of niggerssare necessarily void abinitio.
And then, too, there was the resolution
of white to invite the immortal jay
hawkers of 1864 to seats on the floor Of
the Convention, voted down by the
blacks on the ground that they had a
profound contempt for those immacu-
late Solons who had refused to extend
the right Of suffrage to all men without
distinction of color. But if there had
been any doubt as to the complexion Of
the Convention, it was dispelled by the
election of printer. On test vote the
proprietors Of the TIbnne, all black,
were elected over the proprietors Of
the Mendicant Loyalist, who are only
"poor white trash," fresh from Yankee
land. 7aa 81
Admitting then that it is a niger
Convention, let us see Of what kind o.
niggers it is composed. The Mendican
Loyalist pours food Of light on this
interesting subject. The white organ
evidently has no very exalted opinion
of such white niggers as Judge Cooley
the prince of liars, or Charles Smith
late GU. S. SENATOR Or Rufus Wa
pies, the windy orator, or DR.. Wick
life, who FIVE years ago was in favo
Of hanging every abolitionist in Amer
lea. The Mendicant Loyalist turn
from all these to the colored delegates
in whom it recognizes every element o
a noble and exalted manhood. Thi
Yankee organ draws comparison be
tween the Secession Convention of 1856
and the present Convention, and Will
admitting that the former was compos
ed Of the elite and the lords of the sol
gives the preference to the latter 0,
the ground that the blood of the on
runs in the veins of the other, and tina
it has been improved by it's mixtur
with the African element. Now, jus
how far some Of the distinguished gen
tlemen who composed the Conventio
of 1861 may have strayed from th
strict line of propriety, we have n
means of ascertaining, and do not pre-
tend to be as well posted on the sui
Iject as our Mendicant contemporary
It seems, however, rather queer re
commentator of these "loyal" ger
tlemen to hold them forth to the worl
las specially entitled to it's admiratio
ON the ground that they are the illegi'
innate descendants of the members {
the Convention of 1861. Whether th
colored gentlemen appreciate til
compliment remains to be seen. ]
fact we have suspicion that the Men
dicamt Loyalist's zeal in this matter ha
a good deal to do with his defeat fl
the Office Of public printer.
But on this point of the comparatiy
Responsibility of the white and blac
niggers we happen to agree much MOI
nearly with the Mendicant Loyal
than on a great many more question
Of equal Importance. We believe sir
cerely that the Southern negro, whetl
er he has white blood in his veins {
not, who has been thrown in conta'
with Southern gentlemen all his life,
naturally more of a gentleman than IL
contemplate specimens Of Yankee HI
man nature who are now joining teen
with him to secure the degradation
the Southern people. In a contest b
tween them, therefore, weare not sor1
to see the niger come off victorious
And if amalgamation were ever desir
bic, it would be an amalgamation b
tween the negroes Of the South and Il
Yankee buzzards whom the reconstr,l
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