The Opelousas courier., 1867-09-28

-
ToTTERISG TO THE FALL.-The last number of
the st. Landry Progress, the Brilliant Luminary
which sheds it's refulgent beams upon every one
of the benighted rural parishes of Louisiana and
prompts even the Commander of the District
composed of that State and Texas in his duty
and as to the course ne should pursue, gives un-
nlistakable evidence that the party which
tablished. and has heretofore maintained it, are
not at tkis time in that perfect accord which
their organ boastcd they were a few short
weeks ago In its issue of the Zt@ September,
the Progress hits some OF its obstreperous sub
iiects pretty SeyeEe rap for their eoI1tumaey
and dsrespect faF the mandates of their leaders,
ami now let US reproduce the compliments it pays
to two OF the former shining lights of Radical
RepubIicanism in this parish, prefaeing it how
ever by an editorial paragraph relative to one
of them which appeared in the Progress Of
August Sd:
we are sorry to inform our friends that the
srerthy President of the st. Landry Radical Re-
pEbhcan Club is no Ion ,er the Internal Revenue
Assessor for this Parish. His successor Mr.. j. D..
oCoaneu, will keep his office at Washington"
That was the position Mr.. Castillo held in the
Radical party of st. Landry then, here is how
he stands now:
'Messrs Theogene Castillo. president of the
Opelousas E. Il. Climb. Solomon dAvy, viee-presi-
dent OF said club, and Paul Chenier, a member
OF the same, had, by unanimous vote OF the
club. their names erased from the list of the
members, and read out of the party. They are
no longer considered as connected with the l..
r. party"
This is the dietum of the Club, now hear what
the President of the Executive Committe of the
Parish of St. Landry has to say tine subject
0pelousas, Sept. Goth, 1867.
To the Editor of the st. Landry Progress:
Dear Sir,-l learn this evening ON my return
from the meeting in prairie Piaisance that Messrs
Solomon DAvy and Theogene Castillo to-day
went to Mr.. Noel Pratt's 2 miles from here, and
assured him that had called Mr.. Alphonse Du
bourdieu, president of the Couiee Croche club, q
rascal and d-m son sc. Allow me to make use
Of the columns OF your paper to give to this
statement of those gentlemen the lie direct
opinion of Mr. A. Duboufdieu, it would have
been sentiments of sincere respect and friend
ship, based upon several years intimate acqualn
tance.
should before closing caT to the minds q
the Republicans of this Parish that while tht
friends of the regular ticket express candid,
and publicly the reasons which they had to ex
pel Messfs. Solomon DAyy and Theogene Gas
tile from the Republican party, these two gen
tlemen employ the far from honorable means o
slandering their political opponents, and do no
even scruple TO attack their acts in private life
leave the public to Judge of their conduct.
Yours truly JOHN SIMMEs,
President of the Executive Committee of tn
Parish of st. Landry.
Very complimentary isn't it, and somewha
suggestive of the divided house, which the pre
verb tells us cannot stand. But this is not all b
considerable sight. We understand that tn
members of one of the most respectable and il
fuential families of free colored people in th
Parish, have not only withdrawn from the Rad
cal Club. but expressed their determination NJ
to support the avowed policy of the party an
longer These gentlemen begin to see clearl
now, what we told them some time since, thi
is, that they were taking a step downwards In
tead of upwards, and they have resolved
withdraw that fatal step before it is too lat
We have appealed to the freedmen before, al
now free colored men we appeal to you, and te
YOU as a wonld-be friend that you are pursuin
a,policy which cannot result in good to yourself
or any one else. Yes we would be your frien
and we can prove by editorials written sever
wears before the commencement of the war, b
fore such an event was generally even deem.
possible, that our opinions then were substa
TALLY what they are now, as We said that no o.
who had a considerable preponderanee OF VIM
blood in his veins ought to be held in SLAYER.
and who is there that cannot see that it such
law had prevailed in the South, no contest Wou
even have arisen, or at any rate if, as We al
advocated, every man with preponderanee
white blood had been enfranchised.
Whilst we pen this article, everything is u
certain. We do not know whether an eiecti
will be held, or If it be held, how it will resul
but this we do know, that the keeping up OF e
nifty and i'll blood between two races SO near
assimilated, can only result in the exterminati'
of the weaker. Free men of color, you have 2
litical and legal equality with the white rae
and it rests entirely with yourselves what soci
equality you can by your own prudent eondu
win for yourselves also.
HUGH! ME!! Big IsJUN, HEAP !! u The Fl
gress, with its accustomed modesty, attribut
Cen Mowers order relative to carrying arms
public meetings, and By sentinels OF Eidettes,
its Extra of fortnight ago. Ii such be Il
case, all those not agreeing with the Progre
and it's editor had better think about crying p.
casi, as he may issue another Extra, and get a
other order promulgated forbidding them to
anything at all disagreeable to His High Might
ness.
- Now that his friend Brown Frank
succumbed TO Yellow Jack, we presume the Fl
Rress will admit the presence ct the latter