Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1867-08-17
SOUTHERN FEELING,

In the South the Congressional meas
ures of reconstruction excite alarm, rath-
er than opposition. The people seem to
be under the impression that II y useless
for any one to register who is not an ex
IRENE Radical, sioce Congress will reject
every State which does not send o Rad'-
cal delegation to Washingtou-as 1T re-
ieeted Kentucky. Despair says our
correspondent, d" seems to have enveloped
the people" The negroes are almost the
only persons who think it worth while to
place themselves upon the register
These are not the tidings we would wish
TO receive. aud we would again urge the
Southern people 10 % their duty, TO re-
construct their governments ~ accord
4nco with the requirements Of Congress,
sud then to depend upon Tie sense Of
fair dealing which prevails at the North,
To throw the control Of their affairs en-
tireIy into the handa of the negroes Is
what no one seeks. THE spirit described
by our correspondents will be regretted
frs. and chiefly 10 tie States where 1t IS
exhibited. The Southern people alone
will have cause to repent II. We earnest
Ey counsel them TO take Q more hopeful,
and we will venture to add . more Just
view Of The intentions Of the Republican
party toward them to proceed quietly
with tie work in hand, and to acquire
again that confidence in the future which
Of old utterly misled them-He~ York
Times.
The advice of the Times is very good,
taken from q Northern stand point of
view. Every white mar in the South
would register, If permitted but il Is not
the policy Of the Radical leaders to per
nit more to do 81 bar suits their pur-
poses. The wholesale Acknowledgement
Of the whites 10 the South will result in
more injury to the people Of the North
than they at present contemplate. AT
present the negro yields full power in the
South, only controlled and directed by
men employed for that purpose. They
are Q quiet and obedien. to their lead
ers, because they have not yet tested
their strength. BY aud by they will be-
gin to see and feel their power, and will,
naturally, desire to exercise It for their
own benefit. Among the negroes are
many mulattoes and quadrooua who have
been well educated and who have as
much intelligence as most members of
the Radical party. These men will de-
mand concessions from the Radicals
which they dare not refuse. These con
cessions will only stimulate them to
greater demands, which also must be
granted, and, finally, The lust Of Office, %
with other men, will induce them to toss
overheard their white allies and assume
full power. and then up with the coIors
Of q complete negro State Government
That feat accomplished, what will the
Radicals do then2 The State will then
be in the Union with such rights as may
be granted BY the General Government,
and what power her exists to ovcrturn
the fabric Of their creation ? Restore
the elective franchise to the whites It
may be too late, if at all. Will not the
State claim the right to confer the elect
i've franchise upon whom she thinks prop.
er, and in the same manner withhold the
privilege In such a very possible con-
tingency, would the at present disfran-
chised whites ever be restored to that
right Never Better far that the
Radicals should look this matter square
~ in the face before it is TOO late. Much
trouble may be saved thereby. The teach,
lngs of the past loom up warniogly be.
fore US.
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