The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-05-08


their special benefit. The Radicals de
not hope to make any Roadway among
the white people Of the South, and ex
pect to find friends only among the
small squad Of jayhawkers and desert.
ers who would disgrace any party, and
among ambitious and unprincipled Of
fee seekers who win forswear Their
principles for the sake of Office to be
obtained after Congress shall have re-
moved their disabilities. The main re-
lance of the Radical party is On the
enfranchised colored population, and
they hope so to manage the work OF
registration as to make that element
the controlling one at the South. They
presume on the ignorance and pliabili-
ty of the negro, and confidently expect
to carry the negro vote with them in a
body.
That an unscrupulous party would
resort to the foulest and most dishOn-
est means to accomplish it's purposes,
we might have known if we had not
their former actions before our minds.
We are, therefore, not surprised that
| thew should send their emiSsarieS
through the South and attempt to ar
ray the negroes against their employ
ers and those who alone have it in their
power to afford them any assistance
Instances have been brought to our
knowledge Of the tools of the Radical
Central Committee in New Orleans,
and in some cases employees of the
Federal Government, holding secret
meetings of the Freedmen and endeav-
oring to excite them against tleirSouth-
ern employers by filling their minds
with lies SO palpable and outrageous
that we cannot see how even the most
ignorant can be misled by them. For
instance, they are told that if they do
not vote the Radical ticket their names
will he registered at Washington and
summary punishment denounced a.
gainst them from the officers of the
government. They are told that if
they vote for Southern men they will
again be reduced to slavery, when the
most ignorant know that slavery is
abolished by the Constitution of the
United States, which could be changed
only by the votes of the Northern
States themselves. A thousand such
lies as these are told, which would
cause the miserable tools to blush for
shame, if their degraded natures could
be capable of feeling the sensation of
shame.
There is such thing as OVERRIDING
the business, rs the Radicals will dis
cover before they get to the end of their
row. The negroes are intelligent
enough to see through the film Of hy-
pocrisy which covers these men, and to
discover with whom it is to their inter-
est to cultivate friendly relations
What interest have these Radical ad-
venturers in the country, except to
make money out of the negroes and
white men alike? Who knows whence
they come, or whittier they are going 2
If they do not succeed in swindling the
people of one locality, does any one
doubt that they will transfer their oper-
ations to Eanother9 Have they any
lands among us to give to the negroes,
any employment for them, or any bread
to feed those who are destitute 7 The
newly-enfranchised race should think
of these things, and should cast their
lot with those who can be of service to
them. They should cultivate friendly
relations with those who have the
means Of helping them, with those who
give them work, and who bestow char
tiles upon them when they are in dis
tress. We have confidence that they
will be fully prepared to vote intelli-
gently when the time foran election shall
come. In the mean time these emissa-
ries who are sowing the seeds of dis
sension between the two races, and in
terfering with the industry of the coun-
try in these times of poverty and dis
tress, should be discountenanced by
all, and especially by the freedmen
themselves.
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