The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-05-15
Decentralization of the Freedmen.

Up to the commencement Of the Reg
istry here the good behavior of the
freedmen'Wass ubiversal and remarked
by every one. They remained on the
plantations where they were hired, full
filled the letter of their contracts, and
worked as faithfully as in the days Of
slavery. No acts Of characterization,
no unbecoming conduct towards the
white race, were laid to their Charge
But with the advent of the Registra-
ton Board, and its attendant Radical
emissaries, a lamentable change has
taken place, and unless the evils under
which the Parish is now suffering be
speedily checked the eolored popnla-
ton will be so demoralized as to blast
all the bright hopes Of a good crop that
we indhlged atthe opening Of the sea-
SON. The Freedmen leave their homes
and come to the Town in bodies for the
ostedsible object Of registering their
names, and ifthey would then return, OF
if they lost only the time consequent to
the unavoidable delays of the Office,
their employers would not complain,
for they are willing and anxious that
the freedmen should enjoy all the rights
that have been conferred upon them.
But as soon as, they arrive in Town
they are taken in tow by the attaches
of the Freedmen's Bureau and other
unprincipled Radical emissaries, their
minds poisonedaby. q lying recital of
the: prospective oqtrages, of the white
race, their feelings excited against their
employers, and an oath administered to
them to support the Radical ticket and
forever to oppose any afiliation with
the native white men of the South II
The negroes are in some instances
armed to the teeth, Having been in
ducea to believe that some attack will
be made upon them by the white race.
Being prepared they naturally get into
difficulties, and WEI have known in
stances Of violence committed by them
sometimes on white men and some
times on negroes. We know an in
stance of all the negroes on one planta-
ton coming in on Monday and regis
teringA by midday, affording them am
pie time to return and resume work on
Tuesday morning. They did not re-
turn, however, until Wednesday, being +
detained by these Bureau Radicals, |.
spending the mean time in lying about
the streets idling away their time, and
falling, into the waytyf temptation, to
other vices. And this state Of thingsis 1
not confined to the lneighborhood of
Alexandria. Recently a Radical ennis
sary and prospective candidate for the
Convention, in the shape Of an .ex-Col-
onel of a negro regiment, has made his !
on Bayou BoeuR, in the +
lower part of the Parish, where the
conduct of the negroes has been worthy
of all praise, and where the prospects
of an abundant crop were never more
promising. This individual calls meet
lngs Of the negroes at his house and /
tells them that all who do not, go. will {
be put in Jail. The poor deluded ne
sroes know no better, and consequently .
cave their work, generally under arms, L.
md repair to- the headquarters of this "a
new Apostle of Radicalism, who is c
doubtless posted ati1quarters as to =
I'll the steps necessary to Radicalise 3
he Parish. y 8o@i ! nos a
Nothing can be more disastrous toll
he peace and prosperity of the Parish u
han such conduct as this. Asa neees- 7
AIRY consequence all systematic work i
or the seasonmust beseriously affected, Y
md the crops, in which the negroes are :
IS much interested as the white men, a
viii suffer to an incalculable EXTENT v
lin addition to these miseries, a swarm n
f Radical orators is to visit us, to ex- "
lite the passions and destroy the ener- P
y and industry Of the colored people, {
ur condition is BY no means an envia- o
lie one. Our only hope rests in the Il
eief that these men will overdo their O
usiness. The Freedmen's Bureau has lt
yer been beneath the contempt ofboth "
,hite and black, and has never been of /,
ny benefit to either race. It was not i
'rmed to benefit the negro, but to feed
ungry officials and to raise up Radical \,
'ols to do the dirty work of dirty Rad "
al politicians. That its appointees St
ave fulfilled their mission to the let .;
II we have abundant evidence every b b
ny. These things the freedmen them Of
lives will discover in time and will m
pudiatea the incendiary doctrines OF W,
lose who would attemptto array them tw
sainst their best friends. an
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% We are pleased to learn that r, ~
I'm. NJ. Burwell, ESQ.,, one of the edi- a,
rs of the N. o. Commercial Bulletin, y
i'll deliver the annual address at the =
exercises of the State =
on Friday, the 2sth day of =.
Inc next. Mr.. Burwell is an accom- :"
isled gentleman, and an orator of y y
ability, and will doubtless -,
Id considerably to the interest Of the C. {.
,casion referred to. r.
5T 81 n ->~~~oo~.-sOs-SS,A~-S>- " lf5ftyI =
esAp We must return thanks to the pu
Gamers Fannie Gilbert, B. H. Hodge No rel