The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-06-12
The Mobile Riot.
WHAT MUST CONE FROM POLITICAL GAM
PAIGNING IN THE SOUTH.

WHAT MUST CONE FROM POLITICAL CAM
pAIGNING IN THE SOUTH.
from the N. Y. Herald, (Rad.)1
The Mobile riot is an indication Of the
future. It points the way events are tend
ing. Many such riots. many Instances Of
savage slaughter in Southern cities, must
be the consequence Of the agitation made
by Radical orators attempts to cram hate.
full political doctrine down the throats Of
the Southern people; those attempts excit
ing to violent acts not the respectable peo-
pie Of the Southern States, but the secesh
6rebrands, the penniless, reckless remnants
Of the Southern armies, with nothing TO
lose, and . natural taste to crafty in tu-
multi, bloodshed, and plumber.
In the South the Republican party al
ready finds an other Kansas. Kansas was
for several years the theatre on which the
factions put their political gladiat0rs to
| fight out the irreconcilable bitterness Of
party hate. The excitement Of that scene
stimulated party life through the whole
country and kept up political fury that
drove us to the great extreme Of the war.
Now this agitation is to be transferred to
the Southern States. They are to become
the theatre of the same sort Of political
drama, that must be more exciting a. the
scene is larger, ~ the passions are more IN
tense, 40 the results expected must be
greater, and a. there are more cities to be
burned and Threats TO be cut before those
results can become attainab)e to either
party. It is easy for the North, quietly
looking on, spectators 0fthe terrible strug-
gle, to Gee what must be the Inevitable
issue. We tie . people down by military
law; we tell them that their States have
NO political existence Just now; that they
are only free to pursue the ordinary course
Of business and social life, aud must leave
the rest alone. They acquiesce, and 90 on
as quietly As heart could wish, eager only
! to be quiet, grateful for rest from political
turmoil and for the chance to cultivate
their fields. But, presto! before the Ink OF
our military lsws ID dry We let loose on
them political missionaries, propsgandists,
agitators, to start again that very political
life that we have said must for the present
be extinct We show them that they may
20 into politics as much - they like It
they will 70 in on the right side, and we
hint broadly that we are ready to distri-
butte Southern lands freely 70 the class that
win bid highest for them in Republican
votes
Il is useless to cover our eyes-we may
shut out the view, but the same game goes
on. What Wilson win do plausibly and
blandly the Haywoods and Hunnicutts will
do extravagantly, savagely, and even with
out decent attempt to cover . bad pur-
pose. Even Judge Kelley puts forth brag-
CART invitations Tor some one to tread on
the tail Of his coat, and he twists the Uni
ted States army into most convenient
shillalah with which to damage all heads
that may come in his way In this fine fac
ton fight. No one at the North Is deceiv-
cd by such fnme-no one here listens with
respect to any mans declaration that he
win come with the whole United States
army behind him, If he cannot otherwise
pump Republican doctrine into the open
ears Of the whole South. But these things
are heard differently at the places where
they are spoken. People who live in the
track of Shermans army know what such
threat means though perhaps Judge
Kelley does not; and the threat that Is
mere rhetoric to him is to them remem-
brance Of horrible reality, and reawakes
savage thoughts already soothed into .
half sleep BY progressive reconstruction
Such phrases, also, are taken by the blacks
for positive promises, and through them ir-
ritate the whites even moro than when
fresh from the mouth Of tho orator. Thus
they start bad passions, irritate, annoy, ex.
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