The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-09-11
The Radical Nominees.


gether their black sheep at the Court House last Thurs
day for the purpose of going through the motion OF
selecting cat and dried candidates for the State Con
yention One of the clique, answering to the name OF
McVean was called to the chair and W. P Allen wa:
4 appointed secretary fer the occasion We were
not present, but learn that the proceedings were
conducted with the utmost decorum On the
first ballot, G. c. Antoine, B. McCleran and Johr
Jones were nominated-two blacks and one white
The latter is better known in this community as John
the Baptist and it has been believed all along that he
was conservative and had nothing to do with the
Radical clubs, but now we find him one of the three
leaders Here we have three selected by the
dominant party to represent the wealth and intelli
gence of of the first parishes of the State not
of whom possesses the ability to perform tythe OF
what is required of them. All of them have come
among since the war; and not one of them is free
holder unless perhaps it is John the Baptist, who may
have had house aud lot given him by some white
man. The names of two of prominent white cit
liens before the meeting, but the clique was
not in favor of them they were left out in the cold
What farce, and yet it too serious to be laughed at
Just before the close of the meeting understand
upon this journal, in which all the invectves known
to the clique scattered ad ibitum without much
regard for taste. The general tone of the paper
was condemned, but the paragraph Amag amated
Jury" which appeared last week, the target for
their heaviest guns That there were but regis
tered black in the parish who could write their
names false statement and knowingly and ma
liciously asserted, and to this effect. 1t
nounced from the chair that the different wards of the
parish had been consulted the subject, and that it
was ascertaned that the number of black men who
could write were innumerab,e" Whew g innu.
merabe!" That is pretty good and we can only ac.
count for the use of that word the that their
education in figures had been sadly neglected, and
that they graduated before they got through "digs."
/ So far as our statement concerned there was
nothing false or malicious about it. The number of
blacks who could write their in the three par.
ishes was taken from letter written by a judicial
functionary of this city to Gen. Sheridan who got his
information from the registers. There is something
udicrous in the idea Of reading resolution to lot OF
stupid blacks censuring journal they probably never
saw or heard of before, aud in fact would not know
whether it to billy goat stump-taed dog it
had reference. The impudence of the clique is only
excelled by the stupidity of the victims. When the
yeas, and nays were called for, one two Of the
clique gave the key note and away went all over the
house like shot out of strterng shot gum, the ne
grocs gathering courage the shouts grew louder.
The effort however, was in keeping with the effort
made by the clique to get Gov. Flanders to
change an act of Congress for their especial benefit.
There is something good about this that will
tate some day. -"
BY way of reminding them that we did not make
any malicious false statements, append the GER
tfcate Of one of the registers of this parish:
SHREVEPORT, September 6, 1867
do hereby certify that of the freedmen who have
registered in the parish of Caddo there but
who write and sign their names further certify
that by information derived from the registers of Desc
and Boser parishes there but three in the parish
of DeSoto who can write and sign their names, and
none In the parish of Bosssier. C. L. SWEET,
Register Caddo parish
A CONVENTION TO SPEAK TO THE COUNTRY FOR THE
STATE AND PEOPLE OF LoUIsIANA.-The black consti-
| tutional convention is to be assembled. Will the
people Of Louisiana BY their inacon permit the
try to believe that it will represent hem will have
any power derived from them, act for them in so
vital matter the creation of the fundamental laws
Important elections now about to take place in
the North. The President of the United States has
announced that he is President; that there is such
instrument as the Constitution of the United States
and that it is the supreme law of the land Do the
people of Louisiana refuse to aid and assist the good
and of the country in their gallant struggles
to maintain and defend the Constitution and thereby
preserve and restore to them their rights. We
;pro Of oil nd rrO01 cyarc tn
and carry out the most discreet and wsest measures
we can suggest. Let the people of the entire State
send their wsest and best men to convention,
not to act upon any distinctive political subject, but
to consider their grievances collect the evidence and
appeal to the Justice and patriotism of the entire
try to avert so dire and dreadful calamity as is in
voved in absolute and unconditional negro rule and
supremacy. Let them first meet, as elsewhere sug-
gesed, in meetings in their respective parishes
and we have no doubt that thoroughly aroused
they can and will be able to render effective and tr-
umphant aid in the great struggle through which the
country is passing We suggest that it will be
eminently proper to have convention meet at DIFF
ferent place. but at the same time with the black con-
vention but that in the meantime evidence the
world our appreciation of the dangers which threaten
the entire country by mass meetings. throughout the
State. Let US once free people make our
voices heard God forbid that should fail in SO
solemn, so sacred duty.
AFFAIRS IN RAPIDEs PARIsH.-The Alexandria
Democrat of the 4th says the Radical party Of that
parish the rampage On the Slst uit, the ring
wing of the party met in grand concave and
mated G. T. Kelso, Capt. O. (Sypher, and "e. farr"
The first is colored man of good standing and
tive of the parish but through freak Of msfor
tune has got in bad company. Capt. @, formerly
the captain of gunboa in the Federal SERVICE and of
course is proper representative man of one the
wealthiest and most intelligent parishes in the State
The third nominee, e. farr, the Democrat says the
less said about him the better but nsnuates that the
negro kelso has degraded himself by allowing his
name appear on the same ticket. Our contemporary
further says let it be remembered that Col Cupid
Brooks coored is fairly in the field an indepen-
dent candidate, free from all entanging alliances,
cques, olgarchies or party dictation He stands as
the representative of his race called by them from his
retirement to serve them in these troublesome times
and has yielded to their wishes and earnest solcita-
tions and there is not particle of doubt of bis trun-
i L.