The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-08-07

will disown you. Applause.I Come, join
the Patriots League. Our. only pledge is
to support the Constitution-love its
friends and hate its enemies and proclaim
our loveoand hatred at MONDAY and from
the 'house-tops. Save yourselves noac, Or
be forever lost to decent society and your
own selfrespect. All the brave and true
men, even at the North, respect me this
day more than they dc, you. The. very
Radicals will use, but even they will des-
pise, the Southern man who becomes their
sycophant. i3agYe2s M bnF .siHHE L3d
NY colored friends, will you receive a
word Of admonition :? OF all the people, you
will most need the protection of the
law. You will most suffet by anarchy and
usurpation. Do you believe that the man
who is faithless to the Constitution OF
the country will be faithful to. you? II a
man will take oath to support the Con-
stitution and then violate it, can you rely
upon his keeping any promise to you? No;
/ tell you such people are friends to moth
ing but their OWE interest They are
betrayers Of the Constitution to keep them
selves in Office; they desire to use YOU to
help them get Office, [applause and they
will betray you whenever they find it to
| their interest to do SO.
, They tell you they are your friends. 1t
is false they are your very worst enemies
. They tell you they set you free. tits false.
5 These vile creatures who come among you
/. and put themselves on level with you,
r never went with the army except to. steal
9 spoons, jewelry and gold watches. Great
! applause They aretoo low tosbe brave.
t They are dirty spawn, cast out from decent
t society, who come down here and seek to
II use you to further their own base purposes
h They promise you lands, and teach you
It to hate the Southern people, whom you
d have known always and who never deceived
IL you. Are you foolish enough to believe
is that you can get another mans land Tor or
ID nothing, and that the white people will
N give up their land without resistance?
m If you get up strife between your race
Y. and the white race do you not know you
11e must perish? You are now ten to, one the
ne weaker race. You will grow weaker every
. day. You can have no safety but in TIM
10 Constitution and no peace except by cult
he waiting relations of kindness with those wht
as are fixed here, who need your services
a and who are willing to protect you.
le. The same experiment whichis now benz
~, attempted with you by these Northern
on knayes WHIP seek your votes was attempte
a by similar people in France for the negro.e
lth in Hayti. They passed laws to give tn
m. negroes political equality-abolished a
tie distinctions of color-and what was tn
r's result? There was first q war OF classes
then a war between the whites on one sid
ist and the blacks and mulattoes on the othe
#. Then there was a. war between the black
he and the mulattoes, and neither white, blac
on NOR mulatto have ever seen peace or pro
has perity in Hayti since. f -
zee, These men intend yodr exterminatio
oh. Some of them are writing books in favor
hat your determination, and l have myse
on heard some of them avow that you Dug
nat to be externlinated or driven from q
is country. These are the same people who
,yer fathers found the Indians here. In
EN-. declared the. Earth was the Lords al
ct belonged to his saints, and that they we
do his saints. Then they killed and drove
you the poor Indian and took his Lands i.
YOU do, not make and keep friends Of 7
tary Southern people, your fate is that OF
ick- Indians Woe to your, race You W
But know your race is not prepared to vo
be WHY do you care to do what you DO n
rule understand? Improve yourselves. Lea
get to read and to write; be Industrious;
GOV up your means; acquire homes live
e to peace with your neighbors and drive
1t as you would o serpent, the miserat
by dirty adventures who come among :
and who, being too low to be received j
.awn white society, seek to foment among
g of hatred for the decent portion OF the WI
q in race. You can always know gentlepl
ago, whether from the North or South and
orgia such respect and esteem for such will
ould deceive you. Do not desire to vote =,
, and YOU are qualified to vote, and then LOOK
rings The right to be given, not in a manner
iona violates the Constitution, but IN aect
W to ance with it, and through your own 81
cture governments. / feel more deeply tor. .
the than | do for the white race. w
very people ought to know better than TO j
rging regard the laws and expect any gooa;; ~
,rove YOU do not know the laws you 40
eley's understand dcceivers. -
eech, am willing, anxious to welcome am
cede, US good and true men from the North
they come to help build up our country, and
He to ;ts nrosperity. Iwish they would c
were On and come in multitudes. They will
D was US friends. But when / see the low u
i the creatures--hatched from the yenemouns,
right of treason coming here as mere al
repre- turers to get offices through negro vot
could to ride into power on the deluded nes
n the shoulders-and creeping into secret lea
I'd to with negroes and afew renegade sout
their whites, and talking flippantly about
,stitu- franchising the wisest and best men Oh
could land, because they know it is the
what nossible chance for knaves and fools
that themselves to get place, / can put
+ this Ashamed that such monsters are to be
which sidered as belonging to the human sPs
your l warn you, my colored irlefds, Il
ee the would be respectable in society, or
porous in your purse, or deeentin YOU
IL no faelinps, to avoid oil such people. :.
,urself will hug you and call you friend ana e1,
Iielded about your friends, but they viii pull
don't down to degradation, 70, sorrow, TO 20
r any, and to shame. They have white skin
% the black hearts, and will ruin your chars
; step. if YOU associate with them. The,
+ COM creatures born of political accide'nrpcy
f they reasonable conspiracy, and are the e, en-
atifca- Of oil good governments and Of AL I
% and people. Applause: q.
n such And now, my friends Of the rae
accord all colors, Of all nations, Of all a
is my let us resolve to stand by our Con
me. ! tin and surrender it to no e1
John Tbs is our country. Let us n
ey, be- fiat we will never be driven II
support |nor ostracised In it.
srr1t. Mr.. Hill Concluded amldsg ray
q of all and prolonged cheering: When
romises somewhat subsidized a gentleman
rms Of audience proposed three cheers st
loasand only man south Of Mason ana "a =,
Sc they line that has proclaimed the trutl
IN their the seaboard to the mountains 9 y