New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-09-30

mans own premises is held sacred from
intrusion, and majesty itself is forced TO
pause at the bolted door.
The fundamental creed of Amarican ,,o,s.
] ernments is that they are estabIisbed for the
( protection OF persons and propesgv. snti
| whenever TIE rights Of persons are ~ com
strued as TO infringe upon the rights of
property, you not only violate the letter and
| spirit OF the law, but you subvert the rudi.
mental principle upon which Republicanism
| is based. Is ssfufslT titf,. .a.ti-.l-l1
But Mr.. Speaker, l now come to the
practical workings OF this measure. It is
not, considering that we are on the eve OF
one ot 1ee most exciting political cam.
of the State, a contest in which one race is
| arrayed against the other-is it not the most
unauspicious time that could possibly be
selected for thrusting such measure upon
| public that is already upon the verge of
clFll commotions Will it not precipitate
! the conflict that every good man in the
Statei trying to avoid? My judgment tells
me that you may pass this bill, clothe it
with all the sacred forms of law, convert
every colored man in the State into po-
liceman, call upon the authorities for an
army as large as Xerxes led into Greece.
| yes, by supernatural power, change the
trees of the forrest into soldiers with brist-
] ling bayonets, and it would be dead letter
on the statute books and would utterly fail
of the purposts had in view by its au--
thors; but, on the other hand, it would
cause the line of demRrcation to be more
closely drawn, the breach between the races
would become wider, the social barriers
| more impossible. / acknowledge that this
Legislature has exercised unusual powers.
You have passed laws in direct opposition to
the known wish o the Ie)ple; you havtl
glslated almost exclusively in the interest OF
your party; you have ignored the United
States Constitution, and trampled under
| foot your own, and you may pass great
| many other unjust and oppressive acts, but
| you can't carry out the purposes had in
view by this bill; you can't subvert the law
| of nature, nor break down barriers erected
| by God himself. 1t is not that Il dread your
| ability to carry out this measure that shall
| vote to sustain the veto, but because look
! upon it as the wooden horse of modern
| times, and contains more deadly enemies to
the peace and tranquility of Louisiana than
ever surprised Troy. 1, for one, shall ever
return the Trojan answer, "7fnleO Ddndos
ct dond fegentes."
As the results of the passage of this law
we will take the City Hotel, which is fire.
| quented by class of boarders who embrace
the first men of the city. Itis upon their
| patronage and support that the proprietor
| depends for an honest living We will sup
pose that this law passes, and TO morrow a
negro presents himself and asks for board
and lodging, ande the owner of the hotel is
forced to admit him, does not every man up
| on this floor know that nine-tenths of his
whit b1arders will leave him and seek pri-
| vate boarding houses, and the result win be
that the grass will grow on the doorsteps OF
| that hotel? Does any man pretend to say
| thatthe owner of that hotel has not had his
most sacred rights ignored and trampled
upon? But, on the other hand, as will Ger.
| tainly be the case, he refuses to admit him,
and this refusal is construed to be an offense
| against the peace and dignity of the State,
and the officers are sent around to arrest
i'm ha IN 1lsTraf
in the citygafld bid open defiance to the
othcers OF the law and the authority of the
Government. To sustain the dignity of the
state and prevent the laws from being
brought into dis-epute force will have to be
employed-force will be met by force-the
excitement will be spread from one locality
to another, until the whole State will again
| experience the throes of internal commo.
ton and witness the lurid flames ofcivil war.
Yes, sirs, If there is any one question that
the white people of this State are q unit
upon, 1t IS upon resistance to every agrees
| sion upon their social rights and the ineyl.-
table result OF an attempt to enforce the
provisions of this bill is that most direful of
| all evils, war of races; and whenever it
does come, mark my prediction, the white
carpet Dagger and scalawag will make Bull
Run time for colder climate, leaving the
deluded negro to be the innocent victim of
their rascalitY. I1
That the result of such struggle will be
the annihilstion of the negro, no one can
doubt. That will be woiul day for men,
women and children (bOth white and blackl
! admit; but that the tocsin of war of races
is the death-knell to the African race is as
certain as the sun rises in the east. know
that many of the colored men expect the
people OF the North to come to their rescue,
but there never was greater mistake made
upon earth. Whenever the conflict comes,
and race is pitted against race, I care not
now strong white mans predictions may
| be in favor of giving the negro his civil and
political rights, care not if that man halls
from the North, the South, the East, or the
West, whenever he hears the walls OF yirt,le
as 1t succumbs to overpowering lust, when
ever he sees the Caucasian mother and her
little babe fleeing the flames that have en-
wrapt the dwelling that has sheltered her6ar
years, if that man is worthy of his nativity
and his Caucasian blood, If he ever honored
a mother, loved sister, or felt the warm
embraces of a virtuous wife, be will raise
his arm in defense of the Anglo-Saxon
mother and the babe at her breast
And, again, gentlemen, this legislation is
| in advance Of the age; Legislation had better
lag penlnd than get tn.advance of the times.
The people are not willing to have the very
foundations of society upheayed from centre
| TO circumference; you have secured your
civil and political rights, and should be
contented. There is law more potent than
any legislative enactment, than those ofthe
1ASoNsVo oH q SidlS YES, ~ is an eu1ct rom
Goa himself which stamps your inferiority
upon you, and forbids your carrying out the
| principles of this bill.
You have every right that you are Justly
| entitled to secured to you by the Constitu-
| ton of the State. BE contented and not
1 ape the dog that was crossing the river with
q bone inahls mouth, and seeing his own
4 shadow imagined it was another dog with
bone, and IN his greediness to secure both,
lost the one he had. Allusion was made
! yesterday to the minority trying to rule the
majority upon this question. / deny the
| correctness of the statement. / contend
| that large majority of the citizens of sthis
| State are opposed to this iniquitOus meas
ure, and firmly believe if it was correctly
| explained TO the colored voters of this
State, majority of them would vote It
down. lis true, by the action Of this
House we have been placed largely in the
minority upon this floor, but we feel that we
are standing in the ThernopyIa of Louisia-
mas honor, and there is not even one that
viii shrink from his duty.
Gentlemen, / am an advocate of peace
have counselled Submission upon all occa-
slons, and the people OF the State have been
so submissive under oppression, that their
motives have been attributed to those Of
fear, but should this law be passed, and at-I
tempts are made to enforce II, have but
one word Of counsel to give to the people Of
the State. and that is this, Up Guards, and
at them.nIs 4 rd nai.l saE a,1 tra-
p But sustain this vote, content yourselves
with the rights that you now enjoy, and L
am still readyt0 excleim, in the igpucriti--
cal cant of the Radical Mogul, Lei ns have y
p'e MT. sfureil. Of 1afourche, followed ana