Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1868-04-09
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az During the debate ii 'ths House Of

- During the debate ii the House Of
Represent tatives on the admisai on Of AlA1
bama, in spite Of the defeat Of tbs Coi1stiA
tuition. Mr.. Stevens opposed the outrage,
and declared that tho people wouId not
sustain : party which violstsd the letter
snd spirit of.A law. Comisg ssltdid nom
that great bad MAN. the leadsr AZ the Ak
treme wing Of his psYty--it placed :
qnietus upon the proceedings. Mt. Stevens,
10 his remarks, admitted that thu se0on-
struction acta bad created twc fpariiS6f ~
the South based upon, race, and that X
carried out, wonld inevitably destroy tB6
African race. We thank Mr.. 0tevtnsl9r
ex pressing 40 fofcibiy . truth which awp
have advanced for months. There y no
cslasnity which could befAll the soutn
eousI 10 tho formation of pavtiss. haAsa
alone on race and color. The Radleal
party are alone responsible, for attempting
to produce this state OF antaRoniem pc
tween the races. and the Southern people
nve f,lly justified in resortin9 10 aH honor
able methods for selfs pTptectior.s s,ed U.
The remedy. proposed by mf: S.eyen: ~
to remove all disabilities and dfsfrae cnies,
menta. and TO openthe field tnis tfee ana
fair discussion ~ the general principles
and, policy Of ltha opposin9 parties.s NO
re,nectable white man, who has no aspirs.
t;onsa fov offjcs.canI live,inathe South and
endorse, the Reconstruction acts. Negro
an 5re yy,,acy il too fsvoltink! scoaifuinons,
too much opposed to the progress 81 ne
ACE ana too rrsat an insult 70 The dnrni-
nant white raceto receise the approval yof
Northern men who have removed 70 the
Son.h. There are shoueaBds ~ good citi-
zens in T.oni.ians who were Union eoldferA
or Ioyal men in, the North durip9 the war,
who are now disgusted and offended by
the acts OF. their own party, and who ~ the
NEXT election will vote aa0ainst the Con-
atitu,iop." Ifathe Republican patty had
maintained its consistency as the defender
Of the Union, and had not eraacted lawstSo
Africanize the Southern States. already
strong minority party would hase oeen
formed Of substantial white men. fnese
frank and manly admissions Of fMfs Ste-
vens should give all earnest Demo ocrats re-
newe1 hope, for already the sIenslnf pre-
mature decay and disintegration ere sP-
| parent in the ranks Of their deiuded dupes.
The negroes are more dispoeed TO heed the
counsels of Southern men than they were
81 the last election, and II We. by kindness,
by cancellation, and by, wholerome advice
try to guide them into the path Of safsty,
msnv Of them willunite with us and vote
against the Constitution. We do. NOT
blame them for having aspirations and
wishing to elevate tbeir race. on the CON
trsry, We commend the feeling. TO at-
tempt 20 seize the sreins Of igoyernmAnt
now will most assnredly bring destruction
npon themselves, and destroy the wealth
and credit Of the State Caddo Gazette,
2sM ~lso.
tn 1..44-sF 80, 8-iiio otnt
SHARP PRAcTycE.--The Marion
(Ala.) Commonwealth, learns from
the Livingston. Journal Of March
10th, that one G. e. Hays, late can
didate of the Radical element 9 for
State Senate in that region carried
some cotton to Mobile about the 10th,
probably, Of this month, to sell for
his dear friends ana co-equals-the
freedmen who had voted for him
promising to invest their riprocesds in
necessary groceries, etc. for ! the
benefit of all concerned. But when
he had sold the cotton, he pocketed
the proceeds, as might have been
expected, and migrated ] Norfh-+a
thousand dollars richer, but no more
of thief than he was before. r