The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1868-04-04
"1Sy EEaeEr Fruits H. shall Know
,E'i2c;sa.''

For the last two years the Radical rev
olutlonlsts have had complete possession
OF the State government Of Tennessee
With the occasional aid of Fedora, bavo-
nets and Brownlow negro militia, they
have maintained aconlyoI as dpsp tic as
is intended to be established in the South
ern States under the rcconstructi,n leg
islation Of Congress. Tennessee has been
cited by the Radicals as an example of
Radical government, wherein Radical
rule was to work a restoration OF peace,
prosperity, and popu!af rights.
\ most notable example indeed is pre-
sented there. Every material interest
in the State is langnislioe. Industry of
every description Is almost totally aball-
|oned. A war of races is only preren-
ted from day to day by the interference
ofthe Federal soIdiery. Anarchy and
Confusion, passion an,! prejudice, MURDER
arson, '"p,, ,vt'brIy, aud the whole cat
alogne OF crimes are of daily occurrence.
Brownlow, the incarnation o! l;adcal
ism, sits supreme upon his bay0net-SUp-
ported throne, and reveals with ficnli>h
naligni;y i'll the Iantiv,nunium wlic!.
his insa,iata :naIico has created around
him. a cry OF anguish has for these
two years past been borne to the nalion-
al capital from he l"oMe of tina: f,nh-
ridden State. NV tI.c authors of all this
mischief, appalled, at the Consequences
OF their own maliGnity, a*e beginning to
tremble like c"nc!rnce- criminals
at the consequences Of their own atroci-
ties. Like the great Carnot of the war
Department, they shake with terror at
very shadows. They see an armed foe
in every bush. They hear the tramp of
an army of aveng"is in every wind. and
the shout of charging battaions in the
barking Of every FUR. They cry aloud
for more help from'the War Department.
hot this time to punish the victims of
their persecution and hate, but to save
themselves from the phantom dangers
their own guilty conscieuces have con-
jured up.
Such is Tennessee. Such is the prom
ised "peace" Of Radical State gover.-
ment in the South. Such are the fruits
which two years Of uninterrup:e Radi-
cal control have brought forth, and with
which the Observation-Disclosures here are
seeking to engraft not only the tea cthefN
Southern States, but, in their own conve-
nient time, all the other States of the
Unlon.-Nati0nal Mtc7igcnccr.
A short time since committee of the |
newly enfranchised from the Southern
Atlantic States visited Washington for
he purpose Of ascertaining froln$hse ir
masters, the Radical Executive Com -
ee, whether it would be agreeable to ha
Congo representation sent ~ %ongresy
rom the Southern States. MucMo the
liscredit of the coml..itte, and in\Gne
contrast with their professions, tlNAk
rave the colored ambassadors to undsS
ulim~aase rsaaaau1aaEnad] slassza1zaI| Y \
hat it wonld moi. ~ q ) Il Z
II instructed that the Cons.:a i
|idates from NaH--I22r,==ss.4allIlz aH--.I22
,een sent down, and for whomJ they +
we're not only expected but commanded
O vote. Cuffee's remonstrance at this
vas summarIy quelched and. they left
for the home of their con
tituents. both sadder and wiser men.
t is fair to presume that these exotic
congressman are extensively planted
trough the South, and mixed upon the
ickets with the rank weeds whose ten
|rils can be easily turned in the same
1t is but the first indication
t what the negroes may expect at the
lands OF their new allies. They are
willing to elevate them to an
quality in any community in which
hey are not resident, but the monen a
PERSONAL association in Congress is pro-
'osed they scorn it in the most con
emptuous style. Precept, with them,
one thing, but practice is quite anoth-
IN. D. Times. 3
Why are good resolutions like faint
ng ladies? They want carrying out.