The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-07-08
Louisiana Legislature and Radical Respect

dominant faction; from its issue, to reconstruction,
with the President, through legislation pofessed!y
outside Of the Constitution" over bis vetoes, and
on through the memorable trial of impeachment, I'M
til the final passage. of the omnibus bill, with the sol
emn lie as to Alabama written on IT'S face. They saw
the Kentucky Democrats deprived OF their seats they
saw an extra session of Congress egase the partisan
instructions of Gen Sheridan and repudate the grave
opinions of Attorney General learned in the law.
They remember the conduct of Sickes, the stupidity
of Pope, the arrogance of Sheridan the folly of Ord,
and in this connection they cannot fail to recall with
gratitude the generous clemency the clear sense, the
profound respect for the civil law evinced by Gen.
Hancock nor can they forget how these noble quail
ties excited the luminosity of Radicalism. But they
could not foresee the shameful disregard of popular
rights, which Radical majority in own Legisa-
ture would exhibit after the publication of accom-
plished reconstruction. Who could have believed,
for instance in April last that the meek and lowly
registrar who had been sent here for registration pur
poses few days before the election, would to day be
the honored Speaker of the lower House of the Loui
siana Legislature man, without pretension to dom
ic or residence in the parish and for augh we know
to the contrary in the State itself; who was
defeated for the Legislature by clear majority of two
hundred and sixty yoes by his Democratic opponents;
whose brief sojcurn in the parish terminated few
days after the election, by mysterious and unregarded
disappearance and of whom nothing was heard after
wards until himself and his defeated colleagues gave
notice to their successful opponents of intention
to contest the election the ground that their eoa
of sufficient number of votes to elect them, due
A. nd thai int mid usad IN
their dear coored supporters from the polls-o whom
nothing heard, we say, until his election to the
speakership of the House! Member from Caddo, for
sooth This registrar, sran ger and nonresident,
defeated by this large ority is allowed to take his
seat without question, is, at once, promoted to the
chair of the House, and the duly elected candidates
from the parish of Caddo of age experience and
responsibility, with the certificates of election in their
possession coolly turned out of the door, Men of
Caddo, ponder well this step, this swift this
hurried execution Of lawless purpose, to defeat your
just rights, to deprive you of the representatives Of
your choice, merely to supply place for stranger
to YOU if not entire stranger, of one only known
by his connection with negro regiment at one time,
on duty here Is this specimen of the benefcent
civil government we are to enjoy under the golden
reign Vi COuSuuindleu feCOuStIuCtlOu! Meu Vi Cdu-
do we were born freemen. We cannot as free
men submit to this disregard of our just rights Why?
What would submission invite, or, rather what would
it not invite? Look now but or two steps ahead
the next step, what is it? To disregard your choice
of other parish officers; to install and commits sion
Radical sheriff. and all the other Radical candidates of
the miuority-thus to defeat your will And what
next? militia differed by needy scaawags, to
force at the point of the bayonet Tennessee fashion,
these shameful and Infamous proceedings To this
complexion it will come at last and it will speedily
come, if, by calm submission, invite its coming.
We yet hope to hear members have appealed with
success, to Gen. Buchanan and now call upon our
incumbents elect, not to be taken by SURPRISE and
hand their Offices presentation of commissions
Refuse to vacate We have yet courts, the sem
bance of them, and must exhaust all civil remedies
before yielding i'll this matter.
Articles from the South Western have been copied
in other quarters, with complimentary notices. as
counseing the abandonment of cotton culture by the
Southern planters generally. Now, while we are ex-
tremely thankful for all compliments conveyed, wheth-
er they come eft-handed rsht-handed or from any
quarter whatsoever, still we feel constrained to explain
tuat IL HAS Hefei Dteu puipoee W uCuCdLe upou
our people in any manner the utter abandonment of
cotton culture 1t is only the variety of products
that have felt compelled to press upon the atten
ton of our farmers. For the cultivation of cotton
negro labor is essentially necessary and in Gods name
let all that labor be applied. But climate will
generously produce other valuable products besides
cotton and we have wished to instill into the minds
of farmers, the inception of other enterprises
which will gradually attract from the choicest regions
of Europe auxiliary labor Which will eventually add
to our resources, and develop the valuable products
of soil. DO not abandon cotton, but gradually
introduce such varied culture would in the event
of disaster, render you independent of Old and New
highlands spindes This is the sum and substance of
our teachings. This is advice to our farmers so
far as we pretend 10 advise When there is failure
in the cotton crop of this country all classes suffer
general depression reigns through every department
merchants, milers, milners minister's teachers edi
tors tradesmen and travellers simultaneously succumb
All 60 pemell hurry-scurry into the depths of pow
erty together and there they stay until benign
angel in the shape of prosperous cotton helps
them all out together and then they begin life with
renewed hopes Now this is the case in the North
western States, indeed in scarcely any other re-
gion under the If the wheat crop fails in the
North, she has hundred things to fall back upon
There are hop gardens, and crops, and vintage
returns, and the manufactures Of whisky and cacoes
and buttons, and domestics nails, crockery, and SO
forth. 1t is this kind of cate that we have thought
was the last left the whilome kings of cot
ton. Do not abandon cotton but gradually intro
duce such other articles, requiring sparing outlay of
time and attention may in the end inure to your
profit and advantage, whenever the exigency of the
times shall seem to call upon your rainy day share
We shall from time to time, let fall such hints as we
think may prove valuable in assisting farmers in
rendering themselves independent of the one-idea cu
tire, which has hitherto prevailed in this country
Meantime we recommend to every farmer subscribe
for good agricultural paper
ST. Louis LIFE 1NsURANCE.-We beg to refer our
leaders to the advertisement of the st. Louis Life In
urance Company. The assets Of this company, it is
stated, were on the LIST of January, 1885, $4,000
AT 20, and, we presume, these figures represent
'ad up capital If this the case this is one of the
1chest insurance companies in the United States For
further particulars with regard to its solvency and
management, reference is made to it's agent Mr.