The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-08-06
A VOICE FROM TIE SUGAR REsIaxs
OF LOUISIANA

Editor Of the N. o. Crescent:
The sugar planters of this State before the war
were generally opposed to secession.
They were forced into secession against their
will by rash politicians, who labored hard to make
the people believe that disunion would not pro-
duce civil war.
These sugar planters had lost no slaves by
underground railroads, they were not much trou
bled with emissaries from the North, putting evil
in the heads Of the colored population, and they
bad no direct interest in the territorial question.
since none wished to emigrate.
They were very well satisfied with the govern.
ment OF the United States as it was. And when
the war closed, they desired to be permitted
peaceably to mend up their broken fortunes
and make tie best of their misfortunes. The
did not blame the government for their misfor.
tunes as much as they blamed the politicians ana
sgitstors, North and South.
They would have soon become reeonciled N N q
government had Congress and the radical party
treated them even civily and deoently
DO not hesitate to state that the radical
party and congress have created more bitter and
Tebelious feelings at the South than the war ere.
ated. wa VI
sun, that feeling is not hostile to the govern.
ment but only to Congress and the party that
stsuds behind Congress.
We are not disloyal only TO tvrants nlnnSarars
and the enemies of the Constitution and The Soptb
ern people. We are hundred times more loy.l
Than Congress or the radical party.
Has Louisiana, In her acts, been more disloyal
since the war than Massachusetts?
On what grounds is this State considered dis.
loyal? 9
Why are swams of unprincipled Office seekers
sent among Us TO harass our people and eat ont
our substance?
Why does Congress countenance a Legislative
and State government hostile 10 our people and 10
the best interests Of our State?
Why, under the cloak of protecting Union men
and establishing peace and order, is that Iegisla
lure allowed TO issten upon the white people Of
this State a despOtism more CALLING than mai Of
any government of Europeg
Will such a course win the hearts OF our peonIa,
DO white men become tanned and loyal bv the
justice? in'
What is the character of the men sent IN lor;,.
ians 10 mislead the negroes, and crush ont the
liberties OF The white men of the State
IN, sIe .ney statesmen, honest men, gentlemen
The fsrthest from II possible.
In some respects they are not bypocrites for
they 90 not even propose TO do rs Justice
They are political banditt who openly Law pIans
TO rob the State and crush out the liberties Of the
people, and they publish their plans to the world
They propose to spend a million OF Tou,sisns
money Tor printing alone. and with this fund m
establish about half hundred radical printing
odees at heavy salaries for each editor.
Ihey propose TO arm and equip a negro militia.
1no 10 estabihh a constabuary force Of hundred
men and sasried officers in each parish AT the ev-
Dense of the parishes. "a
They, propose that our young Illinois gov. |
,rh or snsl control all the military operations of
he state, including the loyal lesgaers.
Buter's tyranny in the heat of the war Was
to this. was
II this is reconstruction, it would have been
thousand times better for the people of Lonisians
We mad remained out of the Union to the end
( time. = " 1o e"u
And al these multiplied outrages and insnI,.
no Ioboeries are prscticed On a people who
very DAY give stronger proofs OF unqqa.iaed sub.