The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1868-11-21
that famous Iineof yours " M ad-

Li0bt, reproduces the article Of the
Courier Of tie IecBe, which stated that
Judge Bailey's nomination for Congress
would be g sort of revengeful pallia-
ton for his defeat by negro votes"
Well, il elected this time he is in
debted to "negro votes +" for it, and
| Darrall, his opponent and also q " Union
man and abolitionist, has been defeat
ed by "negro votes. &
We suppose, therefore, that Darrall
will now be adopted into the family Of
our Democratic Saints. that infallible
few who can never do any wrong, and
nominated for some high Office a5 the
next election, asi sort of revengeful
palliation f0r, his defeat by negro votes. {"
With the Saints aforementioned,
this question of negro votes seems to
stand thus Tie the negroes vote for us,
it's all right and we are white men, but
If they vote for any one else, that any
one is a Radical and a nigger, and we
must persecute him as zoe only know
how to prosecute. #s# &&S#
The Radicals nominate abolitionists,
negroes and Confederate deserters for
Office, and the Saints do likewise, ex-
cepting the negroes and we would not
be surprised if they nominate negroes
when they get them away from the Rad
icals--they will do it to secure their
votes. - .g ..". a#f... a..r} #...
At the next presidential election the
Democratic party, in the South, will be
as violently in favor of negro suffrage
as it has heretofore been opposed to it,
and the Radical party will be Just the
contrary the Radical party has never
recognized negro suffrage at the North,
but established it at the South as
party necessity. Our holy Democratic
Saints will endeavor to continue it I'M
der the plea of necessity; few who are
now working in. the party traces will re-
fuse to pull, but they will be whipped
forward with the lash Of party disci-
pline or kicked out of the party. ..
. Thus wags political parties, with the
poor, ignorant negro for their prey,
whose destiny. not many. years in the
future, is extinction. He has been, and
will be pulled and hauled about by one
political party and then another, until
his life will become a burden and free
dom ten Thousand times worse than
slavery.
The original abolitionists, those who
were in favor Of emancipation before
and during the war, are responsible for
negro suffrage and all the evils that have
flowed from it," 4
$50 ~ There's light for you!
Western or Eastern, we wonder?
or neither? or both? And then
again! Direct or reflected? Read
those lines again gentle reader,
and read 'em Slow. So! again.!
" To man upa tree" it does look
as if there might be something in
it, doesn'tcit? There is certainly a
good many well-sounding words,
thrown loosely round about it;
good English words too Such as !;
Union, Judge Bailey for Congress,
Union man, North and South,
Darral, Democratic party, Radi-
Gals, Negro votes, Negro suffrage,
Democratic Saints Ay, there's the
rub !! Democratic Saints f And no.
ly and unholy. These expressions
seem to be favorites with the Jour
nal. Can't tell exactly why, neither;
for they seem to be sofe-giving ones
too, BY the by. Probably you would
like to be a Saint again yourself,
Mr.. Journal, Then why don't you
say Sd like q man, and be again
received in the arms of Abraham,
instead Of obstinately and childish
y standing out there in the cold,
whining away at everything and
ANYTHING. and nothing AT All and