The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-05-06
THE BITTER BIT.

nature OF compromising WnaG We're
the feelings of born gentleman, and
therefore ignorant as we'll as unmindfu
when he wounded their sensibilites, he
pursued his way reaping rich harves1
of execration from those whom the &C.
cidents Of war threw in his path. His
subordinate position however deprived
him of those opportunities for achiev.
/ ing grand vilIainies that were enjoyed
by those above him. But from this
limited sphere of action we might pos
sibly have had him emulating A. J.
Smith, in burning down towns full o.
helpless women and children whose
/ fathers and brothers had few days OF
weeks before driven him back on bis
road of invasion, or he might have RI
vailed Banks in decorating New Or
leans milliners with jewelry' pilfered
from the mansions Of the Red River
Valley.
Itwas not until peace, the cessation
of active operations in the field rather,
that Mower accidently attained posi-
ton that enabled him to play his antics
before a larger audience. He became
the Senior Officer in this Department
after Sheridan's removal, and whatever
violations Of decency, ofjustice, and
propriety Sheridan committed, it must
be confessed his fame is eclipsed by
Mower. 1t is no secret we believe that
any and every place at Movers dispo-
sal, or which he might put at his dispo-
sal by an arbitrary exercise Of his mill
tary power, was up at auction-to be
knocked down to the highest bidder.
and if an nnwavy purchaser should pay
tbe price before he was sure Of his seat,
he had only to blame his own impru-
dence for losing money and office to-
gether. o
Of course such contemplate trav-
esty of a Commanding General as that
was too much to stand. He was re-
moved and sunk into an oblivion from
which he should never have emerged.
It appears he has been enjoying the
gulf breezes with his negro regiment at
Ship Island, for we now hear news from
that desert spot that wakens our mem
cries of Mowers insolence here.
His daughter, a girl of sixteen or sew
enteen years, was violated a few days
or nights ago by a negro soldier. The
negro was cut to pieces by the white
soldiers, put in q sack, and thrown in
the gulf. The unfortunate girl sur
wives.
Now it was to Mower, and the major
ity of his countrymen, an excellent
thing to turn passionate ebons loose
among the Southern people with carte
blanche to steal, rob, murder, and rape
whom they would. How does he like
it now when the victim is one of his
households courses like chickens oft
come home to roost," and we will not
disguise our satisfaction that the roost
has been so well selected. If white
people will preach negro equality
which they know to be unattainable, if
they will degrade themselves to a level
with the negro, who by Gods law, the
law of nature and the law Of civlliza-
ton, is and has been always and ever
will be an inferior, let them accept the
penalties of their talk and act. North
ern men like Mower, and the scum they
scraped up here, have done their best
to degrade the Southern people by a
crusade, whose object and end is to ell
evate the negro over the heads of their
former masters. In the moment Of a
triumph, which cannot be other than
illusory, they prematurely grasp at sue
cess. They never can succeed. They
might as well attempt to change the
law Of gravitation, or to alter the solar
system. But if they cannot raise the
negro to our level, they can accomplish
the equality they seek in their own
persons. They can descend to the lev
Ell of their colored companions, and Of,
fer themselves and their families as
tests Of their sincerely.
Doubtless it was rude shock to
brevet Major General Mower VIXEN the
gentle gulf breeze waited to him the
shrek Of his child through the stiffness
of the night, and he learned that one Of
his pet soldiers ward of the nation
has caused that shrek in his attempt to
commit a diabolical outrage upon that
child's person. Let him, his compan-
ions, and followers remember it was
from them the docile and contented me-
gro received that teaching which
prompts to violence. They should not
complain if retributiye. justice let's
the example fall in some place from
which the precept came.
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II The Carpet-baggers are having a
Convention in New Orleans. All the
Parishes are represented in some way
or other. We perceive that the colored
voters of Rapides are represented by
A. j. Sypher, A. F. Wild and William
Nottcnho1L Tho 1a4tar 10 hrothar IN