New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-09-06

The Democratic Colored Club move
ment has proved dead failure; and there
being no longer any hope that the colored
voters will stultify themselves by casting
their ballots in such a way as to take
away their own rights and privileges, the
Democratic journals are beginning to re-
sumo their normal tone.
They boil over once more with filthy
abuse of the niger" ...
So much for the sincerity of these ''best
| friends of the colored man."
Failing to get his vote, they pass their
time in jeering at him, insulting him, and
libelling him. Their conduct is the most
remarkable mixture of childishness and
hypocrisy ever known in the history Of
politics.
A man whose name has been variously
reported as "Jones," " John James Nell
son. and Nelson JONES'" was assassin
ated some nights ago. The Democratic
press shave repeatedly charged that the
murder was the work of Radical negroes, y
knowing all the time that it was the work
of one James McGurk, white Democrat
And McGurk has been indicted for the Of
tense by Grand Jury, selected by Dem
ocratic Clerk, and Democratic Sheriffnn-
der the direction of Democratic Judge.
A brakeman on the Opelousas railroad,
was shot few nights ago, near 1igerville,
whether by accident or design is not known.
The Times declares he was shot by an
@ambushed negro at "three O'Clock in the
morning. as the train was passing the
point where the shooting took place. The
enormous SANDER in this statement is only
equalled by its supreme Stiffness. 1t is
pitch dark at three o'clock in the morning,
and yet an "ambushed negro" could be
seen and reported from a passing railroad
train! The Times, of course, gave no
authority for its story, for the simple
reason that there was none to give. It was
an absurd libel on its face.
Again. Senator Pinchback, a colored
man, who has certainly commended himself
to this community by his intelligence,
and by his sensible political utterances, was
attacked by colored man on Canal street
the other evening. He defended himself,
and shots were exchanged.
Every one regrets such occurrences, but
no one except hypocrite will pretend that
there is anything remarkable in the "soft
note of the pistol in New Orleans. Yet
crowd of Democratic rufiians and bullies
assemble in an instant, and, while Mr..
Pinchback and his antagonist are under the
charge of the police, raise the yell of skill
him, the Radical niger; hang the damned
Niger" with other language too loathsome
for record.
1t was not the fact of the ARRAY that ex-
cited these bowling thugs. 1t was the fine
opportunity TO kill "nigger," under the
pretence that he was in fault, that prompted
those cries. Let US see what the Times has
to say on the subject;
No wonder that when arrested an indig.
nant crowd should threaten with appropTi.
ate punishment this reckless violator of the
peace who was so seriously endangering the
lives of our wives and children.
In other words, we are to murder, by
lynching every colored man who defends
himself when attacked in public highway.
The dagger and the lamp-post are the ap-
propriate punishment sin such case made
and provided by the Democratic press.
In the same spirit the Democratic jour-
mails have begun to SANDER, in advance,
the Republican procession which is being
prepared for the twelfth instant. In spite
of the fact that the vast mass meetings and
professions of the Republican party, in
New Orleans, have always been of the
most orderly character, these journals are
predicting violence, and putting their mis-
representations into the form of prophecy.
Do they wish to stir up the scoundrelism
of our city, and organize an attack on the
Republican procession? In no o.her way
can trouble be produced.
The truth Island it is a truth which
maddens these Democratic editors into a
daily delirium = the truth is, that the
colored voters of Louisiana are and always
have been orderly and law-abiding to a
remarkable degree. Their industry for the
last three years has saved the State from
starvation, and extorted the praise of their
most bigoted opponents. Their conduct
in mass meetings and at the polls has been
peaceful and orderly, to degree which is
certainly admirable when we consider how
they have been insulted and abused by
that class Of people in our community who
are determined that what they call "a
Niger shall have no rights. And they
will maintain this high character. They
will not suffer the sneers of bad men to
rob the colored voter of his high reputa-