The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-01-08

we SdlU JIlC ChuoO " eSAA oA'.s'
, the atrocious legislation Of a radical
congress Let us explain. When the q
var ended tho industry Of the South :
ras not destroyed. A vast deal OF i
property had been destroyed, it is true; !
,ut the loss fell chiefly upon the South, +
rners themselves. Still, the rich and
soil remained and the labor
o cultivate it was there. The people II
accepted their changed situation as the
natural result Of the war, and were
everywhere to 60 to work
to maintain themselves ana
d improve theirfortunes. Grant, Sher-
man. and all tho other brave and large
minded military commanders granted
liberal terms on the surrender OF the
rebel armies, looking to an early re-
Of harmony and good will.
The president, though he made some
mistakes in his trying position, favor
ed the same, policy. No one Of # sense s'l!ss
and Invested Of strong prejudice could
help, seeing that the welfare OF the
North, as we'll as Of the SOuth-of the
whole country, in fact-depended upon
o liberal policy and early restoration, Ct
the rebel States. But, unfortunately,
we had a radical revolutionary Con-
gress-a body Of men more senseless,
destructive and timpracticable than
the Roundheads of England or the JAG
0bins of France. Having an: over
,whelming 1najofityin Congress, though
elected on no such issue us that they
have since made, they adopted 9 pro-
scriptiye and ruinous policy toward tue y g
south directly opposed to that OF the
generals Of tile army, the president and
the people generally. Instead OF re-
storing the South, with slavery abolish
ed, they undertook toreconstruct 1t ON
the basis Of negro supremacy. Their
sole object was to create a radical pc.
liticalpower in the South by means OF
the negro vote, which would give them
| continued control Of the government
and the spoils of Office. This, and this
lalone, was and is the motive Of the so-t
called reconstruction policy of thatipar-i
rEty. They pretend to act ugoa the 40
4 stract principles Of right, just as the
bloody-min0eu y ~ :a's, - hrrnhncI
put We al Know s i' - ; lnn,;t;cal
power. In word, they would see II
country plunged into anarchy ana the
greatest distress rather 1nn n,h; aDsS oh
this selfish, mfamous anu ~ anI Ie,a;ho on
ject. They even nave tne na HUI aesa,
to pursue their Destructive conr aa a,oe.
the people q the Norfl IL p, S'a:;,,, :,
; ed against at AZ me ponss s4 .%p nS+e ~
reach their ends by means OF tue so'o'
Of the semiA barbafous negroes !
Now, let us see what mas peen Tue r. r.
suit ofthis Jacobin radicallsm. Inc oouOu
- ern States, which used TO cohtllou.e lalss
. y by their. staple tpfoGonc's Y eD!s - =
domestic aud foreign traue. anu wnicn =.
I still capable OF contributing largely q q
L ruined. sPhs lihdastfy of s0negtoes ina
% been destroyed through giving tnem, pun. NV
n cal powar, through ialse nopes oNaa.a !
ism having oeen lns!ll.ea ,nsp s .sa;, vatur,
: cal demagosuee' aug snloagl as10 on nr nnd'
l. disposition to Incidence wnen n %s u ahn
the direction 9, te "ne n race. 10 90 a;
u people OF Inc ooutn are na.u!aa ..a ~ - :
70 gusted by these lSnoraht ssnl.sasase ~ :
10 ing placed over them sasy ,lase .h nv a'a'
~ 90 anything Lney Ieel 'lss s oa,aitsl j,
~ security tor their laoor q cap'sa aan %
~ that II tney plant taey ma NV ;,, he ,e IT,,
- tnat tnelr stoch 1 any plvquos ~
. " the negroes Or aPprop .hara will ii ha
II Under this state OF things 1uete WI. .;,, "
ey tie planting next year. cemparattllv.ely
no The white people will raise little more Tn n
be is necessary for bare existence, anu u
ley at the risk Of this being stoien OF tan
yhe from them. The Eastern States are o. ov
en- en- stocked with manufactures una the "