Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1868-09-26

~, "VIC tIUtiII3 lltHsuH W int United StAfpS
Government! And this is not a solitary instance
Inc leaders and instigators of every social and
political trouble ever known 10 the United
States; Bnrr-the traitor, Burr-and. morn
recently, the fnnaiical parsons who turned
their pu'pits into political rostrums-prcach
ing from them, sectional hatredAhnye al1.
wIth'scarccly an exception, been Of Ills rest
less, greedy, all-devonling pu,i,an Stock,
The cnrions thing is, that during all these
%ianatlcal movements, the Pnritans. Yapkeps
or Radicals, (alI the same breed, have heen
assuming or pretending, that they are the ex.
elusive rosseSsors Of "morai IDEAS, and have
operated their tanalicisms, as il they were en-.
''sh'e'''g a less civilized people than them.
selves, or preaching morality TO savases!
This, OF conise, is either a wicked limos
'1'e' or incredible stupidity. If they do no,
Know how impossible il is for a people whose
cardinal maNtm has always been persecution
and prescription, 10 teach morality, the Yau-
k"e 'tihr are Incidentally stupid. If they do
know It, then lhcir assumption or prelension
Ut makes no difference which it may bel is
an ''hpos'''"n on mankind, which no people in
the whole world, save Puritans, Yankees, OF
Radicals. could summon andacilv enough 10
practise On the frs, hypothesis. having No
proper perception OF the Truth, and vet stepped
10 The very eyebrows in their own self suff-I
cheney, il is impossible tina, they can ever at
tain it. On The other hypothesis. wilrul traitors
to the Truth, they do not seek IL: in either
alternative, ihe testimony is satisfactory enough. |
that Pnritan-Yankec- Radical manhool is In.
mentally ~detcien, Of that noblcs' propensity
OF human naturc-an uncomfortable craving
for the Truth.
Bot whether this ies,ituiion Of Ralical ma.
tnrr, or Puritan Or Yankee nature, NJ ~au'ri-
hnfab'e 10 stupidity or dishonesty, one would
think, that, after two hundred and fftv Years Of
P%nnilagc, The Southern people mia't he up
posed 70 'ook round, now It leasf. f9r some
evidence that Pnriianism las cos, of those
ahhorrib'e features which have a'ways fIted
honest people with extreme %disa0st. The
southern people DO, indeed, lock round, bn,
they look II win. PHritanism is unchanged
and Interchangeable Yankee intolerance and
avatroe are slilI indolnitahle. Radical men
darI'y Is hopees-ly incorricible' Sin insa-
ta'' SAL unsuitable, Pnfitan. Yankee, Radical
az me same pcrterse brooj-all the same !
progeny Of Plymouth Rock-rhcy are I
distinguished to-day for a IKE voracifv Of ,heir a
neiaihors' possessions, 10 tha, which impcl'ed o
their p'ogenitors 10 d vour their own off<prino Il
and glory in the unnatural havoc they had i
made! s
In mendaciiy too, the Puritan ~ofspring are !,
in Character. A close observer of The
10 which some portions of hnmani.
'y p"rverse'y ally themselves, has affirmed.
That those who are accustomed to deceive
others, frequently finish by deceivinv hem.
selves, and by establishing a kind Of Fai,b in
frauds they have successfully ~prac,ised
IhnS, when we call 10 mind the Puritan Yam
declaration during the prooress
the late war,-lha,, the integrity of The
Jmon, ouce restored, the Slave System might,
'emaln intact and find The Yankee race, after,
wards, taking glory to themselves for mag
'animnusly striking of the chains of slavery,
We are amazed at the bold prelcnsion, and are
dubious whether 10 classify j, as brazen living.
r chare I 10 The obtuseness ola tl.ahtea
/, her view Of the case demonstrates
hat that beautiful component of The vel. re.
,ulated human hear,-,he lore of Tru,h-bas
o place IN the ANNA p%urilana; and TINS, pre-
ents US with one more notification Of the
1eory touching The discrepancy between hui.
1an nature and Radical nature!
and now, when we find this same race that
e have been describing, daceiving the Moor
colorel people with false promises,
nd cheating them into the belief, that, if tho
party succeed in the prescn, cam al
'lgn, the Blacks will be put back into slave Ia
:, can IT be doubted that those deceptive We
raves are the worthy descendants OF the old 10
lrilan Stock that never yet hosila,ed 10 stir ID
} the worst passions of mankind-to raise pre-
ltSeil-ln tnl,herance Of their f%anatical ds
I'm
Now, If The constitution OF the human heart,
YES II a natura! impnision towards the Truth.
st. Angnstin' declares, and as mans honest,
%nviction, aud his unquenchabIe craving. Z:
nfirm and if the relation existing between {
. Puritan-Yankee-Radical heart and Truth. !
that OF reputSion. as i, deinonstraiiyelv is I
: conclusion is manifest, reasoning a poste- t
the Radical heart is inhumanIy a
Instituted; and TINS orr lhesis,-lhat Radi- S
Is are destitute of human hearts-is made r.
BAR 10 the dullest comprehension.
is a wide gnlf between Radical nature
d human nature. Quoa erat demuasirandum
X. Y. L. ,
State of Louisiana. -