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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-11

~ Let our friends remember
that at each parish seat the boards
Ofregistration will give every man
entitled, chance to register. All
who have neglected this matter
heretofore; all who have arrived
at 'twenty-one years since, and
al who have been rejected because
OF frivolous and unjust causes.
should apply and register. Let
our friends everywhere see that
the white men vote the white
mans ticket. This Constitution
mast be UOted dozen; if not, the
white people of the State will have
to abandon their homes, their
friends, their affections, their
hopes, their EVERYTHING. What
will property be worth under ne
gro government What will lib
erty be worth, if negroes alone are
to sit in jury boxes
1t is earnestly desired that each
club in this parish, should ap-
point some energetic man Tor
nnen) to attend the precinct on the
day of election as a challenger.
Let him see that no fraud is at
tempted. Let him make a note
OF everything wrong transpiring
on that day, so he can swear to it
II necessary. Let other active and
reliable men be appointed, whose
duty shall be to know how MANY
vote the white ticket, and how
many vote the negro ticket. Let
others be appointed to sec that all
our friends attend and vote. We
can vote this Constitution down
by an overwhelming majority if
great injustice is not done us.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-11

DESPoTIC LAw.-The new Con
stitution of Louisiana provides
for the education of all children
in public schools, without distinc.
ton of race or color; but it adds
that "no separate schools shall be
established for any separate race
In other words, neither whites
nor blacks shall be permitted to
provide separate schools for their
children, no matter how much
both may desire it. Where is the
necessity for such a prohibition
as this7 And where is the com.
mon sense in making it, Why
should the two races be thus fore.
ed together, even against the will
of both 7-Exchange.
These questions are PROFOUND
ed to our Radical contemporaries,
but, nevertheless, none of them
will answer them. They defend,
however, the policy of admitting
Louisiana with such a Constitu-
ton and upon such principles.
They may well do so, for this
work in Louisiana is practically
their work. They set the ma
chinery in motion which produced
it. 1t was under their auspices
that the negro majority was elect
ed in the Louisiana Convention
that adopted this amalgamation
statute.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-11

70 Unwritten story Of poverty
and distress that has come home
to the doors of thousands of peo-
pie in Louisiana, accustomed, in
former times, to plenty and af-
fiuence, would be heartrending if
it could be told. Inscriptions
radicals have brought it all about.
Let these fearful evils that are SO
fast destroying the peace, happi,
ness and existence of a generous
people, be promptly rooted out
at the coming election.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-11
u Radica!ism in the South is

% Radicalism in the South is
a demon of discord and desolation.
It's principles lead to the disrup-
ton of society and the conversion
of the Southern States into Hay
it's and Jamaica'S. Hence, we in
sist that we should oppose it with
every means and appliance in our
power. We should not only vote
against it and its monstrous Con-
situations but we should place it's
advocates and emissaries under
the ban, socially and pecuniarily.
Would any man think OF introdu-
cling into his family the libertine,
the incendiary or the robber? If
not, let us exclude from our homes
those who would incite to rape
ana arson and murder and plum
der a race, who, if let alone, would
be our friends. Would any man
think, for a moment, of giving
employment and patronage to him
who would cut his throat, or fire
his house, or ravish his wife or
daughters If not, cease to coun-
tenance or patronize oremploy any
man who advocates among igno-
rant negroes Radical ideas of So
cial and political equality and stirs
up strife between the races.
He who would place the blacks
above the whites is an enemy to
his race. He who advocates doc
tines which Hayti, st. Domingo
and jamaica have demonstrated.
will END in desolation, is an enemy
to the country. He who stirs up
strife between races, which else
were friendly, is an enemy to So
ciety. The Radical does all these
things, and merits the excavations
of his race, his country and his
neighbors. Avoid such as you
would him afflicted with loath-
some disease Don't suffer them
to contaminate your homes with
their hateful presence! Don't
spend your money with them!
Don't associate with them! Let
them become among Southern
gentlemen as strangers ina strange
land!
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-11

70 Radicals tell us that they
are the only loyal people in the
South, and consequently the only
true patriots. Let us examine
this broad assertion. That old
GROWER, DR.. johnson tells us in
bitter irony, that, patriotism is
the last refuge of a scoundrel.'
Can this bitter philippe be applied
ia any way to the Radicals9 Let
us see. The term Radical is de.
rived from the Latin, Radir-a
Root. If the dominant Radical
party is the ROOT of peace, har.
mony, prosperity and duty, then
it has fulfilled its high mission
and has proved itself q truly pa
triotic party; but if instead OF
peace, it has inaugurated war, for
harmony, discord, for prosperity
a country bankrupt, heavy taxes,
exhorbitant prices for the neces-
saries of life, a disrupted union, a
discontinued unhappy people, the
Executive Chief-Magistrate of the
United States, tied hand and
foot and impeached, Military rule
overriding civil Law, the Supreme
Court gagged sc, sc; then, their
Radical party has not proved it.
self truly patriotic, but comes up
to DR.. Johnson's definition. The
Radicals in Congress and out of
Congress, wherever found, at
home, or abroad i'm office as
sumo and are sole proprietors of
that kind of patriotism which,
DIR. Johnson's says, is the last
refuge of a scoundrel.-[Evans-
vile Courier.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-11

REGISTRATION IN BossIER.-
No. of whites previously register
ed, 472; added during FIVE days
revision, 81; total white vote, 563a
No. of blacks previously regis
tered, 1898; added during revision,
81; total black vote, 2O83. Total
white and black, 2645.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-11
A RADICAL PURp's JAWS SLA1

a RADICAL PURP'S JAWS SLAP.
PED. Fl. McVean, a whole
sale vender ofradical poison, rape,
murder, arson, etc, from head.
quarters at Shreveport, had his
jaws slapped publicly, in this
place on last Saturday. A patri.
otto gentleman also repeated the
dose at Benton. Served him
right. These radical emissaries
who are seeking to bring abont a
war of races in this unhappy
country must be taught that hui
man nature cannot endure every
thing.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-11

New Orleans, Apri7.-Cotton
dull and irregular; sales 1000
bales; middling 3O9c; receipts
CAB and exports 1854 bales; sales
yesterday 900, receipts, including
Sunday, 3713 and exports 1851
bales. Flour steady and firm; su-
perfne $40 to 10 90 and choice
extra S14. Corn firm at 81 O6 to
l 10. Oats lower, 7Sc. Hay bet
ter; prime Ohio river S19 to 20.
Pork $28 %. Bacon quiet but
firm; shoulders 134 and clear sides
1S4c. Lard quiet but firm; prime
tierce 174 and keg 1Sc. Gold
1891.
New York, April 7, evening"
Cotton dull and unsettled and
fully lie lower; sales $50 bales at
% to 283, chiefly CSC for middling
uplands. Gold 1873.
Liverpool, April Z, evening
Cotton closed quiet, though a
fraction higher; uplands 12A to
124 and Orleans 124 to 12ad.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-11
BELLEVUE, LA,
Saturday, ;:::::::::::::":;April II, 1868.
APPOINT CHAIr,ENGEps r

APPOINT CHALLENGERS.-
all means have challengersat each
precinct to see that persons not
possessing the requisite qualifica
tons are not permitted to vote
Ward Clubs should take this mat
ter IN hand. What is everybody's
bnsiRess is nobody's business
Unless it is distinctly understood
who is to perform this indispensi.
BILE service, it may be overlooked,
despite the best ofintentions.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-11

~ On Tuesday FIVE colcre0
members of the Radical party
who were sentenced at the hss
term of our District Court 70 m
prisonment for one year each, 10
the penitentiary, took their 90
parture for Radical headquarfelO,
at Baton Rouge.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-11

u The paper that has the
honor of being the smallest and.
most expensive in the country
is published in Brice City, Idaho.
1t is not SO large as an eating
house napkin, and sells for ffty
cents a copy.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-11

q ~ Have you registered I If
not, do so before the 18th and 18th.
The Registration" books of the
Arcade and Rialto are to be closed
on those days. Fortify at once.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-11
GEN. HANCOCK AND THE STATE

f..
TREAsURY.-We publish below
an order issued by Gen. Hancock,
modifying that Of February 22d,
which provided for the collection
of State taxes for 1868 in green
backs, under the same assess
ments as had been made in 1867,
and authorized the Treasurer and
Auditor to act under the appro-
priati0ns made for the expenses
of the State government, as if the
same had been made by the Leg
isIature.
It is only the taxes for the pres
ent year that are to be collected
in United States Treasury notes.
Taxes for previous years may be
paid in State notes. And to pre-
vent any reissue Of State notes
now in the Treasury, and those
which may be received hereafter,
General Hancock orders them to
be destroyed. After the current
expenses Of the State have been
paid from the receipts for taxes
for 1868, the surplus may be ap-
piled to paying off outstanding
claims impaired by the previous
order. The paragraph of Special
Order No. 40, revoked by Gener.
al Hancock in the present order,
permits a new assessment of prop
erty to be made more in accor-
dance with the present value of
the same:
1. Special Orders No. 40, cur
rent series, from these Headquar-
ters, is not to be construed to ap-
ply to taxes or other public dues,
previous to the year 1867, all of
other dues may be paid in State
notes or warrants on the Treasu-
~ of the State, issued under the
laws Of the State, including like
warrants issued, or to be issued
under said orders, for this year.
2. Il is further ordered, that all
State notes now in the Treasury,
or received for taxes or dues,
after this date, shall be immedi-
ately destroyed by the Treasurer,
in presence of the Governor and
Auditor Of the State.
8. Whenever, under Special
Orders No. 40, a sufficient sum
shall have been collected to salts
fy the purposes expressed in said
order, and for the period specified
any further receipts into
the Treasury may be applied to the
liquidation OF other obligations
by said order, as if the
same had not been issued.
4. Paragraph ~, Of Special
Orders No. 40, current series, from
these Headquarters. lis hereby re-
voked.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-11

u A gang of Vicksburg ne
groes recently exhumed bodies
from the Jewish graveyard, at
that place, and cut off the fingers
of the corpses for the sake of the
rings they wore.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-11

~ Alderman Joenbert, Of
New Orleans, colored, has broaghs
suit for $4,000 damages against
the College of the Sacred Heart
for denying a member of his fsmi.
~ admission to his privileges.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-11

u Stanton says the army
must be increased by 10000 men.
That viii be an additional cost to
the taxpayers of $50, 100000 per
annum.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-11

OF None are so fond Of SECRETS
as those who do not intend 70
keep them: such persons coyes
secrets as a spendthrift coveis
money for the purpose of cifcu'
lation.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-11
~ If there was the most ne,

q If there was the most per-
feet understanding and agree
ment between the two races of the
South on the question of univer-
sal suffrage it would fail to i'm
part vigor to the nation. The
upheavals of the late war have
brought many discontinued and
seditiOus spirits to the surface,
Their name is legion. Hundreds
of thousands of these worthless
scoundrels have cast their lot
among US, as vulturies gather
around the dead carcass, to prey
upon our remaining vitality. To
such an extent have they come
among us as to seriously leopard
ize the interests Of their party in
the Northern States. They are
here among ssto steal and rob.
Their robberies and thefts are
specially disguised under the
forms OF law of which they are
the sole originators and archi-
tects. These disturbed spirits
must be appeased. They must
be fed and clothed. To refuse to
do so willingly we must receive
the double-distilled poison of
which their venomous natures
are capable of inflicting. These
degraded creatures would con-
stantly keep the peace of society
disturbed if they were not at all
times suitably provided for. IF
they were purchased another ca
ger and hungry swarm would
come and come they will till the
last of our substance is gone.
To publicly ignore and socially
Ostracise these vultures is a duty
which cannot be too often inculca-
ted. They can only perpetuate
their power by the aid OF the bayo.
net and the ballot box and bayo
nets do not work in harmony.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-11

~ People do not generally
realize that it is as necessary to
forget as to remember-to let the
ehaff 60 aud retain the wheat.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-11

- mister john langdon lewis,
OF Minden, is O candidate on the
negrOequality ticket for Probate
Judge, of Claibone parish. "How
we apples swim"-at last!
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-11

10 To be always intending Q
live o new life, but never to ma
time to set about it, is as ifa man
should put off eating and drink.
ing from one day to another, uA
he is starved to death.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-11

70 Cromwell, the darkey who
distinguished himself in the late
Convention, by moving to drive
JEFF. Davis out of New Orleans IN
twenty-four hours, has caused The
arrest of a police officer, under
the Civil Rights BILL on a charge
OF assault and battery. It ap.
pears shat Cromwell, some time
last spring, volunteered in the
cause of freedom to go about and
get the names Of all the police
who had taken part in the July
disturbances of 1866. Applying
to the policeman in question fUF
his name, it was refused him,
whereupon Cromwell is said to
have become abusive, and to have
acted as if intoxicated. The officer
then lodged him in the station,
and entered charge of ''drunk
and disorderly." Now Cromwell
goes to his friend, the U. 8. Com.
missioner Shannon, the same who
issued a warrant for Gov. Bakers
arrest, and has the policeman ar
rested, indicted and put under
bonds of $1,000, in default Of
which the poor man has been
sent to Jail, all for doing only his
duty.
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~, ~ THE fRoNT'-In the cOuior
election every man will have :
opportunity, and it will be- ),
pected OF him, to show md.
what nag he fights. Those vba
are not for US are against us ; than.
is no halfway ground to st,.s
upon, which would not condsn,
the man who occupies it, whitea
black, in this contest. Tba -
ors are positive; there can ba i.
mlstaking those of the etnepy
In political parties, as in armis.
there are always u class Of M.
who, like suffers and camp.follo,
ers, may be reekoned only in !.
tentatious enumeration as a mart
OF the solid ranks; but who n.
mains IN the van only SO long a.
there is no danger in front. Tha..
men give no aid to the operations
OF an army, often dishonor its aao
by lax discipline and impOljtie
dlssentions. They are as ready
to cut the Threats and rifle the
baggage of their comrades as thew
are to join in the spoils of victory.
The whole State should be al;va
to the Importance of the isaue.
every precinct, every village and
town, and every household shonld
muster its entire strenth for the
contest. Bring in the reserves
take the sick and disabled man n
the field in ambulances, and let
them assist in voting against thu
constitutions South Western.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-11
~ This year (1S6s) i

. This year (186Sl is the
year for the temperance of the
Seventeen Year Locusts. These
insects made their first chronicled
appearance here in 1890, and
have returned every seventeen
years after that time.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-11

=
the mongrel Constitution framed
by the imported fends who lately
met at New Orleans in the forged
name of the State.
{ What is the plan of battlea Not
that, we hope, which is recon-
mended by the vacilating Demo
cratic Central Executive Commit
tee, at New Orleans, to fight the
beast itself with one hand, and
grab at the food it is eating with
the other; that is, to vote down
the bogus constitution if they can,
but be. ready to accept office un-
der it, and so acknowledge it to
be the lawful constitution of the
State, if they fail to defeat it.
Let the people of Louisiana be-
ware of committing so fatal a
blunder. Let them bear in mind
that the contest before them is
likethat which the shepherd wages
with the pack of wolves that as
sault his sheep fold.
The shepherd goes not forth
saying to himself: "Well, if the
worst comes l will compromise
with these fellows and get a bite
or two Of the sheep they have
killed.
Any shepherd that goes out to
fight wolves with such thoughts
in his head, has virtually surren-
dered all claim to bis own sheep
fold. The people of Louisiana and
of every other Southern State
must fight the scalawag Constitu-
tons to kill them or be killed
themselves. There is the thing.
1t seeks to defle the graves of
your fathers, to cruelty the souls
of your children. March straight
on it with the determination to
beat its brains ont, even if a hun,
dred blows be required for the
work and it takes the life time of
a generation to put them all in.
To go into the fight with any
portion of the white army expect
ing to get office under the enemy's
colors in the event of disaster, is
to tempt half the rank and file to
prefer defeat to victory.
The gallant people of Louisiana
have a bright record in the past.
Let them hand it down untarnish.
ed to posterity.
Let them go into the fight that
is before them with the determi
nation neither to give nor to take
quarter. Let them remain united,
so that if their first assault upon
the enemy's works fails, they may
soon rally for another.
They can remain united only
by keeping their eyes forever fix
ed on the bright star of principle.
The people of the whole State
must stand together or fall to-
gether, or the ultimate coming of
victory will be postponed indea
nitely.
Try to kill the thing as you
would kill a snake, With what
ever you can lay your hands on
fire, fence-rails, mud, birthstone,
Kluklux Klans, or the. devils
walking cane.
II you are forced to go to the
polls yourselves, that is no reason
why you should not try to per-
suade negroes to keep away.
Be prepared at whatever sacri-
flee of personal comfort, to dis
charge from your employment all
who show a disposition to vote
down your liberties.
The argument to the belly is a
convincing one. Try it.
REGISTRATION IN BoSSIER.-I
No. of whites previously register
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-11

y Don't forget your Ger
ttdcate Of Registration. You
can't vote without it.
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MAents
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-11

y Beer fills many a bottle, and
the bottle many a bier.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-11

- THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
IL TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WHAT THE
BIBLE Is 10 TIE CHRISTIAN RELIGION
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-28

formed part of the camp table-equipage of
Roman General aud even conjecture that they
nay have been some of the spols taken from
Warns after the defeat of the Roman legions
uLder him, by the Teutonc Commander
Arminius. Varus, classical readers will
remember, was a Roman prooonsul, and
after serving as Governor Of Syria was
appointed commander of the Roman forces
in Germany. He is stated to have returned
from Syria with an enormous amount of trea-
sure, portion of which he carried with him
to Germany. Being defeated by Arminius hs
killed himself. What renders the connection
between the treasure in question and Varus
the more probable, is the circumstance that
the locality where he was defeated is not more
than thirty miles from where it has been dis
covered. We may add that DR.. Bendorf of
G0ttingen, has succeeded in deciphering
twenty-four inscriptions on the vases engraved
in ancient Roman characters. These inscrip.
tions will be shortly published in the G61in-
gen archaeological Journal. Another very in
teresting feature of the discovery is, that on
nearly every piece of plate is inscribed its
weight, which it is believed will 60 far to set
at rest the vexed question of what the Roman
weights really were.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-28

The following, though written and publisned
In England, has significance here:-
SONG OF THE UNSUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE.
My labor has been thrown away,
My money spent in VAN,
And 1, alas have lost the day
fondly hoped to gam.
To win, 1 sCrupled not TO rat,
Equtvocate, cajoe;
And now, despite IL all, Pm at
The bottom of the poll.
oh the bottom of the poll, the poll
The bottom OF the poll.
stand and stare and rend my hair
A. the bottom OF the poll
They little know what I've endured
Through v hat I've had TO pass;
And how their vality has lured
Me on 10 be an ass.
How have had q part TO act
UIdiguihed and droll,
Only TO md my poor self tackled
To the bottom Of the poll.
Oh the bottom of the poll, the poll
The bottom of the poll
'1is an urcbinsj joke, "There goes the bloke
At the bottom OF the poll ~
How many thousands have spent
/ dare not yet inquire;
But soon will come my punishment
And retrbution dire.
For now election charges will
Be coming in shoal,
And must pay the little bill
For the bottom of the poll.
Oh the bottom of the poll the poll
The bottom of the poll
To lavish pelf aud find oneself
At the bottom of the poll