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The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-04-08

Social EaUAL1TY,-Every sensible and well
Opposed colored man, who thinks for himself
and feels an interest in the country, must know
that, the effect of the ratification of the con
sttution will be to array the whites, as mat
ter of self-protection, against the execution of
all its provisions looking to social equality.
With the exception of few fanatics, who
beads are crazed with the imaginary impor-
lance Of selfconstituted leaders, there is no
man among the blacks, who honestly believes
that social equality is either desirable or posi-
bic. They recognise no such equality among
themselves. There is no such equality among
the whites of this Or any other country So
cial regulations can never be enforced by legis-
lation. They depend on intelligence, taste,
refinement, manners and property. If colored
men really wish TO be introduced into the best
society. as the equals and fit associates of its
best men and women, without any other re-
among them have deceived US. In fact, it is
a common thing for them to deny any such
aspirations. Why then are so many provis-
ions inserted in the constitution, to enforce So
cial equality? They were put there by de-
signing men, as so many appeals for black
votes. They care nothing for your social po-
stion they know it cannot be arranged by le-
gislation; but they want your votes for the fat
offices, they are SO anxious to I'll, at your ex
pense
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-04-08

Hon. George W. Morgan member of Con-
gress from Ohio, delivered an excellent speech
on impeachment, on the 29th ult. We quote
the following pitby and incisve paragraph.
Every sentence is a center shot:
Prefer articles of impeachment against the
Chief Magistrate of the Republic, and for
what? Has he arrested and imprisoned citi-
zens without trial and without defense If
he has, then will vote for the articles of i'm
parchment. Has he struck down the liberty
of the press? If he has, then | will vote for
the articles of Impeachment. Has he denied
to ten States of the Union their rightful repre-
sentation in Congress ? If he has, then he is
guilty of a fragrant violation OF the Constitu-
ton, and should be arraigned and punished,
and will vote for the articles of impeachment
Has he established absolute military despotism
over the States of the South on the pretext of
comforting upon them republican forms of gov
eminent? For if he has, then he is not only
ruthless vlolator of the Constitution, but
tyrant, and he deserves to be impeached, and
| will vote for his impeachment. Has he dis
franchsed a ma jority of the white race in the
South in order to establish negro despotism
over white men, women and children, loyal
and dsloyal alike? For if he has, then he
has not only trampled upon the Constitution,
but committed a crime against nature by re-
ducing the highest race in the world to the
servitude Of the lowest, and thereby sought to
barbarise and utterly destroy nearly one third
of the entire Union for, if guilty of so great
crime, he deserves to be impeached and will
vote for the articles of mDeachment
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The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-04-08

EFFECT OF RATIFICATION ON LABoR.-If, as
we believe, the ratification of the constitution
would prevent the investment of money here,
or would remove any considerable portion of
that now invested elsewhere, the consequence
would necessarily be, a still greater scarcity OF
money, greater decline in the value of prop
erty, and still greater reduction of wages.
Every we'll disposed colored man should re-
fleet upon this certain result of ratification. 1t
involves his means of support. He now enjoys
all civil rights; the courts are open to him as
well as the white man to enforce them there
is no disposition on the part of any body or Of
any party, to deprive him of the enjoyment of
these civil rights but who will undertake to
insure him an adequate reward for his labor,
wages sufficient to support himself and family,
after he forces constitution obnoxious to all
white men upon them, merely to secure an alb
stract claim to equal, social and political rights?
Are not the rewards of industry in the hands
of the whites ? Will they be literally bestowed
upon class, determined to prescribe hundreds
and thousands of the best citizens of the State?
The right to vote is even more priceless in pos
session of the white man, than it is in e1pec-
fancy to the black, and he will not be deprived
of it without remembering the hand that spoils
him. The proposed constitution, while pre-
tending to establish equality, directly disfran-
chises large portion of the whites. Is this
the sort of equality the colored people want
all rights for themselves, and limited num-
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-04-08

"AGAINsT THE CONSTITUTION. What will
passed under it, by black and tan Legisla-
ture chosen at the coming election The logi-
cal and inevitable sequence Of its adoption as
the organic law of this State, once so chval-
rous in its social laws and customs and proud
of acknowledged sovereignty, must be painfully
palpabe to every thinking man. The slaves
whose shackles have just been thrown off as
one of the results of violent revolution, we
forever acknowledge, ciyllly and politically,
equal to ourselves. With their servile minds
corrupted by the Infamous carpet-baggers who
come among us-having been driven from their
own States by too rigid enforcement of the
penal laws-they will enact such measures of
agrallanisn and prescription as will compel us
to look for new homes in country free from
such despotism. These reckless guides will
induce him to vote for laws which will force
social equality on our wives and children. From
the minds of the blacks they will dissipate
ehooo eaiiy ihiPleaoioHe, "hlCu tlle hihuHtSS vi
their old masters and the influence of the do
mestc household made on them, and precip-
tate war of races. Our money raised and
distrained from us by rigid and extortionate
tax laws, will be squandered by their imprac-
ticable legislation; free schools will be sup
ported without any resulting benefit, and bu-
reaus established to keep their race in lawless
Incidence. Its adoption will be ruin to them
and to the whites it will drag us and our chill
dren to the lowest depths of social infamy it
will PROSTATE our material resources and shackle
our manhood. Under it the country will be
years recovering from its Frustrated condit ion.
We must vote it down.
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it his duty to see that his nelghoof Fote like
him, and we may be assured of success.
SOCIAL Equality WITH FENGEANCE-Ihe
following order, lately issued by Gen. Meade,
the commander of the Georgia Military dis
trict foreshadows the fate of our own State,
and should rouse every white citizen OF Loul-
siana from his apathy and TO the exertion of
his utmost energies towards the defeat of the
Infamous constitution which is shortly to be
submitted to the voters for their ratification or
rejection. Let it be understood that should
this constitution be ratified, negroes can force
themselves into our hotels, railroad cars,
churches and all places Of public character.
Let our industrious German friends know that
their drinking saloons and other places of recre-
alton will thenceiorth be open to the negroes,
who will not be slow to avail themselves Of the
right to enter therein. This social relation ar
rangement is a question of taste, question
of refinement, question of race, question OF
principle. Some of US may be able to repel
these intrusions with which we are threatened,
but what is to become Of the honest, unfortu-
nate poor people of the country, among whom
this leveling process is to commence? Let us
save them, if possible, from the contamination:
HEADoR's S. THIRD MILITARY D1srR1cT,I
dept. Georgia, Alabama and Florida.) 7
Atlanta, Ga, Feb. %, 1868
General Orders No 81
|. The Commanding General having re-
ceived information through official sources,
that, in some instances, the courts and officers
charged with providing for the support pau
pers, and with the care of persons entitled to
the benefits of public charities in this district,
refuse such support and benefits to persons of
color-it is therefore.
Ordered, That all the civil courts and Off
GERS in the several States constituting this mil
itary district, whose duty it is made by law to
provide for the relief of paupers, shall extend
relief to all persons entitled to claim and claim
ing the same as paupers, without any discrim-
ination as TO race or color. And that in all
the public institutions of said several States,
supported by legislative appropriation or tax
alton, for the deaf and dumb, the blind or in
sane, INDECENT colored persons shall be received
on the same conditions and enjoy all the ben
efts which white persons are entitled to re-
ceive and enjoy in such Institutions
By order Of ajor General Meade
r q npun A q
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-04-08

EFFECT OF RATIFICATION ON CAPlTAL.-ll the
constitution is ratified, as it places the govern
ment of the State in the hands of entirely new
men, either recent Radical importatons or parti-
san blacks, both unacquainted with public af-
fairs it will follow as the day the night, that men
of means and intelligence will leave the State, to
avoid social antagonisms and Legislation hos
tile to our material interests. Capital is al
ways timid-it seeks investment only in secure
places. Even now the mere apprehension of
placing the State government in new and ire
sponsible hands deters Northern and European
capitalists from investing money in this State
and in consequence Of it, there is so little de-
mand for lands that prices are merely nominal,
while labor, from the want of sufficient capital
to give it employment, is growing every year
less remunerative. The scarcity of capital in
the State is owing as much to our political con-
dition, to the unsettled questions growing out
of public affairs, as it is to overhows and the
cotton worm. These account for the farmers
having no money, and the negroes having low
wages but if we could restore the State upon
a permanent footing of equality to the Union,
without the prescription of its oldest and ablest
citizens, how easy would it be for farmers to
obtain loans from the redundant currency afoat
in the Norrh To put the capital Of the State
under the control of the arpet-baggers-who,
as class, have none-would be to warn off
all men disposed to invest their money here,
and we fear, it would drive away great deal
of capital owned in the State and now invested
here.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-04-08

VEO l.. RARTSUFF, Asst. Adit. Gen
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH MILITARY DISTRICT,
New Orleans, March %, 1868 {
Special Orders No 63I
l. By an act of Congress, which became law March
u, 1868, it is enacted "That hereafter any election
authorized by the act passed March twenty three,
eighteen hundred and sixtyseven, entitled An act
supplementary to An act to provide for the more eff
hcient government of the rebel States passed March
two, eighteen hundred aud sixty seven, and to taci
tate their restoration shall be decided by majority
of the actually and at the election in which
the question of the adoption or rejection OF any con-
stitution is submitted any person du stered in the
State may vote in the election district where he offers
to vote when be has resided therein for ten days next
preceding such election upon presentation of his
tfcae of registration his affidavit other satisfac
tory evidence, under such regulations the district
commanders may prescribe y and,
That the Constitutional Convention of any of the
States mentioned in the acts which this is amendao
ry, may provide at the time Of voting upon the ratf
cation OF the constitution, the registered voters NAV
vote also for members of the House of Representative
of the United States and for all elective officers pro-
vlded for by the said constitutions and the same cleo
ton officers who shall make the return Of the votes
cast On the ratification rejection of the Constitution
shall enumerate and certify the votes cast for members
of Congress"
In accordance with the terms of this act an election
will be held in the State of louisiana for members of
the mouse Oh Representatives OF the United States and
for such State, judicial parish and municipal officers
and members of the General Assembly, are provided
Tor IN the constitution to be submitted to the people
for ratification.
The election will be in all respects part of the cleo
ton heretofore ordered in Special Orders No. IS,
dated March H. 1865 from these Headquarters subject
only to such notifications as may be required by the
above mentioned act of Congress.
Any person duly registered in the State of Louisiana
may vote in any election district ward or precinct
provided he has resided for ten days next preceding
the election in the district ward precinct where he
offers to VOTE upon presentation of his certificate of
registration, Or in of his having lost such certf
cate upon bis affidavit of his registration in which
shall be set forth the fact of such loss and that he has
not voted before at the present election or upon such
other evidence of these facts as may be satisfactory to
tue Commissioners Of Election.
The ballots to be cast for" or "againstn the Con.
stitutlon shall have on them-printed. or in writing
Inc names OF the several officers voted for under its
and the returns of the election will be made
% the commanding General, as directed in paragraph
:, of Special Orders No. So, above referred to-
ny command OF Brevet Maj. Gen. R. G. Buchanan
GEO, l.. HARFsUFF Asst Adj Gen
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-07-04

The Senate met at noon. The committee
to which General Buchanan's order was re-
ferred yesterday reported that they were OF
opinion that the action of the presiding Of
fcer, requiring members to take the Test
Oath, should be fully sustained but due
respect to the wishes of the General COM
manding the armies Of the United States
induced the committee to recommend a
discontinuance of the Test Oath hereafter,
and members be allowed to qualify in ac-
cordance with the Constitution Of the State.
After discussion the report was adopted and
Is Democratic Senators then took the oath,
and the Committee on Election were dis
charged that new one might be appointed
in which the Democrats should be repre-
scented.
In the House the proceedings were of a
similar nature, but showed more oppos ition
in disposing OF the test oath. Only the
names of those who had previously taken
the test oath were called on assembling, but
subsequently the roll was called Of those
elected who had not qualified, and portion
qualified under the Constitution, and more
will probably do SO tomorrow. The House
permanently organized by the election Of
Charles w. Lowell (white) as Speaker. The
House adopted the joint resolution ratifying
the Fourteenth Amendment BY \ vote of 81
yeas to nays. 1t was resolved by the House
that those not disqualified BY the Fourteenth
of Article SO of the Constitu-
ton, or whose seats we're not contested, be
allowed to take their seats.
1t is stated authoritatively that the ap-
plication for the presence OF milltary was
made by two Democratic Senators elect.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-The Committee Of
Ways and Means have agreed to report a
small TariG bill, probably tomorrow. 1t
covers small manu- features of iron to the
value which principally depends on the
labor employed on them.
An order was issued to-day relieving Gen.
eral Mcdowell from the command of the
Fourth Military District, and assigning
General Gillem to that command. General
Mcdowell has been ordered to report to the
War Department Immediately.
The Senate confirmed Richard S. Miller,
as Associate Justice for Idaho. and rejected
James Hubbell as Minister to Ecuador,
A. j. Moulder as Surveyor-General for Cali
mia, and Harry Beckwith as Superintendent
Of the Branch Mint at San Francisco.
The Reconstruction Committee have
agreed to report bill! to divide Texas into
three States instead of two.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-07-04
SAN FRANCISCO DISPATCH.

SAN FRANCISCO, July "A convention
of the Grand Army of the Republic viii
meet at Congress Hall in few days.
There will be meeting OF the Eisht-hour
men and citizens generally at Dashaway Hall
tomorrow night, to rejoice and jubiiate over
the passage of the Eight-hour law by the
State and nation.
A little boy named Oliver Watson was
drowned in the bay on Tuesday evening, and
his body was recovered yesterday.
This morning girl about Is years of age,
living on Tehama street, ran out Of doors
screaming. Her dress was on fire and her
body enveloped in flames. She was frightfully
burned, but at last accounts was still alive.
A fire cracker exploded and set fire to her
dress.
The steamer New York will sail for Yoko-
hama to -morrow morning. Senator William
J. Shaw is one of the passengers, who is
bound on pleasure trip around the world.
The steamer Sierra Nevada from Mazatlan
arrived to-day
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-07-04
EASTERN DISPATCHES,



WASHINGTON, Ju ly Nv. J. WEIGH
Senator elect from Florida. was sworn in.
Senator CONFESS, of California, called up
the i'll relating to the Western Pacific Rail
road. 1. grants to the corporation the use Of
so much land on Yerba Buena, or Goa
Island, in the harbor of San Francisco, as
is not required for military purposes. After
a number of amendments the bill passed.
WASHINGTON, July 2.-Stevens, of Penn
sylvania, has reported q bill to provide for
the erection of not more than two States
from Texas. Ordered printed and recon-
mi,ted.
CHICAGO, July 2-The Tribune's special
says that the House Committee on lining
Affairs has unanimously reported a bill in
favor ofthe Sutro Tunnel job, and recon-
mended that the Government aid me same to
the extent of $4,000, 000-a sum of $50 per
foot for construction Of the tunnel. The
work done to insure repayment to the Gov
eminent by its taking mortgage on the
tunnel, and receiving the entire revenue in
payment after the tunnel is completed to the
Comstock lode. The bill is no. likely to
pass.
New YORK, July 2.-The Times says
that as the matter now stands, the New
York delegation to the Convention will no,
support Chase for nomination for President.
1t belives, however, that he will be nomina-
ted
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-07-04

Pony EXPRESS FROM RENO TO VIRGINIA.
Day before Yesterday was the time of the com
mencenent of pony express lines by Wells,
Fargo & Co, and by the Pacific Union Ex-
press Co. between Virginia City and Reno.
The Enterprise Of yesterday says:
| The distance is twenty-five miles. Both
companies had been purchasing fast horses
and preparing for this grand race, and a
| knowledge of this fact stirred up an intense
excitement in the city, not only in sporting
circles but among men not often i'll the habit
of backing their opinions with coin. The
rider for Wells, Fargo & Co. was Robert
Haslam, an old rider for the company on the
old Overland Pony Express route, and wei!
known in the State as Pony lightweight,
1870 pounds. The rider for the Pacific Union
Express Company was Frank Henderson,
Young man who has for some time been
gagged as driver On the omnibus line between
this city and Gold Hill-wcight l39 pounds.
Each company had Ave changes Of horses
stationed on the route, the changes being
gbout four miles apart. When the cars ar
rived at Reno both riders were mounted,
ready and received their packages of letters
before the cars had fairly stopped. The Pa
cifc Union rider got 10 seconds, or about 10
rods the start-was just crossing the bridge
over the river when Pony Bob started. Bob
overhauled and passed him, however, before
he had gone quite one mile. bob delayed
starting until he had buckled his express bag
firmly upon his back. After passing the
Pacific Union rider, Bob kept ahead Of him
all the way to the city, gradually increasing |
the distance between them, until near the
city, when he was nearly two miles ahead. !
He arrived in this city in just one hour and
four minutes from the time he left Reno, and
Frank, the Pacific Union rider, in one hour
and ten Observation-Disclosures in favor of Wells,
Fargo & Co.'S rider, six minutes.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-07-04
SENATOR STEWART AT THE EAST.

1t is highly gratifying to his consti-
tuents in Nevada to know that Senator
Stewards earnest labors in their behalf
and in behalf Of the country meet with
an appreciative recognition by the peo-
pie who reside near the scenes of his
labors and who have had opportunities
to watch his course and observe the
manner in which be discharges the trust
confided to his care. We yesterday
received a letter from q gentleman at
Washington, one of the staunch and
prominent Unionists of Connecticut,
where Stewart and Gorham put forth
their energies IN behalf Of the National
Union Republican cause. That letter
contains the following deserved tribute
to Mr.. Stewards ability as a debater:
WASHINGTON, D. c., June II, 1868.
EDITOR OF The CARSON APPEAL-Dedr
Sir d: l venture to inc!ose to you paragraph
clipped from the Washington correspondence
of the Courier of New Haven. 1t is impair
tai testimony to the ability of Senator Stew
art. The people of Connecticut have no in
terest in him except that he has made them
some good speeches in their holly contested
political campaigns. The debate referred to
is that Of last week on the readmission Of
the six rehahilitated States:
" Senator Stewart has shown mnch strength in
this debate. He seized on Doollttle and exposed
his plattudes about negro equality and Legro
domination with Indignant force. He knocked
him down and scalped him. OF course the New
York papers don't notice such thing much.
Nevada is too far away. Mr.. Stewart is a very
Industrious vigilaHt and useful member. He Is
growing constantly in real power and influence.
Those who have listened to him in Connecticut
during campaigns know that he is an able
campaigner. He is also an able, trusty and pro-
gressive legislator
A perusal of the speech in question
will bring conviction of the truth of the
correspondents comments. The Union
men of Ormsby county are waiting to
give hearty welcome to Mr.. Stewart
upon his return to the State. The
earnest tones of his voice will not be
unheard in the coming canvass.