The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-06-26
Dem Ocracy and Consistency of
the Courier.


had not been accompanied with conditions
~repugnant to (ts) our political opinions
and to (ts) our personal feelings"
70 relieve the Couricr of it's uncaSinrSs
about us, we will state that the public
printing was given to us purely and sim
ply, without any conditions whatever.
And to show the public what the (""ri
0's "political opinions and personal feel
ings" are, and to show its consistency, Of
the want of which it accuses us, we call
attention to the followi, g editorial extracts
taken from that paper:
SPEECH TO THE FREE MEN OF COLOR.
"They tthe free people of color) might
so easily have raised themselves 4 step,
both politically aud socI,11y, had they looked
up instead of down for with all other dis
t~inctions abolished, social outs r0NW .roIOn
lso.'-COurior, July 20M, 1867.
SPEECH TO TIE DLAcXs.
DWELL then make a nomination you are
entitled according to your numerical strength
to at least two candidates, nominate them,
we tell you, nominate tlem-choose two
honest, intelligent black mot colored) men.
Don't be ashamed of being called black or
negroes God made white and black men,
but white men and black women or vice
versa made or rather originated all other
shades Of colored people so you see you and
your best friends the white white men. mot
the white niggers) arc the only true pure
races except tie Indian on this Continent,
and you ought to stick together.
"Choose your candidates then, and nc
promise you q thousand or twelre hundred
Whtte rotes."-C Courier, Sept, l4h, 1867.
SECOND SPEECH TO THE FREE MEN OF COLOR.
Eyes, we would be your friend, and we
can prove by editorials written several
years before the commencement of the war,
before such an event was generally even
deemed possible, that our opinions then
were substantially what they are now, as
we said that no n acho had q considerable
preponderance of uhite blood in his reins
ought to be held IN sarery and who is
there that cannot see that If such q lao
had prevailed IN the South, no contest
aeouM ecer hare arisen, Dr. at any rate, as
aoe also advocated, erery nan wiM a pre-
ponderance Of white blood had been EN-
FRANCHISED.
"Free men of color, you have political
and legal equality with the white race, and
it rests entirely wiM yourselres uhat social
equality you can By your own prudent con-
duct win for yourselves also."-Courier,
Sept, 2sth, 1867.
Here, it will be seen, our consistent neigh.
Dor advocates aboliticnism, political and So
cial equality, and yet the Courier considers
itself a Caucasian organ. In a late number
it says: "Yhen our little journal was
first introduced to the public, we assigned
it, as one Of its most important duties, the
defence and advocacy of the true, great and
enduring principles of American Democra-
cy, as understood by the authors of our
system of government, and as applied by
them to its free institutions" How does
this sentence tally with the extracts we
have made above? Now we have been in
formed that when James Buchanan "was
nominated for the Presidency, the Courier
would not publish his nomination or the
platform of the Democratic convention that
nominated him, except as an advertisement
for pay. And yet it has a1uays been a
consistent Democratic organ.
AS to being shoulder to shoulder" with
Courier-that is, being used as a cats
paw-we respectfully decline the honor.
1t never wanted US it its party, and we new
er wanted to be in it. On the contrary,
ever since we commenced the business of
journalism il has endeavored to injure US,
as it has every other paper established here
itself. When it could not injure us
otherwise, it attempted to do so by dispar-
aging an agricultural paper we had recon-
mended to our planters, and by defaming
one of our patrons who did not advertise in
the Courier, but who did more for the Con-
federacy and the South than it ever did or
ever will do. We refer to DR.. Gober, for
merly of this parish. Being an army &C.
quaintancc of his, he gave US preference in
to an advertisement, and the Comi-1
er took umbrage at it; and the Doctor was
a rascal, as everybody else is who does like
wise.
The love of the Courier for US is similar
to that which the wolf bore Little Red Ri
ding hood, and we appreciate its desire to
to have US shoulder to shoulder" with it
accordingly. r.
For the sake of common decency, our
neighbor should cease lecturing on Democ.
racy, Republicanism, and consistency.
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One Per CENT TAx.-We are requested
blythe Collector to call the attention of
the tax payers to the fact, that a penalty
ten per cent monthly is imposed for the
non-payment of this tax, which it is made
the duty of the Collector to enforce. See
Acts of 1869 No. IS. The fine or forfeit
for non-payment, afer the first Of July
will be ten per cent for each subsequent
month or fraction ola month. Owing to
great severity Of the law, the Collector
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