, 1869-01-19
TO e0NQEt1Xu Nr RAJ
TIE LOUISIANA IEYRHa.

MI. oenAsof hel1ogg, Of Louisiana, pro-
poses b5 q bib befnre Congress 10 hare
the United SAFES grar.ntec the bool,
issued by that 6ta'e to raise N ,uey TO re-
build The Mnsifftppi leFees, He cf:p
to secure the Uered States acAit $, all
less bY pledge ot the 7,000. 1000 or tcYes
eftwxnp lands dsnA.ea bY Congress 10
loulsia1 just before the war, and by =
fuithtr pledge shst every sec:iou ot AlIu-
7ial lsnd reclaimed by tie seconst1ucsion
Ct the levees shall be seld and the nro-
eeets applied to tie payment Of the
bonds. II the security ctiered has auy
value whatever, why il 1t not made d.
feeisy 70 The purrh :aers Of the bonds.
The State OF Michigan would like 70 have
i've millions ct oo'lsrs expanded In
making lake harbora ia that S.Ate. where
there are none. nud pltdRe Of
The lads adjtio'ng suon harbors would
promptly obtAin she loan in any
1~s&ss. Tia p1edga Of al The
Ards ard Ill ibe property IN Lour-
tsiana -hss ro value, because the
people Ct lhat 6tasehsve shown. By their
conduit &ince the close Of the 8ar.
1he:r utscr want Of principle truth, pssrf~
otisp md bonessJ, 1t il the boast Of
every 1auielsnsan 1has no negr,, nor no
Nczthe1u white mae, hsa been able to oe.
cupy, ho2do culavA1e au acre of land In
the 6'ste .unsess pratecttd by the actuL
presesce Of uulstd States troops. II Is
the boast OF every Lnu,si.utan slat no
regro or Northern y mite man who hAs
attempted 70 Guilty ate an ac1e Of the soil
Of thA. :shte IN The ahsence Of such armed
protcction has escaped without the
loss OF his land, his machinery, his stock,
his crop, OF his own lite, or The lite ol
some nenbc1 Of his family and in n.ny
cnscs all these cz.1uisies have befalten
The victim. Who, cces Sls. Kellogg e1.
pecs, will purchase these swamp lands.
Who, does he c1oect, will undertake 10
reclaim themI Net LouisiAnians, be
cauta they contesa an l1aolli;y to
do 70. They will mot. work
themselves and have no money 70 hire
tabor, ard, in fac, have three times az
much land now as csn be cultiva'el What
iuducement bas Lou1stans etfsrsI to the
peop'e Of the North 10 60 down there
and build her levses, reelAim her over
towedplantations and drain her sw amps .
Is 1t an inducement To bs sho. at on s'gh.
FOR 70 other offence than nos having been
Southern bornf Mt. Kellogg has mol
been sbsent 80 Icing from the North
eEn s2ies but BE- must know that
no cu1iGtnut, sAvs mere off e.
seeker, will ever 20 70 Louisian1
TO reside while even the plains
have NO worse pest Than the C3mancht
or the A1apahoe- There is NJ Indi.n
tribe which has resn guilty OF greater
crimes agaiust humsutty. aud against tht
moral and p31i.ica! righss and tibertie,
Of men, rhsu hsse been prscs,s>d by the
people Of Lou,sians, with the full ap-
proEal Of public opinion in the S.ate,upor
The propt1:y, feelings and PERSONS Q
those Nor htru peSple who have sough
10 lire in that S:s,e. AID of those negroc.
WHO attempted ~ l>bcs icr themselves
With millions Of alr.s Of land lying idst
and unculiiys1ed, and with scarcity o
food for those iiv.cR there, these peop,,
OF Louisiana and M'ssiss1ppl have refusct
NortkTrn whites or Ieetoes The prtvi
lege oY cul'ivatlng The Soil. er OF eve1
raising food 10 divide With The hssE
starved na1ive 1ehels. WHAT is th
pledge Of land, in safe whose pe1pl
have cegsneIsttd mo savage
worth in the mnney marke..
COMMERCIAL stuse, the tsnd,
A}hska is Of mnre. value to a
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