The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-07-31
The Suffrage.

i Quite a number of our ex-
!, changes, and even some of our
correspondents, seem to miSappre-
hend our position upon the "uni-
/ ,yerSal suffrage" question, and We
!. hasten to set them right. If it
4 were in our power this day, we
Ewould hasten the Immediate tri.
1 umph of the ''great principle of
4 universal suffrage, with the quiet
\ self assurance that we were there
4 by doinglall.in our power to Sc
cure the speedy arrival OF better
state of things in our beloved but
l suffering native land. We would
I be thoroughly consistent and rig
! idly logical. What we gave to
Zone person as a@hirthFiglt we
would not withhold from his neigh
1 Dor as a privilege, fsEqnal .instice
to all" is our motto. Opposed to.
NEGRO suilragego Certainly mott
/ We would as soon have ouF own
ballot neutralized by one fraud as
another.
i. "But the iOreigneEs@
/ Oh yes, if they have landed, or,
Iintleed, ii there is fair coler of sns-
! picion that they are on their Way,r
or, at least intending to come
| over, let them be registered !
lat once. Nor would we allow
base and unphilosophical preju;
! diceS to shut out the Chinese and
other A Asiatics from sharing thefsin-
heritance of humanity with their
i European brethren: nor the In
i,dians, those genuine Native AIneris
cans: nor the Russians OF Alaska:
nor the half Spanish inbeciles OF
4 our new provinces to the south.
ward, as fast as we annex them.
/ 'sBut the womenF issFs & ER4i
II Certainly! the women and the
children. The former are as good
llot-holders as the negroes and!
Indians, not to mention the Ash
aticS; and as for thelatter, certain
ly all will admit that the age of
II years is a purely arbitrary dis
tinction, unworthy any sound
logic. Let us be consistent, if we
/ die for it. Thus might every man
of family have "caucusn of his
own, and the orphan asylums and
!. foundiing hospitals w0nld be de-
Populated by the anxious, haste Of 7
aspiring politicians who would
discover new beauties In the doc I
trine of "adoption.p We would
indeed play our absurd and, all
but insane political farce to its
legitimate conclusion, sure that
then at last the curtain would fall
amid the we'll earned pIaudits as
we'll as the inextiDguishablelaugh-
ter Of our worldraudienee. 49,.
i Do not laugh yet, however, gen
tlemen it is too soona You will
have all this in due ,times-s
You have had the mob; the drain
ings of European cess pools; the
negroes; and now the rest are
coming. We wish the managers
2 would push their actors a little,
just q little. We, ourselves viii
/, applaud as loudly as anybody -
InperiGiist. aa4 s,5it at,axs9
If We are to believe late. reports /;
) from Washington, cur national
t debt that has been actually fe4D
i duced during the. four months of
II President Grants administration
II over $50, 900. 900, or at the rate Of
Fl ninety millions per annHm. This
j is certainly pleasant pill to offer
Il to the friends OF repudiation- n-alid7
: this has been accomplished by
J sheer force of resources, and in
, lspite of almost every conceivable
i disadvantages. With wretched:
! ly unscientifc system of taxations
with such an amount OF general
I and frankly admitted dishonesty
that not half of the taxes imposed
i are collected, and but little mere
], than half OF the sum collected is
f ever applied to the. uses of the
t nation; with extravaganza IN ex-J
G penditure elsewhere uneaualedi
q paying a heavier rate of interest
on our Indebtedness than any
other first-elaSs Power in the
O werld-4in spite of all this We are
a paying off our debt. Not that the.
v same rate is likely to be long
}; maintained after Congress once
el more has an opportunity of tipk-
W ering the Treasury. There will
B be a new swarm to feed and fat
j; ten before long, and our finances
ei will require revision for that pur-
D, pose. Still, the fact thus present
RI ed is a splendid commentary upon
ltl the wealth, as well as the long.
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