The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-08-13


! in ncasing lhcir, baItots coIored men shall
! suffer no inr ,nyelIenct4, however tempo
rary, by rrAson Of any existing statute
nr re4nlation."
! Such having been the platform upol
which the late Democratic election il
/ New York was clrri -, Il only bpcomp:
npccs~;,rv t. contrast it with tie doctrine
claimed by the Day Boo1; and Old Guari
as approved hy "almost the entire res
prcjabjp Democratic press throughout
IL" United states" Ipols-tl'e:r author
iry The Day Book pr0s.:amS purpose
to repeal and wipe out every illegal
act or fraud" thereby referring 10 t;,r
fifteenth amendment and the ac's passed
in pursuance thereof. aud says further
" That the Democratic party will go
before the people pledged to restore the
Government to III" hands Of the white
ula,,, OF it viii not 60 hvtcr. the people
at AL" Every indication Of purpose
heretofore made by the Democratic par
ty at the South has cpincidpd with the
programme Of the Day Book, and those
for whom it speaks. Bat we have to
prolnc,. other evidence that this s,hism
by, bprn t,urhfulIv stated hv tlc
Day Book. The Hon. C. n.
p,ttpr y .mocratic ,o4mbpr " Conerns,
from New York, in a spec IL ma;ir IN
his place in the l2onsc Of Itr:r,-.,;ia-
lives 27jh Nav. 1870. is rr,,orf...l - ,-,,,,
made the following ,lpf.4,,,a. ..u State
nf Nrw Yo,k. - the" Enr-rps. = I,..noc.
racv - .. Il is hardly q .:l.,.t, f., x,v
that in the d4vs # the gr. s,.l...5.-,s, H. =
sword aud her purse purnrd tie .cal.
against the iuslrgen,s After the ...t.,,-
ion of the fifteenth amendment her
people were prompt 10 submit to it's re-
',uirements. and without hesitation re-
moved from her men Of color every res
friction to which thew had been befor,
subjected, So that now there remain, NOT
even a pretence for any / eceral lee;sla-
t;nn 70 Irot4ct t|,a riyhts of c,lored man
in that State.
We add the evidence of the Hon,
Mr.. Cassegly, Democratic Senator from
California, in a speech delivered in
Nav, 1870, and sent under his own
frank. Under the sub heading General
Acquiescence in the Fifteenth Amend
ment." he saws: "Senators of the domi-
nant party IRepublicans) must them
selves be surprised by the general
acquiescence of the Democratic party
the. country, North. South,
East or West in the operation of the
fifteenth amendment, I said while
ago that not the most distemperel nar-
tisan among the journalists of the Radi-
cal party had pretended ANYTHING to the
contrary. Some Of them have had the
candor to confess and anpland the con-
duct of the Democratic party in this
particular. The Washington Chronicle
saws: The revolution is comnletn
The colored man no lonoer votes in anv
section under the protection of the bavo-
,et,'"
"He is SOVEREIGN in his own rioet
all around the circle. The complaint
hat his ballot has been forced on the
South is hushed bv his RESPECTFUL and
almost cordial rec5gnition bv the DEM
,cracv of the North. In MARYLAND, :,
continues Mr.. Casserly, "There is. I un- |
lerstand. not one Republican in the |
1t is unanimously Demo- |
ratio. In that Legislature stems were
AIKEN to conform the LEGISLATION of the
State to the requirements of the ft-
eenth amendment. A bill providing
or the electionpf local officer in a
ounty, contained the word white
s it passed the Legislature, It was on
hat ground vetoed by the Governor,
lso Democrat, and his veto was sus-
aimed with substantial il not with en-
ire unanlmlty. In Democratic Ken
ucky, where, If anywhere, if we are
0 credit tithe OF the statements made
y her Senators within month, it might
e expected that there would be objec-
ion and obstruction to the black vote
nder the fifteenth amendment. [ OBJ
erve by dispatch of the Associated
'ress that, at the recent election in the
'hird District to fill vacancy in Con-
ress, the colored people voted en- masse
IL the Republican candidate without
le slightest hinderance or molestation."
In New York, the last Legislature,
democratic in both Houses, before adj
,urning, modified the laws of rcgistra-
on and election so as to conform them
, the fifteenth amendment, and the
ills were siged by Democratic Gov
rnor.
he South to be Abandoned RI Radical
Rule.
We have cited sufficient ovidanco Of
,is direct conflict Of oninicn Rnt the
lew York Day Book, with characterize