Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-08-17
LIGHT BREAKING IN UPON
POLITICAL EGYPT,

There seems TO be some light break.
inc in ono Of the darkest spots of the
Southern Egypt One Of the brightest
champions Of the Mongrel party OF
Louisiana, Thomas J Durant shows
signs Of conscience, ifnot of return
inc reason and shame In a letter
dated June 22, 1870, written to J. 5.
soudo, he speaks as follows of the
Mongrcl leaders in the State;
oThcro must be an absolute separation from ihs
dishonest aud incompetent men VINO nave 'u''u
since 1867 I"
And since the date Of this letter,
the oMongrel State Central Commit
tee have issued an address, from
which we cut tho following extract;
acitirens and Republicans After an expert |
cnce Of two years, under the leadership oi ,he
most dishonest aud corrupt set Of politicians that
have ever disgrnccd the political history OF any
Of the States Of this glorious Union you are now
called upon to rescue the State from the hands OIL
the political adycnturers who have brought " On
the verge of bankruptcy !"
This, then, is the confessed result
of the fatal experiment of a mixed
black and white rule in Louisiana
1t is the bitter confession of the Mon
grol State Central Committee itself.
1t is "confcssion of Judgment en-
tered by the parties own motion
This same party has brought not only
cvery other Southern State to the
verge of bankruptcy, but it has
brought the United States TO that
verge also 1t is kept out of bank
ruptcy only by the most stupendous
plundering of the people from year
to year. And, as there must, by
and.by, come an end of this plunder,
through the absolute inability of the
people to yield the sums now forced
from them, bankruptcy is certain to
overtake the Federal government at
no distant period, unless there is an
end of the administration of the party
now in power. Either that party
must come to an end, or the govern
ment must, through a grand financial
break down, The government can
, not prey upon the people when they
I, have been robbed of their last dollar.
What the mixed white and black rule
has done for Louisiana, we repeat, II
has done for every other Southern
State, and is doing for the whole
Union. 1t did the same thing for Ja-
maica, and did it so thoroughly that
the British Government became so
disgusted with the experiment Of ne
gro suffrage that it took it away. 1t
- is true. that the madmen and fools Of
, Exeter Hall had influence enough
7 with the government to drive it &c
' the disgraceful deed ofsweeping Waite
suffrage away also in that Island
. That is, although negro suffrage haC
9 been the cause of impovorishing thu
Island and ovorthrowing its civiliza
J lions, yet, to pacify the crazy Aboli
i tionists of Exeter Hall, the white mel
e of Jamaica were treated like negroes
i and the government Of the lslan'
c transferred to distant white men il
/, England. What a confession Of tn
J. folly and the crime Of negro suffrage
u And the confession of the "Mongre
J Central Committee" of Louisiana ]
II not much behind it. But sad expert
n ence will at last nail the conviction t
c the skulls Of all the white men in lib
J United States, that negro suffrage is
y devil which must be completely lai
L low before peace, harmony, prosperity
g and an improving civilization can b
: restored to this country. Certainly
d wherever the negroes are any thin
> like q dominant element in suffrage
s. they and the basest sort Of whit
> wrctchcs will rule. And this state {
L. things cannot exist long in one POI
Is ton of the Union without the into
n' lectual, social, and political rot e'
81 tending to all parts. Negro suffpg
Ip any where is an ulcer, which must u
es timately taint and destroy the whol
10 body Of our country. 1t is almo;
enough TO drive a sensible man Graz
~ to witness the stupidity and delusio
- Of our politicians on this subject
C. Not more than two in ten, even Of th
u Democratic politicians, seem to po
a' sess any correct information on th
p subject Drifting down on the It'd
rs of that monstrous idea, that all I'll
D. types Of men are one race, and ca
te therefore be assimilated in a commo
civilization, they are already whirlin
20 around in the fatal mdlStrom whic
has swallowed up every such attemT
in record Of more than five thousan
=" years. The terrible lesson of histor,
y and the irrefutablc demonstrations
science, all are nothing with the ign'
ramus who imagines that white me
." negroes, Indians, Chinese, &c, &c
may be amalgamated on a plane
" equality. The "Mongrel Central Con
mittce" will call for reform in vain, :
long as the Niger remains a part
:! the political machinery Of their Stat
They have launched their State an
the country on the broad way TO ii
devil, through the curse Of negro fra
= chise, and they must get out Of il, an
~ return to the old paths Of complei
White Supremacy, or oil must land
he'll at last What they are now c,