The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1870-09-24
q Little Plain Talk.
From the n. O. Democrat I

=, hpit " sIate lew plain truf,l, be-
lleving that the time has come vi n for
Dearance ceases to be q virtue, aI.otwhen
longer submission to the wros'.s and
grievances, under which we lp,.e now
suffering as people, will amot;r,, to po-
lltical crime. At such time al ,his, we
believe plain statement of IT, truth as
to our condition, the causes WI Ich have
brought it upon us, and the remedy we
propose to adopt to better it, will have
more effect than the grandest literary
effort, the most highly polished elo-
quence or the most elaborate argument.
At least such has been the teachings of
the past, under similar circumstances.
In our humble opinion, the time has
come when Gov. Warmoth and his con-
federates in political crime, aud their
plmps, pandcrers and hirelings, who are
conspiring against the liberties, rights
and interests of the people of this State,
should be given to understand in un-
mlstakable terms, that they have gone
the length of their tether, and that any
further attempt to stretch their ILL got
ten power, by unlawful means, beyond
Its present limits, with vicw to scc,l-
ring the future political control of this
State, Will so arouse long suffering,
long-forbeariDg people, that the Metro
'politan Police, the State Constablil,rv
and the Militia will not be sufficient to
protect them from their just Indignation
They should be given to understand
tlfat their outrages and expressions,
their prosecutions and populations, their
venality and corruption, their wanton
exactions and forced contributions. their
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of law, have been tolerated with tho
hope that they would be satiatcd in
time, or that the colored people whom
they deluded into placing them in power
would discover the true character of
their deceivers and turn upon them and
hurl the miscreants from place and
power. In the first hope they have been
disappointed, and the second has only
been partially realized. \ large number
of the more honest and intelligent of the
colored citizens have learned, from dear
bought experience, the true character of
their dcccivers and betraXers. their aims
and objects, and dissolved all political
connection with them. But through the
Union League, II. {. Warmoth and his
horde of plunderers yet exercise d bano-
full influence over a very considerable
portion of the colored population. and
they are using this influence to intimi-
date the more independents, honest and
intelligent and prevent them from acting
in opposition to the party in power:
which they do by organizing their dupes
into vigilance Committees aud instruct
ing them to wait upon and threaten the
lives of the colored voters who rcf,lse to
longer support the plunderers' party i'll
its career of crime.
Warmoth and his -conspiraturs
should be given to understand that they
are mistaken if they have attributed the
liberation and forbearancc of the people
of Louisiana to u lack of the proper
spirit of resentment, or the moral cour-
age or physical ability to redress the
wrongs of which they complain, or pun
ish the many high crimes and misde
meanors committed against them. They
have only been restrained by the hope
that carpet bag -scalawag rule would be
gave it an existence, or that, like other
excrescences, it would eat itself out.
Hoping this, the people were willing to
wait the result of this experiment, costly
as they knew it would be, rather than
apply the scalpel to these warts upon
the body polite, and thus furnish fresh
material Will, which to again fire the
Northern Radical heart. In these hopes
the people have been sadly disappointed.
The ulcers upon the body polite have
become chronic. Gangreue has set in.
The condition of the patient has been
rendered desperate, and desperate reme-
dies must be resorted to IT we would
prevent its very vitals from being eaten
ont.
The plunderers and oppressors should
be given to understand that for the reas-
ons thus briefly stated, they have been
simply tolerated. and not because they
possess any moral or political yistue or
power of resisting the indignation OF q
Justly inceused people. That they have
been permitted to infest the community
for the reason that our people wished to
show, not only to the North, but to the
world, that they possess power OF en-
durance under wrong never before mani
tested by any people. For it cannot be
doubted but that any other people, suf-
fering a tithe of the wanton, ruthless
oppression that has been heaped upon
the people of this State, would have risen
in re volt, and either hurled their oppres-
sors or the oppressed in common
ruin.
Having thus forborne. oven until the
more liberal aud respectable of the
Northern Radical press has been forced,
from sense Of common decency, to
raise its voice in condemnation of our
oppressors and plunderers, the people OF
Louisiana wsnld be justified before the
civilized world if they were to cease Ion
ger to tolerate the political vermin Who
have heen eating up their substance,
and resort to the only means left of rem
dering them harmless, They who would
be free, must themselves strike the blow
Ey" Cart pass, n'arm,'' said stern
sentinel of the navy to an officers lady.
But, SIR + must pass; Im Captain WIS
lady, "Can't help it, ma'am; couldn't