The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-10-26
The Fate of Colored Candidates.

In the distribution of the Radical
patronage in the State the scarpet-bag
gers have hitherto got the kernel ana
the colored Radicals the shell. When
ever there is fat Radical office to be
disposed Of carpet-bagger' invariaoiy
gets it, and the pretensions OF colored
aspirants are postponed to some more
lconyenient season. For some time IL
lxas esteemed the height of Radical
heresy for colored man to aspire to a
seat in Congress. 1t was given out
that if colored men should go to WASH
ineton and mingle in the polite circles
of the Radical aristocracy it would IN
iure the party at the North, where the
southern Radical social equality no
tions had not yet taken root. But
when Revels obtained seat IN the
Senate it was thought that it was time
for the Radicals to "change all that"
Tt was generally conceded that the
next House of Representatives would
| contain a considerable Sprinkle" OF
! colored men.
Fl But in North Carolina and elsewhere,
: where colored men Glanced to get the
Radical nomination, tae candidates
f were invariably defeated. 1t was evil
dent, therefore, that the carpet-bag-
: gers "went back" On their colored
friends. In Louisiana, where nine
: teen -twentieths of the Radical party
' consist of colored men, it was thought
that the carpet-baggers might yield
G somewhat to their demands. But here,
@ carpet-bag avarice and greed shone
" forth in their accustomed splcndor.-
!. Out of five Congressional candidates,
n the carpet baggers have every one
In the lower Districts the carpet-bas
:, cadet spectators have carried the day
= And so in the Fifth District. In this
= District the regular Convention nomi-
p mated carpet Dagger of whom no one
i'll ever heard before. The colored men
3 headed by Geo. Y. Kelso, Senator from
Or Rapides, called a separate and yer,
r largely attended Convention and nom
m mated C. G.. Antoine, a colored man
al from Caddo. Antoine had uphill tim
ro of it in endeavoring to get the rights
his race acknowledged until finally, at
ter the arrival of Warmoth and tn
white carpet-baggers, he was forced t
~ withdraw. In doing so he puplishe
" the following card:
u SHREVEPORT,
tie October 18th.
b. Editor Daily Southwestern:
ofI You will permit me to correct state
ment Made against me in your issue
-of October 10th. In justice to my frienC
ms and myself, I do not hesitate in sayin
~, that | was the regular nominee of Il
Republicans of the Fourth Congre
TO sional District for Congress, and TIL;
lry the eighty thousand colored voters
NV the State should have at least one R
~ preventative in Congress. But findil
Use myself alone advocating the rights al
de- nriviieces of nv race. havi" ..= NO l.ea
~ to carry ON the contest and believil
NV that it would result in the election
ks the Democratic nominee and the ign
TO- mintous failure of myself and bushes
[ have withdrawn-not for five tho
-iu sand dollars OF f1attering greenbacks.
ing Very respectfully,
ure G. C. ANTOINE,
25, AS anxious as this colored candida
her was to stand up for his race and coli
the he was unable to do so alone. He b
on not the ability or the means to sta
uld 'soii1ary anu aioile III ''eiei.o VI
rights of his 'feighty thousand" frien
Hence he had to "knock under" to
outside pressure from white carp
baggery.
VI And so it will ever be. The Yanl
ceal Adventures have no use for the bls
IVA men except to get their votes to h
into them into position to feed from
ono public crib. And yet the colored 4
the seem to be oblivious of the fact. Il
the long they will remain in their pres
darkness remains to be seen.
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