The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-08-10
The Mass Meeting.

The Mass Meeting.
Surely it is not necessary for to urge upon the
people the importance of coming together and devils
ing settled plan upon which to conduct the COM
ing campaign A man is Eecreant alike to his country
and his own interests who lisessy folds his arms
and permits himself to beswept along by the current
of political into waters he knows not 81 cares
not of. The Radical party secretly, though thor
oughIy organized in this Slate and parish and are san
guine of success We presume they base their hopes
mainly upon the belief that, however the elections
may result their candidates, even though they may
not receive the vote of corporas guard, will be al
lowed to take their seats in the State National As
semby. And the past .justifes such hope. But may
believe that such outrage as that perpetrated
upon the people at the last general election, when
Radical candidates who were badly beaten and who
had no legal, social or political claims to seats in the
Legislature, permitted to occupy the high places
may not believe that such outrage upon all de-
cency, all law and all justice cannot with safety be
again perpetrated by the Radical party? There Is
limit to human patience, point beyond which even
INSCRIPTIONS power dare not 60. We believe that
limit has been reached We believe the Radical party
has pushed its power to the uttermost verge. We be
eve, and hope and pray that the aveDgng hour Is on
the wing when these vile vermin the rira OF North
ern society," the thieves and beggars, and vagabonds
and scoundrels who have been poured down upon the
South and desoatng than the vanda hordes OF
Atilla or of Genghs Kahn, will be, not swept into
eternity but sent back to their congenia North And
we believe that the day rapidly comes when those
Southern born men who affiliate with them-cling on
to their robes humbly and meekly taking the crumbs
thrown the bungry cur, with wistful look into his
masters eyes watches for, and eagerly swallows the
platter of broken food-w be driven from the asso-
citation of gentlemen out into the world with the brand
of traitor and renegade burned deep into their fore
heads-the abhorred of man, the accursed of God.
There is, then, we conceive, hope for the future.
But to succeed is necessary that every man should
be up and doing Let profit by the sad experience
of our sister State of Texas. Had every true man
done his duty and gone to the polls at the last general
election the election of Hamilton IA choice of evils
if you will and, much important still, that of
Democratic Legislature would have been secured be-
yound doubt. What is the condition of her people
to-day? Deeds being enacted at her capital over
which Justice weeps and at which even Web Flana-
gan stands abashed. The good men of the State,
from her northern boundary to the Gulf, from Red
River to the Rio Grande, are appalled, at the threat
ened enforcement of the militia law, which would
make Texas seethiug hell. And all this could have
been changed if the say-at homes " had done their
duty to their State, their children and themselves.
Verify they have much to for and it is little
consolation to now reflect that their motives were
good
We earnestly beg our people not to stand back at
the approaching hour when mighty effort must be
made to redeem the State from the accursed sway of
Radicalism We never have, and do not now, counsel
violent measures. On the contrary violence would
defeat the very end and aim of our efforts But we
do beseech co0peration-an agreement upon some
sstent plan of conducting the campaign. This can be
only done by meeting and holding counsel together
The freedmen must be talked to- argued with, and
convinced that the principles of the Democratic party
in consonance with their interests than those
of the Radical party-must be made to understand
that the tariff laws, as existing cost them from
fifty hundred per upon every article of cloth
leg they wear every knife they carry in their pockets
every pound Of coffee they use and every hoe they
handle-that the Radical party is the bondhold-
ers party and is shaped in accordance with their in
and at the expense of every consumer white
black, in the land. They be made to know that
the Democratic party have designs upon their free
dom, nor upon their rights of franchise. They must
be educated up to the knowledge that carpetbaggers
only them as tools wherewth to build up their
own fortunes. They must be warned against the Sc
ductions of those of their color who assume to
be their leaders, for these men are bought with price
by the Radical party.
There is much work in hand, and we hope our coun-
try friends will spare day at least to matter so
important, and attend the meeting On the 18th.
freedmen ale impossible and largely Influenced by
the sight Of numbers of men, and SO the moral effect
of a general gathering would be incalculabe. We,
then, invite you earnestly to come.
SINGULAR FATE.-The New York World points out
the curious fact that all the leaders of the great anti
slavery party of this nation those at least who held
high executive Stations have gone ashore or been
shipwrecked. Mr.. Lincoln escaped old age of
insignfcance by picturesque and horrible catas-
trophe. Andrew Johnson is " nowhere" Seward, the
" Temeraire," unlike the hero whom Turner painted
reposng in the light of cheerful sunset is hogged
and broken backed. Mr.. Chase, washed by sort of
gigantic bore" an accidental tidal wave high but