Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1870-04-30
Good and honest advice.

H#..UT SOOA - SAVAAV0V 0UA vAOVs
Dr.. Revels, q co'ored minister Of the Gospel,
aud = brother Of the u. S. Senator Of tina,
name, IS hard at work, it seems, against ahe
reconstruction schemes Of Congress. Dr..
Revels is 4 resident Of Tennessee and, from
oil appearances, q man Of jndgmen, and intel!i.
gence. He speaks boldly and TO the point. lie
understands ,~horoughiy,-as we would wish
to zee the whole colored population Of The
Country, understand, tile only reasonable
and in fact the only possible, relation,
between tho two races.
AT q meeting, in Nashville, a few weeks
ago, Of the "Preachers' Union Association
composed Of the various negro churches OF
Tennessee, Dr.. Revels offered the following
resolution, which was fully coucurred in by
every Minister present -
"Resolved,-Tha we recommend 10 our
"people, Throughout, the State, to strive to
cultivate friendly relations with the white
"Citizens, that prosperity and peace may
"Prevail, and that strife aud confusion may
"csase."-
Had such a language, spoken by the good
men Of the Country, from the end Of the war
to the present day, been spoken alike by those
who are bold enough to call themselves the
'loyal" Citizens Of the United States villa. a
different course our National Affairs would
have taken,-and what gra,ui,ous wrongs,
what desastcrs, what ruin, would have been
avoided y In the. first place, the "Grand
Army" of ca~rpct:taegcrs who have invaded
our Soil, as innumerab!e as the iocusts that
swept over Esyp',-dcs,roying "every herb
of the land and all tho fruit Of the trees that
The hail had ief,"-wouId have remained
North Of Dixon's line, living and dying in that
state Of begsary aud lowly insigniicance,
INTO which il had pleased God 10 call them
In the second place, and in The absence of the
above adventurers, the newly enfranchised
race. would hare followed their natural ms.
'incts. and, folIoOing which, afar from poll.
tical strife and intrigue, would have been
happier, and would have contributed more To
The wSlare and prosperity Of our Country
and theirs,
But, on the other hand, Ralicalism, tha, all
absorbing, all drvonring monster, would have
had nothing 10. feed upon. Il wonlJ have died
ont; and with il, all the myrmidons, all the
OHics.seskers, all the political brokers of the
tand. whose only ambition is to make money,
no matter how and Al what price.
When We 6rn saw wilma, game those people
vsrs playing, we were so much taken a hack,
chs vuA vnrs, Nnn1t.lIs. /, ..,:st -
We told them, with Is mnc'. form as possible,
-" What DO you mean ?-Don', you see yon
"are destroying the very foundation Of our
/" National edi6ce - What have you done
i" with the Constitution ?-Where is it ?-Do|
8 You call The mischievous machinery you are
'snow running, a republican government p
us this q Union Of Sovereign States ?-Wly /!
= you fought to maintain the Union as il was,
denying that any Of The Southern States had
sever gone ont Of it!-And yet, no sooner is
:. the war over, no sooner have you proven, VI;
sss armis, al il was your within TO allcge as
'',rue,-in = word, no sooner had You hal
. every thing your own way, that, all If a
9 sudden, you are discovered 10 change front
and % ssy 10 us,-now iha. we have kept you
His the Union, il is hereby ordered and
"dscseed that You be, hsnceforth, out Or ii."-
Thus spoke We, for about two years. while
still somewhat incredulous as 10 human de.
prav,iy in general, and northern hypocrisy in
partieular.-
We found nut, At last, that the Buffers, The
Summers, the S:antons, the Wilson's, and al
the leading Rrsal-nen and eminent patriots If
The. 'Plymon,h Rock" origin, were laughing,
in their bwn p~uritanic way, 1t our innocent,
aud, 10 them, astonishing surprise. They knew
better than any Of NJ, what mischief their
esavss hsd alfsady dons,-what mischief i'll
wAs liksay to do again. But, were.thcy moi
Rsvo,u,ioniss I - Could they 60 backward
without heing crushed under the ruins they
had hespsd around them mo, no.-onward,
onward. -sueh was their only by.word -
Uauasd, onward still, inward always,-no
aa,.es What harpens!-The torrent must rush
on. Iha swifl-sseamsd river must rise, il
nass swell, j. must rua over lie banks.
Well, ~ silver has risen -. has swollen !
-n1 Il shas finally run over its undermined
banks.-Ths County y INV ovstfown. It's
hoaof. its disaity, tie sspablicanis., have .
y The botaons a~ssstspSshaps 10 b sssn