Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1870-04-30
THD l0UISIAyIAy.
Saturday, April 80, 1870.

again at the surface. The man who was
heard 10 say, @let US have peace, The repu,ed
honest West Pointer, the Anti.poli,ician as he
was termed, the Saviour Of lis Country, who
had called Botler a coward, a liar, a villain,-
Is now,-'o his eternal shame be il said,-is
now Buffers humble servan,,-lis obedient
tool
When such decentralization exists, when
the head Of the Nation turns ont 10 be no,
even its tail, how can we expect tina, all the
s%ubdued, the down.trodden, the hunger
haunted people Of the South should remain
as united, and as firm, and as patriotic, as
when the frst gun was fred at Fort Sumpter?
The South stood The war remarkably we'll,
though, at last, il had 10 yield to the crushing
weigh, Of number. But how, in the name Of
God, can any people, however heroic, stand
tor any length Of time, such a peace as is
given to US by President Ulysses s. Grant p
Was not the war a blessing compared to i, p
Still, we say, though soever exhausted and
ag"n'z'ng, as the end is getting nearer and
nearer every day, we must call 10 our assist.
ance wha, little energy and endurance are
'ett Us, and persevere in The manly course we
have always followed. We must save our
honor, i we can save nothing else. .
What we mean is this =
We must not commit ourselves, nor hazard
our fut're co"diiiot, In any has'y compromise
we might be tempted 10 accept, through a
feeling Of WEAKNESS and disgust. We INNS,
be the rnling spirits in our own Section, our
own South, if we are destined to be any ding
at all. Let u, show no mercy 10 the greedy
adventures who are swarming around us. lie,
us give good and wise advices to the Colored
population of our Parish and State. KNOWING
us as they co know US now, they mus, believe
Us when we speak 10 them. We have never
tia'tered or deceived them, nor will we ever
DO it as long as we live ;-bn,, though as POOR
as many OF them, we have always given them
a shelter, and afforded them The means of
earning an homes, living for themselves,
Their wives and children. If they are moi
'rre'rievab'y b'in'-as we hope they are no,
They must sse that W. have never ceased To
be their only frienJs,-thei, real protectors. fl
is therefore Of their in,eres,,-even though by
i, they might lose a temporary advancement,
TO assist US in overtL,owing the reign Of
terror, ct Intrigue, OF corruption. which
threatens ruin every where. Let them offer
MS The weigh, OF their number, aud, in return,
we will give them The weigh, Of onr %in,elji.
gence and Of onr experience. They are des.
tined 10 live and ,'ie around ms. This Country
is their Native Country as i, is our's,-their
W S"n'h as it is ours - they mnsi then
rally aron"d our flag, fight for Southern inter.
cs's. and thus help us crus, down the willy
carpe'. baggers who prey upon us and Them.
DE-. ll%evels, one Of ,lreif own, has said, tie
colored population SINUS, strive tn cultivate
+" friendly relations with the white Citizens.
And by white Citizens, he meant, If course,
Native-born Citizens Of the Son,h, and no,
the sm"o,h-mo",hed, ever praising, ever de.
and ever greedy maramiers, who
arrived but yesterday, and who would
rule all and every thing.
Let our colorsd population reflect on onr
remarks TO item I'VE think they can only
gain by it.