The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-08-02

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had come to Galveston, he would have
been on the footing of slave. He
went against the most important meas
ure OF the session, my amendment to
the immigration bill. If 100 white men
come in we have that much less major
ity. If 500 whites and no blacks come
we shall be in the minority, and then
Clark and his sort will hunt feather
in the Democratic lap to hide under.
Yes, all these fellows will that have
been making us big promises, and that
we have been carrying or our backs.
TAXES.
Much is said about taxes, and the
Democrats say they are grooming un
der them. Glad oft Let them groau
have got $4,000 worth of property,
and Hike to pay taxes on it. It's my
privilege. You can't buy any land
They won't sell it to you. Your old
masters didn't give you any land OF
horses. The U2ited States failed to
confscate them, and the Constitution
failed too. There is no way left but to
tax and sell, so as to get cheap homes.
If there is any virtue in taxation. we
will tax until we tax them out of thei,
lands. When they had the right to
brand me on the jaw l paid no tax,
and had no privilege. If the Demo
Gratis had obeyed the law they would
have no tax to pay. 1t is brought
about by their disobedience. I was
smarter then they were. If they had
asked me ] would have told them that
the war would end just as it did, and
everything they had be subject to con.
fiscation. We have dealt very lightly
with tho white men, been exceedingly
kind in not confiscating their lands and
horses.
SCHOOL TAX.
But you have to pay 81 school tax
The constitution provides that the
Legislature shall establish a system O
free schools. | ask you, as one of tina,
inferior race, if you wouldn't rather
live under this iGovernment and pay
taxes and have colored police to scoul
the country and arrest desperadoes
than be tied up in slavery and pay NJ
taxes. This is the greatest admins
tration Texas ever had. 1 have few
pamphlets of the tax law for distribu
ton; take them home with you ant
read them by the torch light, and yor
will say with me there is not half tax
es enough. In 1856 1 paid no taxes
old master did. I made ten bales O
cotton, and got pair of red shoes. F..
pair of.white breeches, and promis,
of a whipping Christmas to make mo
good negro the next year.
The school law they introduced wa
unconstitutional. 1.-THE white schoo
was to be at least a quarter of a mil,
from the colored school, and no goins
from one to the other. I opposed it
All men are equal, and equally entitled
to every privilege. EIf a white man ha
a right to crawl into colored wo
mans cabin at night, and have chill
dren by her, that child has right a
the school to sit by the side, of her col
ored child and his white child. An,
if, as Parsons called us, a NOTABLE,
monkey can represent as good lookin!
people as you are, and sit in Chaunce,
Sheppard's place, and argue laws will
Parsons, my son should sit by the sid
of Parsons daughter in the schoo
house.
NOT AN EXTREMIST.
They call me an extreme Radical
but we are not as extreme as the Dem
ocrats were when they were in powe
They are allowed to vote and 90 t,
school on every hilltop and valley un
this "nigger" Government. When i
was q white mans Government
could not vote. We are not extreme
Our "nigger" Government have throw,
open the sclool-room and the ballot
box.
If they had let me vote in 1861,
could have told them all about TIN
war. / am smarter than JEFF Dayi
was, and dreamt of niger freedom an,
he didn't. Now we are free, but w
don't own any land. We try to bu,
and pay ten per cent. but they won
sell to us. The Democrats are n,
friends of ours, and the weak-knee,
Republicans have fooled us. We mus
hereafter put our trust in God and i!
ourselves.
I amt afraid; no, not of Frank Blair
My claim on the Republicans is this
If my party thinks 1 am the man to g,
Congress and take Frank Blair by tn
horns, am ready: and I am more cap
able of doing it than Clark. r hav,
seen sights, and you know now how
felt going home at nights, scared, les
there was too little cotton in my bask
ct. will go to Congress, and maxi
an amendment to the immigration law
and send to Africa for better men thai
the dutch.