Semi-weekly Louisianian., 1871-11-16

in behalf of a free ballot that it vii
be held as sacred rs were the an
cient divinitics.
Still another principle most vita
to our new social system is
EQUALITY OF RIGHTS
to all the citizens.
Some ancient writer has said, thai
tue first part OF Equity is Equality
Thus we may safely infer that where
there is want of equality there
can not be perfect equity. If this
he a correct inference what shall We
say of equity in the South? For
in whatever direction we 20, wheth-
er it be in public nlaces of amuse-
ment, in the street cars, UP p.n th.
railroad, or in the hotel. or in the
waysi.ie inn, We encounter the III
vidious Instructions of caste and
oiigarchy. We can not think OF
taese things without impatience;
we can not speak of than without
denouncing them as unwo thy of an
intelligent and humane people.
And We would be less than men il
We did not, everywhere, and under
all circumstances, utter our earnest
and solemn protests against these
inhuman outrages upon our man.
hood. Right We'll know that leg
enactmen.s niUne can nOt
remedy these s,ciAi evils Bat there
is grand and a MORAL power IN
the spectacle Of whoie people ris-
lug to assert lEelr rights, and to de-
m.nd justice which, can neither bo
nor ighOred. And we
ask the Southern people ii. ali can-
uO., II Nc n.se 10. bOrue this spe-
cles Of oppression long enough.
We Are weary Of being consumed
by tins moich Uf Caste; we are weary
of being hunted down by the ghosts
vf the defunct system Of slavery;
are weary of being reminded of .
servitude more Calling than Egyp-
tisn bondage; We are weary Of be-
ing made outcasts and strangers in
the land Of our nativity and the
home of our fathers. And we ask
AZ it is our right, that these odious
determinations shall cease. Too
long already have they been allowed
to bear sway i'll this country. And
surely now Tie time has come when
their influence should be destroyed; ;
the time has come when their
power ought to be broken; the time
has come when they must perish
from the land. To this end I invoke
he spirit of orr civilization; to this
end l invoke tie Jud dsment OF hu-
to this end I invoke the
spirit winch inspired tae declaration
Oi ihdeienden9e; to this end / i'll
yoke those divine sentiments which
animated the great and good o,
every cline and Of every age. Le,
these :.Dominabie crimes upon hu-
msnity he buried in the gave OF
oblivion ana write upon their tO,nD-
stone, "No resurrection"
And, finally, it is essential to the
success and permanency of our new
social structure that We have
4 osNxaAL DIFFUSION OF EDUCATION
the masses.
And .lis IL {. Q crowning glory of
he new socia, structure. For Re-
oubiical iustitu ion presupposes i'll
diligence and virtue AID where there
8 ignorance and superstition there
an be NJ true liberty. Without
he benign inioenue OF edacation
md morality Ill other appliances
!. il. avail notni ~ in the solution oi
his great question. Modern his
ory furnishes mary painful id
stances Of tie baneiul effects of
ignorance and vice. Mexico though
,ominally free is constant prey to
'evOlutiOns and counter revolutions
,ecause of the ignorance Of its
,eople. Spain pants after liberty
Ind Republican institutions, bu,
ler people a,s too ignorant and de-
,ased to understand toe principles,
II to employ the agencies by which
hey are secured and maintained.
russia, faithless TO the instincts of
luman liberty and human progress,
,onsigns her millions Of semi-bar,
,arpus citizens to a hopeless ignor-