The Ouachita telegraph., 1871-05-20

he XIVth and XVIII Amendments as =,
NAL and no longer a subject for polit-
cal controversy has brought down upon
all the wrath and vituperation of the
press. Born in iniquity and
lurtured in deceit; having accom-
.lished its wicked mission in system
If legislation as base and lawless as the
iepraved hearts that inspired it ; hav-
ing been false to all it's pledges and |
promises in State papers, Congressional
and political platforms, and
being rent :tsuntler on national ques-
tions and in local dissentions, it's only
hope for a continuance of power was for
it's great adversary to continue their
opposition to the validity of its illegal
and usurpatory teachings.
In 1868 we made the issues on the
Amendments and Reconstruction laws,
because the former had not been ap-
proved by the States and because the
latter were known to he unconstitu-
tional. The issue was lost; the requis-
ite number of States were coerced into
a ratification of the Amendments; the
Reconstruction laws were foistcd on
the country by divesting the courts of
jurisdiction, and by duly packing the
Supreme Court with view of covering
all contingencies-by such means they
are final.
The Democratic party being devoted
to the Constitution, the execution and
enforcement of laws, acquiesces and
agrees to abide by them. The mani
festation Of confidence in the faith and
sincerity of the party in it's professions
was strikingly illustrated in the last
elections in the increase Of the 65 DEM
the 42d Congress.
Having come to grief in the effort to
make us Il platform for 1872, the Rsdi-
Gals have turned their fertile brains to
suitable Republican for Democratic
candidate. The impudence Of that
party is only equallei by the wag who,
when declined by lady as an escort,
asked her if he might not take scat
on the fence and see her go by.
We will make our own platform of
the living issues of the day-nominate
men from our own ranks-and give
kadicalis'n battle where they are most
vulnerable and most corrupt. Hence
their great trouble.
So far as negro suffrage is concerned,
there will not be and cannot be any
efforts to deny or abridge it. AS to re-
enslaving them, no sensible man in the
South could desire it and nobody but
an ignorant Northern fanatic would
assert it.
The philanthropy OF New England
induced the negroes to elnigrate from
their native land as chatels fair COM
pensatiOn and suitable climate To-
Gated them among. us and then, by
brute force, they have destroyed the
property and kept the price of their
merchandisc-Inakin Slyre or free, as
occasion served, to rcplenish their pock-
cts or minister to their evil propensitics.
The negroes have nothing to fear
from the Southern people, politically or
socially; their worst enemies being
Radical Adventures. Had it been the
wish of the South to be rid of the ne
STotS, ny aIopIInS tle WlckGN lesson OF
the North during the war in poisoning
vaccine and adulterating drugs and in
fecting clothing with disease, they
could have been exterminated long
since. Disdaining to follow such an
example, had the Southern people even
neglected them in sickness for a year
or two, it must almost have decimated
the race. The uniform kindness with
which they have been treated, notwith-
standing the provoking and rebellious
teachings of Radical emissaries, is meet
ing proper appreciation by the ne
groes and to counteract the inevitable
diminution of Radical strength here,
necessitated some such hue and cry in
the North as "Ku-KluX atrocities"
down South-crimes nobody knows
anything about, save through the coll
umns ofthe Radical press. AS Il nurse
ry tale it is unsurpassed, but as po-
litical dodge it is the lamest we have
ever read. 1t is equivalent to Il con-
fession of defeat at a fair poll, and the
army and navy are relied on to thwart
the wishes of the people. Our conf
dence in the courage and patriotism of
the people fOrbids us to entertain fears
of their being deferred by any such
Congressional threats, and we look with
nope to the utter overthrow and rout
OF RadicaliSm in 1872