Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-12

existeBce vi thio -
,.,s we can find nowhere more
ling illustration Of the system Of
sr;,tocscy and slavery in the South
han among that class of society
,.orn as the poor whites. Taught
>, balieve that they were superior
:, ,ba slave and at the same time
soupelled by their poverty to realize
#,t they were inferior to the master,
-, became in time to be treated
:. oa.casts by both master and
.I.ra Placed, as it were, between
=. npper and neither millstones
.Isr we're eventually ground to
.,rlcr. With no hope of lettering
.b,ir condition they lost their manly
,,r;rations, ceased to think and
sn.l,v sank into a state which WAS
.,.;.ble to behold. Thus did this
sr.ten Of landed aristocracy 60 on
;,coverishing the country, and de-
,.aaipg ln,n until it grappled with
,be hosts o; freedmen and it's star
.nl,iu,ted upon the banks of the
Apporns'toz'
Vel, the old system with all its
,o-r;hls leforr.ities, after a terrible
,.rurglc has passed away, and wise
$50, in III, South Of each race and
tsll parties should profit by it's
.,,ou. Indeed, now that we have
covered from the shock of this
c,.. change men do not wonder so
npcb that it has been destroyed as
,ser do vt the fact that it existed
solons.
Although the old system has
passed away yet it has left its debris
behind. As might have been ex-
pec.ed, tbs change, has produced
feelings Of bitterness, sentiments OF
resentment, spirit Of lawlessness
s1d an intense longing for the old
order Of things. How shall we
remedy these things? How shall
We bring peace out OF confusion?
HOY shall NE substitute the new
for tue oldi First, We must have
PROTECTION OF LIPE AND PROPERTY
IA the South. Disguise and deny
itas often as they may yet the fact
i, patent to the world that there Is
NJ, sad has not been adequate pro-
ssction for LIE and property in the
South since the war. And that law
l,ssness which perhaps was former
II the out2rowth of local disorders
sni sectional bitterness incident to
lie excitement of war and politica!
roola,ion, instead Of subsidin9
tho memories of that struggle
r.sies i'll the distance, it has spread
l%l over tho entire South, under
he control of a powerful and irres-
ponsible organization whose leaders
Me more inscriptions than the
jesuits Of the middle ages, and
those followers are more blood
tMnty than the instiSators of the
Spanish Inquisition. 1t has perpe-
rated outrage upon outrage III
every part of the country until the
catalogue Of its crimes has no pa
nll in the. history Of any civilized
people
We know full well that the great
majority in the South have no SYM
usthy with these lawless acts, and We
call upon them to aid in putting an
end TO these outrages. l need hard
i s,eak of the ruinous effects OF
tbs lavlessness and crime upon the
Material advancement of the South
AASeeu and felt everywhere, that
Asnd property are unsafe at the
S0ltl AMI the consequences Is that
immigration and capital, those two
agencies 20 essential to the prOspe-
niy Of the country, shun the South
sd;t We're cursed with a plague.
Is Of no avail for any one to say
'aat natural causes operate against
The flow of immigration and capital
u the South. Our lands are as fer
cIH' our ores az rich, and our eli
la'e as salubrious and inviting as
Guy country III the world. The on
Fteason why We have not had an
'aluH Of capital in the South is the
Sa0' OF seclrity for person andpro-
Ff'y For capital, like individuals
VIII neither go nor remain where it
nnot protected.
More than this, the laboring
%a'''s are growing restless under
Ue burden of those CHASTITY out