The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-10
THE END OF LAWLESSNESS.

The Grand Jury in and for the
Parish of Rapides, duty empannelI- c
d. sworn and charged, rose on Sat- i
Irday last from its solemn labors, t
md presented to the Court ttue IN
lictments together with a Report
n which all whom it may concern
we're congratulated that the "e1a
If lawlessness had ended And
yet on Saturday night before ad-
ournment a truly loyal voter OF the
,olored persuasion killed another
|oyal voter Of the same trace, color
and previous conditions" and on
Sunday morning in the same neigh
borhood recontre between two
more of the "newly enfranchised'
ended in the same fatal manner.
Moreover, we have, from time to
time. shown in these columns that
the Radical majority in this parish
was rapidly decreasing by the ia
cility with which Radical voters
were taken off by their Radical
friends, and have intimated that
this prevalence of crime was owing
TO the fact that the colored men
had pretty well m I'd g up their
minds that, as the Courts are now
organized, they are in very little
danger OF either arrest or convlc-
ton no matter what may be the
nature of the crimes they may com
nit.
Now, if truly loyal voters are
fond of this kind of amusement,
and will restrict it to their own
family circle, we do nonot see that
we have any particular right to
complain. But suppose that any
Radical niger or carpet-bagger
should happen to be killed by a
Democrat and white man, even for
ten-iold greater provocation than
now causes a negro murder every
few days, would it be so palpably
evident that the era of lawlessness
had ended? By no means. The
case being altered alters the case.
Whenever one of these murders &C.
ours, or whenever any purjured VII
liam can be found to swear that one
has occurred, hullabaloo is raised
all through Yankeedom aud the
truly loyal regions, Ku-Klux bills
are passed, and Congressional com
nittees sent to the South to manu-.
factilre testimony to serve as the
basis of more tyrannical legislation
Nine tenths of the violence com
mitted at the South is done at the
hands of the special friends OF thu
Radical majority in Congress
General Blair showed in his speech
in the Senate, by direct testimony
: that the only Ku-Klux that hat
been actually discovered in thu
:, State OF North Carolina were ne
2 groes and carpet-baggers, who hat
> disguised themselves to plunde1
aud rob from other negroes and de
) fenceless persons. And sue
doubtless is the case in all the 9th
er Southern States. But thes'
, facts do not suit the Eadical man
ayers at Washington. They ar
ever on the alert tor some Ku Klu:
: outrage with which to fire tn
} Northern heart, and keep up tn
: Northern hatred Of the SOuther
people; and their ability to fin
e them increases III proportion to tn
g rapidity with which the fortune
i, of the Radical party decrease. TIL
D animosities of the civil war mus
: forsrooth, be kept up until the mex
Presidential election, because, wit
out them, Grant and his infamou
> administration will be forever sun
beneath the popular distrust an
q Indignation.
!. The very fact that lawlessnes
a stalks abroad aud cannot be II
E, pressed is confession of the wortl
!. lesshess of the State government
le which Radicalism has imposed VI
J. on the Southern States. II tt
u truly loyal cannot find protection
o. the hands of their own friends,
lg is about time they were seeking
", elsewhere.
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