Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-19
THE CONTENTION OF COLoRRD rIyIyr,s

VI the Col.
ored people Of the Southern Stat.
in Columbia, South Carolina w..
notable and interesting as apo,h.s
demonstration Of the earnest x;ss
OF that class of citizens to promo.a -,
the best understanding o. ,ba;.
feelings and purposes. In a T.s'
pamphlet called "Indices," viii.
MIR. Sinclair Tousey has receD0r
published, containing many bri',
papers indicating the curreu, .,
patriotic feeling during the w.,
and just after it, there is a let,o, :,
Mr.. H. J. Raymond in reply to an,
from MIR. Tousey, in which ".
Raymond said, THE intsrss, -,
any one class, black or white. who.
ever might be their condition, woDu
always be OF secondary Interest "a
me-" Mr.. Raymond meant notbin,
unkind. He thought that the Oh
iections to class legislation, as # !.
called, covered the question of SIC.
cial care of the freedmen, and tb,,
they must take their chance with
the rest. But the abnormal comb.
ton OF that class, which had b4o,
produced by the governments, riob,
fully demanded, and for the biybs,.
reasons of justice and the pu,6.
welfare, chat there should be y .n.
cial treatment, and that fact v,s
recognized in the continuance Of
the Freedmen's Bureau.
Since that time The special care
has ceased, but the peculiar hard.
ship Of the colored population hss
continued. The great Truth Of tl,r;,
position is well stated liz the repot
Of their Columbia convention Af;.,
saying that they do not ask 10 hr
treated with peculiar favor, he r..
port continues: While We haze 70
IA body, contributed our labor IN the
past to enhance the wealth and PFC.
mote the welfare of the commuaN
we have, as class, been deprived
of the acquisition Of labor and ex.
perience. the return that Civilization
makes for the labor of the indiyi.
dual" 1t is cruel injustice to for.
get this. The slaves were freed in
the midst Of war. They had no
education, no money, no land.
They were ignorant and dependent
children, and their old masters re.
garded them bitterly as the cause
OF their humiliation, and the living
monuments OF TIE Yankee triumph.
The black codes at the end of the
wax showed what the feeling was
toward them and against eveiy
kind of opposition, despised and
condemned, they began their exodus
Fl IN slavery and degradation to-
ward the promised land Of civillzs.
ton and equality.
That they have borne themselves
well, no one will deny. That, with
every disadvantage and discourage
meut, the slaves of yesterday have
shown themselves to be citizens
more or lerly and valuable than the
II. ;ority OF the master race that
sneered at them, is indisputable.
That to-day the anarchy which NJ
lermines society in many OF the
Southern States is not due to them,
but to the enlightened" and "con'
and superior" master
class, is notorious. Indeed, they
are the objects of the malignant
hatred Of the Ku-Kluy. The "chl-
valry' that sold babes and mothers
at the auction block now wreakS i's
vengeance upon the color
ed race because of its loyalty to the
thar gave it freedom
One of the Ku-Klux, whom the Ia's
action of the government persusdei
to surrender himself, said that an
order one day came to him and
others to take out certain nes'o
and shoot him. The victim wa'
tied to a sapling, and the man WHO
sold the story begged for his Ite 4"
he would have asked for that OF
favorite dog. But it was useless
nd the negro was shot and tho
nan who va;nly tried to save nun
old the story az coolly as if he na'
been describing the drowning Oh
lay-old kitten.
Every colored man in those o'a'e'
Knows that if he conspicnol'sly a'''
.be nartv which the old master Glass;