The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-04
PRESS AND THE COL
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way the Wlnd blows, and NOT 40 sc
many individuals who tell their owl
sentiments, nor as advertising me
diums. We treat the press aas the
party pulse. When q colored man
goes to vote he is white enough, but
when he seeks to hold Office: fol
which he is capable and honest, "he's
q ID niger who's getting above
his boots" putting the sentiment in
q street parlance. We colored peo-
pie have no hope outside Of the Re
publican party; that gone, our cause
goes down. Conservatives, Demo
Gratis, Reformers. none, of them. vel
come the colored man in the right
spirit. They all want him as a
voter. They want him as q unit
before their CIPHER. There is not
a real genuine spirit in the whole
concern, "bag and baggage, outside
the ranks Of the Republican party.
We reach these conclusions by our
reading Of the newspapers who are
called "Democratic" but who may
have skipped the name, yet hold on
like grim death to the exclusive spi-
rit to gain control of the State, the
opposition party holding the old
shareholders within the inner tenn
pie, the old seceders, the old wire
pullers, the old white-headed scala
wags, whose. monied responsibility
is only due to q successful rascality
must get control Of the col6red vote.
For this purpose they are like the
boy accustomed to catch horse by
"rattling some corn in a measure"
tried it once or twice by rafting
pebbles. He fooled the horse once,
but never could do it again. The
colored men are now old birds that
cannot be caught with the chat
these old liners haze been casting
about for some time, seconded by
the press who come to their assist
ance and fill out the measure of
their oppressors with sweet senti-
ments. But let the occasion come,
and out from its kennel issues the
slave-holding prejudice that would
keep the colored man forever down.
The press dawdles fondly about him
when he is "a newer of wood and
drawer of WATER" fingers lovingly
over his deeds when he follows his
young mas'r" and all that sort of
and builds a monument over
his heroism as a servant, a mental,
a lackey; but let him strike out
for himself and nourish his ambi-
ton with high hopes for Office, let
him aspire to be a leader among his1
people, a Moses among his flock,
and where the press is not silent it
is positively abusive. We refer to
the press of New Orleans as falling
our observation, and we,
from previous experiences, can see
the drift OF the opposition party
long before we strike the stem of
the current, just as a man would
know a waterfall was somewhere
about just as soon as he heard Nj
agra roar. Colored men should not
be deluded by any temporary soft
as long as a dish of gall is
behind It. There is no hope
the colored man outside the Re-
publican party, and we can prove (.
his out Of the mouths of thnse who
We rank with the opposition.
In the Times of Friday occurs an
example of the class Of vituperation
o which we refer, where Governor +,
is assailed as a dema-
yogue,' because, invited to express
lis sentiments he did SO, and told
he Convention plainly that they, I
IS a party, had no hopes outside l
he Republican ranks. What, says {
he Times, MI. Pinchback you have l
10 business to bring in questions of ! !
ace and color into q party Conven- 1
ion and ride into favor on the I
torn. Will the Times agree to !
cave color out Of the question: =
lrop all illusions to a mans fitness !
,ecause he is born with African t
Never. So long as the
olored man is q boot-black, a hack !. J
a drayman, q lackey, it is =
marvellous proper: He can attend =
Il the feats of reason and flows Of 8 :
oul If he stands behind a chair L
nth q napkin on his arm. He. can
o to the races if he sets behind !. I
ur lords and ladies with the foot :
,an's badge upon his hat. Well
tolerate the colored man in
ocial situations as q servant Or a "
lave without the shackes, but $
hen be attempts to be a Governor 2
1e Bombastes Of the New Orleans tt
rers yell out, and cry down with
i'm.
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