New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-28


two-thirds we're either coIored men or tn
trusted friends Of colored voters. Upol
the State ticket We have always had tw
colored men, one Of whom presided owe
the Senate, and the other over the State
cash when there happened to be any. O
the white men on the ticket one was sen
here by the former friends of Mr.. Creole,
with knapsack on bis back for the pur
pose Of whipping US Southerners int
good behavior. Another is native O
Louisiana; a third is a resident of NOR,
than thirty years standing, and not one o
them has had his home here less than
eight years. Even foreigner, fresh from
the shores Of Europe, can acquire citizen
ship and obtain Office il eight years in any
part Of the Union. We believe that careful
analysis Of the other ".carpet-bag' govern
ments Of the South will make q similar
showing. If Mr. Greeley will examine
into our picture moment, he will per.
celve that there is a great deal Of the col,
ored element in it, a fair proportion of old
citizenship, and a mere sprinkling of what
he would still insist upon as carpet bag
gerry. There were more Democrats than
carpet-baggers in each branch Of the Gen.
eral Assembly at every sessions-but we
never had the efrontery to cali them Dem.
ocratic Legislatures on that account. If
he will reflect little further, and make a
few inquiries Of the friends ~ho now sur
round him, he will learn another point
which probably has hot occurred to him.
And that is, it is the coloreG element and
the Republican character Of our State gov.
ment that displeases our Democratic sup.
porters Of Greeley and Brown. But they
lack the honesty to admit this; they find
at more effective to raise a general cry all
over the land Of e'carpet-baggery,'' and
succeed > in deluding JUST such good
old souls as Nj. Greeley with their
false Pretenses. We can assure him that
SO far as the people Of Louisiana are con-
cerned, and they are the most deeply in
terested in it, they know thoroughly the
whole truth about their government, and
where the responsibility lies Tor the ad-
mitted errors Of the past five or six years.
They know who bribed the political aco-
lytes to the point of decentralization, and
pledged the word and honor Of s"old and
respectable citizens $LaS some of the
worst measures that passed the Legislature
were eminently just and proper. We know
these things but too well in Louisiana. and
Mr. Greeley might know all aiout them |
100 If he had taken the trouble 20 inquire
into the rciit;sal affairs Of
his outlying province.
But there is another phase in this cru
ade which MI. Greeley is conducting in
he West against the Southern State gov.
He knows full well, for he
tudies the census tables and consuits the
tribune Almanach, that all tbese govern.
lents are the direct result o! the coIored
ote. The negroes of She South are
Il Republicans They vote az all e1ec.
4'o N40@AN@ aus ai6IS % SL6lS own
oloP, or for such white men as have proved
to be friendly 20 the coiored
ace. When. Therefore, he condemns their
ork. he reflects upon their capabiIity
, exercise the elective franchise Gan it
possible that the great pioneer apostle
manhood suffrage is among the first of
s party 70 condemn his own policy?
as he found out that manhood suffrage G
failure a deiusion and a snare? Oris a
willing to bestow the right to rotoupon y
G negro with the condition that he shall /
,te as directed by himself and friends? r
pes Mr.. Greeley merely wish the col Il
ed vote as " huge political engine by 6
lich he can oyerpower political enc v
les: Or, is be willing to acsep: the a
5ica! result Of comforting suffrage upon fs
: negroes. and leave them free 20 exer- u
e it according to the lights before them? Il
they are the parties most directly. in e
estedo perhaps it would be as well to n
them have their own way since they n
We been given the right. 10