The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-09-28
Practical Talk.
From Gen. II. J. Campbelrs ST. Charles
parish speech.

another fact. Surprising that ,
against the advice of myself and
another of your friends you should
follow the attempt of few white ]
men that was made in this State ,
to get you to come together in a
black mans party, all one way, {
and the white people all the other
way. Do you know what that
will lead to? What has been the
history of the last four years?
You havn't seen much in st.
Charles, because you have been
peaceful and quiet. But you have
heard from other parishes; you
have heard from Orleans that we
have had fight after fight, trouble
after trouble, riot after riot, muir
der after murder; property has
gone down, labor has been stopped
on plantations; every interest has
suffered, every person has suffered.
Now, if you keep up the black
mans party, it will be the same |
thing for the next four years.
Now, if that is done what will hap
pen? In the first place, the black
mans party will have their Gov
ernor down in New Orleans, and
he will be calling for the federal
troops, and they will come, and
have big row, and that will cost
you $4,000 or $4,000 or $780,
900. Then, again, the white man
will have his Government, and he
will get up a row, and you will
have the soldiers called out again,
and your militia and your Legis-
lature and that will cost You an
other 100000. You may say that
doesn't cost me much. | tell you
it costs you more than it does the
white man, and Iwilltell you why.
/ will give you an instance.
Last winter the two parties had a
fight, one Governor and one Leg
islature in one building and an
other Governor and another Legis-
lature in another building. They
had their soldiers and federal
soldiers. marching them backward
and forward and doing all sorts TO
foolish things. That cost near
| 100000. Who pays that? You
say Mr.. So-and-So, and Mr.. So-and
So, who owns all these lands,
pays it. You think Mr.. This, or
Mr.. That, who is stoorkeeper,
pays it. Not a bit of it. What
do You buy at the store9 Coffee,
!; sugar. cotton, clothes.
What do you have TO pay for a
pair of shoes when you go to the
store? A voice from the crowd
-S2.25. Do you know what
they cost up in the North where
they don't have this high taxation'
! They cost about 81. What dc
; you pay for your sugar : A
; voice-tifteen cents. What dc
you pay for your coffee! A voice
twenty five cents, sometimes
thirty cents.i What do you pay
, for your satt7 A voice-fv'
) cents pound.I / have seen The
: time when you conld get buckle
full for five cents Do you know
why these things cost so much
Why, the storekeeper says this
81 have got to pay tax OF $40
or $1,000, and for this am goln:
) to sell SO many pounds of sugar
/ and so much of coffee, and OF salt
J and / will divide it all around b,
: putting a little on to the price o
t each of these things" He doe
that and you pay the tax for him
l You see that everything that yo1
1 buy for your children, everything
f that you put on, everything tina
| you put in your mouth, the tax i
e there, and you pay it. Do yol
/ want that state of things to g
) ONT How much do you make
L month Tell me some of you
i A voice-A dollar day ant
1 find ourselves. What does j
g cost yon to find yourselfl r
u voice-It cost that whole dollar.
S Now, suppose everything that 20
V came down to half the price it
d now, you would save that S15
a month. The moment you reduc
u the taxes, then the price of thes
8 things will go down.
the man that runs the plaI
n tation will have smaller taxes, tn
r. man that sells the supplies wi
have to pay smaller licenses, S
re he will put on less to the price
in his goods for his profit.
O. Every time you form a blac
d. mans party in this countr
m against a white mans party 70
ct are putting on these taxes, an
ut making it harder for you to liv
Is and school your children. HAY
d L made that plains Don't you 81