New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-05-21
ORLEANS REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, NAY a. 1878

its sword for defense. If my house is at
tackled, nv property destroyed, my wife
outraged, l can not 60 and telegraph to
Grant for protection, for nv assailants
would finish their business before got to
the office. l could not 60 to the courts Tor
protection, for the courts ali close at dark,
and these fellows would only come after
that But inside of the constitution and
the laws there is the right which protects
the colOred man as it protects me-the
right of sell. defense.
Now. don't 20 away and think that am
talking Of a war OF races. 1 should great
deal sooner expect war OF races II Wis
consin than here. Since have been here l
have been convinced that there VIII be
war of races here when the Janus OF Wis
consin 90 out and devour the wolves.
tell the white people of this State that self
defense is the protection Of the individual
man. and peace will not be restored TO the
South until every man feels lI his heart
the force of this proposition.
Now, | know that when men are com
PEELED 20 do what they don't want to they
find it very hard. But 1t is best to submit.
Many people thought slavery ought not to
have been abolished. Bpt II has been done.
A great many other things Lave been done
which i. is no use TO talk about low. You
must make the bes. Of It. No matter about
these old issues. You. gentlemen. must
not only accep. those issues intellectually.
but YOU must carry them cat. You must
use your influence 20 suppress the !awless!
ness of The parishes. Now. ! have been
told. and am forced TO believe il. that
there are class OF Young men IN
the comnunitv. don't mean in this parish,
bu. in the country, where the people are
not so intelligent, who thnk it no crime to
kill a colored man. They mount their
horses and 90 20 some neighbOring place,
and have a good time. and get 10 drinking
and on their way home shoot d colored man
for excitement. hope il is not SO. hope
Won will be able 70 prove :tat tie great ma.
jolity of people killed since the war are
white people: that they are not the corpses
OF colored people that ne fostering Oh the
plantations.
You have got large plantations which the
owners can not work. and which You will
not sci! TO the cOlored people excep: on
such terms that they can not buy them.
Now. Congress can t compel you 10 do this
IfvUu choose to Sit down and icy your pianta-
tiors 90 70 ruin. and s!arve. Congress can
not proven: you. Bat II you. gentlemen.
will go into these country parishes ana
tell the people 70 come together and get
down to work, you will take one step toward
nrosperitv, You have lost all the good &c.
suits tina. flowed from slavery. The sys.
TEN CT large plantations was perhaps an
indispensable incident Of slavery. Blu: if
Won mean to take advantage CT the new
system, you must Gu! up your plantations.
Why, there is not Il fariEer III Wisconsin
that owns thousand acres vi cultivated
land. Small farmers make more money
than large planters. and tie more men
there are making money. Che greater
the wealth o: the country.
You have a wholesome detesta.iOn OF a
certain Sc. of carpet-nacgers WHO lave
| come among you. But because there are a
| few pad men who have come from the
| North. you should not believe there are no
| good men there. The trouble is You con.
| found the class with the individual. Now,
| we have some Of the ricest men and the
| mos, beautiful women n che North yeu
ever saw. Bu: you ear. ind:ce them to
| come here, One instance is within my OWL
| knowledge. because ! happened 20 be
| ACQUAINTED with tie man. a friend OF
mine was in business II the North
and worth half a million Of dollars. BY
a gchabge in his business. he resolved tC
come South. He came because he thought
| he could make money Il :Lis country by
planting cotton. He WIS gentleman OF
education. His vile was beautiful and
ACCOMPLISHED lady. He had two beautiful
daughters who were fitted to adOrn any
society. He came here and .hired two
plantations IN the parishes OF Tensas and
| Concord;a. One ne paid li,o0O for. The
other 5000. He hired zee negroes. lie
| planted cotton. aad at the end o1
the year paid lis debts. sold his
cotton. anf: was oet.eT on thal
when he came. But be didn' t want to stay
apy longer. NO: becaus" he didn't make
money, hu, because lie liked the society o.
men. HIS wife and daughters were iadie.
accustomed to and desiring society. ant
| during the whole year not 4 White person
had entered his duors. Nuw. how was the
whole West settled but by encouraging i'm
misration. VIVA: woald Wisconsin bt
without it, They are all carpet-baggers
there. l was carpet Dagger. When l Wa
| admitted 70 The bar | packed my whole
proper,y into a carpe. bag. and might!
small carpe.-bag II was. aud started west
| We have got the idea there that il is a goot
| .hirg to have folks: that you cant have /
| great community without men AID wolne
and children. We help the immigrant: w
try and induce him to come. II be hash
got "a carpe:-bag we bny one for him. 1t h'
gets near our State aud writes tia, he !.
dead broke. VIC scrd Llm money Z
come on with. ard when he get
there we take him by the han'
and set him up. and pat him on
farm, and at the end OF wear he has pai'
for II. and a: he end Of two or three year
he is buying more. We don't care wher'
he comes :rum-whetber from The East. o
Ireland. Or Sweden-we ara glad I
see him. If Mr.. Alexander II. Ste
phens or jefferson Davis will CON
TO Milwaukee,. and bring capita
and 90 into business. we we will never IN
uuire wha. their politics are. We neve
s+av away from what perhaps IS the bes
sto because the man is a Democrat. W. ar
cad if mar makes SIC, 900. for then wei
tax il. By believing in these ideas we nav
doubled our population while you hav'
stood still. And you have got State tina
can feed twice the population we nave go
Now, the Iu stion Is whether you Will 81
down and sulk for the skim milk you hay
lost. or 90 70 wo:k and improve what 20
have got
All wars leave certain impressions benin
them. England did no: recover from IL
wars OF the Roses. which lasted gener;
. ton. until The generation which had grow
| up with !: had passed away. tir war
theory was civil war. bit n reality = WA
a territorial war. You drew 8 .lne acros
the country and defended it with wall ,
bayonets. and L required another wal!
hayODets 20 sc. by it. The Supreme C0ul
, called you u .ie fnc!0 government. WI b.,
now that il is over and that :ine abollshe,
can not yoH recognize i. The whole coul
try. Wisconsin as well "a Louisiana. $ wal
! ing for yo... Iou must either advance c
go ont.
have some further suggestions 20 ma k
70 the white people. and some 70 the blaci
You had an election last tall-well, 70
had someth.n g-McEner says You did an
he was eiected-kellogg says you did an
he was elected-and some very inteliige1
gentlemen say voa did and neither va
elected-so tLiuk YOU had an election
; Your State law under which you he'd tI
election was contrary 20 the constitute
of your safe. !. changed .he chanIt
through which the returns were 10 go an
named an officer and an office when 'h
Governor should have appointed lin