Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-12-20
LET THE CHILLED JADE
VINCE!

As we thought highly probable would
be the case, our article of the week before
last under the head of Words Of Farming,
has been taken in high dudgeon by one OF
our parish officers, whose conscience prick
ed him as it seems, or in the words of the
proverb whom the cap ttted," although
he was very loath to wear it, and conse
queutly he assaulted us, quite mildly at first
and gently as sucking dove or donkey,
and subsequently having got his spirits
up, by pouring spirits down" abusively
vulg.rly and blackguardly, to all of which
we paid about the same attention as We
would have done to any other animal of
his degree. We would not have conde-
scended to notice such creature, hut ,or
the reason that it gives us an opportunity
of saying something we wish him and eve
~ one else to know.
He accused US Of being actuated By dis
like to the colored neople or as he elegant
ly and forcibly expressed it the "nigger"
We told him he lied, and tell him so again.
We don't pretend to be what is called
negro lover, but We certainly are not per sc
q negro hater, for there are persons of that
race in this parish whom we respect and
esteem, and who are as welcome and well
treated in our family as any white person
would be, not o relative OF intimate friend,
and this fact susceptible of proof from the
most respectable source is a refutation OF
any such charge as has been mentioned.
We beiiere and have always said so, that
the colored people were entitled to share
of the Offices prorided they could find COM
| petent men of their race to fill them, but
a. we should object to an ignorant incom-
petent white man being put in response
BILE office We certainly would do the same
in regard to an ignorant and incompetent
colored man or az the gentleman seems to
prefer niger. The fact is, and it is too
plain and palpable to be denied that while
Rapides has elected men 10 Office who are
more or less qualified for it, she has elected
others who are directly the revers", who
are disgrace to her and laughing stock
wherever they are known. Her. Senator
a man of color is q gentleman Of fair edu'
ton fine address, and considerable pol. IT,
cal accumen, and if not exactly what j,
called conservative is liberal and fail
minded, and as an evidence of it, the libe
raj party here before the last election, wei.
willing to place him upon their ticket fol
the same place he now occupies. Ont
of her representatives also coloret
man is to say the least on par as to edu
cation and in tellect, with some white mel
we have Known sent to the legislature il
this and other States, whilst the other TIVE
of the same race, are entirely ignorant
without the first qualification or recon-
mendation for the position they occupy.
The Sheriff and Clerk have both been il
Office before and are two as capable ant
efficient officers as can he found in any par
ish in the State, whilst the Recorder II
every sense of the word as regards fines
for the Office is no,char, aud as (like foci
. he has made disturbance about 1t We in
tend to prove every word he took to him
self and perhaps the next Grand Jury ma
initiate the laudab;e example set them b.
that of Avoyelles.