New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-07-10
the Enquirer stripe for supremacy. lnor-
der to marshal the forces the following
old-fashioued language is used:

the enquirer stnpe 1Or supremacy. mOt-
der to marshal the forces the following
old-fashioned language is used:
The lines between the two parties will be
broadly drawn. The Conservative candl-
date will be representative man whom no
true Conservative can refuse to support.
The great issue of white or black will be
distinctly presented. There will be no
middle ground All men who have votes
must be on one side or the other. All who
hold back their ballots, and decline to vote
against them, whatever they may profess
to think and feel, will be affOrding them
aid and contributing to their efforts to take
the State government out of the hands OF
the Conservative party and put 1t IN pos
session Of the same party that now holds
sway in South Carolina and Louisiana.
where the negroes and the leaders OF the
negroes are supreme.
The only question in Virginia, then, ac-
cording to this pronunciamento, is that
Of color. There is nothing else under
heaven worth contending for except the
sacred right Of dominating the negro.
Now, if the editor Of the Enquirer were
gifted with ordinary powers Of perception,
he would discover that such language as
this will be regarded by the colored peo-
pie and all their friends, carpet-baggers
and all, as bold defance-an invitation
to conflict. It will Of course be promptly
accepted, and the result will be the same
as it has been heretofore for the pas. seven
years. The negroes and the sensible
whites will rally and outvote the friends
of the Enquirer, and the old grumbling
agitators will keep up their complaints
until the next election. They are now
looking for the day when the negro will
prefer working in the field to enjoying the
ease Of official position. Of course this
happy period will be preceded by like
change of heart and habits on the part Of
the whites.
There are higher objects Of State regard
and legislative concern than even the
material and industrial interests Of the
country, to which the defeated party in
variably attempts to direct attention. But
according to the school Of politicians rep
resented by the Enquirer, the whites were
made to serve the industrial and CON-
mercial interests, and the niggers were
created to serve the whites. In their
programme no system Of public educa-
ton is included, and none that would in
clude the colored people in it's benefits
would be permitted. It is not at all likely
that Virginia will retrograde to the extent
demanded by the indiscreet politician
who assumes to speak in the name of the
white people. Nor is there much reason
to suppose, in case the issue is fairly made
between the races, that there will be found
more than corporal's guard on one side
or the other.
Thus we see that while the Democracy
of Louisiana have surrendered to unifca-
ton, an expiring cry for the continuance.
or we should say the revival of old abuses
comes from Virginia. 1t comes too from
a thrice defeated party, from the advo-
Gates ofselfshness and slavery from those
who desecrate the sacred name of liberty
for the purpose Of robbing and Cypress
ing q weaker race.