New Orleans Republican., 1873-07-03
solidarity-Its Necessity and Feasibility.
EDITOR REPUBLICANS:

which did not meet with more or less Op-
position. And the opposition thus aroused
| ha. invariably proved to be greater or less.
according d the discovery was calculated
| 70 exer. greater or less influence on the
| affairs Of mankind. Take two examples.
az aHcien: and modern.
When the discovery was made TO the
shepherds OF Judea. as they watched the:c
tocks by night. that unto US was born
Saviour" what a cOmmOtiOn arose among
both Jews and Geptiles, and how virulent,
how relentless was the opposition the
wouid-be rulers 0: the people instituted
against the truth:
When such thinkers as Mayer. Liebig.
rarraday. Carpenter. and others. modestly
announced that great discovery OF 1.-The
unity OF torces." what host CT scicists
and obecsors at once arose to laugh the
doctrine to ecocn. notwithstanding it had
been dim,y fOreshadowed to the minds of
philosophers and scientific men. and had
for ages constituted the beau IDEAL OF their
fondest expectations.
Such anita agoni.m may retard foc while
the progress but can not compass the de-
s.ruction of truth. 1t will prevail! at last.
Genera! Beaurcgard and others have an
nOunced new discovery, new depart
ure" from the old order OF affairs. which
they confidently believe will rectify all
errors and be panacea FOX all our wounds.
They were !ed to its discovery by the bitter
experience Of an undisputed and indisputa-
bic truth. that "a kingdom divided agains:
itself" is soon drought to desolation." The
remedy proposed is 1.-The unitication of our
people" Our divided condition being the
cause, it follows, Of necessity, that the an
sithesi., solidarity or uniicatiOn. is the
proper, If not the only means to arrest
the prosres. of decay, and restore to US the
three cardina. objects of mans desire and
pursuit-peace. prosperity and happiness.
Nevertheless, the authors and signers OF
this declaration must expect q persecution
Of themselves, and an opposition to the idea
proportional to the virulence Of the disease
they propose to eradicate.
1t is fair to adopt the charitable hypoth'
esis that no citizen of Louisiana, this lovely
Louisiana, deliberately wills its desolation;
and that. rather than yield it up to hope
less destruction and ruin, he will cheerfully
renounce a mere personal prejudice. sl
though it may have become, by lapse OF
time. an ''neirloom'' in the family. And
| when duly considered, we think i: will be
found that prejudice is the only real him
drance to unihcation.
Time was when this prejudice and the
disparities growing out of it had no exist
ence, for we read that "God made all peo'
pie of one blood" and consequently one
color. Here is good ground to build upon
common origin. From common parentsge
spring the drawings Of humanity. and these
| drawings bring US to equal rights. He
who, in order to accomplish His wise de.
signs. modified by His own power the
original one color. confounded the one
iaug guage, and meted out to each his own
habitation. expressly declares. II am no
respecter Of persons" to wit: OF color.
Here is broader and better foundation.
| The providence of whicl: we speak brought
! the colored man to Louisiana. and has be.
slowed upon him equal rights in spite OF a
bloody opposition. 'Who art thou, . man
that cepl;est against God!' To deny him
| the enjoyment Of rights so solenlnly secured
is enough to stir up discomfort: discomfort
engen,lers strife. and the longer the strife
the greater the desoiation.
Self-interest. the grand motor TIA: in
huences the actions of men. lends its power
to the project and points with unerrins fin
ger to unifcation. We do no. understand
the lew doctrine to mean the eradication
Of those distinctions that must and should
| exist on account Of the moral and intellec'
| tUai differences between man and man, nor
vet the social distinctions founded on differ.
ence Of character: but tha: stupid, superan'
n,ated prejudice founded on color alone, and
| which denies to the colored man. because
| lie is cOlcred man. rights and privileges
granted without hesitation to white man.
| simply because he is a white man, when
too. in every moral, mental and metal at
tainment. ne may chance to fall far below
that Of the colored man.
History seems to favor the proprietv o!
giving the cOlorei man. other things being
equal. white mans chance. In the early
ages c: the wcrld he manifested strong
aptitude for all the important and respon
sbie occupations of life. euch as founding
empires. ruling kingdoms and directing
commerce. The empires Of Assyrla and
Eyyp: were founded by the descendants OF
Ham. and the republics Of Tyre, Sidon and
| Carthage were for ages the monuments OF
their commercial enterprise and prosperity
| Hannibal. the Carthag genian General. was
about the roughest customer in arms Rome
ever had. They had kings and queens,
princes and princesses. statesmen, philoso'
| pliers, generals and merchants as much
| respected and Lonored as anybody else's
| notables.
To-day, in this country. his descendants
| are manites.ing somewhat OF their pristine
influence. Who are Fred Douglass. oul
| Dunn, Pinchback. Ingraham, Qubuclet
| Antoine. Brown. etc. but the descendants
| o. Ham: Color. then. does not prevent q
| man from being useful, good and great.
Lastly. time was when i: was thought
| ho.ses could no: match unless they were OF
one and the same color. Men have dis
carded tina. stupid idea. and row match
ship is founded. as it ought to be. on size
| shape and action. withcu: regard to color
Now. the said common sense. allowed tall
NAV. will teach us how to match men.
Beauresard and his associates succeed II
batteriuy down that hoary prejudice o
color, he vii! receive warmer and more
| lasting thanks than were accorded to hin