New Orleans Republican., 1873-06-19
CONFLUENCE OF THE POLITICAL ELs
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No shall 'I.a:!!:Ag wa haai.t- A': ti.'
Nor trI.i.. I.. -i.eI.t. with :.Ie AIMED a1ots
OF hostile pace. .h15. opp'-"r eA:' =.
Which-iik. tie meter, ., o. q ,'o,.nt' 80.
DID lAteiy meet II .hs iNt",'l." '"oc>
4 nd furisu. Clo>- 0I civ. ,iteli"fs'
>i."i. .o~, n ,r,.'r.A,. y. -'".'' IL. .!.- 80.
March a. onr va, snd '- 10 no.. o'''
..Sail-st a'. =. ..t-:.c Hi-..tet. "'-i "---
The event, O: TIE pas; few days lave
been no les, gratifying than astonishing
T. ,:e old tree state Union neh o: LoUis,-
a:.a. the or:.;ra, Eep.biicans, the SURF
vo-, Of tie D-,aie. stree: massacre Ia
i.Gc. An! the tue friends o. TIL, STAKE
:i.;, city. t..., people and OK lNAao-'y
.ve-vwLe:e. DU.i,. tia: time We have
s.au one stronghold after another grace
fully SUIT ent;e.ad, unit: now little OF I'M
nort,oc. remains tia: las Lo! fallen INTO
TIE hands Of tie Republicans, At hrst We
Lad the decision O: Judge Cu-.om. 1uit!
and unreservediy recognizing the riSA'
@: Ms. JosepLiue DecUlr to be treated
with the re.;ec. due to {. human being BY
the otficels 9: t.c Steamboat Governor
Allen. and ame.cing the owners III heavy
damages for refusing TO comply with their
ob,; cation, a, common carriers. Mex: We
have the action Of tie Libera! party, VOL
unfairly pied3irs itse.. to accord to Our
co!orei telio. citizen, the full rights per-
tanning to manhood a;.c to citizenship.
Las.l-. We have the .csvl: o: the meeting
O: tie one hundred white and colo.ed
,eprese ntati,e L.eu. which: practically
admits all that We ever contended
fox, and places tue two races upon
footing Of exact equality. There may
be a sma,. party We! that viii! further re-
sis., bu. they viii Le able to exert no ap-
preciab.e influence. So tha: VIC may con-
side. tha: the question OF status on ac-
count Of color and political opinion Is
settled in this State for all time to come.
For the representative ,Len Of the white
race who have appended their names to
tie agreement entered into ct the conte.-
ence meeting at the Jockey Club rooms
are stauncL and true to their p.ighted
faith. They have PVT their hands to the
plow. reluctantly. it may be. in the case
of SO me Of them. aud they viii! not turn
back. There is nothing the colored men
have SO much desired as to live in peace
and a,n;ty with their white fooow citi-
zers ard they will faithfully live up to
the new platform Of principles.
There has no. been such surrender
since that OF AppoMattox. No other c!r'
cumstauce has occurred here Of such vital
Importance 10 the well-be;ng Of this State
since the beginning of her career. The
barrier, OF prejudice have been swept
away by mighty effort, and they can
never again be erected with any showing
Of strength. Hence:ortL We are al. He
publi ladicals-alI Union men.
and bound by AZ Obligation to work for
the benefit OF '.our people" And be i:
underst ood that By our people we mean
al! men. Of whatever race, color or religion.
who are citizens OF Louisiana. and wLo
are willing 20 work fox her prosperity.
There may be. here and there. subject
who i, unwilling to 'work" much for the
prosperity OF anybody. even 70: his OWE
living. bu: under the pressure ct public
opinion. which bot: sides vii! be able to
bring, lie vii! be prevented FROM inter-
fering with other, who are willing. The
main forces Of the opposition to Refubli-
canisn. having given away and enlisted il
the ranks of the y;ctors. there is no longer
an enemy in the field Of any magnitude.
The curren: Of public opinion Will here
after run smoothly il one unbroken
stream ia one direction. and the occupa-
ticn Of The Republican party is gone. Its
mission is accomplished.
We shal! not pause NOW to calculate the
advantages .ha: ,4:gl: lave been derived
from all earlier as:een.ent o. this kind.
Perhaps. like the Egyptians Of old. 1t was
necessary fo. q portion O: the people o:
tie South ;, S,.f:e: severe Affections before
they were properly prepared to le: tAe:E
prejudice 90. Perhaps without this de-
lay and it, penalties they would have
lamen,ed that they had acted premature
ly, ard at some future day re!apsed into
their old preiudices. There is little danger
Of that now. however. The necessity for
the step just taken is freely admitted by
| every iute!ii,eA: citizen. and its adyan-
taces to both races too obvious to be ig-
| norea OK overlooked
lie. it not be supposed, however. that
! the reconciliation OF the two races upon
this one idea Of eq.a! poiit;ca! and civil
right, vii. usher liz anything like a poiiti-
cal mile nn,:a:. Men will differ as here
! to:ore. on Hundred question, OF policy.
Bat they viii contend as equals. and tie
! minority viii yield ready acquiescence
70 the majority. The new definition given
to the to the term ''our people will, il
| generally accepted. help to settle many
! conflicts, SO long as we Lad voters. with /:
| voice il the elections. who wece not recoS-
nized by their politica! opponents as q
| par: O: tLe people. there was conti!c:
As to tie Ies;li;. the minority ilioSically
con:ending that the decision was against a
n.aior;t: OF tie people. Deuasoaues seized
:ron this s!ec:oi:S soc: Q: reasoning tc
at;orL Az o,a:o.ica! loin. and i..t.amc t:a
unthinkin@ masses. Since the confluence
O. the elements. however. all are people
alike. white. ,oio.ed. old citizens. new
| co:uerS. the o.des. An! D. s. As we'll as tLe