The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-05-23
EMIGRATION.
from the Ope.ousas Courier.

| suggests 10 MT. II. i. Lewis ant
such Of his friends as are not salts
fed with the existing order o.
things here,. to leave the State
m,grate'. twas the word. we believe
The N. 0 Republican lfas more
than once made tile same sngges
ton on similar occasions. but the
editor of the Journal need not he
accused of having borrowed the
idea from it's columns Both these
papers are reapillg rich emolument>
from the ,.rinting bill" one Of the
most Infamous Of the many outra
seolls monopolies imposed upon the
people. Monopolists, especi a | ~
those who are heaping up riches as
Il reward for party service, are most
soltcitous that the party be not dis
turbed.- Tire Journal, quite as nat
u'1lly as the Republican, wants
peace-that kind OF peace that
promises the longest possible lease
OF the exclusive privileges now en-
joyed 10y it. 1t wants nU party in
power except. the .corruptionists,
because it we'll knows that the as
cendancy of any other would, at
once, put a stop to the large income
which, by the grace of the Radical
party, it has been enjoying for sew
eral years past. out of the pockets
Of our oyerbur.lened and impover--
ished people. 1t is quite Satisfied
with tie stctu quo, and looks with
an evil eye upon any proposed
change. 1t woul,l, indeed, like to
see few respectable hite men gG
into the Republican party, SO as to
afford it i decent opportunity to
turn its own covert position into an
open one. That it will soon have
to do SO without snclo reputable
company we venture to predict.
An accession of the kind to the
party in power would add some
thing to the security and respccta-
billty Of the licensed monopolists,
and would bring moral support to
newspaper organs e'i4a ged, like the
journal, in perpetuating the rci.n
Of tho pl1,nhercrs and thieves that
have brought the State to its pres
cnt condition; but a proposition
like that OF Mr.. +. l. Lewis, looking
to IN organization Of white men
after the example of the negroes
themselves, is alarming to the Jour-
mt: Indeed. it is sItcl an iniqnity
that it ''can not pass it by without
upon it," The .jourRot
has succeeded so we'll in passing 10y |
without commenting upon all the
'nnn>troHs wrongs and ontrages |
rpctiated by the Radical State
Government, since it has been the
Beneficiary OF that party, that by
the mere force OF ha',i; it9might
have overlooked Mr.. Lewis speech.
But that speech and the logic en-
oloyed by the' speaker are alarming
% the ,)osunnf, and knowing. right
we'll that the sentiments uttered
viii find Il warm response in the
ieart OF every true man in the State,
t foreSees the coming OF Il powe, full
born ct dire necessity
md inspired by the instinct of self
preservation. 1t foresecs for its
'dltol two alternatives. from which
here appears to be no escape, no
more dotigln@-,n open, avowed
of the Radical party, or a
tand i'll favor of tie party Of re-
or,D. The one involves the loss of
contracts and party sub
iaes, while the other carries with
companionship with negroes and
oclal Isolation among the whites.
Is Yet the Jouy'Aal is prepared to
ccept neither; hence the vehem-
nee OF it's last issue hence it's curt
aviation to Mr.. l.. and his associ-
tes to emigrate: Bothdhe Kepub-
can and J"urnal-these pension
rs on the p.undtr OF the respecta
le t;'x-paying portion of tue com (
the enforced emf
ration from the State of the llrlss
t Conservative white men rather
nan see The State Government go
ITO the hands of white men.
Emiyratc is the wor!, and it ex-
resscs the earnest wish that
r"mp's its utterance q Leave Lou .
'iana, the land Of our own and our t
Iiidreh's birth, the home Of our I;
lends and kindred, and the de
osilory of our dead ! acrifice
sever ties dearer than life, .
nj take our household gods to a f
nd OF strangers, ST that our pres
ace Shall no longer be perpetual ;,
enace and reproach to ' the party Z
lat is now dividing its time be- Il
seen philanthropy asa profession ,
ud public plunder as a trade! " =,
Happiness is eternal not e1te-ne'. =