New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-06-07

rid15ty 0f tht{fwhite &rethren.
The colora man. who Il capab!e of -sach
an.azg ament as was made before the eos:rt
in the civil righss sait Of Lewis vs.; &c;
with h0nor to himself and with profit to tae
people ever whose, tHbunal+ he might pro
side. Who of AL the officer of the ely
government receives the universal and sn.
stinted praise that, IL accorded to the easr
getic, efficient and faithful Administrator OF
ImproTementel There are cOl0red menFiu
my own parish Of Pointe Coupee. as there
are. ia New Orlsaus, and throughout we
State who have, sat at the feet of the sch0l-
ars and philosophers Of the Quarter Latin
in Paris, and to when the classics of Vel
taire ard Rousseau are as familiar as are SC
us the language Of Shakespeare and Scott
With such men AS leaders of q people
who number enc half, if not q majority
of the voters of the State. to attempt &
suppress their pOwer-Or prescribe their IL
fuence is to attempt to resist the laws ct
nature, of progress, and of self-preserva
ton. Moreover, l assert, without the fea.
of successful contradiction, that in unse.fsf
patriotism, public virtue and personal in.
tegrity. the black IMAM is not behind 'Lis
white fellow citizen a0f the same condition
in life.
Charges.ef corruption have been freely
made against his official and legislative
character, but trace to their source the
iniquities of legislation for the past few
years, and for the ,lLost of them you will
fix the responsibility On his Caucasian
brother. / know there are bad and cor
rupt men among the blacks. Some, who
have acquired the title, distinction and in
huence of leaSera; who, kr long experience
in public life, have acquired the arts of the
trickster, are unworthy, Inscrupulous and
treacher0us. But take the rank and file,
the mass of our col0red population, and
they wear the honors of a.citizen with dig
solicitude to discharge .their every duty to
their fellow.man and to theirscountry.
Now is the time to establish good fellow.
ship among all our citizens. Let US select
our best men, of whatever race or color, to
represent US in the halls OF legislation
With one such election in Louis; ana all the
political prejudices OF race weuld be ex-
tinguished forever; opinion. and not caste
or class, would divide us into parties, and
little disturbance to society AZ they are now
in Connecticut, New York or Ohio.
These are my views. l expect to give
my voice and my energies to their propaga-
ton during the coming campaign. If they
succeed expect to see capital once more
pouring into the lap of our commerce; ] look
to see contentment and life and enterprise
pervad1ng our people; expect to see the
wharves of this city again groaning under
the weight Of produce and manufactures,
seeking market here or coming for export
to other landss Iexpect to see the fields new
lying waste, growing with weeds and this
ties and briara, or perhaps covered with the
debris left bYoR devastating flood, smiling
with plentiful daxvests and cereals, sugar
and cotton; expect to zee happy and pros
perons people, each man going forth to his
daily labor with naue to modest or make
him afraid, our high places filed by those
who honor them, our taxes light, crime
speedily punished and the laws faithfully
executed. Tet F14 -t. .,
Hove the State of Louisiana. Born and
reared amid her magnolias and her orange
groves, l love all her people as my breth
rem and my kindred; / love her sugar fields
and her broad acres white with the fleecy
staple. / love her proud history. both in
peace and war; her ancient institutions COM
ing to us from the once mistress of the
world. aye, and love her very soil, for it
has yielded q grateful return to the hus-
bandry of my fathers, and mingled i.h it's
sacred dust are the ashes of my sires, and
the remains Of the fOndly loved children of
my young manhood. Yet if the mad advo-
Gates of q white mans government, or 1.-THE
still more demented friends of a black mans
government shall triumph in the success of
their colliding and destructive schemes,
l shall fold my tent, and, like the Arab
silently steal away.