The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-05-06
THE WAR OF RACES.

The following eloquent extract is made
from the powerful speech Of Senator Bayard
on the Louisiana election bill. There is so
much truth and good sense in the remarks
that we cannot refrain from giving them to
the. public We commend it to their perusal.
There ar, many good men who hate fraud and dis
hon sty and yet who tolerate their rule in the South
States because there nger in their minds the idea
and feeling that the South has deserved some pun
ishm mt for her political offenses. From my he TT
my countrymen az ,Inst suca sentiments. Ere :
dent nc In once said. and the sequ bore him out
that country could exist with half of its terri
tory slave and half free to labor How much more
torcby and truly be said, this couatry cannot
exist with the States Of the South hand over to the
rule Of rapacity. ignorance venality and crime?
Sir, truly that gtDgreened limo Will soon
poison and stroy the entire humap bosy so will the
moral, politca, financial poison OF an Atricanzed
State spread throughout ever member OF the Unou
Of States and sap and destroy the political heath and
existence of ALL And be it here noted the Senator
from New j. rsey who spoke but few DAYS o MIR.
Frelinghuy senl and the Senator from Louis ana Mr..
Westl both III demonstrating the political condition
of the State of Louisiana declared that the parties
there were white or ba X simply The Senator from
New Jersey, illustrating the political condition of
par sh where there were seven hundred whites and
two thous nd blacks the parish OF bervlle declared
that of course the whites were Democrats, and OF
course the blacks Republica IS! The Senator
from Louisiana following the idea declared that
as unit the blacks OF the South were Republicans
Then What ia the issue raised? One race. They
max. it, they proclaim it; their Adm nistration sus
tains it!
Now sir want the Northern people to look at the
effect. 1t Is not simply whether these two races shall
permit their mutual interests to control them to let
peace harmony, and law make property and life Sc
cure in their st. but whether the flames OF dissen-
sion being famed by the base adveutnrers who flock
part of the country to traffic in the votes OF
these deuded and ignorant pile shall Africanize
State by making the issue between the ra es. and
then exertng the powers Of the Federal GOV rDment
to give The preponderence to the black race 1t is
crime to bring into land 1t is crime to SOW dis
cord and yet that has been the business of these Il
yenturers; and not satisfied with making that issue
the issue of race, the white man against the
black man, intellect against ignorance, superb
GRITTY of giinst inferioriy OF race,
but they call strong of the Federal Govern
ment, and. as lawlessly. shameles>ly was ne ~
Durel AMI W ihams in the case Louisiana, they
insist the p-epouderance shall be against the white
of those States. that is the issue or the North
to cortemplat
believe that all that is ked by the people OF the
North ia justice and law and peace i'll the southern
country; aud to whom NUT YOU leave 1t? lou Must
leave it to those effect it the intelligence
to the virtue ami character Of the teens OF these
States. 1t il to them the sympathy. the favor. tie
couutenance Of the o b r States must be given