The weekly Louisianian., 1874-09-26

Indiana, what followed? OF the
: attempt to disrupt this glorio,
Union, or of it's record of blood
disaster, which cost the nation Il
ives Of 80 many Of it's bravest an
best men, and so many millions {
treasurer TRUST not; for in to
many homes, all over this lane
North and South, the absence of
loved one tells the tale, and appeal
to you in mournful silence, neve,
never to forget it. Would. 20,
again have this frightful .conditio,
Of things upon your. God forbid
Then look well to the South let no
the cry Of negro domination. shu
your eyes to the true cause of til,
awful condition of society in tina,
section.
IL IS not the negro they hate, mol
DO they murder him because he is 8
negro. In every relation save that
OF politics, these people are kind.
loving and generous toward the
colored people. It is the Republi.
can party they hate, and the col
ored men. are butchered because
they are Republicans and vote the
Republican ticket.
Blinded by their passions and
FESTIVE under wrongs, imaginary
and real-for I am not here to claim
they have not suffered their suffer-
inggs have been great and hard to
bear-in "glories Qsd,"- fortunes
wasted, homes desolated, their
Southern pride that had been &C.
customed to receive homage, even
at I'll. North, and without a parallel
at home-humbleta. into the dust;
first by the: overflow Of the REBEL
ion; then by the loss Of their slaves,
and last, though by no means least,
to have these slaves become their
political equals, all these things.
however just and essential for the
preservation of the Union and in
accord with the march of. civil and
progress; have imposed
much suffering upon these people,
and no doubt are regarded by them
rs grieyous wrongs.
Smarting under these changes
wrought by the war, they have be-
come desperate; emboldened by
THE RECENT DEMOCRATIC VICTORIES
the North and the belief that the
Encouragement and extravaganza
II the Southern governments had
a revolution in the North
'rn mind against reconstruction
measures, destroyed Northern
'ympathy for the colored people Of
he South, and that the President.
Who they dattered themselves was
'ourting their support for a third
ern,, would not interfere, have,
hrongh their lust after power and
determination to obtain posses
on OF the Southern State govern
acnts, been led to the commission
+ the terrible crimes that have
reused the nation and forced the
Intervention of the general govern
They felt confident that with the
ntire South under their control
hey could, with the aid Of the
Democracy, get possession
the general government in 1876.
But thank heaven. "they counted
Without their host" ...
Our warrior: President, ever firm
n the execution OF. the laws, has
'ot been caught by their <wiles.
The; tempting bait Of the united
for a third term has not made
his cath Of ofice-to
nforco the ':constitution and the
Avn" and he has, in no uncertain
sent tAe fat forth that every
itizen must'md shall be protected /,
his life and his rights, civil and
'olitical; and the american people
rill honor him for his frmness in
lis great office.
What the South needs is to be
that the war was not failures;
hat the thirteenth, fourteenth and
fteenth amendments are valid parts