The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-07-21
REPUBLICAN "FL1NGs."

Our able adversary the Republican, seems
ubilant at the idea Of our catching at some OF
it's ''Flings" in relation to the white League,
and seizes upon our practical hints to white
aborers in its vain attempt to overcome oul
suggestions by additional ''fings' at mobile
minded gentleman and delicate ladies' whom,
it says, in its Sunday edition, we advise t.
seek out the poor women and men OF the city
in 'war upon washwomen and bootblacks.
The Republican, knows, too well, that, if our
suggestions are carried out by the different
ward clubs of the city, the chief strength and
support of the negro organizations Of the city
will be thrown to the ground, and its mlscon-
,truction Of our "hints" and its additional
filings" will hardly prove Of any practical
benefit to its party or injury to ours.
! We did not advise gentlemen and ladies to
seek out poor white men and women, to
whom they should give employment. On the
contrary we advised that the poor white men
and women should seek out the gentlemen
and ladies' and ''help themselves we wish to
impress upon our laboring white people the
necessity Of endeavoring, by active and ener
getic conduct, to supplant the vast number Of
blacks who do the domestic work Of our citi-
zens. We are pot making war upon any one
we do not intend to enter into any warfare:
but we are endeavoring to show the white citi
zens Of our State who employ b ack people,
that they are sustaining the Republican
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than if they voted with that party at each
election; and more than all this, we are en-
deavoring and will continue our efforts so
long as we may be permitted, to help, aid and
assist the aborng class Of our own race.
Why we should do this, it is not necessary to
state; the reasons are not only sufficiently
numerous, but are sufficiently obvious for
even the partisan nature Of the Republican to
recognize.
We Of the white race are not the enemy Of
the negro; the negro has directly and indi-
rectly declared himself the enemy Of the
white race and the man who can not foresee
the result of tame submission upon the
part Of the whites, is not more than a fool
to sustain his race, if not knave is an idiot
We do not intend to make war upon boot
blacks and washwomen nor upon any of the
nations wards, but we do intend to make
friendly war upon those whites who will per-
sist in sustaining their declared enemies
by employing blacks, when they have
equally as honest and skillful whites offered
to them.
1t is not improbable that, even if the whites
unite in opposition to the Republican party, |
We may be defeated in the approaching cleo
tons; but it is more than probable that we
can throw upon the Republican party the
whole burden Of supporting the blacks upon
whom they depend for political existence,
and divest ourselves of the load We intend
10 tell the merchants, lawyers and doctors,
md all others Of our people who employ black
men as porters, that they are supporting the
pest and most intelligent of the Republican
party; and because they are the best and
most intelligent, therefore the most danger
,us Not only this, but they aid in support
ng the different clubs Of the Radical party.
We intend to tell the heads of families that
ach black cook nurse or washwoman, I
whom they employ, does, either by stealing
rom market money, or by pilfering the pro-
sions, or by their wages, or by all Of these,
Import from one to half dozen black men, t
and some Of them, POSSIBLY support white
men, who are the declared enemies of the !
White race and We intend to urge upon them c
he duty Of employing whites instead Of !
Jacks.
If to advise that our citizens cease to en-
10y their enemies, and to urge them to give
Employment to the true and honest poor \
,hite men and women, who are suffering in :
ur midst from the results Of black legislation, 6
e war upon boot-blacks and washwomen, a
, be it. We intend to make it very :
ariOus matter.