The Opelousas courier., 1874-08-08

There seems to be SO much lethargy among
the people that nothing can convince them of
the dangers ahead. Tell them of the horrors
of negro domination, and unless they see and
feel it around and about them daily and
hourly, they can scarcely be made to believe
I it possible. This is painfully manifest in our
midst Go to St. Martin, st. Mary, Caddo,
Natchitoches, or any parish where the white
| man is the slave and tue negro the master,
politically, and you find the white race thor
oughly aroused to the situation but here, be-
cause the whites are in excess, the white
man who wants negro votes sneers at the
dangers of negro rule, and seems to think that
its horrors can never be visited upon us, par
ticularly if they vote for him. The following
extract will make no impression on such men,
who are ever ready to extenuate the vices of
these people, whatever form they may take.
Such language as the negro Davenport uses
in public in Ficksburg, may not be possible
| here now, but should the present condition of
| things continue much longer, it may be fully
expected.
| We quote from the Shreveport Times:
| Not long since white girl in Port Gibson,
brothers in the Confederate service, ran away
with and married a negro member OF the
State Legislature. This created more or less
sensation throughout the State, though what
right those who have advocated political and
! social Affiliations with carpet-baggers, SCALA
Wags and negroes had to complain We cannot
we'll understand.
| At all events, 1t afforded all opportunity to
| a mulatto seOundreI OF Nicksburg, named Da-
| yenport, the Chancery Clerk of that county,
! to make one OF the most Infamous speeches
We have ever heard of, even in these sad days,
an extract from which We find in the Vicks-
| burg Herald of the 9Th instant. Before Civ
! ing it to our readers We will remark that we
! learn thrOug I'll private letter, that the Ian
! guage used by the scOundrel was more Oh
scene than that given by the Herald. Here
| it is, and We hope every opponent OF the white
man party will carefully read and digest it.
Referring TO the elOpement, Davenport said:
| The time was not far distant when the Port
| Gibson affair would be repeated daily-it
would be nothing to see large numbers fol-
| low the example OF that young lady. He
| would go further, aud say that there were
| thousands OF Southern women, many here i'll
| hlcksburg, OF the most respectable families,
who would do 50 to-day, were they not afraid
But these things would change, barriers would
| be broken down. for the white women now sec
| that the negro is the coming man aud that
! they have the control of the city and State
! Governments. Ii he We're not a married man
he could get the daughter of one of the best
families III Vicksburg, and were he in matri
monial market, he would buckle on a brace OF
revoivers and meet the womenis brothers ol
! fathers who would dare to interfere with his
love affairs, or rather, attempt to prevent
| daug gbters aud sisters from their choice IN the
selection OF good husband twhom they were
anxious to haTel among the colored men.
Surely it needs not that this language should
be printed i'll italics to force its 1ull purpOr1
upon the understanding OF the reader.
The speech Was made III the courthoWp o.
Ficksburg, and i'll the presence OF white radi
calls, who made no protest-amOng then ii
mentioned the name of Chancellor Hill, though
the Herald says nothing better was to be ex
pected from ''tnis lily-Ivered nliscreant whe
is so STEPPED i'll shameless yillainy, eowar
dice and corruption, that he is absolutel,
proud OF his Degradation and makes merit y
his prostitution" The Herald further re
marks:
We have seen the time when this lyin,
scoundrel could not have lived five minute
after uttering such atrocious sentiments, ant
if he is permitted to live new We shall b
greatly surprised. He deserves to die th
death of dog, and any man who has daugt
ter ur sister here, will be justified in the eye
OF God ami man in shooting him down precise
ly as he would shoot a wolf or a rabid dog
Men of Louisiana, falter not in the race sc
before you, or your State may in time sink a
low even as Mississippi