The weekly Louisianian., 1874-08-22
POLT.TICAL NOTES.

. pers Week!ly.i in an ably logical art
, Gle sums up the opposition to j
, passage in the remarks embodie
in a letter OF Mr.. Smith. IAN EN-
nent Republican in the; State. !! (
Georgia." and replies: e.. "
"Mr Smith argues that to pas
the bill would be a party blunde
! because it would help the DEMOCRAT
into power. But since the Repub
licans passed the amendments, an
the bin is merely carrying til
amendments into effect, they can
not reject it without a fatal confes
sion that they do not really trus
their own principles and policy; I
confession which would of eours'
defeat them. # the Republican
party has any, duty palmer ant
more pressing than that Of estab'
fishing the equality Of American
citizens before the law, we do moi
know what it is. It is true tina,
had the question not been raised,
its decision might wait upon the
general ground that the nee ssity
of Legislation or of declaration had
not arisen. But it has been raised.
Some kind of action is imperative;
and that action which maintains the
constitutional and conceded rights
of the citizen will withdraw the ne
gro, as such, front politics, and will
leave prejudiceonly it's folly to feed
upon. i'"; - . ,:.5:a".s,.u4
The Shreveport Times ! intent ni; on
melting murder and rapine of inof-'
fensivs 3eolored citizens in is sec1
tion q'is<|P iYt .:s hyo!s' n s2ss i. IL propaa-
gaatdies the 20 pp e2k.. s9ebsurrq stoliaes2'
the negro; invitin Sir + tthe most
incendiary-menner armed violence
from White Leoguers.
The New Orleans Times is au-
for the statement that the
White League has a dual organiza;-
One open and to the pub1ic1
in its transactions, and the other
secret, partaking Of the character
Ind purpose OF the Ku-Klux.
In a letter to our honored friend
Douglass, the venerable
derritt Smith says: !
"The Republican party has disap-
'ointed us. It has failed to redeem
ONE Of its solemnlyy7made, pledges
What can we do?-we who are};
lael45 men and We white men, who are their
l. wish we could quit this (,
for atime, and thus. punish
nd'improne 1T. But we cannot quit
for evea d sibgle year, with safety ,
, tho country. For the Democratic
IS still eager to be restored to .
over, and is as lynx-eyed in watch ;;
'g for opportunities as it was in =
972' when it swallowed up the !;
reeley party, and, made fcrmida- :,
q advances toward swallowing up =
10 Republican party. / There are ;.
;cellent men in the Democratic :
'rty; but the party remains bad, !.
bad-hopelessly bad. Had it :,
into power any time within g
o last fourteen years our country :,
ould have been lost. It would =,
w be lost were that negro-hating :,
ID rum-recruiting party to come
to power. The old Federal party
mt down to death under the .sus- ::
cion Of having sympathized with =,
e enemy in the war of 1812-15.
ID ! should We e, forget that. ths b,
'mocratic party aympatbized with q
D. rebels in our late MAR, and sym -
thzed with them too because it :,
's one with them: in,ths malignant ~
Of perpetuating slavery -.
Let us be patient with the Repub-]
an y party, a year longer: It came !.
near passing the civil rights bill tn
ew days ago, and this, too, in the h,
Q of the solid Democratic vote, n,
It 1 can hardly doubt it viii pass
'arly in: the next session Of Coa-h1
3d." ~~t ii ;
The Fourth Of July was calebra a.
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