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The weekly Louisianian., 1874-10-03

}, We are the life of Louisiana
the substance OF the conservatives
and the pivot of the white Repub-
licans. Our cultivation OF the soil
mainly gives to the State the pros
perity she enjoys; and to our votes
the State Government owes it's cx-
istence. We are the true friends
of the southern people, and if
encouraged in our good intentions,
would soon bring order out OF
chaos. We are depressed and sick.
ened by the unsettled and disor-
dered state Of society, and would
gladly welcome any solution con
sistent. with honor, and compatible
With the liberties Of our people.
We are ready and willing to adopt
any honorable adjustment tending
to harmonize the races +; but as a
condition preceding such action,
which we deem of more Importance
to our people than official ~tavors,
We would require that the mer-
chants and others who recently
dismissed from their employment
laborers of long service and cstab-
lished characters, for no other rea-
son than their color, should REIN
state them. as far as may be con-
sistent with our unified purpose.
Overtures of concession at any
previous period in our political ex-
Perience might have suggested
that we were influenced by ilnpro-
per motives, or that we had taken
counsel of our fears; but now, with
the tramp OF Federal soldiers on
every street,-with gunboats and
monitors in our waters,-with the
mighty sentiment Of the North
pledged to the protection of our
liberties and citizenship,-and will,
the irresistible power of the general
government, guaranteeing the full
Of our rights, we, while
independent Of the political favor
OF our white fellow citizens, are
willing to concede an equitable
and honorable basis for united
action, free from suspicion and re-
etraint, in the interest of good gov
eminent. We have been wrouged,
outraged and massacred by the
whites, without cause Or provoca.
ton, Until the air is heavy with
our sighs, and the waters OF Louis
are, Redeemed with our blood;
but as citizens, we cannot retail.
ate, and as christians we bear our
as becomes our faith.
With a view to harmony, pro-
yress and impartial justice, the Elk
Committee is hereby au-
:horized and directed to confer .
With the Governor and any repre-
sentative body of our fellow citi-
ems upon the situation, in further
nee OF such united action as :
would cOnduce to more respect for
.w and order, a higher standard t
q the administration of public
fairs, and the adoption of such a
upon local issues as would
ommend itself to the impartial
alignment of all the people.
FELIX G. ANTOINE,
President Of GenL Com.
III. A. CoRBIN,
Secretary GenL. Com.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,
7. NORRIS CHESTER, Chairman.
VIM. e. Brown
p. G. Dcslonde
p. b. S. Pinchback
James II. 1ngraham
James w. Quinn
T.-B. Stamps
Emile Detiege
+. G. Antoine
WIN. Weeks
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impartial-which reconstructed tn,
foundations of State upon a basi
of national progress, irrespectiv,
of color, deserves our confidenc,
and cooperation. 1t is not mel
but measures which intensity on:
republicanism. 1t is principles no
persons which continue our unwa
vering worship at the Republican
altar. If our white fellow citizens
desire our concurrent action upol
local issues, they should not onl,
inspire US with confidence in theil
political professions, but they mus
relieve us of all apprehensions il
the enjoyment of our constitutional
rights. Our homes may be de.
stroyed, our school. houses wrapt in
flames, our churches ..desecrated,
and our people massacred, but as
long as the national Republican
party shall be as true to our liber.
ties in the future as it has been il,
the past, we shall neither b. seduced
nor coelced from our partizan fe-
atty.
While we have so much to en-
courage us i'll the attitude of the
National Administration and are
sustaining the State Government,
We cannot be insensible to the fact
that the Republican party in this
State, since reconstruction, has
been manipulated and controlled
by men as much bleached in COM
plexion and politics as the most
rampant white Lacquer in Louisi-
ana. The power and patronage of
the State Government and some of
the Federal offices in this city are be-
ing dispensed SO as to exclude our
wealth and intelligence from politi-:
cal prominence. So humiliating has
become our experience under the
administrations which have been
lnaugurated Ivy our sutfrages, that
We occasionally doubt the repubIi-
canism of som y i: our leaders. Off.
cial influences have been unkindly
exerted to defeat and suppress rep
reseutative colOred men, while ii
some instances illiterate and un-
worthy persons Of color have been
lnan9uvered into official positions
as the best specimen of our people.
No State can boast of more wealthy.
Intelligent and refined colored men
han Louisiana, and yet it is hardly
possible to conceive of less official
aspect, and consideration to char.
'cter and ability, than it is our
Misfortune to receive from the
that be.
We constitute the body of Re-
.'nblicans, but our integrity and
'apacity are ignored in the councils
# the party, while our manhood
nd citizenshipare not unfrequently
in our intercourse with
hose whom we have exalted to-
'ower. There is a species of mys
so far as We are concerned,
bout the plans of campaign and
he policy of the State Administra.
ion, which denies to every colored ,
ian in this commonwealth. not
ven excepting the Lieutenant Co. .
ernor, the Secretary of State, the /
uperintendent of Public Educa- ,
on, and the State Treasurer, all
Anticipation and knowledge of the
onfidential workings Of the party {
nd government. Humiliating as t
may appear, with all of our de- I
Dtion to Republication, there is t
Dta man of color, official or other. t
Use, who can inform US, in the t
resent crisis, of the system to be il
arsued by the party, or the policy t
the Administration upon a single b
easure of public interest. We o
Guild reflect no credit upon our r
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Address of Colored Men tothe
People Of Louisiana!
UNION, PEACE, AND RECONCILE
ALTON ADVOCATED.

HllUN M M.
The important and excel
lent document having been adopted
by a large numbero Of intelligent an6
influential colored men and sent tt
us for publication, we deem it o.
sufficient Importance to submit te
the public without delay, i'll the
shape Of All extra.
An Address Of Colored. Men to the
People.
Fellow citizens: We have recent.
" experienced a succession of gov.
ernments, out OF which have grown
issues, questions and policies, so in
timately connected with our vel
talr, that it becomes necessary to
declare our convictions and fore
shadow our political action. We
are still the same quiet and we'll
disposed people as ever, cherishing
no animOsities, animated by a de-
sire OF peace and good will towards
all men, and eNerting I'll efforts
and influence to conduce to ii union
OF the two races in which the inter.
ests of the whites would be respect
ell and the rights of the blacks pre-
served. Cur past experience has
been gloomy, while our present
condition and future prospects arc
not without depressing shadows.
We deeply regret, in the progress
which the nation has made, and
which mankind approves, raising
us from selvitude to citizenship,
that We are SO little indebted to the
white people OF Louisiana for the
moral and political blessings which
we now enjoy. Our association and
connection with them have been
painful and bitter. In sorrow We
prefer to throw the mantle OF cha
rity over their unchristian admins.
tratlon of u inter ests, and seek
only the best means of promoting
the welfare of The State, and the
permanent happiness and prosper
ity Of all the people.
Official data credits our popula-
ton with being in excess, in this
State, of all our white fellow citi-
zens, viz, 365,OOO colored, and
= 5000 white persons. There are
at least ten thousand unnaturalized
foreigners, and a large number Of
octorOOns, included in the census OF
the whites, Nature and the genius
OF our institutions have committed
the political complexion of this
State to our choice, if voters are
undeterred and frauds are not prac-
ticed. Voting us down in a fair
election is impossible; aggressions
upon our newborn rights have been
resisted by the powers of Govern
ment, and knocking us down TO in
tlmidate us has always brought the
nation to our protection. Since 4,
frauds, m%assacres, and armed re- {
slstance, in the interests of the
whites, have failed to obtain for !
them that recognition claimed to {
90 due their numbers, cultivation
anu wealth, it would be wise for i
them to adopt a policy of concilia- '
ZION, with justice for it's basis and L
honor for it bounds. v
We are Republicans in politics, r
Dotl from instinct and conviction. r
Under the banners of it's champions Q
We have been advanced in the path Il
way OF civil and political progress, v
Until the measure of our ambition d
oeen almost realized. We are e
grateful for the past and hopeful Of L
ne future: A party which subdued v
! gigantic rebellion-which made n
reedom universal and citizenship
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plexion of our leaders, but We d,
protest against the manifestation
of that uncharitable and unjus
spirit which osiracises us in tn
administration which we have ere
ated with our sutfhrages. Men ar,
likely to be as much wanting in in
tegrity as s%elt-respect when the,
will solicit. our support, and thel
SHRINK from official intercourse Will
lis. An administration which i.
ashamed of the SOURCE from whenct
it sprung, and in its dispensation.
discriminates invidiously against
its partizans, incites the gravest
apprehensions of ingratitude anu
treachery. While we are Repubfi.
cans We are also American citizens
W. owe much to our party, but
more to our country, and realizing
as we do that the Republican party,
as controlled i'll Louisiana, is fire.
quently at variauce with equal and
exact justice to it's conscientious
adherents, it becomes Our duty to
grasp the situation, and encourage
such acourse of wisdom and patriot
ism as would receive the approval
and support of the people irresprc.
tive OF color.
The administration of Governor
Kellogg owes its existence to our
support, aud to that extent we are
responsible. We, in many re-
spects, have been sadly disap-
pointed. But painful as are our re-
grets over the past, they are slight
when contrasted with our fearful
anticipations. Our experience i'm
presses us with the conviction,
that the integrity of the ] epubli-
can party il not subserved by the
policies pursued by the State Gov
aud we shudder as we
contemplate that our interests are
to be compromised for indivi-
dual ACKNOWLEDGMENT, and through
fears Of personal safety. The Gov
eriOr seems to represent a policy
which is neither generous to the
whites, nor just to the blacks. 1t
is rigorous and obstinate in it's
crusade against the aspirations of
it's colored friends, while it is obse-
Iuious and wavering in all deal
ngs with its political foes.
We have never entertained a
loubt us to the justice and equity
IT Hon. VIM. Pitt Kellogg's claim
o be Governor of Louisiana. As
undoubtedly received a MAORI
y of the legal votes cast in 1872,
We are grateful to President Grant
or his recognition and support Of
he State Government, which time
Vill vindicate, even in the estima-
ion of those who now disapprove
f Federal action. Revolution can
lot be tolerated by our Govern
lent, which affords swift and am
lie means, it judiciously applied,
D recover every right, or obtain
edress for all wrongs. The stone :
'hich was rejected in 1867, may ]
ven now, if accepted by our white :
GLOW citizens, become under the J
uidance of wisdom and patriotism,
De corner stone Of happiness, pros
Gritty and good government.
The political hostility of the con-
and personal antipathies
F many of the white Republicans
wards us, render our position
ocular and embarrassing. All
lat is virtuous in the admiDistra-
on of public affairs is claimed BY
le whites, while all that is vicious
accredited to the blacks. Neither
le influence nor the opportunity
IS been permitted to us to shape
control any policy. We have
trOgraded rather than advanced
The weekly Louisianian., 1874-10-03

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Z. NORRIS CHESTER, Chairman
VIM. G.. Brown
p. G. DeslOnde
p. b. s. Pinchback
James II. 1ngraham
James w. Quinn
T..B. Stamps
Emile Detiege
+. G. Antoine
Vim. Weeks
f. 4. Davis
VIM. Paul Green
Henry L. Rey.
E.. '. Mccarthy
III. A. Corbin
w. S. Wilson
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A PLUCKY BOY.-Tha Jeffer.

A PLUCKY BOY.-The Jeffer.
son Democrat Of the 18th, has the
following A difficulty occurred
in Upshur county, last Thursday,
between two negroes and q youth
fifteen years OF age, named Oil
yer. Young Oliver, a son of Mr..
Bryant Oliver, who lives twelve
miles this side of Gilmer, met two
negroes with whom he had for.
merly had a quarrel. The negroes
told him that they then and there
intended to whip or XIII him. They
attacked him, and the result was
the death OF the two negroes and
the wounding of the boy. The
latter received some severe stabS
in the abdomen. while one of the
negroes had his thaOat cot and
the other received the contents OF
the boys gun.
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6. Laura Keene, the distinguish


ed actress, died in New Jersey.
8. Funeral at Lexington, Vr-
sinia, of Mrs. Mary Custis Lee,
widow Of the late General Robert
Z. Lee, Southern Contederacy :
Funeral at Selma, Alabama, of
Gen. VIM. J. Hardee, author Of
tactics and General in Southern
Confederacy.
II. Death of James w. Knowl-
ton, prominent newspaper cores
pondent, at Washington.
16. Death in New York Of Cap
tain Mathew E. Perry, United
States Navy, son of Commodore
NJ. G. Perry.
Is. Death at Philadelphia of
Mrs. E. NJ. Stanton, widow of the
late Secretary Stanton.
| 10. Death at Dover, n. H., OF
Elk Senator John p. Hale. Death
in London of Thomas Barring, of
the clearinghouse of Barring
Brothers.
81. Announcement of death OF
/ Charles Livingstone, brother OF
DIR. Livingstone, OF Johu
Black, aged 81. United States
Consul at Vera Cruz under Presi
dent jackson.
! "a. Died in New York Hon
Azarah G. Flagg, aged SO Secre
tary of State under Governor De
Witt Clinton.
q. Death, at St. Louis, Of Elk
Senator Richard Yares, of Illinois
war Governor of that State.
DECEMBER.
IA. Death of Prof. L. Agassiz
} at Cambridge, Massachusetts
10. Col. Frederick Dent, father
Iin-law of Gen. Grant, at Presiden
tial Mansion, at Washington, diet
suddenly, aged 81.
Is. Funeral of Agassiz, in Ap
pFeton Chapel, Boston.
90. Funeral of Col. Frederick
Dent, father. in-law of Gen. Grant
, atSt. Louis.
2G. Death of Francois, son O
, Victor Hugo, at Paris.
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The Southern Representatives
have recently held a caucus for
the purpose of endeavoring to ar
rive at some compromise relative
to the cotton tax refunding
scheme. They have agreed upon
a compromise bill, and will now
endeavor opress the subject upon
the attention of Congress this
session. The bill proposes the ap.
pointment Of commission, some.
thing in the nature of the South.
ern claims commission, to audit
and determine the claims, and
provides for their equitable ad.
.justment between brokers and the
planters.-[ New York Times.
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Gardening here can be carried
on all winter, especially could it
have been doue this last one. In
our journeyings about the parish
we have seen but one decent tur.
nip patch, besides onrown. We
have had applications for turnips
all winter, not only from residents
of the town. but from some in the
country, white and colored. ''The
improvident negro" was not the
only NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Jour
nal.
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A good wife is like a snail.
Why ? Because she keeps in her
own house. A good wife is not
like a snail. Why ? Beca use she
does not carry her al! on her back
A good wife is like town clock.
Why +? Because she keeps good
time. A good wife is not like a
town clock. Why 2 Because she
does not speak so loud that all the
town can hear her.
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San Francisco, March 1S.-A
serious riot occurred in Honolulu
upon the election of KatOaka as
King. When the announcement
of Emma's defeat was made, a
mob of her adherents attacked
the house Of the assembly, beat
several of the members, one of
whom died, tore up seats and
desks, and set fire to the house,
when the United States and Brit.
ish marines landed and dispersed
them.
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A gentleman, who was raised
in this State, but who has been in
Alabama and Mississippi ever
since the war, was in our office
this week, just from the latter
place. He says the people here
are ''rich" compared with what
they are there.-[Opelousas Jour
nal.
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New Orleans, March ia fire
occurred at corner Marois and st,
Louis streets today. Loss about
$4,000. Three residences on st,
Mary's street and several adjoining
buildings were damaged. Loss
estimated at $4,000.
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Steps have been taken in Chi.
cago to establish a silk.growing
colony in Mississippi, at a place
named Carolina, which is 80 miles
from Jackson, the capital Of the
State.
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The scarcest fur in Alaska is
that of the black fox. OF 81, 600
skins taken in 1873 there was only
one black fox skin.
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The New York Times says that
no term of social entertainment il
more deceptive in its promises,
more illusory in itspleasures, mors
totally unsatisfactory it's results,
than a grand ball.
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Charles Williams of Portland
has been burned out of house and
home seven times within a year,
and is now waiting for warm
weather so that he can build q
raft and live on a horsebond.
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Nothing mean about them.
The Detroit Free Press tells us
that an eastern man was
lynched there the other dav,
but the lynchers finding that
they had Iaade a mistake, sent
t he body keuei . e cry nice
cGn. @
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Bismarck's opinion is that an.
other war with France is newt.
able; that she will be backed by
Russia, and that all Europe will
involved in the contest.
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1t may be we'll to ponder over
the fact that only one out Of every
four hundred men in Massachu;
sets is in the state prison.
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Five hundred thousand acres,
one-ninth1 fthe arabic land of
Scotland, lis annually under
turnips. They are the staple
there for fattening stock.
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Neurology Of 1873.


len died at Chiselhurst, Eng
land.
16. Professor William CIeve-
land, of Cornell University,
died at Ithaca, New York.
IS. Death of Lord Lytton
Bulwer, poet, novelist, states
man.
90. Rev. w. Baptist Noel
died in London.
%. Obsequies of Lord Lyt-
ton at Westminster.
26. Dowager Empress Ame>
liza of Brazil died at Lisbon.
%. Professor Adam Sedg-
wick, of Cambridge, England.
ulcu at LONDON.
FEBRUARY.
/. Matthew Fontaine Maury,
author physical Geography OF
the Sea-" died at Lexington,
Va.
2. John II. Selwyn, come>
dian, died in Philadelphia.
= 6. Vicar General William
Storrs, of Roman Catholic
Church, died in New York.
Professor James III. Coffin, OF
Lafayette College, died at Eas
ton, Penn.
8. General John w. Geary
Ex-Governor of Pennsylvania
died at Harrisburg.
8. Empress Carolina Angus
ia, of Austria, died at Vienna
10. Robert Emmett, nephew
Of the celebrated Irish patriot
died at New Rochelle, n, Y.
1G. Caroline Cheseboro dice
! at Piermont, n. Y.
%. Rev. Thomas Guthrie
| D. d., an eminent Scottish di
vine, died at st. Leonards OF
the Sea.
p. Death of ex>Lieutenant
Governor Simon Brown at Con
cord, Mass.
MARCH. :
L. ajor-General EdwaIt
Johnson, late of Confederat,
Army, died at Richmond, Va.
8. Charles Knight. eminen
English author and publisher
died at Addlestone, England.
10. Death of Ex>Queel
Pauline, of Wurtemburg.
ID. Right Reverend Charlie
Petit McIlvaine, d. d., L. LID
Bishop of Protestant Episcopa
| Church. Diocese of Ohio, die,
at Florence Italy, aged seventy
five. He was granted a funer
al in Westminster abbey, Lon
don, England, was brought t
Cincinnati and buried in Sprin;
Grove Cemetery.
| II. Death at st. Louis @
Carlo Patti, distinguished mu
sician, brother of Adelina Patti
| 26. Annedee Therry, distine
uished historian, died at Pari.
APRIL.
9. Death of Charles Alsto
Collins, English author, son-ir
law of Charles Dickens.
II. +. A. Marc St. Giraudil
eminent French scholar an
publicist, died near Paris.
Is. Baron Justus Leibig, en-
inent chemist, died at Mnnicl
90. Death of w. G. M,
Cready, the eminent Englis
tragedian.
MAY.
2. Death of Rev. DIR. Joe
Parker, in New York.
4. Death of William II. Nc
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-03-28

Virginia oysters cultivate an
area Of six hundred and forty
thousand acres, and no Oranges
vet.
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The Supreme Court OF Geor>
gia has decided that a bachelor
is a family that he is the head
oft. and as such entitled to
privileges of the homestead
act.
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Philadelphia claims to have
COS miles of gas pipe under its
streets.
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The Alabama State Medical
Association meet in Selma on
the 18th of April.
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1T is said that $50 persons
bave been adjudged insane by
the courts in Illinois, who were
made so by the Chicago fire.