The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-07-31
The REOoG
From the New Tiuseal

part OF the programme of many White
Leaguers, we offer the following. IL
) many it will seem supert1uous labor, buI
the lncredulOus will find it interesting
1t is but just to many members of thai
organization, especially in this part oil
the State, to say that they do nOtbelievt
III either violence Or intimidation, and
so express themselves in public and pri
waite. With suclEmen We have DOcaLlsC
unfortunate and will be a disastrous
failure, and that the organization, il
generally supported, would precipitatc
excuses Oh both sides, which all good
citizens must deplOre.
The following is from the Shreveport
Timeso of the 9th inst. The theory Of the
Times is that the negroes should not be
4 interfered with, alpOn conditions stated
us follows: "UnIcss they follow the
wicked cOuncilsOf their present leaders,
form themselves into organized bands,
and seek by force to retain the control
of this State, which they have already
ruined, they will not be harmed printer
Tered withhold We bid them be cauti0us.'
But it declares warupOn carpet-bag-
gers, scalaYags and thleYes." and in the
takes in not only every white Repub-
Iican, bit ercyy White man rho refuses to
cooperate Wih the League, and boldly
declares its expectation, after having
kdrlyen out the "carpet-baggers and seal
Hwags," and reduced the negroes to that
condition, which it Significantly. calls
cautious" ITO carry the elections every
where, even in parishes where it must
know the negroes are in the majority.
1t proceeds to say:
We are not warning upon the negro. but ire upc
rUr3ing to the deGh HpOn ca1petbdggcrS und
ScdtGlr0gS. just as we are warning upon thieves,
murdcrers, pcriurelA, and all infamous charac-
tiers. Hereafter i'll all our resolutions, ii seems
to us. it Would be wei to make tlleseNistihrtiOns
prominent andcleaT.
! Those who are not with lis must he against lis.
| and the white men who decline to fight in our
ranks should, as tie GreeNW0Od resolutions say.
be driven from the society of white people, and
forced to seek their associates in the negro cab
ms; though we very much doubt if decent Mt
g!roG,S will admit such dirty dogs to their social
circles. r
Toward the carpct-bag and scalaWag fratcrn-
ity our position is entirely different; we do not
propose to tolerate their villaiuy any longer
they have impoverished our people; plunged
parishes into riot and bloOdshcd, disgraccd our
State, and computed among lis every crime for
which ~penitentiarieS and scaffoldS were invent
ed. Their career is ended; we arc determined
to tolerate them no longer, and if they care for
their Infamous neckS, they had better stop their
work right now, and look out for a Safer field of
rascaIity. II a single hostile gun is fired be-
tween the whites and blacks in this and sur
rounding parishes, every caTpet-bag%cl and seal
awaS that can be caught will in twelve hours
therefr0m he dangling from a limb.
Every one can realize how easy it is to
secure the firing of that "hOstile gun
at the hands Of some crazy fanatic, which
shall be taken as the excuse for a reign
of mob law. Who does not see in this
frenzied rhodomOntade of the Shreye-
port Times not only tendency but a
purpose which is murderOuso We use
these words deliberately, because we are
determined that the community and the
country shall not be miSled us to the ex-
pressed purpose OF some members Of the
League or of the, logical, though per
haps unattended results of the whole
movement.
We continue our extracts:
There is nothing to he gained by pleadings or
concessions, but everything is within our reach,
If we will move forward and grasp it. Let oar
actions be such init ecc,.yb0dy IciU kno,c tchui IRE
hrGHt. n1td let them sec thai hc are in ctrMcSt nnd
dctclm tMed TO carry ont The programme 1eg0Id-
less Of consequences. We want every man who
is in favor of the white mans movement to send
us his name, as we have set aside Il few columns
OF our paper for the purpose of publishing them.
If you are WILL u.s. lot the WOrld know it, and if
YOU are against us, and are guilty Of any dirty
tricks, we will take Il special delight i'll keeping
your yillainy exposed to public vicw.-lMans-
field Reporter. July 4, 1874.
The statement was made ESt Sunday. by one |
of the White Eeagtl8 speakers that the .AdVcr-
tiser was the official paper of this parish. The
manner in which it WIS done showed that his
intention was to inSinuate that we were not ill
dependent in politics. II the gentleman had
been properly informed, in all probability he
would not have mnmttt such an indiscretiOn.
His audience was aware that the dispersion was
unjust and uncalled for. This writer was IL Con- !
fcderatc soldier during the whole war, in the
army OF Virginia, and as d soldier. as 4 citizen
and Us a man, has always endeitNOrcd to do his
duty faithfully andOn thu square. He was born
and raised in this parish, and has always been Il
Democrat, and Is one yet, and has the honor at
this time of being Il mcmier of the Democratic
State Central Committee. He obtained the pub
lie printing without solicitation or any promise
whatever mhis part. 4 Ne has never tiinchcd i'll
any duty, and has always hecn consistent, and
is now free as the air itself, and as independent,
he feels, as Old Hickory ever was.
We desire reform as much as any one, and are
more sincere to effect it than some of the self
leaders of the White Leaguc. But
We maintain that it should be brought about in
a legal and peaceahle manner. We arc opposed
to violence and revolution, and no gratuitOus
and slanderOuS inSlnuatiOns or considerations of
any kind, can shake lis from a position we con
slider sound and patriotic Lafayette A}ycr-
tiseP, July 4, independent Democratic Paper
The remedy for all the evils that atfhiCt orr
State, and every Southern State under negro
and carpet-bag rule. is very simple. Thu incen-
diaries who Hood our country at the approach
of every election mast be looked after the pro-
ceedings of midnight gatherings in dark and
gloomy PLACES must he known. ~LneendtaFy
teucNtnyS Oh Tile CdFDeI-DaRRefS ana SCaIaWa2S
to infiame the minds Of the negroes must not be
tolerated Asaih. A[Mihhen Denidcrxt.
The lines must be drawn at once, before our
opponents are thoroughly organized, for by this
means we Will prevent many milk and cider fell
lows from falling into the Gnemy's ranks. While
the White Mans PnrtN guarantees the1regrO all
of his present rights, they do not intend that
white carpet-baggers and rcnegades shall be
permitted to organize and prepare the negroes
for the coming campaign. Without the assist
ancc of these villains, the negroes are totally
n "a ma hlP lf ntfppt1AILv. nptr1ni1IUn thnTncolInu-I
and unless they are previously excited and
drilled, one HQLf 1f them 1eU not come 10 the polls.
and a large per cent of the remainder wiH r0te
TIC White MANS tcket.-(Malstield Reporter.
July 18th.
And that's how negro parishes are to
be carried. The Reporter, by the way,
D few issues previous to this, was strong
ly oppOsedsto the White, League. In a
day almost it changed to q rabid organ
of that party. Let it explain to the
country, if it dares, the history of it's
conversion, .~t
The people have determined that she Kellogg /
has to be gotten rid OF, and they will
scruple about the means as they have done
II the past.-tA1eXandria Democrat, July Is.
: Our. banner is nailed to the mast: f." Hannibal
lnte p~ortas." We Join haiids with those who /
leclare eternal and unretenting war up0n the
White citizens; that the end of all civil govern
lent may be att~ained-namely the happiness
nd welfare OF it, tbeopIe-tfhE5 indicator
NatchitocheS), June 90, IL
But such creatures have had their day; the
is on the wall. BeIclazZar's grave !
made, his kingdom passcth away. Ethiop's i
GERS and Massachusetts, pilgrims may not be :
bble Just now to interpret the mysterious ira :
ings of the darkly moving hand, but in them is I
zone the less plainly written the doom of car t
et-baggers in Observation-Disclosures Times, r
The Radicals charge that. after the HattIe of I
all the negroes found in arms were |