Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1874-08-08
The :jf.Iy Sanger.

The .j!'.y :jinItf.
Tie calncStncss anu enthusiasm o.
The people nf;hi> section Of l.OulslaT
in organi2ih" Tor the r"scuc of u.
State from tue hands of the CORFU
men who NAV. ;" near Y ruined it, hf
had no faralld since the era Of Seccs
sion. = bears in fact, much resem-'
blancr 80 Il great and earnest religious
revival, and we believe that 1t Will CON
iinuc to spread, aud increase IN icrvorl
antil il eliminates in the election oil a
Legislature composed of representa-
tive men of the State. There Is buy
one danger that threatens this movc1
mcnt. and it - well 20 warn our pco1
pie against it now Kellogg and his
strikes rcaiizc the force and power OF
the White Mans movement; they
know that unless checked 1t Is certain
to sweep the radical party from power,
and they will Use every possible means
10 thwart it; they will cndeavor n
procure the intervention OF the Fed
eral government in their behalf: they
will ill the country with lying stories
of ku-kluN outragcs: New Orleans
will be thron@ed With bogus fugl;ives
from the parishes, and the republican
and other radical paper: will tecm
with cookcd-up stories OF executions
and threats against theirdlres, etc. ;
and all these eXpedicnts allng, kel-
logo and bis strikes in ew Orleans
Will attemptto make upilse returns
of the elections and cOu In their own
partisaEs. But we fralone Of these
devices. In the prese'spirlt CT cur
people we can forcc 9ilr return OF
the election. and we've 40 apprc- .
hension that the Fedd government
will again play ;hpayonet game.
, There is, however, danger greater
than any of these aHwbich we do
fear. Kellogg will afDpt to soften
the hatred Of our poe toward HIM
self and check theiro.ement against
his party by appeing some good
men TO Office, ana party will back
this policy By noDatIng some ac-
ceptable men on 'ir ticket Under
ordinary circumsfes men are ant TO
be deceived bv administrations of
virtue on the par wicked and cor
rupt rulers. an. uconclude they are
not as bad as resented. We warn
our people agaIthia dclu>ion, and
advise them 10 pn;enancc no good
man" who aetS an appointment
from Kellogg n nomination from !
the radical pa
There not man IN tel thousand
that can holfemunerative position l
under anv 4 ri government and
not become sirtlean OF it, and there
is no man ofty character whatever
but whose . have some moral in
duenee uporIe community. When,
therefore, alan now accepts Office s
from Kel'o or from keiiogg's party,
he ceases tje of Us; be becomes
compatri0f the enemies of the State
and of crzation: be becomes the 1
partisan the negro, the carpet-bag-
ger and Z scalawag, and traitor to
Iis ownlce. Such men NAV claim. ]
rs they've claimed before, that they !
ire actf for the public good; that if 10
hey rese the Offices worse men will -
ret the; but we lay it down as an i,
nconHertible proposition, that the Ia
ublic0od requires no man TO de- al
by becoming the asso- $
iateF the enemies and despoilers of tn
ne ste; we hold, further, that no
lar has ever so degraded himself % ~
nljin be was acting for the public ~ ~
Of; such professions are but a n,
II to the real motive: and when OF
ian accepts place and pay from the SO
resscrs Of his people, and becomes ~
pensioned accomplish of corrupt @ a,'
Infamous combinations, he does til,
olely from selfish motives. and be-
Sc he can put money in his purse. sol
Let us strip the cloak from the real cn
ives Of these men; let it he dis ~
tly understood that our object is
to obtain through the Vaccinations pra
a passably good man in
C IN this or that parish, but that -
aim and purpose is 10 DESTROY the ~
cnt corrupt government, root and
lch, and that we will visit with
nc o5loquv, every man whose
dlty prompts him 30 seek It's
rs. We are striving with earnest
o. heart to reestabiish in Louis
the civilization Of the age, and '>'c
rs great and holy work we ask no
to degrade himself: we want 10 ID
that comes through the proStitu- ~
of The manhood Of our fellow 'i'
iNi,o"- the
ms; We want no services from mo
iciloWmen that are not noble. lanc
ana pure: we want nobody TO the
us by accepting the service and mel
ny OF the miscreant, Who have "on
d our State and impoverished oH'
'cople, and those who pretend to the ne.
rving uS in this wise. we sburlld
with the whip OF >corn and con. ,5a,,
! INTO their true position, in the men
81 carp"i-taggcr>. -caiiawa.-s J.
icGrOcS.-SbreccpoH Tines pr',.
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