New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-06-17
A Yankee Mischief Maker.

Do it ever occur TO the average native
Southerrer that the most OF the mischiev-
cus things that have been done in the South
since the war-those thin gs that, where
they have not culminate0 IN actual disas-
ter, have at least tended 20 make the
Southern people ridiculous in tie eyes OF
the world-have been The result Of Yankee
suggestions and the wcrk of Yankee cum
ming?
The race Of Ichabo1 Craze Las its repre-
sentatives scattered all rh.o ugh the South
and IN protean characters, buo the iawniIg
svcophantic parson, with his Sou.h-siGe
view; the athletic lash sna pper OF the cane
field; the Gnmptiop Cute OF the market and
tie exchange, seem to concentrate the
cream OF their accomplishment in the full
fed Yankee who apes the manners Of the
plantation lord and presumes to lay down
a line Of conduct for his indigenous neigh.
bors to follow.
We are inclined 70 these reflections By
the card of Mr.. James Todd, planter OF
ST. Mary, which appears in tie Bcashear
Meas Of the thirteenth instant. The writer
proposes to .'soIve the political problem
by employing on his plantation no men,
white or colored, who vote the radical or
scalawag" ticket. He gees on to cay:
have many colored men on my planta-
ton who assure nee that they will not vote
at the election. Such men / will always
employ. l have no desire to force any one
to vote az do, but claim the right TO en-
ploy on my plantation those who WILL pro-
recr my interests at ali times and in every
manner. / DO not propose 10 break my
contract with my labcrers OF account CT
their votes, but do propose 10 make no
contract in the future with those who VIII
destroy my Interests and rights Il they are
afforded the opportunity.
am justified in this course by the ex-
ample Of General Grant, w. z. Kellogg ard
all Radicals in power. who viii not appoint
men of opposite politica! opinions 10 once,
and, further, will remove persons from
office if they dare to vote contrary to the
interests Of the Radical party. even though
they are among tue large taxpayers OF the
country. With such examples before me,
whv should not l refuse to employ those
VINO support by their votes the th!evlng
ecoundrels who live only TO rob nes /
have been carrying or my plantation tor
the last seven years at great expense lor
the benefit OF whom, myself? No; tor the
benefit OF the negro. the carpetbagger and
the scalawag, and l propose 70 90 SO no
longer. prefer that it should grow up IN
weeds; that it should become 4 Wilderness,
than that il should be the source BY winch
these vultures Of society ale ted anu 1at-
tered
But can obtain a sufficient number OF
| good white and honest cclored men TO wcrk
nv plantation withou. employing NY enc
| mics, and / intend to do so.
This seven-years planter concludes bls
| letter to the Neirs with an invitation TO
other planters to follow his example to the
| end that an honest government" may
again be inaugurated in Louisiana.
We do not know what ulterior object oul
| Yankee friend Todd had in starting this
mischievous proposition in St. Mary at this
! time, but We have sufficient confidence II
| the good Judgment Of the masses OF the
| planters Of that section to believe that spcf
! suggestions, from such a source, will no'
| have a feathers weight with them. Toe
| fresh in their memory is the result of sucf
teachings when erunciated by bennett, O.
Maine, six years ago.
The otfciousness of our Yankee friend re
| minds US OF an incident of the war. Many
| of our readers are acquainted with tht
| gallant Mclaughlin, OF the Fourth Cav
| airy. He tells this story on himself;
| During the war he commanded &
Massachusetts, infantry regiment, and
occasionally the brigade to which bt
| was attached. In the darkness. smoke
and turmoil of the battle OF the
Wilderness, his command surged away
| from the Colonel, and LETT him by himself
| In his endeavors to find his nen again, ht
came across battery Of guns behind TEN
| porary earthworks. 1t occurred to hin
| that they were sheliing the woods IN the
| wrong direction. and he Immediately
| Jumped in the midst Of the guns and
gave orders to change the direction OF tht
piecee. His orders were obeyed witt
alacri,v. until, in the fash of one OF th'
d;scharging pieces, the lank butternnt
clad cannonier caught glimpse OF the ON
Ger whose order lie was obeylng. til
| reached up ard gathered Mclaughlin o,
the collar, exclaiming: Look a-yere, yo'
hlue.bellied Yankee, / reckon you've beeI
commanding this yere battery about long
enough" Poor Mac was taken to the Iea
under guard, and the next day was on tn
road to Richmond. prisoner OF war
And so we presume il will be with TODD
Some planter of ST. Mary who ranks him b.
virtue of his birth will be apt to cemln'
him that his advice is not wanted IN ad
iusting the relations Of capital and labor IL
that parish, and he will be, metaphorlcai.
speaking, cent to the rear under guard.