The weekly Louisianian., 1874-10-24

the instruction OF the past and on
grow its influence; for the other |
realise the true character OF il
altered condition and to acquire th
knowledge necessary to fit it for
proper discharge Of the dutie
which that condition 1evolve.
Meanwhile one thing is certain: tn
emancipation and enfranchisemen
OF the black man is an accomplished
fact. By it the nation is:bound t,
regard and protect him as an int
grail member of the State and a,
equal citizen of the Union, no,
particularly for the sake of th.
black man, but in conformity witt
the progressive development 0,
those principles which alone give
vitality to our form Of government,
and assure its permanence.
But the hostility of Southern
sentiment to the provisions Of the
Federal constitution as embodied, in
its 18th, 18th and 18th amendment,
recalls orr observation Of Sismondi
in his history OF the French, in
reference to one ut the reforms
which in Its the Count de Saint
German, when minister for war,
proposed tc introduce into the
French army.
The historian says; II Sc propo-
sat d'abol1r tout privilege mizitaiye;; IL
uo"la2 pegatoe 1ser toxs les corps
sous les drapeau9; IL arau ruixon;
MATS c'eta& as~ir trop ,aison pour e
So at the present time,
the national verdict is right but it
to meet the appreciation of a
class of citizens. which conspires
under various DISCUSSES to nullify
that verdict, through a "conf1ict of
to result, as some fatuous.y
imagine, III the determination of four
millions of native American citizens,
the bone and sinew of the popula-
lion of the South.
In short, the constitution of the
States recognizes and de-
that citizenship is inderend-
mt of "race, color, or previous con-
lition of servitude" the Southern
whites mem, no matter what they
nay say, that no person of African
(escent shall in the South shure
hat equal citizenship with them
elves which the constitution guar
ntees to all persons born or ma
uralized in the United States and
to the jurisdiction thereof"
ending an adjustment of these
pnAicting views between the adhe-
OF The White League and the
eople of the United States, the {
uestion of the hour is, how shall t
integrity Of Southern society be j
Maintained without detrinent to !
Their class until the training neces- i
Try for both has been acquired ? +
l this question not the South b
one but the entire nation has q a
tai interest. II is the Gordian .
lot of American society which the a
sagacity must unite; for v
cut it with the sword of military a.
'wer would serve only to retard i
definitely the nations progress by ci
anarchy and rendering n
Vii war chronic. The slavery
1ich corrupted ancient ~civilisation il
d finally undermined it, did j.
It attaint the blood of those whom "
fortune of war or the harsh re- D
of municipal law en- N
we'd. It remained for modern IL
'ilisation, by a refinement Of 81
1elsy, to add to a universally il,
mitted violation of natural law fo
unblushing disregard of the law &C
lich it processes to regard as Of
'inee, by excluding from the pale ar
q whole race o. human ca
'ngs. In nearly every other civil tt
I'd country, except our own, en- vi
htened reason as well asreligious II
1viction refuses to tolerate this az
which it recognizes to be an
outrage to mankind and a sin to
INST God. It is but just there as
e that the nation which first pro- II
to the world q belief in of
universality Of human rights in,