The weekly Louisianian., 1874-09-05
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risen, and took possession. OF the
e vessel. During the fight the cap
tain and cook were killed; but, hav-
ing gained their liberty, the slaves
$ spared every body else, including
the shareholders who were. carry
e ing them to market. The victors
S knew nothing of navigation, and
: the vessel was brought into New
London. On the shores of the har-
Dor OF that town rises the monu-
ment to Ledyard, WHO is honored
, by Americans for doing what the
Amistad cap;ives did. But the
Democratic Administration of that
day, Van Buren,, Forsyth. Grundy,
with their legal u.1derstrappers in
Connecticut, strained every nerve
to have the Africans sent back to
Cuba to be hung aas pirates and as
sassins. Old John Quincy Adams
opposed them, saved the honor of
the country, and held up the tools
OF the slave power to the scorn of
the world.
The1ame malignant spirit of hos
tility shown to the unfortunate race
in slavery pursues it to-day. When
Dostie was killed at New Orleans,
just after the wal, in a disturbance
due to white hatred Of the colored
people, the seryile Democratic pa
pers in the Northern States called
the riot a radical massacre. The
late events at Austin have been SO
represented as to deepen the preju-
dice against the colored race. A
story was circulated in the town
that they were numbering white
women and children on the neigh
boring plantations. It was false /;
but the white men left the town to
protect them, and the colored men.
took possession ; but, says the q
port, at the last account they had
committed no acts of violence to-
ward the few whites who were un-
able to GET away.
The colored race is peaceful and
docile, and its share Of responsible
ty for the sorrow that weighs upon
the Southern States is i%napprecia-
bic. All manner of horrors are
inappreciable by some Of the whites
from the passage OF a bill securing
the equal rights of colored citizens
before the law. The fear is a buga-
boo. The same fears were expressed
when it was proposed thirty-two or
three years ago i'll Massachusetts to
to repeal the law against the inter-
marriage OF the two races. The
proposition was denounced as al
innovation, which would inevitably
be followed by another permitting
the colored people to ride in the
same cars with the whites. One
solemn gentleman averred that he
would rather see his daughter
buried than married to a black man
tho veteran argument in this lofty
debate. And this simple act of
common-sense was stigmatized as
full of disasters TO- society; and pite-
Gus appeals were made to preserve
the white race from Ito deterioration
Of a'nalgamatioa. 'TAe furious folliea
which have been uttered upon this,
subject Of justice to the co1ored race
would be incredible it we did not
hear them repeated at every reason
able and just proposition of honora-
bic conduct toward those whom the
white race OF this country has so
long and cruelty oppressed. And
We know nothing that would be so.
truly "conservati7e' at this. mo-
ment as a little reflection and read
ing. The conduct of the slaves
during the wal, and their entire
freedom from any thing that can be
called social aggression since the
VIA, should shield them from the
charge cf.:evil intent toward the
whites, and from the suspicion .o{ q
desire Of any thing hut .their equal
rights RS men and Americans,
We have see. a priizsteslettse
from a prominent Federal o1aial;
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