The weekly Louisianian., 1874-09-26


r urmolested, 20 long a. he does nc
) violate the laws, as q man born i
the South has to come to Indian
or any Northern State; that ,th
life, liberty and property of th
humblest citizen in the common
wealth, no matter what his race
color, or previous condition, mus
be as jealousy guarded aud protec
ted as those of the most intelligent
wealthy and aristocratic citizen
that every inch Of soil under the
Jurisdiction Of
THE NATIONAL EMBLEM
is too sacred to be staino>: BY the
blood Of its children; that the hand
of the assassin must be stayed, even
it it requires = resort to the old
Mosaic doctrine of ian eye for an
eye and . tooth for a tooth;;". that
the change of governments or OF
obnoxious officers in the South
must be effected, not by mobs who
inhmidate, drive of, Or kill, but
in q manner provided by the con-
stitution and laws of the States,
just as it is done in the North;
chat the enlightened Christian sen
timent Of the age demands a
healthier and better order Of things.
and that the North. will continue
to insist on federal interference in
those States 80 long as the Southern
people continue to outrage. and
murder men because they are Re-
publicans, even though they may be
termed ignorant negroes, carpet
bagggers or scalawags."
The great hue and cry about the
ignorance, extravaganza and coxrup-
ton of the colored voter does not
surprise ma, nor ought the North
ern people to marvel at it, when
they remember how bitterly every
measure for the improvement and
protection Of our people has been
opposed by the men making these
charges; and that mo stone hrs
been Lift uututneV to prove nes.o
suffrage q failure;
II these charges b6 true, aInI I
do not propose to say that tho men
who have controlled public affairs
the South since Reconstruction
all immaculate, it's history an
terior to the war and long before
negro freedom was considered a
possibility, much less negro suffrage,
proof Of many instances of
corruption and mslfeasance on the
part of the leaders, and if in the
lew order Of things p%eculation,
'raud and corruption have crept in,
t is but. another evidence that his
;ory repeat itself; why, fellow citi-
'ens, tho history Of Of your own
State furnishes abundant evidence
hat the condition Of things in the
are not half so hopeless as
Iur enemies and some OF our weak
need friends would have you be-
ieve. So far as its.
FINANCIAL AND r;t1sTa1AL INTERESTS
re concerned, il 1916, VIXEN your {
'tate was admitted into the Uuiop
unwise legisla:ioa-I will l
lot call it fraud and co,ruption- {
hose terms. arc only applied to s
composed in part OF
olored men-your finances were in
frightful condition and your pro- {
;ress greatly obstructed, and have i
10 doubt but what there was as
much clamor about Ignorance. We
lality and corruption against your
ulers then as can be heard abapt {
be Republican governments in the
now. Your condition then ]
vas in some sortliket the condition Of j
be South to-day. You. had just come l
ut of q devastating and. fearful
'ar with the Indians, and suffrage
lad been enlarged, Your public men Z
7ere inexperienced; many Of them
allied for the first time to the per-
ormance Of official duties; what
,ore natural than that they should {
,ake mistakes? Suppose at thati'r
1ncture of your history you bad in t