The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-10-31

lNsll SlIoh VI no ~ O1SIASiI, IIob ohlf INV
barrasse,l by the novelty Of his du
ties and his inexperience iu public
affairs, but without the counsel anl
sympathy of his more experienced
aud better informed white neighbors
and in many iDtanees against his bit
ter oppositlop, he has been compelled
to select the new conner among the
whites as his adviser and leader.
Accessions to the number of Re
publicans from the native whites o1
1.-THE South have been retarded by the
business, social, and family proscrip-
/ ton enforced against this less prcju-
diced and more liberal and advanced
class of our citizens.
The field for the selection of po-
litical guides by the coore,l citizens
has been intetionally narrowed By
the opposition, through denuntiation
and oppression of every stranger and
Southern born man who espouspd
their cause. Nor have their selections
always been happy or jndicious. One
class of their advisers, whether COM
petent or not, is viewed with harsh
prejudices as strangers !; the other is
regarded as f,ithless to the cause of
the South, while the aversion of the
masses Of the resident white people
to both classes has greatly contrib
uted to embitters the opposition
against the colored man. bug M
There can be no doubt bnt that the
and Introduction of this new
political class at the South Repub-
licans by necessity and preference
alike-acting in concert as race,
for protection against political pro-
scription, and the personal prejudices
OF their tomer masters, seeking coun-
sci and sympathy from strangers, be-
cause both were in great degree de-
MED them at home-may be consider
ed the original, if not the main source
of the violence and turbulence that
manifests itselfin all political strug-
giles in that section.
Ineilaentsz common oeeurreDce,.
aud expressions OF more than IL casu-
al nature, make us, who are witnesses
of them, skeptical of the professions
of the sincerity with which the stu
alton is accepted by the Democrats
in the South. Oar fears may possibly
be grouEdless, but we do believe
that it is the well matured and de-
hberate intention of the latent seces-
sion element to- forever battle against
the reconstruction measures, the con
amendments, and against
the political and civil rights, OF the
colored man. Disregard Of law, un-'
less contributing to their objects, and
determined hostility to all authority
that does not cater to their views,
are prevailing features, and we ftil
to discover any love for. the govern
ment against which they rebelled,
and which continues to repress their
hopes and Efforts to discard it. He
that looks for loyalty among the Dem
ocratic and Conservative elements. in
the South, to the American flag, as
symbolizing a government based up
on principles which they regard as
will look in vain. Recent
events have developed to common
what we have iong been
satisfied Of, that no Republican, State
will be able TO maintain
itself in the South without Federal
assistance until the Democracy here
shall become convinced that it is vain
to make war against the idea of civil
and4political equality for all.
Persistent aud determined efforts
IRE made by our opponents to create
IA public opinion at the North that the
Repu uhlicans at the South are bat
band OF; robbers and planderers, and
that the reniittal OF the control of the
States to the old citizens will insure
honest administration, prosperity,
and peace. We tiud ourselves per-
"maligded through a press
mainly owned by the men who led
the South into rebellion, while thea
Associated Press agents are known to
be hostile to us. Failures anu extrav-
agances in the State financial affairs,
sven corruptions of Insignificant
when compared with many
notable instances in other sections,
are nagnitied and ~declaimed d gainst
as profit gacy in the Republican party, |
while like occurrences of quite equal
happening under Demo
cratic rule arey scarcely noticcd,s and
rarely exposed. Crime, outlawry and
violence are represented us peculiarly
to- Radical rule The CEN
goes out that all Republican officials
are wanting in capacity and integrity,
and the continued lament OF proscrip-
ton against the old inhabitants is but
an excuse and subterfuge to CONCEAL
The real object in view. Tennessee,
Kentucky, and Georgia are otficefed
in every department. by members OF
The Democratic party. III Tennessee
and Kentucky the same lawlessness
exists, though the excuses are gone;
the war Of class is continued as per-
sistently in those States controlled |
absolutely by Democracy as it is in
those States the Republican party yet
have control of, and throughout near
" all the reconstructed States the
power Of the Federal Government is
invoked to insure tranquility and
nrntect life