Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-08-06
THE NEGRO IN LOUISIANA.

The Truthful. albeit repulsiye picture piyen pe.
low, of negro Legislators bloated with insolence
and fat With plunder riotiur In places which were
once the resorts of culture aud refinement, is bad
enough when taken up0n its own mer,ts. But 1t
suppeata much anavt from vhat IL aava There Ia
hardship. aImost an unendurable hardship, in
the circumsauce that the impoyerished whites OF
I,ouisiapa and MissiaaippI have bean virtually
driven from one of their pleasautest summer re-
sorts along the shore of Mississippi Sound by the
blackguard negro politicians who helped 70 i'm
poversh them, and Who have turned their pleas
ATTEST places into temple for the orgies OF You
doc, aud the more civilized debaucheres in which
the negro politicians who circle about Kellogg
have been 90 apt to learn. These debauched rpf.
fans are the men who day by day are becoming
more absolutely masters OF the destinies OF Louis.
lana, while their former white leaders are daily
thrust further aside.
NEW ORLEANS, July l5.-In the fall OF 1854,
during federal occupancy OF Red river district,
prominent federal genera, in q conversation with
q leading planter of that section, said that it was
the intention OF the Republican party to depopu-
late the Southern states in much the same man.
ner that Cromwell sought to crush out the Irish.
General Banks about the same period in speech
| to IL body of laborers who visited him, made
| OF much the same language, adding that after the
present white population had wasted away under
| the depicting process to be adopted, the land
would tie turned over for cultivation to better
and more loyal race OF men. At the time this
| language was regarded as the oyercharged decla
nations of designing politicians, but the events
of the last few years add a significance that the
| words did not then possess, and the people oil
several Southern States, and OF louisiana espe-
cially, are gradually awakening to the near ap-
Iproach of the realization OF this scheme OF vim
dicitive radlcalism.
Sixty miles from New Orleans, on the borders
of lake Borgue stands the pleasant little village OF
Pass Christian. 1t Is one of the most delightful
| watering places in the South. and up to the time
Of the war was the most fashionable. Beautiful
residences line the beach for five miles, and the
she'll road along the waters edge presented in the
days OF posterity sight at once beautiful and in
terestng. Elaborate vehicles OF every make, oc
cupied by the beauty and fashion OF New Orleans,
Mobile, and other southern cities, crowded the
drive, presenting an evidence oil posperity rarely
TO be met with; and the stranger as he gazed upon
the scene retired satisfied that he had seen peo-
, pie happy and conteHted But visit to the same
place now reveals dinereut aspect. You can
read In every feature oil the once happy village
the sad history OF the South. The houses thst
were once the homes OF refinement and intelligence
have become the residence OF opoilticlans anu
Ioihceholders Where culture and modesty rode
: merrlly along, women who once toiled in the cot
, ton fields now disport themselves in pony phae-
tons, while vulgar and brutal men dash by behind
booded horses, hootlng and yelling like demons.
) But the force and truth OF General Banks words
find filter illustration in more striking contrast.
short distance from the old-crowned lighthouse.
} surrounded by grove of orange trees and "whis-
= perng myrtles," stands the former summer resort
2 OF one of Louisianas richest planters The house
Is beautifully furnished, and fitted up In man
ner that would have suited the iastidious taste OF
g Calypso and her nymphs. The rooms are superbly
Q frescoed, many OF the illustrations being taken
= from Ovids "Metamorphoses. AS you wonder
) through the elegant apartments you fancy your
self IN Sausts house, or the rural retreat OF Hor
tensus, and you think you see the ghosts Of these
9 brave old komans quafing cup OF rich faernian,
fitting through the rooms in qnestof their singing
n girls, or chasing the nlmble feet OF favorite
o dancer. But the illusion Is only momentary. In
4 stead Of tho old Roman or the proud Lousianian
Q you meet dusky legislator who has purchased
Q the place, and instead of dancing girl an Afri
9 can maiden whose thick lips and delicate aroma
are far from being OF the mos. inviting character.
5 And this is not an insulated case. Many of the
:, finest places are thus occupied and the average
morality of the place Is far from being improved
9 by the change in the Inhabitants. The conduct OF
these negroes is revolving. The most outrageous
mmoralities are practiced by the most prominent
of both sexes and paraded with and indsceney un-
pardonable even In the grossly ignorat Young
girls Of tender age are the constant associates OF
70 the depraved and dissolue OF both races and the
" once delightful drive has been converted into q
J. sporting ground for ebony legislators and their
Z musty companions.
}, The leader Of the ultra fashionabes and owner
q OF the fastest team aud blackest wife 10 Calus
$ Cesar Antoine, by the grace OF Grant Lieutenant
:, Governor OF Louisians. This individual, though
U very diminutive, black and wanting IN ability,
wlelds great influence over the colored masses.
n the 'Black League" which has for its object the
II ostracism of the carpet bagger and has selected
for Its party cry, "No white meu for Office" The
negroes, under the tuition ,of the carpet-bagger,