The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-10-03
NOT PROsCRIPTIvE.

It has been charged On tn,
White Peoples Party that It II pro
scriptive and will drive from us !.
large number Of colored voters. II
this we have often replied, that il
is not the object or intention Of the
White People to deprive the color
I'd man OF amy right that is guar
antcetl to him by the laws It il
too well known in the history o.
Louisiana politics that the Negro
has been banded together rs a race
and the only real political propoxi
ton that could continue their unity
was the apprehension that their
liberties and constitutional rights
were in jeopardy. This has been
se'luously aud persiste'hy drilled
into the negro mind by designing
carpet. baggers and white renegades
who saw no chance of obtaining
power and the spoils of Office, ex
cept in perpetuating these ground
less approximations, and bitter pre-
JUDGES against the White race
Rrpublicanism IL Louisiana is the
rule Of a class Of political adventu
rers whose sole base object is to
gorge themselves with public plum
der under the color Of law. Their
rule has continued for six years IN.
til all classes and races of people
have become impoverished, the
State bankrupt, and Ivy their
shameless frauds, thefts and op.
pressions, TREY have created u spir'
it Of discomfort throughout the
land. In all this the negro, unfor
tunately for both races, has been
the instrument Ivy which they have
accomplished all this ruin, and By
their nefarious teachings they have
utterly destroyed the friendly re.
lationship that should exist between
the tw 0 races. Thenegro race is not
so much to blame, as the penniless
adventures, and miserable miscre.
cnts without honor or reputation
who have been thrust upon ,ss, pro.
tecte,l and upheld by the Federal
bayonet. Let alone. we do not be-
:ieve so much tI"nble would ever
have existed in the State, and had
the white people from the beginning
not permitted these adventures to
desecrate tie soil Of any parish, our
condition might have been far dit.
ferent. But it is a fact that the ne.
gro since his Acknowledgement has
made his political party one Of race,
and has continually refused to &C.
cept any ovcrtures made to him Ivy
US.
The White People of Louisiana
saw there was no escape, no way Of
defeating the corrupt rule of u band
Of thieving adventures, but by
showing to the colored race that we
were terribly in earnest, and did
not intend longer to submit to their
spoilations. 1he better element Of
the colorcd people have commenced
to reflect; and in some localities OF
the State compromises between the
white and colored people have tax.
EN- place, and good and honest men
have been nominated tor office
Had this spirit exhibited itself ~
the commencement of tho cam
paign and the colored people evin'
c.tl a desire to shake oft the cor
rupt rule of their Radical task mas
tiers a different feeling might have
pervaded the ranks of the white
people.
A White Peoples Party ss the
legitimate result Of the conduct o.
the negro. The people driven te
desperation, saw no means of unit
ing all parties opposed to the cor
rupt rule Of Kellogg and his min
ions, except by accepting the issue
which the colored race had made
under the teachings of his politica
masters, and makeing this 4 contes,
Of honesty against corruption, of in
telligence against ignorance, and
the right IF the white man for his
SuDeriOritv and experience in civi