The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-07-04
The Morning Star and the Negro

We puDllShcu last week IN article
from this most able Journal upon the
"White League That article was
the source of no little tributation and
considerable vexation of spirit to the
New Orleans Republican that cham
pion of the negros right to murder
white men and ravish white women.
which exults in its own moral and in
tellectual degradation and accepts
social equality CON amc,e; and it let
loose the walls of its negro scented
wlath upon the devoted head of Faith
err Ryne the author of the ''Conquered
Banner" than whom no one is more
reyerenced by all the Southern PEG
pie, and went into a tirrde of abuse
of the Morning. Star generally.
The article copied below is the re-
ply of the Morning Star to the Repub-
| iccn and We commend it to our read
ers for its practiclc good sense and
for the happiness of its retort ::
"ln our last issue we contendcd
that the negro, as a c|ass,!n this State
had proved himselfa public enemy,
whether knowingly or through stupI-
dity, and that he should be taught
his place-shoull be starved into de-
ccncy.
The Republican takes issue with us
on the point, and snstains itself with
what arguments? First philippe
against Father Ryan who has not been
in this State or any portion of tho
South for several months: secondly
another philippe against "priestly
ferocity;' thirdly, another against
foreigners, and fourthly, an appeal to
the immediate interests of the whites.
Well let us see.
As regards Rev. Father Ryan. this
is not the first time that the Repub-
Ncan has grossly violated tho rules
of journalistic etiquette in its person.
al attacks upon that gentleman. When
personally present he has always
treated this grossness with tho silent
contempt which it deserved at his
hands. Now, in his absence, We al
lude to it not to defend him, but to
show how utterly unreliable are state
ments found in the columns of that
paper. The Republican distinctly
charges him with being LIST. "peri
patetic priest" and End probably not
a citizen, in fact IA "foreign priest"
, What will be thought of the reckless
policy which will launch forth such
allegations without good and strong
f grounds for belief in them? In this
J case, there is not a shadow of fact on
which to rest the charges.
But what if they were true, and
| what if Father Ryan had written the
. article in question, would that have
anything to do with the merits of tho
Q case Z! Is itnot a sign Of weakness to
D fly from the point in controversy and
take refugein scurrilous personalities
As regards the slang Of "priestly
. ferocity," it is based upon the same
disregard of facts as above. Nobody
ever ploposed to starve the negro "to
death" but only to the point Of com
mon sense. The ferocity which
h prompts people to protect themselves
from utter ruin, by Withholding their
patronage from enemies who are. in
|, evitably running them, is one which
must commend itself to the common
:, est intelligence. 1t is only an extra
d ordinary piety and forbearance, like
h that Of the Republican,, which woull
continue to ruin itself, in order II
o foster its enemies, inst as that dis
interested Journal does in the matte
ofpublic printing.
As regards the persistent crusade
of tho Repuplican against foreigners
its disdainful allusiou to "Hibernian'
logic, its contemptucas allusion TO Oh
Creole Atakapas population a
"French people of st. Landry" VI
leave it to the kind consideration o
4, Jour African population who are no
10 deccnded from the Republicans fore
)" fathers, and consequently not came
"a ricans" in Ire snnSn and yo fart hc