The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-07-26

and has been Influenced by wicked white mel
and we wish for this to deprive him Of non
Of his rights before the courts or at the POLL
: We, Of the White League, propose only
exercise our own rights; we have perfet
right to employ or to discharge from our en-
: ployment whom We please, leaving them tn
right guaranteed to them by the Ffteent
Amendment. We are opposed to asking, 9
seeking to gain. by compromise or purchase
; single negro vote. We ask, and we sha
: struggle to obtain white men in Office an
white men in our employment. We own thi
State and We intend to govern it.
We are plaintively asked g If this war is t
go on to nullify the negro vote on one han
and utilize it in behalf Of Republican consis
tency (?) and Republican principles (9 on tn
other hand, what will be its effect on tn
Presidential election in 1852" The Presi
Dental election of 1876 is two years of, an,
We have not thought much about it, but, t,
give rough guess, we should say that, 81
this war goes on" Louisiana will give abou
twenty-five thousand majority in favor Of any
honest man that opposes-s4s-Rspublican con
sistency and Republican principle" We art
confirmed in this opinion by the oft repeat
ed assertion Of the Republicta chat the action O.
the white people will drive the negro into Tex
as. II this is to be the political effect Of the
white government, VIZ 9 are somewhat at loss
to know what necessity there will be fol
American soldiers TO carry negroes to the
polls, at the election in 1876 Surely the Re
publican would not have them imported from
Texas, and as long as they stay in Texas, they
cannot vote in Louisiana.
Does the Republican seriously think that we
can be frightened by its warnings that the
White League win force the negro into Texas
In Gods name. let him 60 to Texas The
threat does not scare us at all. So soon as we
are rid of him, white labor will flock to our
State, we will be able to sell our lands and we
will have intelligent white men in Office. The
negro, too, will be greatly benefited by resi-
dence in a State with 10000 Democratic ma
jority.
As to the ST. Philip Canal, the Republican
Has OCCu Ill SuluS, Will muCu lOICc duU kOOu
sense, that the great grain producing States of
the West are as much interested in the canal
as ourselves. II they cannot get the necessary
appropriations, We doubt if Mr.. Sypher, Con-
gresham by grace of Capt. jacques, can do
much to help us, though we bolt the negro
unadulterated in November. The Republican
claims large Radical majority in this State,
with its interests. anxious for the
canal, and Congressional aid to build the
levees. Will Congress be SO unkind and SO
unwise as to ignore the wants and wishes of
its friends because they are beaten? Will the
great West pout like a silly child and shut !
themselves out from the benefit of the St. |
Philip Canal, because Louisiana will profit
thereby, and Louisiana will not surrender I'M
to negro rule?
We are glad to see, however, that the Re |
publican is candid enough to admit that the
Republican Congress, in making its appro-
priation, is controlled exclusively by partisan
spirit and not by any desire to increase the
and resources Of the nation at large.
We know something of the value of the
promises Of this same Congress. Memory
axes us back to time, shortly after the war,
when we were promised that our representa-
ives would be admitted to Congress if we
Ioted for the emancipation of the slaves We
nave no recollection of the fulfillment of this
promise. Men respect those who respect
themselves and we shall not get the St. Philip
ANAL any sooner by silent acquiescence in
legro rule. Moreover, when the property
folders of this State, who are interested in the
L. Philip Canal, can control the electoral vote
f this State, their suffrages will be more
kelly to be courted by means of Congression- :
appropriations
One of the political effects of the white 8
lovement" insisted upon by the Republican
e desire again to impress upon the people Of !
lis State: ''The colored laborer owns no {
nd, and may take his vote and his labor
sewhere"-a consummation most devoutly
be desired; we ask nothing better This
me colored voter has been forcing emigra- @
on to Texas from among the white men Of
lis State without eliciting comment from the o
epublican. We prefer that the white men +
lould stay and the negro should go. We Of h
,urse, will not drive him from the State by n
tempts upon his life, his property, or rights, j,
any nature whatsoever. We will gladly f
all ourselves of his labor, if he will unite Il
It'll us for the redemption of the State and A
content to occupy the station assigned 8,
IN by Providence, and for which he is fitted a.
his limited capacity and nttainments, until 81
ne and education shall elevate him and il
alify him for a place in the councils and B
ministration Of the affairs Of the common
alth.
The right which he has, in common with ~
in virtue of a common humanity, and -
lerican citizenship, we cheerfully accord -
him, and when he is, if he can ever become III
+ equal in those powers which are not the ,,
lowments of nature, but the development -
1 expansion of natural endowmants Ly edu- u
ion and exercise, then We cordially vel AN