, 1874-09-03

In short, tho degradation Of ovorythiup na,
eysrne s;ng to ,s the = onna Of I'd peoSd
q moro completely loat her character than tha r.
publican party Of Louibiana. '1 '"e ~
y you Ask how such a tnonstrouB ststc =
ailairs hss been |posabo n this bosstct' d'H I'm?
the question. 1t haa boon '''
Tunou0H NE1Ro-yur1Na,
> 1ho colorod people arc, In agsneral WAY. rosnon
done done III te he eesoa ToS f III Since 1899 sy
tho oolorca people fnhercnify prefer suoh fon
government, butthe mass Of them know notIgna ~
At AZ about mon or meaauroa and l. mnst i,
oontsod n,s that .aon, mos q to have oad
plos Of honesty and virtue. 4 mixture Of 1otes
and hVo-dollar-bills completely myeti1ca thof,
moral viston: There Is moro fruti TIM NV un
au1o n o. who a% s,9y go Of the old tic Ls
for lis voto but H thouelef h~uoae u raa sklns to dollars
MISUNDERSTANDING that waB ororh;tsnt I1,,t
tioHe voters, ignorant as tloY woro psro ,,at
os o5owea a. 70 follow their own snall discretion and
thoy ' ba9o been ol 'o'5 Icy H HTn weak Judgment
she polls, and thoro votod nGnn,iin9' ~Inn' ~
The commands Of nun knowingly mi nllss =, 20
tpray,., tHse.y wioked. IN fact nost Of the yotinr
leading men, Every parish las ita corr' ~ ~. ~"
nna 1a ta ring controls tho yoto Of the nnriah' h'
sno Votea foil short, tho pooplo prnyo.t
"nnanaseaolo. tho ring candidates f@S''A
! WE'RE RETURNED ANYHOW.
| - 1aa happened times without n,lm1,or that T.,
W W = Governors pot or to havo tho superyasnrs
ot-Election's goodwill, waB oouiyaiant n ~,
iatrs ittUs.oI. scores Or mon havo mt in tho Lors.
nanv % ~ II t,a snaa Guy Wi.o wore mover elected
thhoy reproaont know Of mon, now jiylnr n
1nla city. WHO arc running for the Houre nnd ri
nehat9 @ from parishes up the coast or away OH On
But many OF tho colorul peop1o aro oott,no
tioir @ oyea opon. | hayo tnlkod with MANY ~
ING morodntolliEcnt oue8 tbrooghout thu Nf.tn
and find that they condemn t6u action Of tSs
'aaiy, aayy,, 10 man. ;, Aud eyen tho masses arc
mo publication in tho newspapers Of tha a6a.,.
aalous doi'lgs Of their Legislatures. tho orna-
sure OF the woEst plaotccAo their, worst man
e1o 1s'v prqvo9 om9ezzemonta and Official robherios
them,-bccauBe they seldom rand novansnar
anu pocanso fifteen mnutos' speech from
proven acoundrel, full OF moutaines nl,ont iii
11gnea snd professions Of loyalty 70 thu Kopnb:
their mnda tho graycst accusations Of cor1n1.. r.
tion and crime. - so'4up@
But, when they anw r,ru oyorspropdinp thu
eteonol Wnoo ss MaS wen they saw tho magnificent
down tho mississippi dropping ono by one ant t. ~
INC traae when they saw tho business OF eyery
town and city languishing aud diving out w,,on
,te sdeg saw tns closed or standing
paners woa to ts shey Icy tho
~.
SANG planters go completely ruinod thnt they
eoula only give tlon Eroatly-reduced Wages or'
.Snm wSfso HILL moro promise Of wages
saw m"sn the sn1 ooo91 crop was sold; when tioy
away tl'c levees, mud tho whole country inru,d.Es
90, because tho money that should hava h,,it
ahd strengthened tho leveeB had been nookotoI
oY tn corrupt rings. and that tho State was
Whom thoy saw their women and cbildran u'ts I'll
Dy tho hand ct Government charity. as at tna
'loso of tho War,-thcn ''' 40 ~ 'A'
LIGHT BEGAN TO nnEAK
cb,nova an"r a laas Ihey saw ttnt the unjust on
'wn race CO added nothing to their comfort or woi-
arc. Ihoy saw, loo. that the ruin Of 'one CLAWS
neant TUG r'iiil. OF ALI tt,st tho impoyersImont
ucson Of td cooray was ae
'la1ter vent into bankruptcy .the plantation.
ana went into tho worry dust; that, for All lin
reat promises made to then, by politicians thov
aa aa, received worse than nothing; that they Lad
tono,-a fill, md bad bca,n givon eorpont. I
All, Ai1u now many mnrmurs nro heard, and yory t!
eGded q expressions Of dissatisfaction ''N'' + :
banonaa 1 s. mHss n9 ann Thinking reasonable mon havs
oiorcd vote or Republican party.-tlo two sro d
anonymous. There does not seem to bo T,ti,. 9
ent tntoiligonco and mornl stamiua anonr tha u
'sefea e MASSES to etleoEa roform. Tloro is, in Il
W w, no pot SO from which Il Wiser than a.
It OF lts doep political degradation. ir
II must 10 said, caudidy, though sorrowfu11y. n,
'uolr lfehda, that negro government !"
AAs PROVEN D1BAsTRoUs FAILURE IN IN
osHaph no ono ever expressed moro sapncious | ~
ow Of The proper political corso for tho cojored n,
,opio ssp,e tnen Henry Ward Doecher, whom ho u
rsoly said that thoy must 20 through tie vii. er
'tnesa aa ilto the promised land OF Canaan. 1t
al. what history has alwaya proven: thnt to t93
ion o a.soliigenee, experience, and tho personal -
toroat enlisted BY tho possession Of pronortv t;r
gAclauea from representation, thera can bo cit
thlng but ruin as the result
'brasisn Republican stnte convon- hh
tiOns -
o'rAnA, Nab., Sept 2.-TAo Republican State ati
INVENTION met at Lincoln at ~. N, to.f]av. ju
eanlzat1on was objected aftor some tronbta. ri ri
amid much confusion. The Commistoo On Of
odentla'a wero ont over two hours, and tin o. ,a,
nSontson adjourned till 1850. Tho report "
scented gave much dissatisfaction, aud Il wns Pc
u difficulty adopted. Tho factions Of the East
:; and Western parts Of tho State aro divided 20
s,st sas each otor, aud much bad feeling was 'ne
. petition was presented, Signed by Gov. FIR
J, and other leading Republicans, requesting
convention to tako I'LL alyanoe sto,l on thS
nperanee pc qnostion,. by submitting tho a,1es-
" coilso al!u no liconso 10 tho people. Tho Oo1
ltlon "aa referred to tle Committee on nor
Io!utfonH. ~ Hot
len. George II. Roberts addressed tho oon- tho
!, aon. Ae took tho position that the Rcpub- cur
~ ~ pnssy 1a tle'one Of prograss. "a war Of ttot
n man ssd the speaker, In tho South. be sala
'od' black. or white, from the hunblest dug vii
u n tue land to tho atatoly mansion on tic :.
: :'ue, Us shall DO safe in his sentiments and por-
j performed it's mIsHioli.
Crou1lse WAS notniuatad for Concross hv Con