The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-10-03

/ when 1t hears II . Southern riot-and
II never Lears Of snch an event ave
with the ri,ararterisf,c exngserati"n III
1.-The Political adv~n'nrers with wl,or,
lit il aniliatrd-that 1t expected the eo-
rrgstic mud h"t,temprtrd people IT the
S"ntl,crn States :" aas"mr. IN the
prea..nce ut unprecedented outrage, the
placii dtn,eanNr sof \. jsrs,c~ssi"n al
little Sunday school saints br.,nght ny
+" receive the gift in +acI, fnt little
hand If nice or1nks and pretty
picture. But gnveruments wisely nj
imini-tele.lf consider the cl,nryctcr ~
the people snl,jrct t" their rule and en-
.lravor (" control them sncb m they
are, aud H., notspnt IN their places an
imaginary people +" le ruthIees'y
cr',sl,..a II they Are not found ready IT,
adapt .hcmArlvess to some arbitrary
STANDARD If good behavior. Judged
properly. it ii ~ clear ~ n'"ntlay thai
not IN event has occurred in the SOatl,
that we had not abundant reason to
expect would Mc"r-that was not IN
fact prepared and made. inevitable !n
the government aud its creatures; and
ala, not an event l,as occurred that
w"nl.l not have occurred in any N"rtl.
prn State in the same circumstances.
Do we at the North in times Of disOr
der control our tem,l,'rs and our ac
tiOnr ~, we'll that we can afford IL
threaten military ocrnI'ati"m tn dis
t'i..ts where popular apprehension,
swift jn-tirci If in the rural districts
"f any Northern State it VIVA c"nt-s...,i
hy individuals "f any particular c|as.
"f the people that IL scheme vas ~,
foot among their fellows I" spread fire
aud slaughter through, the whole can,
n"nity, vii" believes that anybody
hut the rOr''ners wonIl ever have Oc-
e;si"n t" investigate the case7
Prepare deliberately thu. events that
will iritate and excite a people and
that must provoke, then, 10 violent acts
It they are hu'n"n; then wait till the
violence y"n have prepared for occurs.
and send yours troops to occupy thei.
cities. Ia tins the spirit II recnnxtruc
tiOn that il t" make the country one
ka.a,n1 This il the plan that seems
the wi>est t. General Grants Attorney
General to the head Of the ma'iumal
department "f Justice. II Mr.. Williams
proposes to himself results such, ~
were secured Ivy a distinguished man
Ii another department Of Justice in a
former age, he ci,ln,ses hi. n,..aus &C.
cnr.trly. II he wishes that his fnlmi
nation If the national justice shall I've
come as f'm"ns in this county as was
that Of Jeffreys in England, he will
continue ~ he has begun. Already he
has narrowly missed the splendid re.
ward Of the Chief Justiceship-tht
price Of his services in such a recon-.
~trncti"D Of Louisiana as has accom-.
plished the worst purposes that the
worst ut party plun,ler+rs could posi-
hly propose to themselves. Aud again
he lends himself az the ready tool {"
Il further application Of similar pro.
jccts. Grant, Indifferent rs he seems
t" opinion, keeps himself ont If it, and
stays away as il thereby the results
might not fall on his record. Aud I! {
commander Of the army. IA clear. head
ed In politics rs he is im war. though
"usttd from the national capital hy n,
intrigue, that he might not lie in the
way of projects I" wl'icl, he could ,ev.
tr assent, protests that there is u" Oc-
casi"n I" sc"i troops into the South.
ern States. But the man who (" rec"t,
-trnctcd Louisiana, and who would
it LIT alone. have reconstructed Ar
kans;ss, is evidently ready tn recon.
> str"ct as many other States ~ tho
wicked designs "fa pInnd-ri"g clique
may require. But even J-ffreys, with
all his atrocities, WAS ut last con, PEELED
to say, was not half bloody ever
f"r lin" that sent m-;' and let Viii.
liam- beware lest ut last he shall fin.
himself unequal t" the intamy drmat Il
r'i. and y" i"s~ not merely his reward
but even the right t" claim il.
| Our honor as ~ people is pledged Ia
the Tcrnlan-ncy If reconstruction ~
far as it has gone; I" its i'nununit,
from any unjust ar pitifnl interiors nee
%" our part. Although, t" u*e word,
III an extreme SENSE. the lives and pro.
petty and rights Of the Southern peep
pie. ia they now hold them, may bt
called the gift Ut the Northern people,
h"ransc they were forfeited. yet the
mere fact 1T giving II thing commits
the EivrI I" Il certain cOnt@e. We can.
not Withdraw the gift at will. There
vas, moreover, an implied condition"
They were I" arcrp, some laws that
We proposed aud live according tai
them. and Thus it became u compact.
l3y the strOnyt.st ties If political InOrxli
~. therefore, We are bound t. rtsI'rct
the progress that rec"nst ructi'n In.
already made. For rs there is no es-
cape from the compact hut its violation
from the other side. Has tho South
failed in any If the Ol,.ervanc-s that
were implied conditions If the re|'al,i-
|itati"n Of the Southern State I M; it
il known that the S"ntL~r" people are
earnestly doing their utmost to live
p""ceahly-t" stand loyalty Ivy all the
conditions "f their restoration t." l"liti-
cal rlVIlfS Rnf ns, ,,ssnrs1s, s.,,, In. nurp