The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-05-23
The Negro-His Past and Future.

The want Of space in our Issue 0
the I'd inst, prevented us from fin
i-hing what we had to say npO'
this subject.
Some time ago when the commit
tee from South Carolina came Il
present their grievances to til,
President, the Washington hron
iclc, thought the South ought . tt
congratulate itself on the rapid i'm.
provcment the negro &ad rvinced
in his science Of government. Al
monopolies mark, not only the
science, but the freedom OF q gov.
eminent, it may be well for US tC
point out some of those to which w
alluded and which mark the f.a'
lures Of his reign in Louisiana. The
Slaughter honseeC company, the Su
gar Shed Company, the Lottery
Company, tile Printing Company,
These are not all, but these alone
present an array unequalrd in any
Kingdom or Empire in Europe and
yet mOnop1lies have ever been ere
gardtd as the most oppressive and
most odiOus features OF Il drspotism.
Nor have these monopolirs been
less disastrous to the prosperity
and freedom Of Louisiana. than mo
nopolieso have proved to prosperity
aud freeelom in Europe. Monopo-
lies in despotis'ns have usually had
the excuse of being created for the
support OF the government, but
each of those we have named, have
been purchased with brides and
created t" pension the parasites Of
a depraved government. We ven
tnre the assertion that no mOnopO-
~ in any government in Europe, not
even excepting Tarkcy, can be
founed equal in it's odious oppres.
sion to either Of those named.
The Slaughter House Company is
granted the night of exacting roy
atty from every inl'abitant Of New
Orleans for the privilege of killing
and eating the animals he may
raise or purchase for his S, pport, or
from the producer who may raise
stock for the New Orleans market.
The onl y equivalent the Slaughter
House has given in return is that
they bought this franchise Of the
people from the negro Legislature.
The printing bill IS equally cor
rupt. 1t is a bill which virtually
prohibits tho public printing to be
done at less than $500 900. The
public printing which formerly was
&"ne in duplicate; in French aud
English; never cost over $40 600.
Thus $500 OOOis virtually a subsidy
distributed among fifty or sixty
prating dcmagogues, who are in re-
turn, to conceal By suppression mis-
representation and talsehoods, thu.
shameful ignorance, thievery and
corruption OF the Legislature and
State officials, and prate about lib
erty, rebellion and equal rights to
all. What but the ignorance, ven
atty and suhServiency of the negro
would ever have embroidered the
carpct-bagger and scalawag,. to
have thus converted tho printing
press, the bulwork of liberty, into
an instrument Of false!ood and OPP
preston
The Lottery Company! A fit Sc
quel to the dishonesty and villainy
Of q government, whose sole pnr-
pose is public plumber. It's moral
stencil oseminds one of the Glue fac
tories Of London where all the vile
odors of decay seem to have taken
refuge. There ought, however, 80
be some thing to CLEAN the fields of
moral corruption which had been
grown and rtaped by the legisla-
ture, .and we know OF nothing so ap
as an incorporate den of
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The Levee Company; that syn
mime of the wide waste Of waters
which has lett Louisiana in desoa.
ion and ruin. Lest the building
If the levees should attract enter
,rse and scientific engineers from
,broad, it was converted INTO q
monopoly, which was expected to
,uild Ievies out Of the public money
'aiscd for that purpose; provided
my of it was left aft. + the company
lad declared its yearly dividends.
That So 600 600; whose collection
vas enforced annually under the con
lnual threat of contiscation: would
'ot afford a sufficient som to pay
he dividends OF the Co1D'any and
'uild leveeS was what none knew
'etter than the authors and sup ;,
'orters Of the bill. That State I
ngineer should have been appoint t
d to superlntend the levees, if any :;
hould be built. who knew no more !