Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1874-06-20
1.-The Negroes are Aiming"

rutlians took with shem TO Grant par
ish full supply NJ muskets with bay
onets anFanlaunition, is not an iso-
lated fact by any means. There is
something peculiarly omnous about
the news to n similar effect which
comes from every quarter Of the State.
1t begins TO appear that the agrees
sion OF the negroes here-as manifest
ed III the ,hcatcrs, saloons and public
convcyance--fOrms the preliminary
to an organized movement designed
to develop and eliminate
during the S1erpaign just now open
ing. >"tcly day passes but We
hear Zarms being purchased here
and Of arms having made their ap-
uAfancc in the country. Scarcely an
Hur goes by without revealing to the
careful observer Of events fresh cvi.
dences that the Impending struggle is
likely to assume an unusually bitter
form, il, indeed, It does not pass into
violence ard hlood,hed
How all this has come about
whether it be- the result of the falling
Off Of Northern friends, and consc-
qucnt impulse Of rccklcssncss and dcs-
pcration, or whether i, he the logical
and necessary result of cndOwing an
ignorant people with privileges they
neither merit nor appreciate-we have
no inclination To consider. That the
unpleasant truth confronls Ms in all its
menace, is enOugh-nay, Eorc than
enough for us.
And this because, cO-cXiStcnt with
the negro spirit, and fairly keeping
pace with its process Of intcnsilica-
ton, there is among the whites will
lingncsS-almost dcsirc-to meet il
squarcly and decidedly. We have
been snccred at great many Times
for sentimental professions of allcc-
ton toward the ncgro-revilcd as
hypocritcS, and branded a. designing
enemies. The apostles Of peace, who
came here TO complete, by the refine
ment of oppression, our nisfortunca in
the honest field of battle, have shrug.
yed, and whispered and lied away the
sentiment which prompted the negro
to forbcar during the long Years when
I'VE bivouackcd in Virginia, and when
all we held dear was at the negroes
mercy. And they have taught him to
F and discourage our grateful rccogni-
ton Of that forbearance-a rec0gni-
ton which, even now, we could not,
if we would, Withhold. 1t has been
an evil purpr." thoroughly worked
out, and TO- lay, if the negro is ready
to forego liS better instincts, the
white man GEMS equally ready to re-
press his on. We can find in the
present asp ri Of affairs scarcely any
, element Of resemblance to episodes
which have gone before. The crisis
promises to reach stage wherein will
figure neither our own political hacks
nor the leaders now most prominent
] among the negroes On our part the
. banners and the transparencies and
the patriots will be laid aside on
theirs there will transpirc total
change of from: and personcllc
4 In the struggle which we aprre
S hcnd is coming, no one will need, mol
; will any one be able to find the war
:, riors who STAY their foes and save
:, their country on the stump, and the
BARRIERS who prance at the head o
y make-be-lievc brigades, with lace ant
s frippery stuck all over their foolish
, bedizined old carcasses.
/; These people have made the issue
1T they will hardly be on hand t.
D. meet its shock Men who laid away
k their eged jackets nine long year,
il ago, and ever since have borne them
- selves as s,eadfast under indignity a
they were wont to do under peril ant
8 dc!cat-men who have tried to liv,
y up to the years they were fairly fore
&c ed to accept, and who have thus ia
,e done so Loyalty and paticntly-thes'
, men have stirred at last, and they ar,
v the ones who will face the trouble
u when it comes. This is the sort O
lc campaign we believe to be gathering
d and matters must have gone very far
Up endurance have dwiLdl d TIA curl
:, ously ine point, when one who love
~ Louisiana passing well can say h
IL cares not how soon the issue comes.-
5, ". o. Picdyuue.
b The Vicksburg Herald in reprint
ID ing the above language Of the Plea
d yune, appends the following RENAL Ks
s: We copy the foregoing from tn,
J. New Orleans Picayune of Saturday
8 because what is there rccited of tn
q villainy of Kellogg, Packard and Ca
= sey, in arming the negroes of Louisi
I ana, has lis counterparts in recen
( attempt Of Gov Ames to diS-arm th,
white people of Vicksburg. Their
are two militia, companies in this city
each of which I %med with musket
s. furnished by theG. S. Government
It to .be State Of Misss>;ippi. One o
n these companies is composed exclu
r. sively of white men, and is command
. ed by Capt. William French,a gentle
% man who saw service under the con
g quered banner. The other is com
: manded by a sleek, black, carpet-bae
d swindler by the name of =. G. Hal
1t is stated on the streets that Gov
crnor Ames, through his Adjutant
General, Packer, has ordered The
company of mhite men commanded