The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-05-07
WHITE VS.. BLACK.

The advent of the carpetsbagger and he
publican In the South was followed by the
acknowledgements Of the negro. His vote
was nee ssary to keep III existence the party
that proposed 10 utilize and profit BY the
disorg4rized condition Of affairs III the late
Confederate States. Without the assistance
of the freed slaves these Northern eormo
rants would have had but brief career.
Step BY step and day by day these igno-
rant creatures have been led BY their new
masters, and, taken from the corn field,
have been placed il the halls Of the Legs
lature and the councils Of the nation.
Ignorant and untutored, uncouth and i'll
hammered, they stalk through the assembly
rooms Of the State and nation with the
swagger Of braggarts and the Importance OF
scholars and statesmen. There is no end
to their arrogance, impudence and Intru
sion Made to believe that the Federal
Government favored their aggressons upon
Southern white people, and would pc sus-
tanned in their assumption OF unlimited
license and authority, they have grown 50
break down every barrier and etface every
line Of distinction between the Caucasian
and African race.
Under the provisions Of the socalled
civil rights bill, and the auspices Of the
Kellogg Antoine Pinchback government Of
this State, the negroes are attempting 10
thrust themselves into places Of public re-
sort and amusement, and iii some Instances
1--WE mention it with regret some VI our own
people have too willingly yielded to the
impudent demands of these oloriterons At
rcans line Of tcmarcation, however, Is
dram, ard the light mulatto il favored
above his more sable brother This, hOWeN-
er, is but the steppng-stone to more adj
vanced position. Ii continued, the Opera
House aud Academy Of Music, the st.
Charles and Varieties theatres, will pre-
sent spectacle which IN point Of variety
Of colors will surpass the Scriptural coat Of
ences at some Of our places Of amusement,
steamboat excursions, and the public
schools, give evidence Of the gradual intrn-
sion OF the darkey. Barrooms and hotels
are threatened, and next the private parlor
will not be free from the onward march Of
this presumptuous and arrogant class.
If then, the white people would preserve
the purity Of their race would nip the bud OF
nliscegcnation and arrest the progress Of
amalgamation and social equality with ne
groes, they must organize, and that, too, i'm
mediately, to thwart and defeat, and even
defy such laws as negroes have enacted to
ma Sc themselves the equals Of white peo
ple Ii the laws are such now as to deter
of public places from protect
ing their customers from the distaste full
and repulsive presence Of negroes, then let
such intrusion, and by summary process
put an end to the career of the :! nONious
ntruders." But the issue must be met
boldly, and managers of theatres must not
be the recipients Of silver services as ties
nonials from negroes for relaxing the ruie
If exclusion i'll favor Of a favored few of
their race.
Past experience has demonstrat the fact /
beyond contradiction, that tie negroes have |
United to protect themselves to secure class /
legislation. to war upon the whites and,
inally, to possess and govern the State.
This move must be met by like organza
ion Of the whites, if they expect Or desire
% live i'll the country. Our government
must either be White Or black-not black
'nd-tan and the sooner our people know it
he better.