The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-08-09
White Labor and White Votes.

What we really want in this State is more
| white voters. That would be the best and
! simplest solution of our present political
problem. The negroes have determined to
"tax property until it shall become cheap
or, to use another of their phrases, to "tax
the land from under the white people,"
1t may be said that this is not 80 that
few of them have made such remarks,
but there is no proof that the majority in
tend anything of the sort. We will not
argue that point, for it is mmaterial wheth-
er they intend it or not they are doing Is.
Their intention may be innocent or guilty,
but the fact remains that they are working
the ruin of the white race, thereby involv-
ing their owp, and it makes no difference
whether they are doing it through wicked
ness Or stupidity. The white people must
protect themselves from hostility SO
fruitful of ruin, and how are they going
to do it
How does any prudent man act with an
other whom he knows to be determined on
his destruction Will planter harbor and
employ man who has sworn to burn his
barn Will a mechanic hire journeymen
whom he knows to be pledged to spoil his
work and destroy his reputation Will
man foster and cherish and strengthen his
enemies leagued together in midnight ca
balls to work out his poverty and drive him
out of the country 2 1t would be useless to
tell any of these men that his enemies were
poor, ignorant, deluded, creatures, worked
upon by conspirators and moved by ali
,urd fears of harm to themselves. He
would feel that they were dangerous and,
.s such, keep as far aleof from them as
possible. If he had work to be done, and
10 other labor than theirs at hand, he
would send abroad for it.
This is the natural policy of people
ituated as are the white inhabitants of
his State in reference to the negroes. In
tead of strengthening their hands, the
White population ought to leave them to
heir own resources. Instead of making
his State haven of prosperity offering
hem every inducement to come in from
broad in constantly increasing hordes,
rue policy would dictate to give them
very encouragement to go away and stay
way. On the other hand it would equal
? strongly dictate the necessity of invi-
ng white labor from other States or
ountries. Let it be known that there are
ertain kinds of business in which negroes
ill not be employed at all, or that there
certain number of influential citizens
lodged not to employ them for anything
It guarantees be given that this state of
lings will be main tanned, and white labor
ill come in abundance. I
We do not know what is the object or Z
institution of the White League, but if it v
mits itself 20 something of this kind, it c
ill probably become very useful. We are "
ad to find the same policy SO forcibly ad-
sed in the address of the Democratic d
arish Committee of New Orleans. Our !
aders will find it in full in another col !
mn and we commend that portion of it :.
their careful attention. If we can per-
ade number of our colored voters to
y Texas, and, at the same time, fill their
aces with white incomers who bring Il
netting besides carpet. bags with them, a
II taxes will soon be down to one-f fourth p
what they now are. U