The weekly Louisianian., 1874-05-30
LOUISIANA

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The constituent elements Of a
demagogue are deceit and selfish
ness-the first being the medium
through which. the last finds it's ex-
pression-and the political dema-
gogue is to be reprobated largely in
proportion to the sanctity and
gravity Of the interest invaded by
him. The most culpable of this
class is the man, who would attempt
to compass political ends by in
spring and developing race ami
:mosities among the people Of the
State.
We have in our midst, two types
of this most execrable political class,
and they show their virus, not only
on the streets and in the clubs, but
in the journals of the country. One
type seeks political preferment by
industriously laboring to produce
such fundamental suspicious in the
minds Of: the white and colored
citizens respectively, relative to the
integrity and purposes of each, as
would. if it existed unrestrained,
issue in q war of races. To further
this bad end, no dignifed manly
effort is put forth by colored men
to secure the enjoyment of their
equal rights under the law, but this
dangerous element in our midst,
misconstrues the legitimate pur-
poses Of these legitimate actions,
and charges, that the colored man is
aggressive. Extensively obtrusive.
and proposes to obtain and keep
exclusive rule Of the State, and to
monopolize all its honorable trusts
as against the white citizen.
The other type, Of this selfish char
acter, seeks the same evil end by
substantially playing upon the same
race prejudices, but in SO devious
and sinuous a way, as That the IN
wary may be overreached and led
astray: This type Of the political
trader is less manly, apparently less
bitter, but really, equally selfish,
more hypocritical and more dan
gerous than that first described by
us. They deprecate a war of races,
seek to make it abhorrent to the
supplemented and honest colored
voter; urge the necessity of having
On infusion of the white element in
the Republican party though pur-
suing a course of prescription to-
ward the frank political white man,
which is foreign to the heart of the
colored citizen, by which they keep
this element conveniently small, say
only large enough to furnish leader
ship for the colored masses and
Offices to fill, yet
forsooth, if any Independent
of our race, of equal intelli-
gence with themselves, should at
the instance of his people aspire, to
be a political leader and seek an
official consideration and represen-
tation for them very modestly pro-
to their political num-
oers, weight and inauence-such a
man is hunted down by these self
seeking, characterless white adven-
and when all other means
all to destroy the confidence Of the
'olored people in him, these exc
'rable demagogues, as a last resort,
~insinuate, and sometimes
wen assert that the colored leader,
whose prescription is attempted, is
the white men out of the
'arty and acting SO as to produce a ;
var OF races. We have to say that
10Th of these types of political
are known, and
viii be marked by the intelligent !
'olored citizen. !
They want no war Of races, in
heir hearts they love their white
'rethren, and long for the era of { :
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