The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-06-19
THE LEAGUES.

| Hon. ~ r. T. Allaine (colOred), 'SOulou-
que" as his friend, the Picayune, delights to
call him, delivered himself Of one of lis
customary harangues, before speckled au-
dence of negroes and earpet-baggers, at
West Baton Rouge, few evenings ago, in
which he took occasion to deny, most en-
phatically, the organization Of black
league in this State, and to condemn the
BULLETIN for advocating the organization
of a white league.
Soulouque has the reputation OF being in
the main well-meaning darkey, and we
are not therefore disposed to treat him
either with anger or contempt. His affilia-
ton with carpet-baggers and his unquench-
able desire for Office have, it is true, some
what upset him and made him appear con-
siderably too large for the fashionably cut
pants that he wears, but take him for all in
all, there are worse negroes than the Oratori
cal and ambitious young cOlOred represen-
tative from West Baton Rouge.
In this matter of league organization he
is either very much in the dark or assumes
ign ORANGE for a purpose. To offset his
st atement that there is no such thing as a
Black League, we have the evidence of our
own senses, and the knowledge that the ne
groes are sending arms from this city into
the country. There is abundant evidence
to prove that this negro organization, which
has for its avowed object the exclusion of
whites from public Office, and the Africani-
cation of the State, is fully organized
throughout every parish, their headquarters
being New Orleans, and that they propose
to execute their plans peaceably if they can,
but forcibly if they must.
1t is to counterfeit the league that we ad-
wise an organization of the whites, and we
are perfectly serious when we say that if
such an organization is rot effected so as to
be ready for any and every emergency, Lou
sana will not be safe place for any white
family within few months time. We do
not advise our people to combine for any
aggressive movements against the negro,
but simply for self-defense. There can be
70 harm in preparing for an emergency, and
we do not propose to be beguiled by pro-
testations Of ignorance and innocence into
being caught mapping.
But, says Soulouque, after ridiculing the
idea of Black League, and the idea of the
negroes being anything but gentle and
lamb-like in the future, eff, instead Of such
newspapers endeavoring to excite the one
race against the other, they we're to use their
best efforts to effect perfect harmony, how
much more gratifying would be the result!
The colored people have no animosity against
the whites, hut will sacrifice much to live
in peace and quietness, and if the efforts of
those newspapers are exerted in that direc-
ton, Louisiana will soon recuperate from
the disasters under which she has suffered
for years, and again resume her place as fore
most among the States Of our glorious
Union"
That sounds very prettily, but becomes
just little nauseating, when we remember
the many sincere, but unavailing, efforts
which have been made by the press of the
city and State to effect this harmony, to
bring the colored people to q realization Of
the madness which led them to unite their
fortunes with white carpet-baggers and no.
tOrious thieves. When we recall the vain
struggles of our people to make tho negro
listen to reason and to abandon the scuryy
and dishonest demagogues who were using
them for their own vile purposes, we are lost
in wonder that we have not despaired long
since and taken the steps for our own pres
ervation, which we wisely propose to take
at this time
Soulouque may just Az we'll understand
that he cannot defeat the purposes of the
white people Of this city and State by revil
ing the BULLETIN, ard he may as we'll learn
it now as at some later period, that this is
white mans country and it shall never be |
governed by negroes; that we shall meet
league with league, and never rest conten-
teddy until we rescue Louisiana from the
hands of the robbers and mongrel horde
that are rapidly fastening her to ire
trievable ruin.