The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-10-10
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J w..re plag'ns ITO l. hand. d
the kltdtcal4 b such q Ian per a
'nast make Til nm chuc'l I'D their
'.l<eve. atssur stupidity end their
own alodItck. Here wJhave nov
for three n four %eekst,een fooling
around and talking about Kellogg
and troops, when the real qnestion
that, shouli clAimoer hH1i vidusi ~!
trntfon, ana which We have almost
lost sight Of. 10 the registration
now going on aud the ss|estion
.wii<k :israpkhy apsnsashAx. ! De.
fore every election it il the radical
programme to get up disturbances
and have troops sent here to en-.
courage their ypardsaus and dis.
courage our voters liz ~ /
The Colfax trouble was forced by
them for jts effect on Congress then
in session and before which our
'4aima werd pendmk. In this can.
vass they were praying for q row
in which some negroes should In
killed, they laid tho trap at Con.
shst+a. as,tl init va stepped like
blind men. A-Just IL thehowl xs,out
this had about ceased, and We
we're quieting down again. then
comes the revolution in New Or.
leans. which while.it was glorious
and would have been undoubtedly
succesaful but for Federal interfer.
ence was i'll advised and has been
disastrous TN its Consequences.
Even since then 10 have been talk.
ing about the glorious. revolution
and abusing Grant while the ne.
groes and radicals have bern quiet
~ at work registering, and in the
Parish have got mp to date . ma
jority Of over $50 votes registered.
This has becn 90 quietly done and
they have made 40 little noise
about it that We were not dreaming
Of it. This 10 not because they
have any such q majority, but be-
cause our voters have not come ont
~ they should have done. The
fall negro strength is now register
ell, and il We get our voters out We
can easily beat them.
Our duty is TOW plain, and We
are going to say it whether it
pleases our readers or not, and it il
to let Kellogg and the compromise
and de facto and de- jnre 90 to the
devil, and give our whole individu.
al attention t" the approaching
election. If We elect our I&gisle.
ture and Treasurer for the State
and the Parish Offices, We will
care but little for Kellogg. His
government will be mythe. The
Legislature can imreacl, him for
the highest ola crimes against the
State, having usarped its govern
ment and then neither Williams
nor Grant can have a word to say.
They do not intend to permit ns to
put him ont by :o'ce, aud we will
he fools to try it again unless we
are in such a desperate strait that
We must make up our minds to
fight the federal troops. The legal
and constitutional method of i'm.
parchment il before us and will
soon he in our hands If We stop this
dilly .dallying and talk about not
participating in the election and
bind all our energies to the plain
task ahead Of us. Let VA then to
work! Let US work late and early.
work all the time, work at night if
necessary and never stop working
until every vote is fairly cast and
honestly counted.
Our very salvation il at stake /;
we have everything to work for
that a freeman can hold dear or a
white man cherish as sacred. The
right to own and cultivate lands
without having them bnr1ened with
y taxation that amounts to conf1s-
cation; the privilege of = voice in
the administration of the affairs of
our State, and the right to protect
her fair name and reputation from
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