The weekly Louisianian., 1874-09-26

OUR DZFFICULZ TIES AND
/ THEIR SOLUTION
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Though our oonstitstcd a4hodic
have resumed 2sgovafnmensssdth d.
revolution Of twelve dayssinoe thanki
to the presence Of Federal troops
and the determined purpose Of the
President has in part disappeared;
there is yet such insecurity Of life
and property thas the difficulties be.
setting cur State administration need
to be met and calmly considered with
that candor. and delibe,atien which
the wretched condition Of our public
Affairs justly demands
To begin, the Governorof the State.
the party representative ofan indubi-
table majority of its citizens, has in the
exercise Of the functions Of his Office
against the dictum Of the revolutionists
made his presence so hated that we
employ no hyperbole when we write,
he is a close prisoner in our midst
and subject to a "sudden taking Off
by embittered and exasperated oppo-
nents who count life Is of triaing
value to the accomplishment Of their
purpose. With more extended iber-
ties, but yet under surveillance, other
State officials are alike placed. The
temper Of Mexico and South America
seem to now possess q considerable
number Of our citizens. and a-ssassina-
ton, secret or open, is as palpable in
the air as in those revolutionary and
anarchical communities.
Louisiana appears cursed with an
impolitic and violent class, who, casting
to the winds all the appliances of peace
for the redress Of the grievances they
announce seem bent ito unloose the
dogs Of war" and run riot with what
ever of agricultural and business pros
perity the people under q peaceful
regime would possess.
The situation is unhappy, it is one
Of great peril both to the individual
and the State. Business is
and capital insecure, and
the abundant. crops with
q merciful Providence has
blessed our people there is reason to
believe that the fruits of their hard
labor will not be secured unless
peace shall unfold its blessings and
order be again restored. To accom-
plish this is the desideratum. What
must We do to he. saved becomes
now the cry of no particular class or
II no one party IN our State but of the
entire community Of good citizens in
present emergency.
Our remedy lies in a simple expedient.
lot common hitherto in u State, and
so because Of the bane Of
from which we yet suffer, which
in an agreement to liberation.
Jet for once our citizens determine that
their political faith,> whatever
heir wrongs whatever their wishes, tol-
for each other and N observance
# the due privileges and immunities of
II be practiced, and existence for it
he solution to our present difficulties is |
cached.
The trouble has been, is now, and will
'e, unless the cours We have prescribed
8 accepted, that as in the old days of the
southern oligarchies, tho wishes of q class
INST be accepted as the law Of the many,
nd injustice and q harsh spirit evoked to
'nforce 80 wrongful o demand. .,.. !
The absolute rights af all citizens be-
ore the law should be conceded. Our
White League fellow-citizens ought to
that the eolored citizen posses
es not only by virtue Of the laws a CON-
non claim to the rightswhich they pos
ess, but that by identity Of interests, by
mutual concessions and an utter abandon
nent Of tho mistaken arrogance which as
umes . lawlcss control, they can, If their
be honorable, obtain much of what
hey need in the good government sure to
nsue from this course. Accepted as q
Of the political entity a component of the
tate in which he lives, whose soil and whose
Industries he haa enriched and ennobled with
is blood, the colored citizen needs but the
ssurance Of his acceptance to the complete
Measure o his manhood to Join heart and
and in Ill measures enhancing the interests
I the community and promoting the welfare
I the State.
But he cannot be regarded as = pariah.
Ee may not be fed with the husks Of COM
aon advantages enjoyed by his white fcl-