The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-05-20
NEGROPnILISM.

uNor can we forbear the suggestlon -
hat If this appeal were on behali OF ci
;00OOo negroes instead Of thai NUMBER
e chic So,therners Of our uwn racea az
nd blood, such are the syinpathies oiIsl
h majority las heretofore e1hibiteal
hat they would find by rig mt or byIa
yrone some means Of relief. The petf-IE
;oners would not have been SO coldly
nd tiippantly turned away" - :
Truer words were never written c
han these by the minority OF the Il
committee in Congress to whom was 4
referred the petition of the ooush
Carolina tax payers. To the respect l
full appeal OF these 100000 white men
for some relief against spollatlon anu
,lunder of the most atrocious and
brazen kind, the majority OF that
Committee turn deaf ear. And the
Republican party with its Immaculate
President, advised by his spotless At
torney General, dismisses the appeal
with undisguised contempt.
tits truth that nothing which the
white men of the South may suffer is
leemed worthy of consideration by |
the dominant party in this country
no representation they may make OF
hideous wrongs perpetrated upon
them receives attention, while a ne
gro or negro ring can claim and com
mand precedence for their complaints
over and before the most important
business of the country. Even Car
penter, when in New Orleans early
last year, hippantly replied to the FER
vid appeals for his sympathy and ac-
tive assistance-''quit politics an q
= look after your business" The peo-
. ple of Louisiana would not 'qult. -
= They saw that the politics they were
:, asked to quit was their salvation, pc.
/ litical, pecuniary and material. Ano
d Carpenter, impressed by the persls
d tence of people who were so much II
? earnest, looked more gravely into th'
J. situation, probed its secrets, extract
,e ed from every source all available IN
d formation, and finally stepped forth
is in panoply of complete armor, tn
re champion Of our cause par excellenc
o. before the Senate.
k The only reason why Grant ma
" been advised by his Attorney Gene
to raj to throw his official influence
x favor of Baxter in Arkansas, is th'
.rt he was the candidate of the negroe
If, The only reason why that infamo'
it. telegram was sent by Williams
Pinchback-"let it be understo'
lot that you are recognized as the actll
ow Governor of Louisiana'-was tn
ra- the latter is mulatto. With Ere
Dor ident not wholly lost to all sense
mt his own honor, and not obliylous
ra- the deceucies Of public life, furtf
os- service in his Cabinet by SO despl'
and BILE a creature as Williams has sho
IN himself to be would be imposslt
A man who has been proved to III
we purchased landaulet for his wife
our of the contingent fund of his OFT
i'm and to have used in the four
kpe- years over eight thousand dollars
the that fund to feed the horses that q
own the landaulet, is the man whom
ront present President retains as his
oeau cial adviser and tried to put him
ards the seat once occupied by a Mars
tha' and a fancy.
nlns Grant knows that he owes his
N to ond term to the votes of the negr
that By the white vote he was beaten
20 be raj hundred thousand majority.
cake, by pandering to the passions OF
'ader negroes and to the cupidity and
rats of power Of their white leaders
ugh can retain the present negro GOV
news, ments in the Southern States as
not now exist, he will not hesitate
rkies IT, No State is indebted to his
ooun- or countenance for relief. He Sc
royal Virginia his understrappers and
| that funds from the Treasury, but tn
than to that high spirited people, VIII
avail. He ordered his armed sol
to install the negro Governme
Louisiana, and to establish in
. officers whose claims commenc
~ fraud a n d were thus cemente
10 " force. To South Cardinals ar
>, s he responds with apetty and sill
0Ae' lightly that would be incredible
liz 'n' # not so we'll authenticated.
WV chief objection to granting rel
n'o % the 100000 taxpayers Of that
. , o.: is that member Of the Conv'
.n .a that deputed them, abused him.
d WV if the smallest fraction Of the Mt
L. 'ne had gone to Washington to civ
e't." cital of real or fancied wrongs
eio0 would have been received viii