The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-07-17
TIE WHITE MOVEMENT.

v sanctioned by the Constitution was dissolved
A. and millions Of human beings whose only con
e tact with civilization had been through theil
e condition of slavery, were emancipated ant
" invested with citizenship, with its high Aneri
IS can franchises, in the midst Of a race utterly
l. different not only in natural physical and
d moral constitution, but also in that character
, which education association fortune and &C.
Il cidental advantages had stamped. 1t is mani.
a fest that gigantic revolution had been effect
s ed.
}, The philanthropy which had conferred this
S new dignity, whether properly or not, had
f raised an issue whose importance could not
be exaggerated since it not only involved the
| interest, difficult to truly appreciate Of the
! enfranchised race in its new condition. but
also the preservation Of the culture and civil
; ization Of the white race under the influence
, of its changed relations with race whose
moral: intellectual and political character had
been formed in vassalage. Here was the field
for craftsmanship
A wise legislation could have regulated the
new state of aff;,irs-bv gradating the bestowal
OF rights according to the preparation of the
negro race to receive them. But with pre-
cipitate haste, impelled by malignant passions
and unnatural resentment. the Republican ad-
ministration has called to the seat Of honor,
dignity and power, and invested with the pre-
cious inheritance Of Anglo-Saxcl republican
freedom including franchises and privileges
| ,,,I &c II
practiced virtue alone tit people to enjoy
race whose barbarisln has only been mitgated
by the degraded con ition of slavery. And
this profane investture has taken place upon
| the ruin Of or at section and great people |
Now, the great practical question for the !
people Of this State, since the power that
could deal successfully with the subject is an
rayed against them, is how, in the midst of I
unequaled difficulties, save the honor and
restore the prosp erity Of the State. Justice
to the negro would require little at our hands
In 1868 the Democratic party, representing
the white people, laid aside those prejudices
which arose out Of their old relations, and
that indignation which they felt at the sweep
ing amendments which had so altered the con-
dition Of things, and solicited the aid of the
blacks in rescuing the State, which had fallen
into corrupt hands. Every one will remember
how those blacks who had actually enlisted in
Democratic clubs betrayed their faith on cleo
ton day.
just before the last campaign the Reform
movement was started by many Of our most
l.
ment which did not call for the sacrifice of ma
tional preference of men or platforms, but
which was aimed at the overthrow Of plum ,
dering government, which they had learned
to despise heartily as the whites This .
which embodied the fullest recogni- :
ton ofall their constitutional rights and which .
the utmost friendship was defeated
by exactions which their necessities and well .
fare did not require, which were purely senti-
mental and captious, and which involved the :,
Again, in the face of a wrong which their ;,
'otes has established-an usurpation which ),
las brought ruin upon all unifcation "
movement originated. The larger class of the
lacks met it with GOODNESS and distrust j.
ew dishonest negro politicians assembled at ),
solemn meeting called for the purpose Of !,
ealing difficulties which appeared so irrecon- :.
liable, and to them the occasion seemed a
sstival to celebrate their triumph and to pa
lde their insulting arrogance. The negro ~
as put in Office leprous and diseased whites J..
no have filled the whole State with their -.
1n1y1 %I,o,, II
'nos A"'o o'oo'oo HUH N
leir own race the most ignorant and de- =,
laved, and they have solidly supported the 10
underers of the State, though inhabting ~
lie same soil and supported by white employ
ent.
But the white people are charged with a -
oral obligation from which the baseness of
e negro does not relieve them The great We
stinct Of self-preservation and the impulse '
kindness both require that they should be -,
ntrolled in their madness by vigorous meas =.
es, and reused from their infatuation by a
m and determined opposition. We should su,
nounce to them that unless they cooperate It's
tn lis III the restoration of good govern r.
ant, they outlaw themselves from the it Y
endship and support Of the whites. The
lite movement does not mean the depriva-
n Of a single right conferred by law,
t it does mean that since they are our open ~
d proclaimed enemies, holding to the ex- col
listed breasts Of our emaciated State the pro
nlshed vipers OF their adoption; that, since All
~ are bent on the ruin Of all things, the az
te man must arouse himself and shake do,
lis invincible locks. shi,
lhe movement means consolidation and not
ensth it means triumph and victory-it ion
ans az ,he return Oh Sood government winch pow
VI extend its protection to all interests and to
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The Exhibition Of the Fruit Growers. I
With our climate and soil it seems singular this
t every family does not even on limited resi-
, are