New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-11-08
Waste Of Water.

and the supply of water from the works is
barely sufficient for the absolute necessi
ties of the city, it should be the duty Of
every one to prevent waste. Captain Brown,
superintendent of the waterworks, com
plains that the contrary is the case. People
60 to tie plugs and obtain the couple OF
bucketsfull they desire, and then leave the
water running and waste 1000 gallons.
There is no objection to the taking from
the plugs by any one the amount of water
needed, but care should be taken to turn
the water of, and not leave the plug open.
If this precaution is observed there will be
plenty of water tor all such purposes. But
such has been the waste for the past few
days that the rice mills are without water,
and the jackson railroad engines have to go
to Calliope station for it, A little care will
prevent this, and it should be exercised in
future.
Don't Care Whether school Aeeps -
There is degree of independence about
the boyish declaration which il very at.
tractive. Some great good ls supposed to
be attained, and the young rascal-well, the
fortunate men who gobble up the great
prizes of the concert of the Pablic Library
of Kentucky on November 80, will also feel
like being independent, and they too will be
shouting-we don't care whether school
keeps Or not.
What They ''Propose to Do With she
NiG8er.o
While the returns of yesterdays battle
are coming in it may be temporarily inter-
esting to see how much can be inferred from
what the Democrats themselves reveal as to
what that party proposes to do if the
chances Of political warfare again elevate it
to the control OF national affairs. The
Leader has already pointed out repeated
unguarded expressions from Southern pews-
papers and speeches showing that the
scope of Southern ambition in that quarter
involves nothing less than the assumption
of the Confederate debt by the United
States and compensation for the emanci-
pated slaves. In Georgia and Mississippi
they are already preparing lists of the
slaves liberated by the proclamation, in
in 1862, are being carefully set down.
Up to this time it had been something of
question what the Democrats, if restored
to power, would do with the negro. Prac-
tically, Of course, he would be reduced in
the South to a state Of peonage. But the
question has been what sort Of an attitude
would the Democracy, if successful, openly
assume toward the emancipated race. On
this point they have been careful to say
very little, and to make that little as in
definite as possible. One Democratic editor,
however, SO happy over the recent gains in
Ohio as to forget his usual prudence, comes
out squarely and answers the question cate
gorically. The Logan County Sentinel being
asked by correspondent to state what the
Democracy Twill do with the niggers," re.
plies in an article nearly column in length,
from which We extract a few choice para
graphs;
wisely or not is all one just now, the nlgger
is a citizen, clothed with all the rights OF a
citizen, and more than the white citizens
share of privileges. He is voter is eligi-
bic to office-apy Office from constable to
President--serves on juries where white
men are parties. and governs millions of
whites, who can govern no niggers. nor
even themselves, the right Of self govern
ment having been taken from them. He
sits in our councils he governs our white
countrymen, who are vOiceless in the mat.
ter; nullifies our own best efforts at self
government when we are in numerical mi.
nOrity: he makes our votes to count for
nothing exactly, and withstands and over.
bears half the white population of the State
with a word.
'All these facts We recognize as facts &C.
complished for the present, but only for the
present. There is future ahead always:
Congress has no power over that-can't in.
definitely postpone, nor lay it on The table.
''The day that gives tho power into the
hands of the Democracy dooms the policy
OF nigger exaltation to death. We will
smite it down with swift and remorseless
hand, and hurl j: to the devil without the
aid of clergy.
There is no misunderstanding this. We
submit at present. because it is the law, but
the power that made the law can unmake
it, and when that power comes to the hand
Of tho Democracy. as come it will, we will
use the power to smash the Congo dynasty,
clean up the statute books by rending away
the whole chapter of Black Republican
legislation; to place the sovereignty of the
country once more into the hands Of the
only race able and tit to use it wisely and
well, reinstate the white man in his place
Of power and supremacy, and remand the
negro TO his proper position Of subordina'
ton.
"The negro is exalted. 70 the shame Of
the Caucasian, but the act was not ours;
the crime was not committed at our in
stance. nor with our approval. Niggers
vote. but Democrats never made them
voters. They hold Office, but not by Demo-
cratic votes. Our position Oh that subject
was always very clearly defined. They are
wholly unit for citizens; therefore we, the
Democracy. would never make them clti.
zens, nor let any body else do it. if we could
prevent it.
We will have . national convention OF all |
the States to revise and amend the cOns:i |
tuition of the United States, and there will !
be no niggers in that convention.
estate laws and State constitutions will |
be made to conform to the reformed con. !
so will the federal laws"
We do not of course suppose that the
Logan County Sentinel is . paper of any
great influence in its party, nor that all De- |
would be willing to go TO che /
length which it designates IN robbing the !
eolored citizens of his newly acquired |
rights as q free man. The yaporings of the I
Sentinel would be insignificant if they were !
not borne out and sustained By other evil
dences Of Democratic purpose which como !
from other and more influential quarters. |
Fools and children speak the truth says |
the adage, and this rural Democratic week I
ly, whose words sound 90 bombastic, has |
simply blurted out what . great many De- |
think and expect, but are too dis I
Greet to proclaim. No one who has studied |
the mental condition of the South can doubt /
that the hatred Of the negro by the whites /
Of that section, is more bitter and deter. I
mined than ever before. Nothing will salts
fy the x-slaveholders short Of the definite !
and final emancipation from all danger /
Of political control by the blacks. The
Southern States have q definite, deter
mined policy in regard to this question,
views of the negro question the inexoSable
condition of Yheie cO-OperatiOA with the