Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1874-08-01
"TEe Political Situation

Nessr.. Efi'oyS:
Since our t'i"nd and fellow citizen, Capt.
=. H. nRAsHEAR, Is ont making Ice water
Tor the hte Mans Party, and in the minis
'ei.s Oh when he seeks to entertain your
rea"e1s with m e'ucida'ion of some Of the
ffihciples and PoisieS which il became my
province to advocate before the Parish Con.
venuon, which are also the verdict of onr
feopie from calm and deliberate view of
The situation. you will please grant me a little
OF your space M an effort to receive gracefully
oar first shower BATH
With all due Difference 10 the opinions OF
Capt Il, u strikes me clearly dat his proper
time ipr a,saiiing the principles alluded to,
was III the Convention before hey were
adopted, as il l. much better 10 prevent an
evil than to remedy it, Every propo>itson in
the resolution was coached in plain and nm
mi-taka5le language, and il needed scarcely
moment 10 perceive the whole grouud they
covered. Now, Gentlemen, could not have
asked the valuable Il ace in your paper, to
answer the Propositions laid down 10y Capt.
b, u hat / ink ey end 10 defeat the OBJ
Jcct' Of the " hite Mans Parry The object
OF the Parry Is, first, TO organize the white
men OF the State bring INFO ranks all indie
pendent pohticiarS, and destroy that ''individ-
nallty' which demands the People of the
State 10 waive their great Principles and In
ierests 10 sub~eTve the peculiar views or sit
uation If a few individuals. That the white
men Of the State are di,orsaui2cd, no one
can deny; and until we cease kicking in
harness. aud become content TO endorse and
carry out, 30 far as practicable, the Principles
and Policies as declared by the grea, masses
of intelligent people Of the State, we but de
lude ourselves in fostering the hope of great
victory Ofthe mis:nterpre,ation of the White
Mans Party. relative To the negro, by Capt.
B., it is useless TO say more than to refer him
TO the Proceedings Of the Central Execu'iv"
Committee. which are in perfect accord with
tHe party Principles, as declared both by the
Ward Chh> and the Parish Convention. So
far as our policy relates 10 securing the negro
vote, decidedly think it far superior to the
one in Substance launched forth by Capt. b.
Admitting the Radical Party or negro ele-
ment, TO have been IN 1872 llCO0 III the ma
lority Argue TO the negrC that, by numer-
, zeal superiority, he can hold the government
of the the State and, by that majority, that he
has the right'ul di>po:lilon Of all that is held
! dear and sacred 10 the white man /; then may
our friend have cause to lift his peaceful
voire in "holy horror of an inevitable conse-
I querce, "war of races" Establish these
impressions with the negro, and, to use the
expression ofCapt B., ! think the negro would
, be greater 'fool'-wi,h his views of the ex-
erci>e of political ascendahcy-who would
! enter ain prOposi,icl 10 waive his aScendan-
cy TO elevate the White man, than one who
recognizes his true situation, would be, TO ask
to become part of Political element nu-
mericaly his superior, embodying the entire
virtue and intelligence Of the State, and con-
trolling all of her wealth
That the present policy Of the White Mans
Party was to be the ultimatum Of our Political
role, was foreshadowed in the passage of the
infamous Election Bill, attaching penal of.
fence to the discharging of an individual from
employment on account Of his political creed
or action. The white radicals Of the State,
understanding that the prosecutions of their
party would become so great and onerOus to
the people, that the adoption Of tho s,ren-
uous m-o.nres would be necessary TO shake
them of; hence they draw around themselv-
es this political Gordon, to more effectively
overthrow and destroy the exercise of the
Peoples right to administer their property for
the advancement Of the common good of the
S,ate-to which point there can be no doubt
that our affairs have reached
Capt B., in recoun,ing the action of the
: negro. has erred so grievously, that indeed
am surprised that the statements should have
emanated from him whose opinions in the
, deliberative bodies of our people have been
received with such deferential respect. In
1865 the negro was public property, with his
, mind imprisoned, to a great extent, by Radical
ism and that he voted the Democratic Ticket
grew ont of the fact, in many instances, that
he knew of and haf nothing else to VOTE
In 1870. Capt. B. -gnores the State election
which gave a Racial majority, but comes back
J to Richland, WIRE the election of a Radical
was and is a rysical impossiblity, ard gath
: ers nm the v:tory Of her noble white sons,
] -spreads ,cm upon the altar of evidence i'm
behalf Of people who, with their ill gotten
praise ould doubtless, if left to their own
5 instpS, wipe out of existence the last ves-
, tigrf caucasion immunities. In 1872, the
nero perhaps in greater number than ever
efore, voted with the white people on the
I ''ilslon ticket :; but this was not an express
sin OF Principle, but more an idolatrous in.
fnaton for the man. The negro voted for
rarmoth q Co and not for any principle laid
Town in The fusion platform.
Ii is impossible to separate this motive
. from the action of the negro, in the campaign
of 1872. and it is proved by the aptness of the
negro to accept his tutoring. In the last cleo
ton in Mississippi, the negro was warned
against the repetition of such acts, and were
pledged to support no party or man who
could receive the support of the white people
These are acts in which the negeoes do
"noby respond" and which we will ever
remember without the slightest suggestion.
think Capt. B. has totally failed to show
even any conservative tendency in the negro,
to say nothing Of progression. | have stood
IN every compromise party in the State to
which chung the faintest hope of conciliatiny
the two elements and establishing joint gov.
eminent. did il with no faith in the doc.
trine, but from feeling that it was the duty
OF the intelligent white people to give the |
negro the ala of their counsel and hand polit. |
ically, to save him from the gulf of bis own
domination into which he was being beguied
by the lutte like notes Of the Radical Harpe. |
touched by the ruthless Scallawag and Car. |
pet Dagger in the deep silence of the mid !
hour of night And, | now bid farewell to |
compromise policies as matters of impossible |
ity; for it could only be like eking out a J
miserable life of beggary, to f. wn at the feet
OF negro dominion and appeal in paintive !
tones to their Unborn prejudices, vitiaied by a
system of inimical teachings Sirs it is idle |
To talk of arsueing to the negro with any hope
success, except by demonstrating to him
~ practical manner the superior advantages
That surround the white man of La for con