The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-09-18
MIR. MARR'S SENTIMENTS.

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address of Hon. II. II. Mari, to the
nominating Convention at Baton
Rouge, La: .f.... ... ...I.
And now, my countrymen, l desire
to call your attention to the great duty
and responsibility which, in the provi-
dence of Almighty God, have devolved
upon you, the white people of Louisi-
ana, and'of which you can by no means
| divest yourselves.
You know that before the emanciPa-
tion of the coiorcd race we occupied
towards them II lnrtriarchal relation.
The negro should still receive the pro-
tccting care of hose who were formerly
his masters. tell you, my country men,
the truest and best friends the negro
ever had or ever will have, were once
their masters and owners. The duty
! that we have to perform with regard to
him, is, as say, one for which we arc
responsible to God and our country. l
wish to impress this seriously upon you
before you leave here; it has oppressed
me; it has weighed upon me with Il
heavy sense of Responsibilities is to civi-
lie and Christianize this negro race.
Left to himself he will become Il savage,
an idolator. Whenever he has been
allowed to exercise his natural tenden-
cies and desires unrestrained,h he has be-
come Il savage and an idolator. God
in his providence has entrusted his elc-
vation to you. Do not doubt it; donot
shrink from it; do not attempt to shrink
the responsibility. God in his provi-
dence has entrusted to you the eleva-
ton, the education and the training OF
this race. BY the miserable interfer-
ence of those who profess to be the
| friend Of the negro, Il breach has been
| made between him and you, who were
once his owners and should be his best
friends, which has made it impossible
for you to acquit yourself of that high
obligation and duty which rests upon
you therefore it has become Il necessi-
ty, one which is as obligatory upon you
as any obligation can be, that you, the
white people of Louisiana, representing
the civilization, the wealth, the virtue
and intellect of this State, should now
assume the control of its affairs, that
you may exercise the influence proper
for the elevation ofthese people. ] beg
of each one of you, when you return to
your respective homes, to proclaim it
from every stump, that the white peo-
pie of Louisiana intend simply to assert
their right to exercise the control and
management of their owns affairs,
which right the Great God of Heaven
has given you. God made you white
people to be the dominant race upon
! the earth. No race can come in com
petition with you; all that has been
done for the advancement and promo
tion of civilization has been done by
the white race. Mountain has been
Ileveled, river has been brigcd, and
ocean has been spanned by the telegraph
wire. Whatever obstacles may have
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they have been overcome or removed
by the superior energy and intellect OF
this dominant race.
A few ignorant and mis- guided no
groes cannot stand in the way of your
advancement.
l. God has given you this great Valley
| of the Mississippi, tho most magnificent
residence vouchSafed to man, to be
your heritage. Itbelongs toy you. You
are bound keep and to improve it,.
J You cannot give up any portion Of it
| 10 barbarism, or permit ignorance and
inactivity to control it. You are
under the most solemn obligations that
can rest upon man, to your God and
country, to occupy tho land and make
it fruitful and productive. We do not
intend to infringe upon the rights OF
the negorcs, but simply to asscr: GU,
| own. l'laht your IoolSt1'S ilriliy upon
this platform, and it will be no aggrcs-
sion upon the rights oi any human be.
ing. Plaut yourselves there, and there
stand, and my countrymen,I do assure
you Louisiana will again bloom as I,
garden; prosperity will reign through.
out our whole State.
The stain of disgrace and inlamy that
now rests upon the fair name of our he.
loved Louisia1ia by reason of the mis-.
rule of the wrctchcs who have usurpcd
our Government will all fade away,
and you will have n government intel.
ligcnt, competent and wise, and youI
State will be in Il condition to invite
emigration and set out on new career
of prosperity.
Virginia is living in hopes of send
ing woman one hundred and twenty.