The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-08-15

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I AN OBsERvER.=
The NY. Herald, IN au article enti
tied "Shall We Have Peace o,
War r. says:
Why is il, then, that Mississippi
should now hang on the verge OF
civil warf Why should we see her
GOVERNOR, stff pOsStsstd soldier,
asking tr0oI,ss What influence has
dashed to the earth tlie fond hopes
that clustered around a sur4Iy
stricken but revivtug common
wealth. Simply, rs we understand
it, tue rrsuscitatio OF that fa,ai
spiri. OF secession which, We ilop-d i,
had been buried under the famous
apple tree of App"mattox. There
~ no reason for this sgi,atiOn it,
Mississippi. There are no such
grounds for complaint on thu part
Of the white men as exist is Sou, h
Carolina. Taxation has not-s,e
come confiscatiun. Beyond the
natural disappointment with the
results OF the war which men who
had fought calamity for years
w.uld teei there have been NO
'grievances." The white men have
complained that the negroes had
votrs, that by the exercise of those.
votes negroes have gained power,
hat Revels had been. sent to the
senate and other negroes elevated,
to public stations. There has been
no other complaint, and this, ~
every sensible Southern man must
see, Came with the intlexible results
OF the war The negroes owed
their freedom to the success OF the
Northern armies. PnliI ical strpng. h
inevitably comes with freedom. It
rannot be torn from them. Wis.
dom would have taught the white
S0utherner that he could best con
,troi this result by Accepting it, by
winning the negroes love aud kind
ness. He should have seen the
'n"ment the negro was free the in.
terest of white and black in good
government i'll order. peace and
honest adminIstI alton, was alike.
tie should have known that white
aud black were entitled to sslifa,
liberty and the pursuit of ha,,pi-
ness, ana that the whole American.
nation stood ready to enforce tina,
ught. 1t WAS new, aud not we
are sure, a welcome relation. The
master of to-tlty-is never disposed
70 salute as Il Peer his slave IF yes
ttrtiay. 1t WAS not cheering for the
owner OF 100 negroes to feel that
.lelr ballots were now stronger than
his ballot five hundred fold But
the sworl>to which the master ap-
prated=had So decided, aud it VAS
the part of honor "a well MS wisdom
10 bow to that decision.
That wisdom is not seen in Mis.
sissippi. The Stai U blazes With the
fires at furious election canvass.
aud the only issue is "war Of |
races" The white men have drawn
he line. Angry, iutlammaIory-.sti adj
dresses are ma.te-te-tfe lowest In.
Proud, "chivalrOus" south
t.rn men do not hesitate to say they
i've IN dread ct d negIo massacre,
ana appeaito the freshmen to save
hem. Seeing that there is "a large
class of lrishmeh who labor in hum
bier pursuits, and who naturally
hnd the negro th.ir rival, appeal.
are made to them as s'childt en- OF
The iaud of genius, of song and
courage" aS t'countrA men of Graf.
ban, Cnrran and Maore," whose
sous have conquered on every
feid," TO al use aud overthrow the
negro. Thus race is excl, ed against /
race and poverty against poverty.
we kaow we'll what these appeals
neau. We b Il II contest in New
York between the two races during
he draft riots, amt no revolution
ever witnessed blOodier Scenes.
We saw what took place III New
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