New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-03
TIE Situation in the South.

Leagues among tie journals of che
South. Its columns indicate certain dec
gree Of ability in its conduct-a satanic
ability, a sort of madness, but madness
in which there is method. 1t has openly
declared that the negroes of Louisiana shall
henceforth have no part nor parcel in the
government of the States it has declared
that the White Leagues will carry the
approaching election at all hazards and at
any cost. 1t has made an issue with the
forms of law, and bluntly declared that the
White Leagues have sworn to RIDE into
power, even if it be necessary to wade
through seas Of negro blood. There Is no
subterfuge in the position of the Times 1t
has been Outspoken, defiant and aggressive;
and the murders which have illustrated its
teachings show plainly enough that it truly
represents Southern white sentiment But,
keenly alive to expressions of Northern
opinion, it now scents danger 1t says:
During the discussion Of the louisiana
bill in Congress we observed many indlca
cations OF sympathy tor us among the
intelligent masses OF the Northo When
elections took place afterward, and as State
after State at the North was carried for the
opposition ticket, and carried, as we had
reason to believe, principally. because OF
the outra geOus treatment OF the Southern
States on the part Of the Radical admins
trationo we INDUCED in the hope that this
sympathy would manifest Itself in some
more tangible shape When, however,
Congress adjourned without doing anything
for our down-trodden State we saw plainly
that relief from oppression would come only
from our own exertiOns.
ooAgainst the most appalling obstacles we
nave organized the white men OF the State
in solid column in resistance to the usur-
patton which weighs upon uss Immediately
howl is raised by the Radicals, whose eyes
are open to the fact that their days OF plum
der and robbery are over The cry IS taken
up at the North, and journals srom whom
we expected better things Intimate in plain
terms shat, If we 60 on in the way We have
commenced, we shall lose she sympathy OF
orr friends at the North. F:c:H which We
suppose we are 20 infer that ~ 1o:g as we
submit patiently to robbery an9 oppression.
we shall retain the sympathy: c;!! Trends.
but whenever we attempt 80 better our
selves VIC shall lose that sympathy.
How plainly shis shows thas the Oe;n'
ocratic successes at the North constitute the
political food upon which the White Leagues
Of .ne South have fed and grown aggressive
and murdercUs. In a few temporary Dem'
ocratic successes-as New Hampshire, Con.
necticnt. and Ohio--:he White Leagues
thought they foresaw a new dispensation OF
Democratic national gules and she'r hsst
thought was to crush ous negro suffrage. re-
gardless OF the solemn guarantees OF !he
constitution. and the equally solemn Pur.
nose OF the Northern people to make all
men, South as we'll as North. absolute pol.
itical and civil equals This cry, says
the Times. sis taken up al the North, ana
Journals from whom we expected better
things intimate in plain terms. tina! II we
go on IN the way we have commenceds we
shall lose the sympathy OF our friends at
the North" The Journals from wLom"
A. esav nafrafs sllupl"
Democratic Journals. The Times and Its
brood of White Leagues have moved forward
700 rapidly to suit Northern Democratic
plans. They have spiced their greedy ado
| vance toward Selling possession Q! political
| power with too many deeds ct blood. The
old adage that dead men tell no tales is a
| lie. Dead "niggers," the victims OF the
yindictive hate Of White Leaguers, already
sound a piercing alarm TO Northern Ree
pnblicanss 1t matters not thai their bodies
are hustled out of sight, tina. the miserable
pretense of aggression On their part Is
| paraded before the Northern public The
public knows better 1t knows that there
| is at the South freshly organized crusade
whose sole purpose is 20 silstranchlse :ne
negro and reduce him to actual slavery.
Aud whether or not IL is safe under such
circumstances to ;nirust the question OF en-.
forcing the constitutional! amendments
touching the rights of the negro to the
| national Democratic party. there is pro"
nouncei adverse opinion at the North.
Northern Democrats comprehend the stu.
alton. and they see that the violent anu
inurdereas course Of the White Leagues Is
reacting with disastrous effect upon ma.
| :ionaS Democratic party prospects. Inc
! only genuine sympathy ihe South ever hao
! at ;he North came ;rolu Republicans. Lead.
| ing Northern Democrats seek to use South'
! err political influence to obtain power.
| They do not seriously object to the White
| Leaguers committing murders. but they
! object to assassnations out of time They
arc, aware that it the Louisiana election
shall be carried by. the White Leagues
| through terrorism, violence and bioodshed.
| the victory will! be dearly bought. and So
| drive away support from tbs nationa!
| Democratic party.
The reason for the withdrawal Of she
" sympathy" Of Northern Democratic
! Journals is the fear that Southern hate OF
! the negro and Southern violence vii! ne
| cessitate new national measures OF recon
! srruction. They note with alarm passages
| like this from the Boston Transcript:
| "'The doubs has never left not few
thoughtful and patriotic minds, that after
| such q civil war as afflicted the country,
| the ooiicy of restoration was TOO hurried
! the plan of universal suffrage TOO !ncon
| siderately adopted. measures Of amnesty
| too confidently yentured urors and party
| and political movements made that were
| extremely hazardous. This doubt has
| constantly seen elements still existing and
active at the South. ominous for the peace
of ITS future and the content OF the entire
Ration.s
And this from Sine iadcpsnden! New
Hampshirel Statesman:
s'The strong grasp Of the genera! govern
| ment should have been kept upon the re
calctrant States until the principles which
| triumphed in arms had been thoroughly
established there. or until the colored ele
! ment had been educated 20 a point where
it could not become prey to corrupt carpet
baggerss"
Northern Democrats view with alarm thu
passionate outbursts of such papers as thu
Shreveport Tines fearing that White
League violence may necessitate the re
sumption by the general government OF it!
s.strong grasp" upon the recalcitrant States
The true policy OF Southern white men is Il
guard the lives of negroes as they woult
| guard their own personal liberty. Eyer,
murdered negro rises up in judgment agains
the old accursed system OF slavery, agains
the Democratic party, ancient and modern
and against the bloody Otfshot of bOth-th'
White League. There is no peace nor pros
perity for the South save through submis
sion in good faith to the principles OF Pc
Iitical and civil equality which carried tn
Union triumphantly through the storm
| civil war.-Chicago Inter- Ocedn.