The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-07-10

Since the census taken iii 1870, there
have been created the parishes of Red
River, Vernon and Lincoln. We have
nothing to show their relative white and
colored population. They are each en-
titled to one representative. Give Red
River to the colored majority, and Vern-
ON and Lincoln to the white and we
have, as footed up above, thirty-fonr
country parishes in which there are col
ored Notwithstanding sixty repre-
sentatives, and tyEenty-one country par
ishes in which there are white nlaiorities;
electing twenty six representatives, or
u majority Of thirty-four of the country
members. Now, notwithstanding the
immense white preponderance in New
Orleans, there are certain wards In that
city which must necessarily elect colored
repfesentatives-pnt them, say, atone
quarter, OF fenr ont Of sixteen, and we
have, the most that can be relied on,
tlirty-eight whites and sixty blacks
Oh carpet-baggers, orRltra Radicals, in
the next Legislature. In the Senate the
majority will, in proportion to the menu
bers, be equally as a great. But White
Leaguers, to meet this, will say these
statistics were gotten up by Republicans,
in 1870, to meet the issue presented in
1874; that they were gotten up in the
summer when thousands of whites had
gone North, In opinion, if thous-
ands of white people had gone north at
the time Of making these statistics, it is
reasonable to suppose at least one halt
were carpet baggers, who had gone
North to see their friends, and spend the
summer. But then wewonder ifitnever
struck our White League friend, when
making such assertions, that, In ninety
nine cases out off, hundred, these
thousands of white people, when they
went North, left some one. in charge OF
their homes from whom the census
takers could getall the information they
desired And whilst thousands0f whites
may have been omitted, is ii not just as
reasonable to suppose thousands of col
ored people were omitted, or overlooked
altogether? 1T is true these people are
not in the habit Of going North in the
SUMMER; but the census takerh had either
to make domiciliary visits to their cab
ms, or obtain his information from their
employers, who, using the White Leag-
uer's argument, hadjust as1nuch reason
To underrate their numbers, al tile cen
sus taler had to oYerrate them.
But, let us take the aggregate of both
races I'M Louisiana, we find the whole
population amounts to 726,9t5 souls, of
which a0s,045 are white, and 964,210 are
colored. Now, IL an the whites were
voters and all would vote together as a
unit, we might overcome this majority
i'm the manner proposed by the White
League. But, unfortunately for them,
there happens to be 6I,Ss7 persons Of
foreign birth. OF these we may take il
Tor granted 1000 are males, I'll years OF
age and upward, of whom one-third, on
1000, are nnnatuEalized and cannot vote,
md one-quarter of whom, or 5000, will
vote the Republican ticket. AS these
latter have To he taken from the one side
and added to the other, we must double
thunl-naking 6,000. Then take from
tic total white 5000 carpet-baggers and
scallawags, which again have to DC
doubled and themaiarity swellstomore
thai 10000, jet, In the face 0f these facts.
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speak of Cancellation, I compromise.
ana it has tile satnc effect ON many ol
ouR st. Landry White Leaguers al
haunting d red rag ii Ills face would
have on i wild bull. They go beside
themselves. and rave, mud tear, and rant
IL 4, in doing 1T they were compromis-
their honor and their Aaanhood--al-
though some of them, not eighteen
months ago, were 50 thoroughly con-