, 1874-06-11

POOR L0UIs1ANA.
Lonta[ana Inns not yet soon tho end Of lor trib-
tllatlon. What Untold and unimaginod wocs aro
still III store for lcr 1Ioavon alono 1noYs Tlingu
osowhoro blessings aro there turned into cnrsoa.
10 bc man Of moans In civilized countries
generally is to llayo ease, lolsuro ro0noment, at
onc'B command. 70 DO q 1l,an Of means III
Louisiana Is 10 bo ground down. ovor-riddcn by
nogrocs and carpot-baggors, robbed, or ta1ot TO-
doath. 10 belong to tho Anglo-saxon raco ia
elsewhere boon. Not to be negro, or q fasor-
Ito Of negroes, III Louisiana, III worao than to bo
O iloathel,.
since the War closed Louisiana has boon pro-
life In rascnla aid political adycuturers. tho
1aat Of those, but not tho loast is tho Hon.
@. ". Kooling. Tho Hou. O. W. Kooting is, ,go
aro informed by tho Shreveport (La.) Times. q
hatical. 10 has been ovon d star Of tho first
magnitude in tho Republican Armamout, Tho
Hon. Q. ". Kcotlug must 10 plausible man.
Tho good people Of Shreveport, ovou thoao who
do not agree with him politically, havo--sono
Of them Mt least-belioyed l,e might DO
honest in his political sentiments. It wns
u question with fow of thom wl,othor ho was
nh honest fanatic or an insitliouB rasch1. The
Shreveport Times thinks ho is tho latter-nay,
has factB to provo TINT ho ia. 1t the facts ad-
ducod in support Of its charge by tho Shreveport
Times aro facts indcod. certain 1t ia that tho
Hon. c. ". Koeting Ia q kuavo; for Mr. Kootiug
has devised plan OF dopriving tho white pop
ulation Ut Louisiana Of thoir property in
and, turning it over to the negroes md
tho carpot-baggers. Flo proposes that
tue Inter, being in the majority, shall
levy taxes so heavy OH tho property
Of MI landho1ders that they hhall not
bo able to pay them-in Ills own words
ITO tax tho owners Of land and town
md it will soil ut nominal price, when tho no-
grooa can buy 1t; besides, great many Of tho
whites will not bo able to pay their ta1os, their
lautla will DO taken by the State, become public
lands, anl you I'LL Gun enter tlcna and get them
for nothing"
This p!an Of Mr.. Kooting was proposed BY
him to ono Berry, prominent negro residing
near Fairfield q couple Of miles from Shrove-
port. Berry had In d provtoua canvaHs or
ganizod q negro club in his noighbor-
hood and worked hard for tho carpet
baggora. Roofing told Dorry ho must
reorganizo hs club for tito opening campaign.
Tho negro :" "could not see it." Ills main obiec~
tion to Kcotiug'a plan scon,s to have boen tlnt it
Ant- 3oo ~ o1,,f
the negroes could got possession Of the lands
Of tho white folsB, aud that IN tho meantime
tlloy might staryo! That the information is
correct there scc1nB little reason to doubt Koet-
ing gnve it to Dorry, Berry to one Reuben
Whito, White to the editor Of tho Shreveport
Times. who voucheB for ita truth.
tt would saem that there is q plan Of this
kind on foot in other Southern States, as well
ns in Louisiana. J. H. Kinney, negro Con-
groHHnan III South Carolina, said recently in
public speech "Land In South Caro-
lima Is ohoap. We lilso to put Oh the ta1es 80 as
to mako it cheap" 1t ia no wondor that tho car.
pet-baggers Of tho South control the negroes
As tho Shreveport Times says How can honest
mon exert influence over these credulous nnd
ignorant creaturos when acouudrols are offering
them the p1under OF tho whole State for their
alliancb2
The ti.no is coming, wo trust, WHOM tile coun'
try will look utter tho interests OF tho wlitt
people Of tho South Us d means Of advancing
those Of tho negroes. Tho first thing to brine
about tile regeneration Of the South is to makt
property secure there. II tho negroes favor
such Legislation rs Nainoy proposes, to mako
property cLoap, tAoy aro their own enemies, ant
deserve to DO put undor guardianship.