The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-09-05
Is our Government 5 Failure!

Is cur Government . Failure!
From the Nashville Union and american
The Cincinnati Gazette, one Of
the ablest Republican journals IN
the country, tells its readers ID
plain terms, that mo people in
the world have so little respect
for their government as the people
ut the United States" Is not
this y fact of much portents
Either the government, as con
Quoted since 1861, when it was de-
clarpd to be the best in the world,
has beer debased by insane, and
possibly incurable changes of the
federal constitution, or the people
themselves are mad not to respect
their self government. llle TIA
zette has too much sense net to-
see the mistake its party has con- [
mitted by ssconferring the govern
ing power on near a million Of
meil Of Il race degraded in their
native country, aud here by ages
OF slavery But in what way
does the party which controls
both Houses OF Congress aud the
Administrator aim to correct its
obvious, and generally acknowl-
edged errors7 The Gazette thus
answers tile question:
'.Our politicians said they would
know enough to vote for their own
friends. Here was the party gain
that is always uppernost in these
strokes Of State. They said, also,
they were rs capable OF voting as
a large class OF the foreigners we
had made voters. This was true
enough, aud it shows how one
step degradation furnishes the
lever for another. No one thinks
it worth while to stop atanything.
LII fact, no one thinks we have
anything IN the Government
worth preserving, save the chan
ces Of party III it. At the last
session, the House passed u bill
to erect New Mexico into 4 State.
with Voice in the. Senate, to
neutralize that OF OHIO. Yet it
has not 10000 English speaking
inhabitants, and is a mixture OF
Mexicans, Indians and negroes,
with scarcely any of the -condi-
tons OF civilization. The House
said the same with the wild Terri
tory OF Colorado. These are the
doings OF u people who have lost
all respect for their government.
tbs much worse iu local govern.
lnent, tor there the scalswag, the
hummer, the adventurer, whose
trade is to degrade, is preferred
for public trusts to the best citi-
zens. Government in America is
u thing of public contempt
If "Goyernmert in America is q
thing ofpublic contempt" there is
an adequate cause for it, which
every voter should ponder and
understand. It is false, If not
calunnious, to affirm that 0ilearly
a million voters of the African
race are as capable Of voting %
the Eur0pen race, whether the
latter have come to this country
within five years or are descend
ants ofimlnigrants who came be
! fore the revolution. This Radical
! idea Of negro equality is alike false
/ and degrading. It is incapable
of adding either wit or wisdom t.
the negro e!ectOr, legislator, Judge
| juror or governor, while it is all
powerful to bring the white man's
| abridged aud divided right OF re
publican government into incura
bie contempt. Negro equality
means ainalgamation and the
downfall Of. the government, to b
/! followed by alternate anarchy aild
despotism. There must be moro
purity and higher intelligence ii
Legislation, more truth and pro
found regard ior right, less sham
and counterfeit patriotism, before
our political system can recover
! the public esteem. Even Uskoes
| will not respect a hybrid govern
ment.,
III The Young man who came int