The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-17
THE OUTRAGE BUSINESS A FAILURE.
The Leading Republican Organ Denounces
the Scheme as Infamous.
A Plain Talk to the Radicals.


, The following editorial from the New 70,
| Times, OF the 10th inst, may be regarded a
most significant as it proves conclusively thu
a wonderful change has come over til
spirit of even the bitterest Radicals in th
North:
There can be no doubt that the negro mus
be protected in the exercise of his Just rights
and that any attempt to begin the long threat
ened war OF races must be suppressed. Proba
bly, the fate of the negro would be very har,
one if the Republican party were remove,
from power. Yet. the attempt to make use O
him for electioneering purposes cannot be to,
strongly condemned. The business of manu-
featuring ''outrages" on the negro is one which
no Republican leader or newspaper ought t.
countenance. Ii the negroes are being ill
used anywhere, it is necessary to repor
those outrages. We have been called upon te
| fulfill this> disagreeable duty before, and We
should be lonly too happy to think that i,
would never be forced upon us again. But
to sit down and invent stories of murders, OF
to exaggerate the rumors which come in all
sorts OF wild shapes from Alabama or LOUISE
ana, this is work which We shouldxshave
thought no man OF ordinary humanity would
be willing to undertake. The attempt to set
North against South, or white against black,
IS not only not justified by the plea of
political necessity but that plea only ag-
gravates the otfense. The sooner the whole
country is at peace the better will it be for the
people. As we pointed out the other dav, we
cannot afford to have large section of the
Union lying in State OF prostitution, not to
say OF absolute beggary. When the South
was prosperous We derived practical advan-
tages from her prosperity. The Southern
people came here for many of the necessities
and almost all the luxuries OF life. That
source OF trade is gone, and can anybody sup
pose that the mercantile community does not
feel the loss? The etfolt to excite fresh ILL
feeling between the North and South is,
therefore, short-sighted viewed merely in its
relation to our own interests-even if we did !
not chose to consider it from higher ground. |
Yet this is the work which we see going on
IN some quarters, and it is said to be justified |
by the news received from the South. But
we have noticed one very curious fact, and it |
IS tMs-the reports Of "reign of terror"
md all the rest of it, never come from the !
State IN which the said reign is said to have
broken out. Almost all these blood-and-
hunder stories are, oddly enough, dated from
You read in the headline.
Frightful Atrocities in Alabama = More
Negroes Butchered," but, when you come
o look little lower down, you find that the
lismal tale is dated from Washington;
nd this, we must confess, strikes us
s very suspicious. Some weeks ago we
several special correspondents
0 Alabama and Louisiana-men on whom
re knew that We could depend. We have
eceived and placed before our readers three !
r four letters from them, but, although they ,
how (what we all knew before) that Southern :
oclety is utterly disorganized yet we cannot
ee any evidence OF a reign OF terror We in r
ructed our correspondents to find out the
nth, and put it down Oh paper, no matter on 7
hich side it told-and we hope they will
scharge that duty properly. If they do, we t.
lall hear OF the "reign of terror" when s
ley have found out where it is going on but y
present they do not seem to have come I.
ross it. Assuredly we shall not believe such a
tied from Washington.
few days ago the Eueunq Post stated v
at circular had been issued by the Indiana Il
epublcan Committee, Of which the follow "a
g is copy: II
Rooms OF THE REPU BLIcAN SrATEl a
CENTRAL COMMITTEE,
., 1NDIANAPoIL, Sept. 3. 1874. 81
tor OF Union, Rensselaer,, Ind: "a
Dea S1'-l desire to call your attention to the
ing throughout the South, and suggest that ~
L give them as great prominence as possible n
your paper from this time until after the cleo. D.
q. THOMAS j. BRADY, Chairman. ~
This circular, it is said, has been sent to all
publican papers, but We are happy to Say m
It we have not yet been favored with one, CO
'haps because we are not sufficiently ere
Die" organ. Yet the idea which suggests it Pr
evidently not confined to MIR. Brady. We cit
wi, Of
ponse in the public mind. 1t is a little late
The day for that kind of business. All par on
! ought to labor alike for the establishment ~
permanent order and good feeling at the wh
lth. 10 arrive at that end will tax the en- IA,
les and wisdom of our best statesmen for
ny years to come, even if they are assisted
Democrats as well as Republicans. It is
problem which can be set at rest in oAE
scarcely, We sometimes think, in our sla
e. We can imagine no more inexcusable the
e OF work than that of endeavoring to add Mo
adv surrounded Tha na .no l.eSslon - Org
e to set it at rest, for they will always lack me
confidence OF the people of the North in by
roaching 1t. They can only address them ing
es to it in one way, and that is a wav ~,
ID would at once arouse the bitterest OBJ MI
ton in this part of the country In fact, afte
continued existence of the Democratic The
y is one Of the greatest misfortunes Gin
never do them anv ooo5. ~ ;s a1.no ~ jour
g to use them for electioneering pur- mai
s. and thus it manages to stir up fresh !,
cling toward them. 1t will never be 81
,;ed to attempt the pacifcation of the Ear.
b. And if it were out OF the way Re 0A''
leans on their parts would treat the
bern question aside from electieneering
S, and we do not believe that we should :, CR
any more circulars like the one above 'a r,s
3D. III
is the duty of the Republican party, even respe
r the present circumstances, to deal with resid
nbjec: in this spirit. 1t began the recon- Tcho
ton policy, in history it will always be NJ L
responsible for it, and it ought not to TIL
to labor to render it successful. Such woun
;ould not possibly be accomplished at the while
irst attempt-it is {. work which must be Capt.
by degrees, patiently, laboriousy, con- ampu
tiously. If mistakes have been made, shocl
must be repaired. A perfect project for Dieu