The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-10-04
Tins Shreveport Times, the faithful

Tins Shreveport Times, the faithful
exponent of the sentiments Of the
white men of north Louisiana, spurns
the compromise agreed upon by the
conference committee In New Orleans.
From its stirring and eloquent editori-
al on the subject we extract the follow
ing;
In our opinion it would have been
better had there been no committee
claiming TO represent our party and no
compromise authorized or unnuthor-
lied. The concession to us of two
members on the returning board is a
small matter compared with the sacri-
fees on our part involved in the tern \
Of agreement; and all of us must feel
that in entering into negotiations with
the Kellogg infamy, STIMULATING ex-
pressly to recognize Its de iacto charac-
ter; TO protect it and its minions
against acts of violence, and to become
virtually its peace officers, the commit
not do, and what the federal army fail
ed to accomplish, compromised the
dignity Of the fusion cause and drag
ged it into Ridiculous position, ,
Now then, the people of North Leu
isiana repudiate the compromise.
There is no purpose here to perpetrate
violence, and no one will be intimida-
ted; but we are painfully aware of the
fact that, from the Kellogg govern
ment, we have no fairness or justice
to expect, and that, through the par
tisan courts of this State, we can OBJ
tain no redress for our wrongs; and if
any parties, white or black, attempt
to reinaugurate the race conflict
among us, to incite the negroes
against the whites, or arouse the evil
passion of the negroes by promising
them our lands, and telling them we
propose to re.enslave them, such per-
sons will be most summarily dealt
with. The people of this section of
Louisiana are loyal citizens of the
United States; they cannot be intimi-
dated by the presence of Federal
troops, and carpetbaggers and Others
disposed to incite riots and bad blood
are no safer here now than they were
month ago. If they come here and
behave themselves, nobody will
trouble them, but If they take advan.
tage of the presence of the Federal
troops to begin again their deviltry,
they will find when the rope is around
their necks, that they have made some
miscalculations.
In all this miserable business, how
ever, there Is nothing to be alarmed at.
The rum0r sent through the dispatches
that compromises similar to the one
made In Terrebonne We're to be adopt
ed all over the state, has 10 authority,
aud doubtlessly grew out of the fears
OF class of men who are always seek
ing to shiri an issue and always have
to be, in contests like this, forced into
line. There will be no compromise in
north Louisiana. The battle line we
formed at the beginning of the cam
paign remains intact, and there is no
fallering Our banners are spread upon
every hill aud cover the heavens like a
great white cloud. Yesterday we gave
to the dead; to day belongs to the liv-
ing and its ISSUES;
"This is not an hour for knells and tears,
But for helmets braced and serried spears"
Louisiana calls upon every white
her soil to do his duty, and
that duty b now to bend all his ener-
giles To establish within her borders the
supfemacy'of the white race; the SUI
prem acy of civilization, of law and
justloe, aud he who falters in the strug-
gle is q craven unfit to play his part
among men.