The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-06-17
OUR APATHY AND OUR DANGER.

lneTt are lew WHICH llUIC tA1ita
our wonder than the apathy exhibited by
our people, even i'll matters of the most vital
Importance. 1t sometimes appears as though
lispirited by the degrading tyranny 10
since the war; and hopeless of the future by
reason of the vast incubus OF debt plled
upon them by the hordes of INSCRIPTIONS
and corrupt vagabonds who came in the
wake of the Northern army, they were care
less Of what might occur, and had lost at
once that political prescience and physical
courage for which they were once distin-
.uished.
If we look to the North or to England or
to any country where people are endowed
with the elective franchise, we find the en-
ployer controlling in great part or altogeth-
.r his laborers and employees. We see
owners of factories, mills, iron works, etc,
IN election days marching their people up
to the polls to cast their ballots in solido for
their interests, and in many places there is
not the slightest argument or compulsloD
necessary the labOrers readily taking sides
with those who feed and clothe them, and
entering enthusiastically into the contest in
behalf Of their employers.
But what state of affairs do we find here
at home. In every store, in every ware
house, in every family, we find employed,
and paid liberal wages, negroes, who do not
hesitate to assert their antagonism politi
cally, and who invariably deposit their
votes for the men who are plundering our
people, and who have reduced us almost
pauperism. In no other city or country
would this be tolerated for day, and we
are amazed that it should continue here, in
face of the well-known fact that the negroes
IRE striving vigorously to gain the supre-
macy in this State.
If our people wish to rid themselves Of
negro rule they must unite and act together
Ii must discriminate all the time against
the negro, employ white men and women to
perform every labor, and make this rule of
action. We had hoped that this would never
pecome necessary, we believed that it was
possible for the two races to live here
together in harmony, but the negro has de-
cIared war, he has defiantly challeged the
whites to combat, and we must be prepared
10 meet it.
We state a fact when we say that the or
CARNATIONS for the negro party for the State
are all perfected in this city, which is the
headquarters for all information, AMI from
which the negroes in the country can and do
procure all the aid they need. This o:gani-
latioE BODIES no good to the willie people,
and must be met by immediate counter or
yanization. No nan must hold back now,
alphabetically waiting for his friends to Or
ganize, but all of us must come at once to
the front, ready to meet the aggressous OF
these over confident and arrogant negroes
would fain convert our State into ali
African Paradise, to which their brethren
rom other States may flock to en."y what
hey hope 10 be sort of political millennium.
LII anticipation of " the good time coming
we learn that crowds of negroes are coming
lere from neighboring States. A gentle
nan travelling i'll Alabama about six weeks I,
lgo, heard that the negroes were leaving
hat State for Louisiana and Mississippi, |
md that those who remained were only |
waiting Il favorable answer to follow As
many as 200 had left the immediate neigh |
,orhood Of Sugysville CLARKE county,, and
he resident whites seemed quite confident
hat within year nest of the negroes will
migrate from Alabama.
1t is easy to see that something must be
lone to check this emigration, and that some
hing is to stop the rations of the negroes in
his city, by refusing to give them work and
~ the employment of white laborers, male
nd female.
Such course adopted and persisted in
will cause the worthless negroes to migrate
o other States, while the worthier will be-
axe themselves TO the country, where their
abor is greatly needed, but where it will
lever be utilized so long as we make it to
heir advantage to remain in the city