New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-01-31
THE DEMOCRATIC TELESCOPE,

: east chance OF success.
, THE DEMOCRATIC TELESCOPE.
3 A distinguished gentleman observ g
the other day that our Democrats have
peculiar habit Of magnifying fact on
day and belittling it the next, as the in
terests Of that unfortunate party require
, When they wish an object to appear larg
| to the beholder, they present him tn
} telescope with the magnifying end towar
it; when it is the cue to make it appea
, small, they invert the glass, and ask the be
holder to see for himself For instance
! when it is desirable to make the Septem
Der riots respectable movement on tn
part of the people, Il e papers declar,
there were fourteen Thousand we'll armed
determined citizens, ''many Of whom hav.
seen service in both armies during the latt
War, out On the streets, determine cd t.
oyerturn the State government in two
hours It is always put at very large
number when they want to show
the people are unanimous agains
Governor Kellogg. When, however
the weakness and non-combative char
acter of the lawful authorities are tc
be shown, the glass is inverted and lev.
eled at the assailing mob, and 10 they
appear as "fve or six hundred school
boys Senators Thurman, Upton, Bay
ard, Messrs. Bryant, Evarts and Patrick
Ohelley, believe both statements as re-
ligiously as the latter believes in his
bishop, never stopping to consider how
absurd and inconsistent they are.
Again, at times, the negroes are an idle,
shiftless, unthrifty class, living entirely
off the bounty of the planter, who find it
very hard to make both ends meet with
the heavy burden of paying and feeding
SO many hands. At others, it is necessary
to show that they are SO we'll treated by
their employers, that they are represented
az making all the money, while the plan
tiers are on the eve OF being ruined by
their generosity. The testimony of Sen
ator Blunt, of Natchitoches, is seized
upon by the Picayune, and held up to the
REPUBLICAN as that of Witness who
ought to be tutored. Here is what Mr..
Blunt says:
The negroes are better off financially than
when they were slaves; many Of them have
purchased property since the war; and more
coiored men have made money since the
war than planters have.
All of which has been affirmed score
of times by tie REPUBLICAN when COM
batting the Picayune's charges against the
colored people that they were unworthy
of being admitted to the privileges of
citizenship. 1t is not surprising cir
cumstance that some of the negroes are
better off financially, after having worked
for wages seven or eight years than when
they were slaves-mere chattels, without
the right to claim the clothes on their
backs. Any race of people in the world
would improve under similar circum-
stances. And this testimony to the good
conduct Of our colored population
justifes the generous conduct of
the people of the Union in comforting
upon them the right to work for them
selves. Such of them as are we'll treated
save their money and they buy property
and make the best Of citizens. If more
colored people than planters make money,
it goes to their superior sagacity, and may
also be accounted for by the fact that there
are more laborers than planters to make
money. Besides, they do not speculate.
They give so much work for SO much
money, and have nothing to do with the |
fluctuations of the market. They are not |
liable to be enriched Or ruined by a single |
turn Of the commercial wheel. Besides |
It is by their labor the cotton is made, |
We do not believe there are thousand |
bales raised in this State in year by ex-
elusive white labor. 1t is badly regu-
lated country where those who create are
not permitted to enjoy. The tillers of the
soil have the best right to the fruits OF
heir labor. The capitalist who employs
hem is nothing more than a middle man,
whose Lien is inferior to his whose labors
aise the crop.
Perhaps the Picayune has no reference
o the two OF three thousand negroes who
ave been dismissed from employment for
citing the Republican ticket. They are