The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-09-14

4 bonds base their usurped powers.
THE REPUBLICAN AND THE WHIT
PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH.
The Republican has become angry with tn
BULLETIN. 1t is very much incensed, in fact
and does not hesitate to display its temper b.
charging the BULLETIN with "transcendins
the bounds of decent journalism and of cir
culating "unfounded aspersions" against it
II we were amenable to either of these charges
it would cause US much unhappiness ant
modification, because, whatever else the
BULLETIN may be-and we are conscious Of
many imperfections- 1t tries to be decent and
truthful. We may sometimes make mistakes
being human; but it is always our desire an6
sndeavor to rectify them as soon as possible,
and We would rather suffer much injustice
md personal pain than defame the meanes,
md most culpable member of the Radical
party.
What has particularly irritated the Repub.
ican is the assertion by US that "the columns
1 Of the Republican are filled with the bitterest
revilings of the Southern white people"
We were not little surprised at the feeling
evinced by the Republican on this point, and
IN order to see what injustice, if any, we had
lone, recent file of the paper was examined
md the subjoined excerpts culled at random
rom the columns. We may be mistaken, bu,
upon careful reperusal of the following
extracts, it does seem to US that our charge isl
clearly and fully substantiated, for it is quite
impossible to conceive of any one pennine
such sentiments, unless his heart was filed
with bitterness and all uncharitableness to-
ward the white people of the South:
There are many evidences that the con-
glomeration whose avowed basis of union isl
Contempt Of political principle and the pur
suit of the spoils, relies chiefly upon one|
basis of success. It is the INSCRIPTIONS
abuse Of Southern Republicans, and reign
|of terror over the colored race
Such is the policy at the South. At the
North it is a profession of good will towardE
he Southern soldiers, and a pious PRAYER
hat at the Centennial celebration all differ
snces will be forgotten, and, under Demo.
cratic administration, all will be harmonious
and happy. The reign of the revolver at oneI
and of the Union, and the peace of Quaker
meeting at the other! Mercy and peace kiss
ing each other in one place, and men fyingE
from their own country, and terror stricken
negroes embracing the feet of their armed
md infatuated enemies. in the other. Such +
is the transparency with which the campaigne
of 1876 will open has opened
None so blind as those who will not see.
The impending conflict is desperate effortE
10 overawe the majority, revoke the constitu-
lion established by reconstruction, insure !
white supremacy, and make loyalty to the
Jonfederacy the standard test of official fit
less. The Federal power must be again ex
ended to help the friends of the Union to
maintain foothold and home in Mississippi
Shall it not be sustained?
The establishment of reign of terror over
he colored race has commenced. In Geor-
ia, attempts have been made to prove that
legro majority, which toiled for the support
nd protection of white women, while the
men were at war, intend the conquest of the
erritory, now that all of these soldiers have
eturned; that this is intended in at least one
ounty, where the whites are in the majority,
nd that both counties are traversed by rail E.
Dads which would, within from six to twelve
ours, bring the armed soldiers of the princi-
al white cities and centers Of Georgia to the
Gene of trouble. We we're not surprised to
ee these prosecutors fail to establish the 3
barge Of insurrectionary violence.
The Democratic partisan power is omnipo-
snt here. 1t has driven away trade and
fenced freedom of speech. 1t was very
umble while afraid to avow its own nalne
t borrowed the aid and apparel of Fusion Z
nd Conservatism. 1t now throws off the Il
arb and assumes that its allies are its bonds (
len under contract to wear its livery rs
nd do its bidding What need has this forct ~
,r government? Why need it respect law
, it not supreme? Dare any citizen muir
lur at its orders without prescription Of bust "
ess and character? Can any antagonist re- 81
ly without insult, or any friend dissent with
ut censure? s.
A single bottle Of whisky. displaced from 81
Re hands of an imbibing White Liner who ~
ltruded himself upon an orderly RepublicaDs3
eeting at Clinton, was both the signal and
le excuse for the sacrifice of fifty Republi "A
IN blacks If we are surprised at the 81
romptness of the revenge and the imme- al
late presence of so numerous body of the M
'hite League on the outskirts of Republi M
IN meeting. armed and ready for evil pur- 4
oses, we must be duly astorished at the "A
atement of the White Line Herald of Vicks- IA
arg, ''That the negroes are responsible foi 81
lis great crime, and they and their master 81
ov. Ames, will be held to full account"
The differences in Mississippi arise from "a
apostle definitions of the "csuse of the ~
ght." There is one party in the campaign 81
hich, with unarmed mass meetings. in the II
pen air, gives its definition in lawful man
,r, believing that "error of opinion may be q
lerated where reason is left free to combat
!" and cheerfully abiding the decision OF
o majority at the polls. There is another
Irty, bound together by oaths and pass
ords, which meets and drills in secret by
ght, appears armed with murderous weap-B 81
IS on the outskirts of Republican meetings
day and seizes the earliest pretext to accom-
ish its purpose. The story Of one rio'
yes the general features of all. The widows
d orphans belong to the Republican party e
i'd the first intelligence of lawlessness
aches the Democracy from the dispatch OF
". Ames to Washington; the old cry OF
deral Intervention is raised by the White
ne press; and for some time we shall listen "a