New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-12-26
A Rebuke from the North.

| The following article from the Chicago
| ln'cr.Ocean, Of the twentieth instant, is re-
| produced. more than anything else, to show
tie state OF feeling engendered in tas loyal
| States Of the North a. the recital OF such
| ou.rages against the colored people as were
noted il the parish of West Feliciana a
| fortnight since. It is unfortunate that such
sentiments should 5s evoked, but mora ur-
| fortunate that large class of people IN the
| South should persist in doing these lawless
deeds which inspire them:
We reprint elsewhere, from the New Or.
| leans REPUBLICAN, OF the fourteenth ins ant
| al account of the manner IN which the
| Democrats of the Florida parishes of Lou.
| isiana are preserving law and order. The
| account details i've cases of outrage burn
| ing and assassination occurring within the
| course of a few days in one neighborhood
| In one case the as6asslns numbered thirty
men, IN another sixty, in another eighty,
| and SO on. II each case the assassination
| was accompanied by all the horrors Of the
most savage brutality. In no case had the
| slightest provooati0n been given, aud in
every case the subject of vengeance was a
| negro. We Gail attention to the situation
in Louisiana 10 show the reverse of the pie.
| ture presented bg the jInketings which
| have been held az the North between late
rebels ard Union men, characterized by
| odes to peace and good will and gushing
| expressions OF good faith on the part OF
| Southern men in clasping hands across the
| bloody clssm. 1t appears that while these
| chivalrous Soutarons have been weeping ia
1 the arms OF Northern doughtaces, their
| brethren at nome have been cemeu.ing tbs
| bonds of peace with the blood OF negroes
who have mad the misfortune TO ACQUIRE a
lutte real estate which they were till.ng for
| thatr t,,- /.
| late masters and owners. 1t will ba OBJ
| served that the aAsasslnatioas detailed in
| the REPUBLICAN article are all of negroes
| who possess some property, Ii is a stand
| ard doctrine of the wh;te Southerner that
! the negro is lazy wretch, who can only be
| made to work by liberal application OF
the whip. Every negro who acq uires
properly is therefore standing proof
| that the white Southerner is liar;
| and the only method OF defense left to the
| impeached white man is the assassination
of the impudent niger This IS the
method o. vindioation adopted by whole.
| sale in Louisiana. When Southerners come
| TO Chicago to make speeches. declaring
| their una!terable devotion to the constitu,
| tion Of our common country" which gua7-
antees life. liberty and the pursuit OF hap
| piaess 10 every citizen, they are cheered TO
| the echo. Somehow we feel that the speak
| er is very nagnan:mous; that he is conoed-
| ing great deal IN virtually promising not
| to haul down the tag and spit uron It. and
| not to kill any more "n!ggers" fo- amuse-
! msut And it is al ed!tying spectacle
| this parading OF poverty aud wretehed-
ness, and pretence of humility on the
| part OF the average cheap transportation
and commercial convention Southern gen
tleman. But when we are presented with
proof that the fellows he has left at home
are in the habit Of assembling to the nun.
ber of thirty. or sixty. or eighty, putting or
masks. shouldering their muskets, sticking
their pistols and knives in their belts PRO.
ceeding to the domicile of a respectable
cololed fellow-cit.zen, putting him III a pork
barrel, and then, each taking shot a. the
entombed wretch, and so Kidding his body
with bullets, We can no. bat feel that the
smooth-tongued orator is gifted with de-
gree OF brazentaced impudence impossible
OF Characterization in any known language.
II, upon an occasion OF junketing at the
North, Sontherne- should appear and de.
clare the truth something after this fashion
"Some of Us at the South are acting in good
faith; few of Us would like to have real
peace involving the safety of the lives of
negroes; few OF Us feel real respect for
the flag and constitution of the Union; but
the great mass OF our people are as disloral
as they were when Lee surrendered to
Grant, the great mass of them are still III
veterate foes of both the flag and the cou-
stitutlon; the great mass of them still be-
lieve in the righteousness of slavery; the |
great mass of them believe that negro
has no rights that white man is bound to |
respect; the grea. mass of them feel no re-
gret when "nigger" is assassinated: the |
great mass of them are ready at moments |
notice 10 deprive the negro of all his civil |
and political rights, and to wrest the ballot |
from him by any species of vio. |
leuce from blow in the face to the |
final act of assassination; in word, the |
great mass of our people have, through |
the corroding influence of slavery, become |
dastardly towards, and should be dealt |
with as towards until they are brought to |
their Senses" If the Southerners who |
iunket with US and weep over their fallen |
state could be brought to tell the shameful |
truth, there would be some hope for amend |
ment, Bat in the face of the horrible facts |
of the situation at the South in the face of |
bloody record OF crimes, of asssssinations, |
of daily occurrence and of the most brutal |
Character. every Southern gentleman who |
comes North to speak of the South stu. |
diously ignores these damning evidences |
Of almost total depravity, and talks himself |
hoarse in laudation of Southern chivalry. |
Until these men are humble enough to speak |
the truth there is no hope for reform. The |
man who presents himself before his fel. |
low-ctizens with monstrous lie upon his |
lips should be treated with that contempt |
which the professional liar deserves. There |
can be no peace between the North and the |
South until the life of the negro is held as |
sacred as that of the white man. That it |
is not SO held now is burning disgrace to
the nation. During all the years of slavery |
we heaped up wrath against the day of |
wrath; and II the assassination and mas
sacres OF daily occurrence at the South in |
these years of nominal peace do not sub.
iect the American people and nation to |
terrible retribution, there is no longer jus-