New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-01-13
A WEAK EXCEPTION.

likely untrue. since We doubt wheth
there is cololed man in the South vi
would stultity himself by voting VIII
into che hands Of the life long enemies
his race. but We do not intend at tb
time to discuss this point. We wi
admit. for che present. tina: here an
there an ignorant or corrupt negro Can l
found willing to lend himsel: 70 IL
ignobls purpose Of swelling . Demo
cratic procession. walking arm in arr
with Democratic tummers. appointed fo
the purpose. into grogshop and taking
drink for political effect Yet we can nc
see in any OF in all OF these circumstance
any reason why respectable colore
people WHO stand fast by :hei
principles and the interests Of ,hei
race should be dragooned into follow
ing their bad example. One swallow
! does not make summer. nor does tn
exceptional case Of q negro here and Their
yielding to the Establishments Of tn
Democracy prove that those who resis
shall be hunted down like wild beasts. o,
discharged from employment until they
too can be brought to the point Of voting
the Democratic ticket from conviction.
Those politicians. however, who are eve,
SO ready to cite such exceptions as they
have at hand, or have heard OF, do no:
explain the objective point Of such convic-
ton. What is it that these Democratic
eolored voters are convinced OF? Perhaps
an explanation would not compliment the
opposition, since it is likely that the abso-
Lutte certainty Of disagreeable personal
consequences is the controlling influence.
It is in the knowledge Of nearly every
person in the city tina. cologed men were
threatened with discharge if they voted
the Republican ticket. They were given
the option Of not voting at all. or voting
such ticket as would be furnished ty
their employers And one Of the mer.
camille associations which has FASTENED
70 contradict General Sheridan affords q
notable ezemple of this sort Of petty war-
fare. These coercive acts are now kept
IN the back ground, and the reporters of
he opposition press instructed 20 lay
such miserable subterfuses as the follow.
ng before the public:
Previous investigation has developed the
act that large nun Der of colored men
'oted from conviction. and that if let alone
many would unite with their employers in
he work OF regeneration.
There IS no doubt If the employers
7ouid show themselves TO be truly the |
olitical friends Of the colored people and !
ease to subscribe money tc organize. arm
nd support a standing army Of their
eadly enemies. they would gradually |
ONE to the habit OF taking their advice in
lie discharge Of their duty as sutfragans.
should be remembered. too, that the
olored voters themselves are the only
eople that can nc: be deceived in this
after. and their testimony is worth
.ousand such meetings as was held in
ew York On Monday night. The truth
j narrative Of a young colored voter Of
ouisiana will immensely outweigh the
'erulous complaints Of Mr.. Bryant. who.
all his eighty years probably
yer saw II Southern mob. nor
If dozen negroes that had been slaves.
at one time. He has spent the greater
'rtion Of his life in aiding the abolition
slavery. and now that the enfranchised
ople are endeavoring to use the instru.
mt placed in their hands to protect
cir liberties Mr.. Bryan: appears on the {
e Of their enemies and plainly tells US S
did not mean what he said before T
That be only gave the negro Q
) right to vote. provided its exercise l
IS not offend his old master. But tina: C
does and the latter attacks him with | g
fe and pistol there is an end of it. The a
zenith anne ndnent must not be con- n
led to deprive the Southern planter of 7
impr escriptible right to control the W
itics Of his State and to discipline his Ia
roes. If a United States soldier, in obe- IA
nee to the provisions of that appropriate 70
Station authorized by the fifteenth D
sndmens stands with his bayonet be. te
en- white armed rufian and his colored st
i'm it will be. according to the octogena- en-
sophist Of the New York Post. such tai
alton of the constitution as threatens al
upton Of our political institutions. de
he colored people are either free citi- ISIS
:. with amplitude Of personal rights. or
1ey are chattels. and part Of the as. WI
of the plantations on which they toll lol
suffer. They are either one thing or adj
other in its entirety. They can not OIL
py middle ground, sort Of fiddler's Blu
n. situated between mule and man. De
the lates: expression of the national cal
which. It necessary, must supersede isl
,rmer. has declared them men and bra
IS. It is possible Messrs. Bryant, No
IS and the other venerable fossils who exc
at Cooper Institute to give their Ger
ion to the anti-American resolutions the
b some Democrat had prepared be. OF
and. never read the fifteenth amend era
or the appropriate legislation wo'
under. They probably regard the his
bern whites on probation. with this
privilege Of controlling political the.
5 50 long as they do not again open fore
pom the United States flag. Were on
army marching on New York. with der
to seize the Ereniny Post. the old Cou
would be fred with indignation, not
lemand tina: not only the army but say
hole North shonid rush 10 +bo vac on,,