The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-08-07
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serve a review Also, He was not
there as the representative of the
Southern people, and the Southern
people, as 4 mass, from one end Of
the country to the other, will repu
date his action and utterances at the
negro celebration on the fourth of
July.' 1t will be understood that in
Shreveport language " Southern peo-
pie " means white Democrats, and
not Union men, Republicans, or col
ored folks born and raised in the
South.
Of the speech the Natchitoches Yin
dictator, characterized by the New
Orleans Times as the liveiiest paper
on Red River" says:
:: Is there not some swash bucket
about all that Forrest said above
some lingering, hunting desire for a
small piece Of the chicken pie, For
rest was hlackguard as a soldier,
and as a politician he is worse than
a boot lick"
General Forrest said to the colored
people that the day was a proud one
to him; that those who followed the
flag of the Confedelacy We're their
friends; that they should live as
brothers that he wanted to elevate
them to take positions in law Offices,
in stores, on farms. and wherever they
were capable of going that they had
a right to vote for whom they pleased;
and that he wanted them to work,
be industrious, live honestly and act
truly. There were in his remarks,
all the advice, philosophy and en-
couragement colored men need have,
and the speech was from one who
had Il right to speak as q Southern
man. His offense was in calling his
auditors ladies and gentlemen, and
i'll assuring those who had assembled
to celebrate the fourth of July that
he was with them g in heart and in
hand" and he has been called posi-
lively disgusting and nauseatiug hy
one Confederate Democrat, and net
tied another to say that" Forrest was
a blackguard as soldier"
If Republics are angrateful, Con-
federates are more SO. They never
will allow a man to surrender. even
ten years after the battle, and they
would rob him Of his laure!s if lie at
tempts to do SO, or publicly acknowl
edged that the freedmen made by
the war have any privileges under
the law, OF any rights which Demo-
Gratis are bound to respect. The New
Orleans movement of 1872 is referred
to; Il great Confederate General WAS
in that it was a disgrace the more
palpably because it did not win, and
it did not win because it had no heart
in it, and wanted only the votes Of
colorcd men. The next move was
to establish a white mans party, and
kill off colored men. That did not
win, but it was disgrace.
General Forrest is wiser than most
men who fought with him. He has
surrendered in the battle for Con-
federacy he has acknowledged the
rights Of all men, and pledged his in
huence to protect all men in their
rights. While men or coiored can
not ask for more. There is no other
difference really between Democrats
and Republicans of the South. The
one is a faction fighting in q war Of
prejudice against color, against civil
rights, and against law and order.
The other represents the Republic
fought for i'll the war against seces-
sion, and it is the party Of progress
bearing the standard Of human rights,
and endeavoriny to maintain the laws
of the land. If the colored men are
solidly in the Republican fold when
questions important to their safety
and rights are at issue, it is because
they have been so driven in by Dem
ocratic wolves. 1t can not be eN-
pected that all OF the virtues are to
be found in black men, and now and
then few Of them will sell their vote
to local candidates; but they know
the Democrats with whom they deal,
and they always stipulate for protec-
ton papers to come with the two dol
lars the Confederate Democratic conf
mittee of any number give them for
votes.
UGlitIil L OIL tSG hBOWS IL is Oh no
use to tell man in New Orleans that
YOU are his friend while you have III
agent in Colfax killing his brother.
Whatever in Il man is noble or manly
he recognizes, and whatever rights
men have under the laws of God and
man he recognizes and acknowledges
also. Fol that he is spit upon, as
have been General Longstreet and
Alexander II. Stephens, and many
others who have outgrown their Con-
federate jackets. The social rules Of
the present Confederate Democracy
are retroactive to Il remarkable de
gree. If the most chivalric of Con-
fcdcrate leaders is to-day brave
enough to do his duty toward all
men, and defy ostracism, the senti-
nent rulers will say he was a black
guard and coward twelve years ago,
at time when they were accepting
his services and following his lead.
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