New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-03-04
Good Work Accumulated.

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Of the civil rights bill it once more chal-
| lenges the admiration Of the world, which
looked on in awe while Lincoln placed his
name to the great charter Of equal rights
the emancipation proclamation. There has
been hating ana vacillation; politicians
have whispered in the ear OF Republican
statesmen The cowardly word "ex pediency.
and the grand old party OF freedom reeied
and staggered ike drunken man. Bat
the moment Of hesitation is past; the
hypocIi-y and sOphisms Of the corrupt
Democracy have alike been disregarded;
the sEeers and bes OF the constituencies IN
dependent press have been Indignantly
detied, and the doctrine Of equal civil rights
to the dtspised black man has at last been
placed upon the statute books of the na-
ton. 1t is true, the black mans child
may not yet sit in the common school by
the white child to learn his a. b, G, and the
| black man himself and the black man 5
wife and child may not find rest at last in
the same burial Enclosure with the white
| man and the white mans wife and child.
| But something must be conceded to the
stupid, timid prejudice of the Northern as
well as the Southern white man; something
| must be left to the passage of time and
| growing enlightenment; something left for
| humanitarians to struggle for. 1t ia
| absurd that the child OF the black man
who in the halls Of Congress, perchance,
|
! argument and eloguence, may not attend
! the same common school With the child
| of the conquered white Congressman.
| 1t Is ridiculous that the black statesman
| may not be buried side by side with the
| white statesman of whom he has shown
| himse something more than the peer. But
! it must not be forgotten thai although the
| Republican party had the courage TO mar
| shall black men in dusky regiments to fight
for their own liberty and ours, when those
| sons of slavery were shot down in battle,
| it had not the moral heroism TO bury black
| and white patriots in the same consecrated
! ground. At Arlington heights, where II 900
| Union soldiers steep their last sleep. the
| line OF an absurd prejudice ia drawn sharp
| ly. On one side OF the stately mansion of
| the late Confederate CHIEF. rest the whites;
| on tie other the blacks There is lett to
| those brave, noble men who dare to con
| tend tor the prizes of lite, equal handed
with all corners, whether black or white,
the further struggle OF bringing the Amer
| j IAN people up to their broad and catholic
standard.
Tue passage Of the civil rights bill marks
| grand step in advance. 1t is a victory OF
Christian enlightenment over the abomina-
blei doctrine OF caste which came down to
| US as legacy from the dark ages. We
note with regret, not to say shame, that
the adoption Ut this just, beneticent meas
ure is the first great act OF moral herosm
done by the Republican party without the
aid of the church and its ministers. Nor
have the newspaper organs of the church
been merely silent. With two or three
honorable exceptions, they have battled
against the civil rights bill. The PROPOSE
ton is monstrous; and some years hence
it will not be credited without appeals to
the support OF impartial history. But it is
tact, nevertheless, that in this, let Us
To 1,ct hiatt l., 81.
church not only taltered in the pursuit Of
its grand mission, but stained Its record by
a course OF cowardly snbserviency to the
political idea Of "expediency." To expect
perfection in the church, its organs, its
members, however would be to look for
intallibility i'll a divine institution supported
by u merely human agency. Let lis hope
that the time will speedily come when the
church throughout the length and breadth
Of the land will applaud this last great
work of the Republican party. while it
humbly acknowledges its own shoItcoIning.
The justice of the course Of the kepu5li
can party is being vindcated more aignally
a. the present moment than at any period
of its history. Since Sheridan's advent in
Louisiana, there has been peace throughout
the Southern borders. Massacres have
ceased; assassinations are less frequent,
and riots are unknown. Yet no act of
violence has been committed by the General
or the government he represents, against
the rights, liberties, property, or life Of
any citizens. Where there was turbulence
peace now reigns. A new rebellion was
Matching: coEsp;rators armed and threat
ened, and diScon tent spread throug h0nt
entire communities When it became evil
dent that the government would suppress
lawlessness with the strong arm OF power,
there was hesitation, then acquies
cence. When bad men who bore arms
and threatened slaughter were properly
characterized as public enemes-band;ts-
worthy only OF outawry, a shiver OF alarm
ran through The hearts Of those bands OF
desperate wretches. Thanks to the courage |
Of President Grant and the justice Of Con
gress. q better day dawns. In the language !
of Abraham Lincoln: Thanks to all. For !
the great Republic; for the principles by
which it lives and keeps alive: for mans |
vast future-thaEks to all. Peace does not |
appear SO far distant as it did. / hope it |
will come soon, and come to stay; and SO !
come as to be worth keeping in all future
time" peace does not appear so far dis |
tant as it did," because the Republican |
party has resolved to complete the great !
work commenced by Lincoln, standing |,
firmly by the principles OF immutable jus !
tice.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
A Mystery In the Woods of Tangfpahoa. |
We copy the following from the Tangipa-
hoa Democrat of February %:
On the seventeenth instant, near Wiley |
Me Daniels place, Iangipahoa parish, Louis
lana, an unknown man, about thirty or
thirty-tive years old, five feet six and half
inches high, spare made, Of light com
plexion, hazel or gray eyes, red whiskers on
the chin. He had on his hand plain gold |
ring marked by the letters "W E.
crown, the number ''twen:y-tYo,' an anchor
and the letters "L, or
When first seen in the rei2hborhocd he
was very well clad, and q cashmere sack
coat, cloth vest, pair OF brown jean
pants, pair Of brogan shoes, about num-
Der seven, and black felt hat almost new.
were found near his body, with the exGep-
ton of flannel shirt. He had probably
stripped himself in frenzy and. literally
froZe to death. In the pockets of the cloth
ing we're found large red morocco pocket
book, containing s. in currency, a paper
holder, and names that appear to be the
names of business men in different cities, as
A. B. Glosson, Jr.. No. % West Fourth
street, Cincinnati; McOnviU, No. 5 Franklin
street, New York; A. MeAndrew, Nashville,
Tenn; John Gillespie, AGO Main street,
Memphis; Johnson, No, l6 Cedar street,
Nashville.
The DECEASED was first seen near Ayers
mill or Saturday morning, the thirteenth
instsse, and again the same day al tae
residence OF DR.. j. G. Tate. Subsequently,,
&C Sunday, the fourteenth instant. ho was
seen on the Tsngipahoa road addressing
inanimate objects, and paid little or no at
tentiou when accostea. On the following
Monday he was again seen, this time in
almost a state of nudity, at the place OF
Mrs Jones, and greatly alarmed her family
and the neighboring negroes by his mys-
terious appearance and conduct. Some
.rb;4o Cr;ana. xror.a sant for hut W hen they [