The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-14

Large quantities are, however, CON
verted into pemmican, in which shape it
finds its readiest market.-H M Robin
son. in APpIstOnS Journal for September.
REPUBLICAN RULE IN THE SOUTH.
The state of South Carolina illustrates
more fully than any other, not except
ing Mississippi and Louisiana, the
enormity of the republican system in the
south. its negro population is the most
ignorant and besotted in the south. 1t
is the least removed from barbarity.
The insane and criminal folly of keeping
up a state government in which ignorance
and barbarity and corruption domineer
over and assume control over the social,
political and material interests of intel
fgence and property, appears there in its
strongest light. A state which should
be happy and prosperous community,
contributing to the wealth and prosperity
of the whole country, is burdened with
taxation, its wealth squandered, every
condition of progress and development
destroyed by an irresponsible, reckless
crew of adventures banded with the
ignorant and semi-barbarOus negro. A
state government exists which has de-
stroyed all business confidence, all hope
for the future, al security for life, liberty
and property. The unaided effort of
Gov. Chamberlain to control and in some
IsiC :s57=sase QEeyent robbery under legal
form and legisIatI175S ssszsasssaa- IS futile so
long as his party is in control. i szssss
sort of reform within the party which is
doomed to utter failure, because one
man cannot disinfect a mass of corrup-
ton and ignorance.
The democracy of South Carolina
have wisely demanded change. They
are right in making an earnest effort to
obtain it, because relief can only come
in that way. After arraigning the re-
publican party for its venality and cor
ruption, its fraud in elections, its utter
ruin of every material interest, they call
upon all races and parties to join them
in the work of restoring the state to peace,
order and prosperity. Rightly charging
the republican party, which has control
led the state government, with the dis
orders and the failure to secure peace
and order, they request all citizens, of
all parties and cOlors, to exercise fOrbear-
ance and cultivate good will, and pledge
themselves to protect the persons, rights
and property Of all the people, and
speedily bring to summary Justice any
who dare to violate them"
The pledge is squarely made, and the
course of the democracy in other states
attest their sincerity and the certainty
of their performance of their obligation.
Under radical rule the state of Ten
nessee was het bed of disorder and
crime. The discussion of the question
as to who committed, who provoked it,
would be a simple charge and counter
charge. In every disturbance there are
two parties. The fact stands that so
long as ignorance and adventures were
exaltedover the great mass of intel
Iigence and property and business inter
ests of the state, there was no security
for life, person or property, no real free
dom and no vigorous prosecution of
crime. Tennessee had greatly the ad-
vantage of South Carolina too, in the
fact, that the republicans here contained
more intelligence, more men of honest
intent and mistaken views. Still the
great fact stands that the honest men
were either misguided by war preiudices'
or they were committed by false theories
to a mistaken policy and wrong system.
They were really unable to control or
oppose the corrupt, the ambitious and
the designing. The fact stands that the
two opposing classes were organized ig-
norance against the intelligence and solid
interest of the state. AS result Of this
there was disorder, crime, violence, rob-
berry, and no security, and no certain
swift and energetic punishment.
The advent Of the democracy worked
a new era and presented a wonderful
contrast. In the main we have had
peace and good order. Political distur-
bance has ceased except tor one brief
period, and that, and the occurrences