Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-05-27
IOrl,car:lnce.

The New Orleans Bulletin at May 18th has
the following sensible remarks relative To the
late troubles in the fclicianas:
We regret the difficulties in the Fccianns.
and elsewhere III Louisiana and in other
Stats, most profoundly. We regret them
because they disturb the productive indus
trles OF the sections where they occur. We
regret them because they produce feeling Ui
discomfort and dread among the quiet inhabi
lant. OF both races We regret them because
they foster Il spirit OF violence and disposition
Id settle all quarrcis by an appeal 10 arms.
But aside from home effects we regret them
tar more for the intellectually more damaging
nilacncc they exert upon our interests through
the miscon>tructon To which they are liable.
There l. not village or crossroads hamlet in
all the Northern States " iIhout lis active, little
Radical politician, eagerly looking out for
Southern RAIDS and riots between the whites
and the NEGROES. There are not less than Il
thousand editors Of Radical newspapers who
scan their contemporaries with eager vigilance
for bloody stories III which negroes are killed
by white men. All the leaders of the Radi-
cal party are anXiously looking for deeds in
which white men are, or can be made TO APP
pear to be, a9gTessors and negroes the vic
Tins, in order That they can make Northern
voters believe that negro = can not remain
free unless projected by the Federal Governs
1cnt, wieiIed aud controlled by the Republi-
can parry. These leaders, editors and little
politicians have their agents an iniormcrs in
all sections of the Southern States, aud all
the statements they rCake contain far more of
plausible fiction than of truth. All these
stories, whether true or false, are turned To
account by our Radical opponents and are
made to serve "a fuel TO the sinoudering fires
of ianalcsrn and the sumberins passions of
Northern nobs. Ii is useless 10 show that
. these race collisions do not occur in Georgia
Texas, Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina or
wherever Radical sway does not prevail. 1t
/ IS useless To urge that race difficulties cease
wherever Radical advenurrrs have ceased
from their intrusive intermeddlng. 1t is idle
to reierate the fact that negroes are invaria
bly, led INTO acts of provocaton by vagabond
roiiticians or by british black Ciiice.hoders.
made insoleut and aggressive by the Stale and
/ Federal power which uphoIds them in their
yiia.y. The Radical cause requires that
significant truths should he ignored and that :,
false and exaggerated phase should be put on
ev:ry occurrence in which a negro or a
/ SOuluelH Is II StHCTet 4NUl even
when facts are presented III reports of Con-
gressional committees after strict examination
and the mos, careful scrutiny will the Radical
chief, allow them to be published and believ
ed as they are.
Hence, the exceedingly great need, at this
time of forbcaranre on the part Of the white
people of the South. Never before has il
bcen so vitaly necessary To cndrrc insoicnce
maiteasance, arrogance and all the effects oil
brutal i@rura'Ice aud eCmliy IN office while il
is possible To bear them, IT. 1t is and will be
during the next five months Of this great
Centennial struggle for the recovery of South
ern Political liberty and the c"nsunmat on OF
reform II is absolutely int ispcnslblc that
there should be peace in The South IN spite o
the wicked men whose aim is to stir NJ strife
Every act Of violence IN the South will give
motion to the tongues OF uyriads of Radical