The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-11-19
'EULgDOZED''-ME OF TIE
STRANGE WORD.

WHY VIII t!lc people ABOUT us continue
TO talk about the' bulldogged parishes of
Louisiana: They ought to know better.
They ought to know that the word is
"bulIdozed," not "bull-dogged.' OF
course, the idea of the people who talk
about the ''5ull-dogged" parishes is that
Democrats in these parishes are in the
habit OF using bulldogs to drive negroes
away from the polls or iutimidate them
into voting the Democratic ticket. The
"idea" is ludcrous, and its expression
would make the Democrats OF Louisiana
laugh outright. This idea contains
the belief that the Democrats OF Louisi-
ana are most terrible men, that they 90
about with shot-guns on their shoulders.
frowns upon their brows and ierocious
bull dogs at their heels; when, i'm fact,
the Louisiana Democrat is as meek
man as you will meet in months travel,
and is just now seeking to be permitted
to earn bread for himself and family-to
be permitted to live in peace with all the
| world, and particularly with his colored
! iellow-citizen.
| But this has nothing to do with that
! strange word "bulldozcd." What does
it mean? Well, we will tell you, if You
win be somewhat patient. When we tell
anything we wish TO have our own way
in the telling; and what is more, we will
have.
The STATE Jo,amal, that most unfair OF
all unfair papers, always excepting the
Inter Ocean, telling its readers the mean
ing Of ''bulldozcd," gives a definition OF
the word, copied from a southern paper.
as follows
The pleasant brethren OF the STOP
political society, Were in the habit OF
giving warning calls-once, twice, three
times-to those whom they desired and
demanded should join the Stop If, on
the third and last call, they did not com
ply with the demand and take The oath,
the unfortunate negro who refused WAS
taken to the woods and given a bull
dose of the cowhide on his naked back.
a cool hundred, well laid on, was consid-
cred bulls dose for once and the vie
tim either listened 10 such potent reason.
" T..
fed the country. From a bulls dose
soon came the verb 10 butl-do='e."
This is definition that does not de-
file, and it leaves the impression that
1.-The pleasant brethren of the Stop were
Democrats. The Journal could not be
fair and tell its readers that "the pleas
ant brethren of the Stop" were Republic
cans, and that they "bulldozed" the ne
eroes who dared TO declare themselves
Democrats. What the Journal has failed
to tell, we will supply, using in our ex-
PLANTATION certain facts furnished to our
hand by the New Orleans Times.
The word is native of Louisiana. 1t
was born OF the following circumstances /:
Last spring-the spring of 1s7G--ne-
groes, in the parishes of East and West
Feliciana and East Baton Rouge-large
numbers of negroes-began TO act with
the Democrats. The white Radicals be.
came alarmed, and induced the colored
Radicals OF those parishes to organize se-
cret Republican societies for the purpose
OF coercing the Democratic negroes to re-
turn 70 the Republican party. The most
notorious OF these societies was called
the Union Rights Stop" and was To-
Gated at Mount Pleasant. BY the men,
bers Of the stop any colered man sus-
pected of Democratic procliyities was re-.
ported to the society. The coiored man
thus 'spotted" was Immediately notified
to come to certaia place at designated
time and take the oath OF the brethren of
the Union Rights Stop Failing to
come, the colored Democrat was notified
a second time; then a third time with a
threat. Still refusing, committee of
the stop" made a descent upon the re-
fu,ing colored Democrat at night. lie
was tied or handcuffed, and taken into
the presence OF the society. If he still
| released to take tie oath of the society
ana become member OF IT,.
ne was stripped and whipped with a
ooli whip until he consented to join the
soc.c'y or promised to leave the State.
~ 'he eoiored Democrat was very obsti-
ha.e' Tue stop administered TO him
ouii uose Oh lashes---a hundred or 80 nm
HE bare back, when DEALING with