The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-02-01
To Our CoIored Fellow -CitzeRs Of
Bossier.

doing your own thinking, planning.
managing and voting for yourselves,
snd in all that time, you have fol-
lowed the lead, and selected as your
public agents, q class of men who
have made you believe that they
were your special friends. Many
of you have learned to read; others
of you have been close observers,
and all of you cannot help but see
these men have deceived you, and
after having been placed in position
by you, they have robbed and plum.
dered you aud your white fellow
citizens, and have bankrupted your
State.
When you employ q blacksmith,
and he does ba d work for you, you
employ another. And 50 with your
lawyer; your doctor, and every one
else, whom you may have occasion
to employ. Acting thus in your
private affairs, you ought to discard
these men whom you have hereto
fore employed as public servants,
and follow the lead and direction, in
public affairs, of your white friends
and neighbors that you have known
all your lives, and who have never
deceived you. saeg.
The colored voters of Mississippi
have set you an example that you
would do we'll to initiate, before it is
too late. Those of sou who can
read ought to read the papers to
those of your friends and neigh
bors who cannot. You will always
ind us ready to impart to you such
information as we may have, and
you may rest assured that we will
never knowingly deceive you. Be
wise and act in politics as you do in
all your other affairs, and you will
do right. ,ssas ,sps s.eza He
Asan endorsement of these views,
We publish the following letter to
the U. s. Senate, by three Republi-
cans-Black burn, Alexander and
Green-who now occupy prominent
positions in the Republican party.
| We fully endorse the letter:
And under this view we must first
and foremost most earne>tyly appeal
to you to at once admit either Mr..
4 Pinchback or Mr.. Eustis to a seat
in your honorable body. The entire
people Of our State wish this cues
ton settled one way or the other,
The facts are before you, and if you
admit either one or the other, We
shall not, as individuals, complain
IF you think the merits of the case
| will justify the admission of Mr.
Pinchback, then admit him. Per
haps the State Of Louisiana can sur
vive if the Senate of the nation car
endure it. 1t would doubtless great
" please the colored political lead
ers, both here and elsewhere; but
We are candid when we say that in
our unbiased judgment it would moi
in any way benefit the colored mas
ses in Louisiana, nor be of any spe
cial credit or practical utility to on,
State at large. We have already
had entirely too much politica
strife and social Generalization il
this State, and far too much part,
} plumber and official veuality AND
imbecility; and the entire masses O
our people, both white and black
, shudder at the bare thought of any
pr0longati0n of party rings of plum
der and hate. We are ITO the man
ner born" and claim to know wha
will bring peace, goodwill and per
manent prosperity to our people
Political strife on the color line o.
otherwise will never do it. Tn,
i great and leading consideration
with the whole country should b.
the protection of the honest labor
ing masses of the colored people
, The white population can, as a gen