New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-15

extreme Republican, in Louisians; they
iused with and bargained to be counted
in" by Governor Wsrmoth, whom they had
denounced as the worst OF et-bsggere,
and nov present themselves in the novel
role of Union savers. If there was and is
sincerity in all this, why not be Rspubli-
cans If they are insincere, why resort to
all these demor alizing expedients and abuse
those who were opposed to using either Mr..
Greeley or Governor Warmoth as tools and
the support of them az masks, and who
honestly think the Union is quite safe in
Republican hands.
He considers Republican success as in
dispensable to the prosperity of the South.
and deplores as soldier the reported acts
of armed violence which have reached not
merely the wilds of Guatemala, but have
become accepted facts throughout the
world
believe the success of the Republican
party this year by the election OF Hayes
and Wheeler ought to restore peace and
good will to the country; ought to reopen
the long-clOsed path of progress to the
South; will promote the general welfare.
and by driving to despair the mischievous
email try politicians OF my section will re-
suit in relieving from the tyranny of NOR.
bid and reac,ionary public sentiment 10
that quarter the inalienable rights Of lib
erty OF speech and liberty of political &C.
tion. By deferring indefinitely the last
hope of national honors through the 80.
called Democratic party, it should tend to
aliav the natural irritation between the two
races in the S3uth, to plant confidence
where there is nov distruss if not hatred.
and to pour oil upon that friction OF the
races in the exercise of political rights,
which has outcropped in barbarous homi-
cidee, disgraceful to the South aid un-
the field against men of their own race and
country who had the odds in numbers and
the advantage in everything, except cour.
age, to make war successful. do not stop
to inquire what may be the cause; whether,
a. alleged on the one side, it be ''the insti-
CATION Of carpetbaggers." or, on the other.
"the determination Of the whites to terror
ize over the blacks" l am dealing with
the fact, which 10 horrible. Whatever may
be the cause of these terrible killings Of
negroes, and whatever may be the occasion
of them, the uniform disparity in the killed
and wounded points to massacre, not to
fair fighting.
On the duty Of the Southern people to
the emancipsted masses Mr.. Williamson 10
equally explicit: .....
The negroes are not responsible for the
transportation of their ancestors to this con-
tinent; they had no share in the work of
their emancipation, and their embodiment
as free citizans into this great nation was
the generous gift of the Republican party
to which they had never rendered aid or
given encouragement. They belong to q
docile race; they behaved with wonderful
fidelity while slaves during the war; they
have ia many instances since emancipation
| shown unexpected thrift in the sccumula-
ton of property; they are anxious for edu-
| cation.
Waving all questions as to the physical
origin or comparative capacity of the two
races, Mr.. Williamson continues:
The emancpated colored man is an
| American citizen, endowed by the law and
| the constitution with all the civil and poll
teal rights to which any OF US are entitled.
| The world is looking upon him with inter
est now, some with doubt, others with hope
| some with positive confidence, and others
agaia with equally positive distrust
whether in his must favorable condition in
| America he can be differentiated" into q
worthy American citizen. He is not having
fair trial.
The colored racs is in the South in 9
numerical minority. and far inferior in the
possession and use of arms. Mr.. William
son says:
These facts should constitute powerful
appeals to ma sgnanimity when they do mis-
behave las they doubtless sometimes dO)
but the uniform disparity in the killed ar
| wounded can not be accounted for by 1o
difference in arms, IN hysical courag, ~
experience in warfare. and, am grie.ou w
say, appears like slaughter. Ough mere
to be any difference between NorIeln anu a
Southern meD-between Republicans anu
Democrats-in their efforts to s.op tueso
horrible eventsl Ought any tn1-.nlnA AnR
man who cares for the Sout' OF pIlzes nls
national honor, hesitate eas. us we Ss
against that party whose platform al 81.
Louie, while protesting t.poln. ou. soecauS
national disgracee, bresoee n"s one wolu
OF regret OR reproach 'ealnsO .no:o nunoa e
neaca mon Amer:an soil9 Had these
dreadful events o1urred abroad between
Americans and oreigners; had the uni
formitv of difffence between the killed
and wounded prevailed as against the
Americsns. "a had no punishment been
inaictad cn.d any American minister have
made his government OF people believe
there wa mot foul plays
r. VA be remembered that these i'm
nress;ns are derived from the published
rences that have reached Guatemala, just
as s.hey have spread throughout the world.
ney have been received just where po-
Litcal question: are settled by just such
armed violence as is attributed to the South
ern people. We may we'll imagine, there
fore, the sorrow with which an American
minister and Southern patriot may teel at
seeing such atrocious conduct attributed to
those allied to him ia reputation and in
| destiny.
In the comparison of the two platforms
of st. Louis and Cincinnati Mr.. Williamson
contrasts with excellent logic the equivoeal
pledges of the Democracy with the direct as
surances of the Republicans to maintain the
constitutional guarantee of the universal
right of suffrage. He charges Q studied
omission Of any charge against the lawless
violence employ ed against the emancipated,
and says that
1t may have a peculiar significance when
it is noted how ambiguously the amend.
! ments to the constitution are referred to-
| In the second paragraph, after Q profession
of devotion. they are mentioned as amend
ments universally accepted as final settle.
| ment Of the controversies that eugendered
| the war" Logically this includes slavery
| and the right of secession, but it excludes
negro entranchisement.
We regret we have no more space for ex
tracts of the came tenor. More early in
the campaign there could have been nc
better document for Southern circulation