The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-09-20
RADICAL LIES,

the Radical party that hei no longer
entitled to that distinction, and it Is
safe to refer the paternity OF all
shopping lies hereafter to the Radl-
cal party. The devilish ingenuity
vish which they invent, and the au-
'aciou, pertina"ity vith which they
stick to the most malignant false
hoods are the chief characteristics OF
that corrupt and degraded party. ---
The SoutA has been the principle
sufferer rrogo the lies told by these
enemies To her Peace, and sworn foes
to her prosperity, and eill pronso'y
continue % su:?er until snme Of the
anlmnsities growiag out OF the wsr
shall have been appesssd by the
lapse of time sud the awakening OF s.
public sentiment ia the North which
shall be more charitable to the South
epE people and more appreciated OF
sheig zeal character
They have found a mark sog ali
Che lies in the calendag liz Governor
Tilden, 5he mag who one year ago.
gas applauded by them Coz bis in
tegrity OF character as s. man. and
exalted record as 8 public officer, and
their press is crowded with :he most
bareiaceG lies on him personally, and
yilliAcations OF his public career
This is not at all surprising when we
reflect that men who have stolen anG
been branded as thieves, were to have
heen expected to lie as we'll as steas
when it suited theiy purpose SO 70 do.
But we started oGt with she inteE
tion Of applying oursels 70 The con-
slider alton OF this matter nearer
home. Not long since s. negro poll
tician here was heard to tell a& ig
norant country negro, chat il he yo-
ted With the white people and they
won, That they would puS all the ne
gpoes back to slavery, Now this
Radica, negro knew he was lying
when he said so, he knew he was ly-
ing deliberately and from q corrupt
moti9e. In this particular case his
auditor was not so ignorant after all
and he sensibiy refused 50 swallow
Shis Infamous lie. There, are how
ever, many others Of Shem who are
doubtless made to vote their ticket
and become actual slaves TO desi gn-
ing knaves by no weighties argument
than this. The promise of forty
acres Of land and a mule, which so
ettectually bribed the coiofed voters
Just after the war, has grown thread
bare, and we had hoped thas This
slavery cry had lost its teraor before
this time. The people of the former
slave States have neither & desire
nor an interest in the return Of sla-
very, and would not, if they coulG,
return the negroes to their former
condition. They have no desire, be
cause shey have found that free labor
Is more Hemnnerative than was slave
labor, ana no interest, from that and
the additional reason, that they knew
it gould be utterly impossible to con-
trol 8 slave labor again which has
been free for eleven years, so as to
make it ever as productive as it was
before the war.
The thing is so utterly impossible
and undesirable for so many reasons,
that it seems to us the most inferior
intellect and most clouded inteii-
gence ought to be able to grasp some
of them unaided The sentiment of
the whole civilized world is against
the institution Of slavery, and it was
that sentiment which forced Russia
to emancipate her millions of serfs,
and Brazil to prepare for the gradual
emancipation OF her slaves. The
fiat Of civilization has gone forth,
the spirit OF the age has spoken, and
slavery as an institution is dead. :
The Amendments to the Constitu-
ton of the United States have been
accepted in good faith by every man
woman and child south of Mason and
Dixon's line; the organic law of the
land prohibits it, and il can never be
revived by any power less potent
than the will of Omnipotent God!
The man who uses such an argu-
ment to the ready obedience OF the
lately enfranchized negroes, and who
would so basely appeal to their fears,
is the worst of liars. He lies will
fully and can make no excuse for it,
and we tell our colored friends notto
trust him, not to vote for him $ol
any office, for if he is mean enough
to lie TO get an office, ne is corrupt
enough to steal after he gets it, and
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