The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-09-16

men here, but the good people of the
South must not be blamed for their
acts. You have them at the North
with you. This wild aud fruitless
contest has been goin, on for years,
aud who are the sufferers The col
orcl men, being the weaker party,
always lose ground, and must at last
60 to the wall if the h,ht is kept ~.
! kEo" YOU, in New H~mrt}.;re, may
not see this matter as do, but | tell
yon that the negro of the South must
90 under if the policy Of the last few
years is to be continued. Now, If
tho Home Missions Beard discharges,
me for these sentiments, | regret it,
but cannot yield my honest convc~
tons; | am aorry cannot make them
sce the rightfnlness Of NY position.
You ask me what the persons who
have contributed from time to time
for my support would think. TO this
| won}d say, if they understood my
true position they would, I think,
make those contributions more read.
lily than ever. The neyl" is now
passing through the most critical pc
Rod of his history, and his destiny
for good or evil will be sealed by his
action. If he arrays himself against
the white people. lie must, sooner or
later, he ground to powder.
There is no natural ahtayouis'n be.
! tween the two races in the South !;
! the whites aud blacks were born and
brought up together, aud must live
/ and die together. The late trouble ut
lIaaburg, South Caroliua. aud n,hp:
troubles We have hAd in the Sulth
since the war. have not been ,hr /. s.
snlt of any i'll feeling on the part of
onr home people, hnt are the rrS1,l' of
tie acfl"n OF bad mrn Hho have come
SoNtE and kept up tinm year to year
the most hitter political contest, at.H
have used every effort to keep thu"
white and colorrd people from maxi
ll!g friends, One of their principal
. Eraus is the wIolcca!c use of bad
whisky also appealing to the very
worst passions Of the ignn,ant. No
stone is left uutnrnrA on their part
: to cxaSpc'ate and excite The tr~l
iugs of Our poor people, which might
at any time b" kindicd into Il flame
which might result in blood>hrd. |
only wonder we have not had ten
riots where where we have had one.
Now | say that every good man in
the South, white and black, ought to
join hands and nd our fair section
. tronS this terrible .ta;t ui things. |
hope You will not misunderstood me !:
/ these charges a"e not against The
good people of the North. We will
give the most hearty welcome to Any
good n,au Of the North who may
come among us fol good purposes |
think that if you were TO live here IA
few years you would take the same
stand that I have. We have some
men from the north who are high.
~ respected. but all Of these
taAo the same stand, and are not the
men objected to. The colored men,
If they are to be citizens of this coun
try, must differ just IT, white men do
OH all the great questions of the day,
such as finance, tariff, taxation aud
questions otlaw. trade, &c. Until we
arrive at this point VIC will be mere
machines, and not men in tho true
sense of the term.
In conclusion, | would call your at
tcntion to the report of the Hon. b.
B. Douglas, of Virginia, on the Freed
mans Bank fraud, and the speech of
Hon. W. S. Singer, of Pennsylvania,
on the same subject. wonId also
call your attention to the large
amount of money stolen from the
widows and orphans Of the colored
soldiers aud sailors. The District
Ring and many other things might be
mentioned, but time and space will
not allow it. The co|ored voter of
the South, as ruled by the Radicals,
has no liberty i'll the use Of Ills bal
lot, which liberty we claim. aud must
have or continue slaves. He should
be taught independence and self-rc-
lance.
Please answer me q few questions.
Who should be the best Judge of the
true condition of the Southern people,
I, who was born and brought up in
the South, as have been, and served
twenty seven years Of my life as a
slave (when Il boy | played with
white boys, and know there is no
natural bad feeling between the two
raccs), or yourselfF What CAP you
in New Hampshire or Maine know of
our condition down here When
you call our people "r,bels' y"u d"
them great wrong. | believe the
people of the South are as loyal to
the Union as those of the North. |
ask YOU az " Christian, to you think
it right to be constantly abusing the
Southern people 7 They have come
back to the Union and fully accepted
all of the amendments to the C"nstl-
tuition, with all the results of the war.
The only reason why they have made
snci, an effort to get hold OF their
own State governments is to protect
themselves from the wicked piun,scr-
Jugs and robbery of carpet. baIScrS
aud every good man, white aud black.
ought to join hands to emancilate our
section FROM this fearful tate of
things. Remember that our homes
in the South arc as dear to- na'as yours
in New Hampshire. Now how would
you like your State to be Infested
with gang Of those political thieves
from another far country, p'nndering
the public treasure and leaving a tax
on the people too heavy for them to
bear, exciting riots, causing blood
shed ? ask you, would yon help
them to continue the work Of destrnc-
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