The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-17
THE LEGISLATURE.


ma a.r.ta mot ma usual al IL o'clock, Lieut..
Altar roll call the reading OF inc mip1tes
having been dispensed With, Senator AilaiB rose
10 question o. privilege, and addre ~, ~, .,ie
Nenate ON the subject Of an article on ihe ttoo'
.n'nn nm the subisot Of colorsd labor In the
SENATOR AIIAts's REMARKS.
After abiding to Che character OF the .,eayn w.
~ paper, Mr.. Allan said say, Ms.
and will sustain my position by lpeispu. N. .
facts that the article in question was pupnsnou
moss unsdyisedly and especially 80 Nv he present
time, when all true patriots are enaeasoLss " -
store peace and prosperity 70 eur To-, M .na.chy
State in place OF the Ihie vi LUZ" """ '
which has 80 long prevallea. ,.., ar ,;,, =
complain. ~. p.u.,,arars,
Mr. President, / am certain that the sentiments
therein embodied will do much TO impede tle III
sillto ept Of the ooncatory policy ~
President Hayes and by our own unle. ir
(soy Nichols. Moreover, such views wieeiy or
.ni.tad cannot fail TO enbarrass both OF those
eminent officials in the discharge q the,f auty,
81 declared by their respective prooa" ss'o'S "'''
insugurals. r..,.,, 80 I'm ,ow.,
of the athird estate'' - become 20 despcto that
In the populous city Of new orieahs
newspaper man cannot aus III "
GROSS without ,,non Tho aoareg people '' i
ii. ask any reason for contempt or hatred That
A man should have drop of blood In me VEINS
that flows from negro ancestors. TOO iolpia tlAe
ssoh An idge should be entertained IN TINS OF Wy ~
other assemblage Of the representative men OF
our State and country. Observation-Disclosures.
will present before this honorable body. 500
In tho year 1850 the colered people made 5oS,
600 hopsieads of sugar Of the aggregate vaiue OF
s2a e7S. 600. all contributing TO the wealth ana
glory OF Louisi ina In the year 1889, the product
from the same source was ~ a sae o nogsnesos y
10. kI,i, all 10 Fnff
bntipg 10 the wealth and glory OF Louisiana
After tho disastrous civil war, while many OF the
finest sugar plantations were abandoned, and the
sugar-hoases In ruins, by free negro labor e1,
0,usjyely we find that our own state produced
from the year 1903 to 1871, a45,000 hogsheads OF
sugar. bringing into our treasury $50 l5G,Doo, all
for the wealth and glory of the State Of Louisiana
Merchants and planters may readily es,iPa ,.e
figures have quoted as TO the sugsr product
and will therefore omit the statistics. and only
remark that the value Of the rice crop, which
rivals, IL IL does not exceed that OF South Caro-
lima. IL another element Of our State production,
and IL all contributed to the glory and wealth Oh
Louisiana
The writer In the Pioaylne advocating the en-
ployment Of white labor solely. sorrowfull
inauires: "Why try expo ments with the worst
specimens OF white aborers, and then condemn
all field hands who do not wear ablaok skim,
An experiment of over one hundred years has
shown TO our planters and farmers that colOred
men alone are capable of standing the .hardships
and the malaria to which they are exposed.
/ maintain, Mr.. President, that there ID no
class more deserving Of your sympathy and good
feeling thmn the colored tiller OF the soil From
dawn, while the thick fog envelopes the fields,
until the great lnrninary OF the day sinks in the
west, the hardy, athletic iaborer pnrsues his
avocaton. His pay Ia small. his foou IL scanty.
but his uDtirng energy and industry never falter
unless fever and ague compel him to teko q
respite.
Now. Mr.. President, may ] not truth
fully say that the article in the Pich.
gune now under criticism was ipoppor--
tuDe and ill-timed. What have the colored
people done TO excite the wrath and vengeance OF
anybody Yet the article have mentioned says
that "the negro has obstiDately voted to destroy
1ie State aud the planter ever since no became
voter" The reverse is tho case
Born and bred in ignorance when ho became
possessed Of the right Of suffrage it was but
natural that he should listen To the eyren impor
families and representations OF his Northern
allies. He Is by nature docile and eopfidiDg, and
whom the interruptions and reckless carpet
Dagger made his appearance he csIosd the poor
ignorant negro with speolous plausibllity. But
the eyes OF my people are now opened and can.
not any longer bio gulled by such deceivers. On
the contrary the colpred people stretch forth
their hands through their representatives during
the pending struggle In our state and only ask to
bspermitted to aid in rehabilitatpg the State and
doing 70, TO grasp the olive branch with their
employees and thus bridge tho fearful chasm
which has 80 long separated them.
article in the Picnytne, or any gentleman who
entert aius similar views, and ask ii In the name
Of the whole people, to drop n tear upon the re-
GREETED mem, ries OF the past, and in all oandor
and sincerity blot them out forever.
The SENATE joined the House rs usual to ballot
for United States Senator.
After Joint session, Mr.. Texads reported sew
eral bills as correctly enrolled.
Mr.. George, for committee, reported with
amendments on House bill 2l6, relative to pub
LEGATION of DEGREES of the Supreme Court. The
report lies over.
the registration bill, was taken up, and after the
adoption OF three sections, was postponed till
Tuesday.
The conference committee reported on the
amendments to the recorders courts bill. He
port received and lies over, and will come up
with Minority report
Senator white introduced the following concur
rent resolutions, which were adopted:
Whereas, the people OF the State of Louisiana,
after years Of suffering and msruie, have, with
supreme satisfaction, seen the wise determina-
ton or President Hayes, as expressed in his in
augural and already happily executed in South
Carolina, to restore local self gove rnmept to tho
Southern States and peace and prosperity to the
whole country by the return to ano rigid follow
ing of the wise principles OF constitutional gov
eminent,
Therefore be IL resolced by he Senate and House
Of Representatives., ETC., l. That we cordially in
dorse the policy of the President, as enuncated
in his inaugural, and we pledge our hearty CO.
operation, aid and support IN the execution
thereof.
O. That the execution of the said policy in Lou
ieiana will prove the source OF inestimable bless
ings to her people, lift up their burdened spirits,
heal their wounded prosperity. renew their
wasted fields, bring happiness to their homes,
and give to the whole people. without distinction
of race or color, future Of progress, as we'll
mora, as material.
8. That Ms an earnest Of our endeavors, we
hereby solemny declare that 1t il and will be the
purpose of the government of Louisiana. repre-
scented by Francis 7. Nichols as its executive
head
First--To accept in good faith the thirteenth,
fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the con.
stitution OF the United States in letter and spirit
Second-The enforcement Of the laws rigidy and
impartisly to the end that violence and crime shall