The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-10-10

which violates law of God-most
markedly manifest in the restless
and aggressive spirit of such negroe:
as Trevigne toward the white race
which was the work Of the enemie:
of the people; which was designed tc
subordinate civilization and Chris
tianity to African ignorance and saw
agery, and to burden and plumber the
trade and industries of the commu
nity-such Constitution, we say, il
not binding upon any civilized PEG
pie. A Constitution created by the
people themselves, and for the pur
pose Of fostering and protecting theil
liberties and interests, is the highes,
and most solemn Of all laws, and ev
cry good citizen will obey it. But 8
law-call it Constitution or what
you will-organized in hostility tc
civilized society, and which is at
tempted to be enforced against the
public interest can, we repeat, bind
no Court nor influence the actions Of
any people.
The people of Louisiana, under the
power of Federal hayonets, endured
the Constitution of 1868, when all its
ubiquitous provisions were being en-
forced against them. And, restored
to their rights and liberties, they
have sought to live in peace for the
time being without making a change
conscious that under the worst laws,
administered by wise, honest and de.
voted public servants, the interests
of society can be protected and ad.
vanced. We believe, now, that the
wish of a majority of the people Of
the State (though we differ with
them) is to go on for year or two
yet under the existing Constitution.
Governor Nichols policy has been
so temperate and conciliatory; the
expressed views of Lieutenant Gov
ernor Wilt and Speaker Bush have
been SO reassuring to all classes and
races, and the measures of all our
officials have been so temperate, that
the people feel that for the present
they are we'll off enough for the pres
ent they are well OF enough as the
law stand
But If in the midst of this era of
reconciliation and peace, when all
honest people are inspired by trust
in the situation, these restless white
and negro conspirators against the
quiet and good of the community are
going to throw their frebrands
among US to stir up strife and con
tentions; if the Courts are to be call
ed upon to enforce those obnoxious
provisions of the Constitution in
spired by a hellish enmity to Chris
tian civilization in Louisiana, it will
not be many weeks before demand
will go up from the people for a con-
vention which will still all opposition
to it. And we warn all these agita-
tors that If convention is forced
upon the people under such circum-
stances, there will be no ground in
the future for such suits as has lust
been instituted against the School
Board. And more the white of the
State have always paid very large
proportion of the school tax we
know of no considerable opposition
in any quarter among them to this
arrangement indeed, nine-tcnths of
the white people of Louisiana are
perfectly willing for the negro chill
dren to have a full proportion of the
school fund. But if the negroes pro
pose to take advantage of the obnox-
ious article of the Constitution, on
which Trevigne's suit is based, to
force the colored children into the
white schools, and they thus compel
US to resort to convention for pro.
lection, under the new Constitution
the negroes will have to pay out of
their own pockets for the education
of their own children. Such men as
Treyigne, while pretending to repre-
sent the interest of the colored PEG.
pie, are their worst foes, and they
should discountenance his foolish,
vexatious and evil breeding
scheme of agitation.-[New Orleans
Democrat.
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