The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-04-29
Negro Rights.

The Inter Ocean is still bowling it
not Satisfied with the turn things ha,
taken in Louisiana and South Carolina, an
argues in this wise
The States Of Louisiana and South Carolir
are placed absolutely under the control of tbos
Who have fought the enfrancbisement of th
blacks from the ratification of the ffteent
amendment until now. If they choose to
gracious aud generous, justice will be done
II they choose to trsmpIe the freedmen in th
dust beneath heir feet, where is the remed
or redress cave in revolution
1t would be rashness to decide whethe
I the Inter Ocean is herein more knave o
fanatic. Let MS leave the decision q
that question to the events of, say, tn
next six months. Before tie lapse of tina
time the indications are that sach ultr
Radical organs as the one alluded to will
| be bowling as lustily against negro suffrage
as they have been hitherto doing in favor Of
negro rights. They will find suddenly tina,
negroes are stupid, alien element totally
unfit for self government and unworthy of
representation in political afflirs.
They viii! fud this out just as soon as
1t shail emit Radical interests to srppress
the negro vote. While it suited those
interests to cultivate alliance with that race,
to band them together against the whites
to make unwilling instruments of them in
an unholy war for party supremacy,-iust
30 long these journals were enth usiastic
champions of the negro and his rights.
There is a method in such madness, a
shrewdness in such fanaticism. If the
Inter Ocean should not realize this thrifty
change of heart anticipated for it's follows,
then we shall begin to have some conf
dsace that its fanaticism is of the genuine
lunstic type.
In either case reasoning with it would
be srseless. A lunatic scorns logic-a
knave laughs at it. But if reasoning were
AVAILABLE, how soon the fimsy fallacies of
'uch sentimentalists could be dissipated d
Left to themselves the Southern popula.
lon cannot fall into the situation fore
'hadowed by the Inter Ocean. There can
lot naturally ensue any tramplipr on
'ights, any necessity for revolution,
Ga the contrary, the natural course of
'hings will be this. The whites, seeing
themselves freed from the frightful pre- |
'ence of neg" government and beyond apy |
LANCER Of such an evil, will divide ia to two |
parties. Each of these parties, in looking
about for agencies of success, will naturally |
ry to capture the negro vote. In order to
10 that it will be- necessary to advocate
such measures as will satisfy the colored
population and secure their rights, and
Zach party will strive to outbid the other
n doing this. The negro will thus be safe
without any T2course at al to the gen.
'rosty, or even the justice, of the white
ace.
And this is the only way of securing that
md. The plan of the Radicals could not
possibly have resulted otherwise than as it
las already done-in ignominious failure.
Divide the population on the color line.
ct white against black, and the result,
ooner or later, is Inevitable. The supe-
iority of the former must ASSERT itaelf.
Written constitutions cannot prevent the
'orklngs of nature, and under no possible
circumstances can a white people be in
uced to submit peacefully to negro domi-
alton. The presence of irresistible force
'ufd alone maintain 30 unnatural condi.
on and even then ingenuity would know
ow to nullify force practically. At any
ste rights so maintained would be eouiva.
mt to ruiu.