The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-09-25


BUZ.
BAYOU ROBERT,
Sept. 81, 1881
EDITOR La. Democrat
Congratuiating you aud your cores
pondents for the interest they take in
the issues now before the people in the
present canvass, permit one who yet
takes great and lively interest in this
matter, to suggest to our candidates,
and specially to the white people of
this Parish, that the same foe, who
have heaped wrongs on us mountain
high and who have fattened on us, are
yet In the field, are now organizing un-
der the same corrupt and unprincipled
leaders, and l may say with truth, I'M
der the same masters, and particularly
under the shadow of the government
machine, and with free use Of their
money, and that already they boast as
in the days of their corruption.
I have nothing to conceal and will
tell our friends that "Governor Wells,"I
their leader and master, has deserted
his post in the New Orleans Custom
House, where salary still runs, and is
now at his home, launching his "bulls"
and orders to his heretofore faithful
followers, and they are all at work on
the same old platform, with the same
old ideas of hate and bitterness to us;
and I, for one, in the name of our par
ty, in behalf of our race, ask one and
all to move solidly against these sche-
mers and bad men and checkmate them
at the very beginning of this canvass.
I write by the card and knowingly
make these assertions. For instance,
Vic. Porter, the colored Recorder, has
been In this aeighborhood, and plainly
stated that the negroes were as well
drilled and organized as in 1868, had
already in the Parish SO Republican
Clubs, and their principal aim this
time was to send Governor Wells" to
Congress. John Mayo, well-known
ignorant and colored ex-Representative
Of the Radicals Of this Parish, is here,
too, OIL a special mission, and is doing
his work under the watchful eye of
"Governor Wells," and is, too, making
big brags Of what they intend to do.
This negro Mayo is in the employ of
the New Orleans Custom House, in
Governor Wells" Surveyors Office,
believe, and drawing his salary, too;
and that makes two of the Custom
House "boys" off of duty, and in our
midst stirring mp strife as in the days
of the Returning Board, and annoying
the labor of the Parish too much.
Now, Mr.. Editor, let the planters OF
this Parish take firm resolution, as !
have done, and give these pestiferous
chaps to understand that our places are
yet our own and that we do not intend
that they shall come on them for any
purpose, much less to form Republican
Clubs-tlrive them away, kick them of
our premises, and let US be masters Of
cur own home and domain; it matters
not it portion of our land is rented te
the laborer; 1t is for cultivating the
soil and not for polluting it with Radi.
cal Clubs, under the orders Of the New
Orleans Custom House. Let US be men
act justly to the laborers, extend all the
proper facilities and encouragement Il
him In the right help, as true laborers
but no more must he be permitted tt
} strike us down politically in our owl
home, and then submit to it. This ole
Z style is played, it died with the Return
Ing Board and all its other rascalitie
and outrages, and the sooner the whit,
men, owners Of the soil, know this ant
act up to 1t, the better for all of us
: Our day has dawned, we have won
, fairly and we must use 1t to the las
{ ditch. I repeat it, this Radical Clu1
| mandatory, on our own places, mus
be stopped, and particularly must thei
masters and leaders be made to under
stand that at last we know our right
and NOW dare maintain them, and w
; must..make 1t speciality at the comm,
! election. BAYOU ROBERT.
.TTf LEcoMTE,
Sept. %, '7s.
, Mr.. EDlroR-
"The stupid scribblcr who dates hi
communication from Lecmte," has rea
, the pretended and acrobatic reply q
: Gov. Wells man Friday, and you mus
3 excuse my bluntness, If tell him tina
4 he plays we'll his game of deceit all
e defamation in his assumed and hire
q role, and his clownish tricks, honey
combed with the ear-mark of black
guard and braggart, tell but too plain
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