The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-11-23

was reached the negro found him
self pitied evenly against the white
man. He can never maintain him
self in such . conflict, and no one
knows this fact better Or appreci-
ates it more fully than tbs negro
himself. If the negro maintains
his ascendency, it will only be by
extraneous aid, alien to the COM
munities in which he resides as q
citizen. This fact raises two ques-
tons, viz:
l. Will the maeses of the North
sympathize with their white breth-
rem aud sustain the constitutional
principal of local self-government.
according the negro merely the
rights and recognizing him only in
the character of a citizen; or will
they force upon the South negro
supremacy with all of its horrible
results ?
2. Will the negro accept this ex-
traneous aid, or will be wisely Sc
lect to be merely a citizen snd act
with the communities OF which he
ia q member?
We believe that the negro will
stick to his section and to the peo-
pie with whom he lives. He has
learned by sad experience that Re-
publican rule brings him nothing
but distress, enmity and bitterness,
bad government, enormous taxa
ton, poor wages and universal suf-
fering. He cannot 6ght the odds,
and knowing that he cannot rule
as a negro and on = simple quss-
ton Of race, he will content him.
self with being merely citizen of
the South, whose representation in
Congress, by reason of the suffrage
accorded hin, has been increased
to the extent Of 35 votes.
The other day in Beaufort, South
Carolina, Gov. Hampton said, in q
speech to a large gathering of
negroes:
I have never Asttered you. i
have always come to you speaking
words of soberness and truth. /
have tried to tell you your duties
as citizens of this great common
wealth. have tried to show you
that the white man cannot 60
down without carrying with him
the colored man. / have tried to
show you that the interests of the
two races are bound together by
God himself, aud 20 man can put
them asunder. l have said that |
do not regard you as responsible
for all the evils which have been
brought upon the State. 1t was
not natural that many of you
should be prepared to meet the re-
sponsibilities 80 suddenly thrust
upon you with your freedom. It
was natural that you should be-
lieve that there was nm antagonism
between tho white aud colored
man Of the South, because you
were told 10 by persons whom you
believed to be your friends. Thou
sands of you know that you were
told that If the Democratic party
came into power You would be re-
manded into slavery and all your
rights taken from you. Two years
ago l pledged myself that. If the
Democratic party came into power,
your rights rs freemen should be
pratected as long as the sun shone
in the heavens. What have you
had taken from you? Your taxes
have been reduced. you have had
more peace than ever before, and
you have every facility offered you
to better your condition. We have
not done as much as we have de-
sired for the schools, because when
the Republicans went out of power
they left $185,O00 to be paid to
teachers. We intend to do more
for the schools. until you will find
school houses in every nook and
corner of the State, and mo- man
will be without the opportunity of
educating bis children. Two years
ago told you that the Democratic
party would come into power. and
| tell you now, my friends, that it