The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-17
SAMPLE ISLANDERS.
A late Chicago Tribune contains the follow
ing narapranh

New Orleans
need 81 the South Is population q the ilR -
sort. Rapid growth " population means for
the South more acres e LAND cultivated more
\ haIas ar cotton more hog hcn1a af sugar. and
/ harraia of rice aud bushels of corn grown and
| mnrketpd." That ~ tlue enough but what IN
durements can YOU oher, MI DEMOCRAT 10 a
\ man 4pt king n new home for himself nad tnm-
| iiy t. settle IN louisiana Would he he ettg
| ,n4tfyei ~ q eprne hngF"r II hn nhder@oE g.
| maltla In laaat FfT fir4 by voting 40 he SHY
proper aud would he and his iamiy he made g.
\ sun II social oatraciam account ot their
/ Northern habits and ideaa7 Many Nofthetp
4 penrla who have been irving r. mhkec@miofi
| able homes IN the South since the war have
/ henn driven cut for one cause ar another, hhl
| evan thn neprana who we're born thnre and nra
| hnltpr suited To the etnhta than any other class
| pf lHhOiers, ara facing t. moro pnageahle hia
aongApial communities The Good l{3nk telts
! W. That man eaunot live on bread atone. nNr
eau an Intelligent man and his fa"tty he Gu
1 tent with raising cotton, sugar end e0Fn. thef
are social beings and foil the needle some
! thinE hnaiI@4 that which minister's merely g.
animal comfort 7 ha South 0nera n tien SOIL
| ami genial elimafe e. the enlginn. hut thes2
Nh " ff4rt Nv oaYtain unnrpEenial conditions ~
earirty that are essentially repnghaut 70 Il ter
| son who hHa bean reared in a different hfmaa-
phnre.
The Tiibiaf ia ono If the most intense, con-
aiatont and bitter enemies If the South IN the
West. and If II oyer loses an opportunity to
Gay All unkni, severe ~ unjust thing about
Louisiana. II makes III for II the next time
by additional venom It seams imposeihin
TINT any Intelligent man can hnlieyn what
the writer Of the above paragraph alleges
against tie south and set II II almost rs dif
tiouIt to thinl, that there can ho men aontter-
! ly destitute Of conscience and honor as 10
write such SANDERS lnleas they believed them
10 be true,
Let Va then accept the alloy" statements as
the sincere convictions NJ an honest man anti
treat them seriously Louisiana afefs f.
emigranta not alone a rioh soil and gcntal ell
mate. hut every opportunity ~ nngrnft them
selves into the social fabric Of tho State
Whether their social status shall 10 high or
law m'lat VI course depend hnre az else
whore. dpnn themselves. If they are honest
AMI Intelligent they Will Al once bn received
into The best aorint y into which they may hf
thrown, without question or q thought rs
" where they came from, If they ara HONEST
Int ignorant. they will he treated respectfully
and kindly and their rights and lives pro
tn,tcd a- absolutely A. though They had boon
hnrn on Louisiana soil If thoy are thieves
81 drouca they will receive pretty much the
same treatment here that would ID
mntei out t. tho Same classes IN I'LL
nois or Maine lilo idea that hero t.
airy discrimination against Northern ~
Western people or any social ostraoism il
utterly falIaeous, and, speaking for 1ouisi
ana we challenge tho fflhnRc ~ point L.
single instance where any such people M II
refnrs to have been driven ont III tho state.
W. engage to prove that wherever reputable
and honest Northern people have left bouts
lana Il has been from other causes than social
doll
Tlhlu5c 70 point to single Instance Of dis
satisfaction on thn part ~ tho thousands ~
Northnrnpra residing in this State as 70 their
treatment hy their neighbors OF society nj
large There are some rich Cheagoana who
own large estates in Louisiana let the Yrih-
3l,r INQUIRE IF them a. to the truth of its allr-
cations.
The stale ISLANDERS about social ostraeisln
were invented iii the OLD and wretched DAYS ~
the carpet -Faggat when the thieves who plum
dpred the people and melted the negroes con
stantly 10 arta of violence were naturally
tahoeed. Would the editor Of the Tribune
invite to his homo any Of tho cut-purses and
low fellows who figure every day III tho pc
lice courts Of Chicago Certainly not. and
yet Tor refusing to 10 SO he would be- az
justly chargeable with social ostracism as arc
the people Of the South NJ man who IS de-
cent and honest member of society, no mat
trr what biz nativity. IL astracisNd anywhere
i'm the SOUTH and tho Tribune in making
statement t. the contrary Is either greatly
deceived ut else pilrpo+nly ISLANDERS q people
whose bearing under all their trials and mis-
fortunes should At least have won for them the
candid and kindly Judgment Of their country
mpu.
With lter prolific soil and delightf Ill climat.
Louisiana il destined some day to become the
yealthirst State in the Union, and her people, |
realizing Al they dp the Importance of sorur-
Ing Intelligent emigrants. are not apt e.
drive from them those whose presence tends
to build up their own fortunes by the culture
Il i5sntis HAT -arn now lying waste Will the |
Tribune assist Us ID the accomplishment or
that desirable end by publishing the truth
our State or DOES II prefer To con-
Iinue to preach ts gospel Of hate and to
print every SANDER that j. invented by uHr
enemies
AS to tho exodus Of the colored people the |
1rih,mc must know by this time that 1t was
not caused by harsh or unkind treatment. but |
grew out of the systematic efforts Of adicaI |
TO SOW 2 spirit Of discomfort among
the easily deluded blacks, who were Capti- |
waited Ivy the brilliant pictures of Kansas and
the stories Of the life Of ease and luxury they
would lead there. The innate and restless de-
sire for change. skillfully wrought ~pon hy I
Designing white men, caused the idea 81 7
migrating to this wonderful new land They /
were told about TO take sudden and firm hold |
If the coiored people, who retain sufficient |
amount Ut the Old tribal instinct to cause
them IT, move IN large bodies. The South |
points with Just pride to her vast crops Of
cotton and sugar as tho very best possible /
of the silly charges Of cruelty and /
Of the laboring classes. Those
crops could not have been produced without /
negro labor. and negro labor could not have
been procured or utilized had one 1.-THE or
what the Tribune and journals OF similar
procllvties continually assert about the South I
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