Louisiana capitolian., 1879-08-02
WoRsHIPP1NG FALSE GODS.
nOFoR KANSAS !

W0RsH1PP1NG FALSE GODS.
nO FOR KANSAS!
1t does seem that past experience
has brought no fruits in 70 far o. ou,
colored population is concerned
Though fifteen years have elapsed
since the day they became American
citizens, they cling tehaciously to and
follow the dulcet tones, laden with
golden promises, that periodically are
addressed them from across Mason
and Dixon's line.
The swlndles of the Freedmen'e
Bureau and the Savings Banks, the
forty acres and the mule promised by
the adventurous and devil-may care
carpet-bagger, coated with the fan
ciest pictures of social elevation that
the realms of drenmland could offer,
have one by one passed away amid
the continuous and despairing warn
ings Of the Southern whites. Dixie's
land in the meantime was raked "fore
and aft" by these birds Of evil omen.
The remainder of the substance
wrung from the Demon Of War be.
came the prey Of vultures in human
shape. They have seen all their
bright promises float away in clouds
of "Red, White and Blue"- still the
faith of the negro is unshaken:
The Kansas scheme rules the hour.
It is there that the dreams Of the past
are to meet their realization! All the
broken promises have their existence
in that "happy land Of Canaan"
Of what avail is the Southern warn
ing that the hypocritlcal and viii
ming Yankee, clothed in the garb
Of philanthropy, has found q new oc-
cupation based upon the well known
credulity Of the African. The theme
u a good one with which to "take in"
the money of the charitable people
throughout the Northern cities. These
agents ~ whose love for the poor ne
gro is the only Incentive that moves
them in appealing for aid to trans
port him from among the bloodthirsty
whites of the South now making
a good thing of it. " ~
1t matters little to these soulless
creatures that peace now reigns ia
the Southern country-the harbinger
of returning thrift and prosperity.
They tell the colored people that they
must not heed the voice of the Loui-
siana Democrats, whose new Consti-
tuition maintains their every right as
freemen, and establishes q most thor
ough and general system Of public
education, while it subsidies q uui-
versity for the further advancement
of their youths. All this is insufficient
to dispel their blind infatuation.
Aye, they must do away for a
song with the little property that they
have accumulated. Huddled on the
decks of the Western steamers, men,
women and little ones, they are hur-
rying to Kansas! The SHOWS, the
freezing blasts Of mcrciless winter
will greet their coming. Homeless
and wanderers in that inhospitable
land, in time, after they have encoun-
tered the rivalry Of the white laborer,
fully Injured and adapted alone to
that climate-they will seek shelter in
the Sunny Sohth, from whence they
ought never to have departed.
It is useless to advise-go they
must. The bubble can only explode
through bitter experience. It is with
the kindliest feelings towards our de-
luded colored population, that we say
to them, go thou and depart in peace,
and when you will have seen that the
word of truth was spoken to you in
your Southern homes, come back to
us wiser and better reconciled,