St. Landry democrat., 1879-10-11
Northern Bitterness.

lie New / Ork 1flDUnc, III DulSt VI
unparclled magnanimity, says: "All
Southern Democrats are neither muir
dcrcrs or murderous."
What a noble concession: How can we
be too grateful for such an unqualified
admission. We down here who are said
to wade in,the blood of innocent Rcpub-
licans black and wllite-but nOir yngnc
however We who repeat a litany OF hatred
in our churches, and who are ignorants
and brutal, and arm our children with
bowie knives, to dcmolish their enc
mics, whilst we ourselves are hacking
ut Constitutional liberty, ought VIC not
to get on our knees in devoted thank
fulness and bless the Tribune for allow
ing that we are really not aUmurdcrers.
There arc some among us who do
not always "seo rcd" like the Chour-
incur in the mysteries of Paris.
VIM. Seward said Of US in 1865. "Thcy
must crawl on their bellies and we
have been kept in that PROSTATE condi
tion ever since. 1t is folly for us to
blind ourselves to the rancor of the
Northern Radicals.
The current of malice is so strong
that it is bearing every thing before 1t.
Look at the papers which are considered
the opponents Of popular opinion? The
four principal journals in Chicago are
| warning hotly against the South. In
New York the Herald, Tribune and
Times, wage q bitter fight against tls.
Further North of course matters are
! worse and even our sometime friends
the Sun and the World are very faint
indeed in their defence of the luckless
South. We cannot afford to ignore
| these signs of the times. We may not
| understand all the causes Of this bitter,
and slanderous animosity, but that it is
, working steadily and continuously
| against US, is visible to the most care
| less eyes.
The most minute violation of law at
the South, is reported by the Northern
press with such eNaggerations and
! bitter comments, that the true facts of
! the case arc distorted out of all SEM
blance of the truth. Outrages are
manufactured by the wholesale, and
lying kilograms flood the country. We
seem almost detcnceless against this
tide OF hatred, for all attempts to ex-
planation are cried down. 1u fact
being a semi-civilizel community ac-
cording to Northern ofinion We are
treated very much like the Zulus will,
the same object in view.
There is an old saying: defend us
from our friends and VIC will defend
ourselves against our cnemies.' A late
writer in the Courier Journal attributes
the gravity Of our situation to the
inertness of Northern Democratic
leaders. He says they are entirely
lacking in "depth, vigor and knowledge
of history.'s
Our alliance with them has not i'm
proved our situation, for they cannot
see that " it has become now a struggle
Of life or death to save free govern
mcnt.' They ackaggressivcncss where
aggrcssiveness is a vital necessity, and
between our own impoverished and
hampered condition and their tompor-
izing policy, the South is in pitiable
condition. We are always crying wolf
WOLF" in American politics, and now
when the crisis is really upOn us. and
the wolf with its paw actually within the
door, we hardly realize our own danger
A Republican president wolAl carry
out the Southern policy of his party
and if that misfortune comes upon US
it will be almost useless to struggle any
longer. Radical hatred would stifle
the small remains of vitality left us.