Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-12

the craftsmanship OF any clNillZeu
country. l rise to do justice to the
people of Louisiana. They have
never, as have heard Republican
Senators do to-day, theatened revo
luton, anarchy and bloOdished; they
have never, under the terrible con
ditions in which they have been
placed with reference TO their reln-
ton to the African race, made any
threats of any kind. But the case
is as was stated by the Senator from
California (Mr. BoOth), when he
said:
nSir. we do not establish the dis.
tinctions of races, aud We cannot
obliterate them even by the most
solemn political declarations. The
laws of physical nature cannot be
repealed even by acts OF Congress.
The darkest passages OF
human history have been enacted
when alien races have been brought
in contact"
There has not been word OF
charity, not an expression OF the
slightest indulgence, not even an
allusion to the causes, not the
slightest reference to the cOmplca-
tons that led to the difficulties by
which the people of Louisiana have
been surrounded. The only ex-
preston of opinion that l have
ever heard with reference to that
great problem, which is presented
in much more aggravated form
there than the Chinese problem
has been presented to the Pacific
States, is simply statement OF
results, and that so many people
have been killed, and a reading of
the statutes o: the United States.
Mr.. President. | am the last per.
son to speak in defiance of any
authority iu this country. Far be
it from my purpose even by any &C.
cidental expression or utterance OF
language to speak in any Other
shirt than entire submission tC
; constituted authority; but this
will say, and history will Justify
5 me in making the declaration, that
! if the honorable Senator intends t6
: draw a comparison between the
e two cases by stating that in thu
C one case we have statutes and II
the other case we have not; that II
!. the case of the State Of Louisian;
}. those acts are violation of laws,
j. grant it; if he says in the case o
@ Louisiana those acts are q violation
/. of statutes, | grant it; but ! sa.
e that it is not within the power o
G any government to change tn
e laws Of human nature. Iou can
}, not make an Anglo Saxon other
!. wise than God Almighty has mad
c him. So far from there being an.
:. cause of complaint against tn
If white people of Louisiana | sa.
Is here in all candor, as well &C
a auainted rs am with the dispos
e ton and with the situation Of tina
% people, considering the great col
r. flicts and difiicultis Of the delicat
a. race problem which has been sui
" mitted to them, that | can onl
n. express my amazement at the
re forbearance and ut their Law
o. abiding spirit. As l said befor
~ we make 10 threats. On the col
" trary, we are trying to live in peat
N and in harmony with that rae
to We wish them to improve the
al condition; we wish to give them a
m the benefits and advantages
I'd good government and of educatio
n we wish to elevate them and not
ed Cypress them; we wish 10 mai
them feel contented and not to fe
,or depressed; we wish that th'
IN should live in our midst, live wi
is. us, and that they should not
in. expelled from the territory, as it
ia proposed to do with reference
,Ie the Chinese. But ut the sar
~. time we also claim justice; we al
he claim that it should be remember
n. that we belong to the white rae
no that we belong to that race viii
ba has been the most dOmiDeering, t
ow most conquering and the most C
nd ilizing race on the face OF
m globe-a race that in every clil
,it. and on every soil, wherever it b
or obtained a foothold, has alwa
not been impatient Of restraint, /
,as always been restless under restI
ma tions, and has never failed to
an. sert its supremacy and to be
he governing race.
my But apart from this race pr
tie lem, does not the honorable Sci
ION tor from Maine know that VIII
ere ever there is cause Of pOpu