The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-05-07
done, or tried tn do for themselves, il
the name of the nirger. t sE

| EHr NIGGER,s 843S
and the result lis simply in the keeping
of that "Timc which makes all things
eveni;" it must come soon, and unless
AL tile economies OF human nature, are
to he outraged in this instance the end
must lie the .uttcr wreck, destruction
and cxtirpatioh t,f these men and tie
coosignmento Of their amos to Oblivion
or infamy ). for it seems to, he ,estab-
| lislied by the cumulative experiences Of
the human race iiat no man or Set Of
mel, can Commit the crime of turning
to selfish uses the unselfsil impulses
OF their fpilowmen without being
1overtafen by justice 1T last. Success
may and usually does attend. such en-,
terpriscs for a time. While it lasts ii,
rs even The most gorgeous, brilliant,
captivating and dramatic sort Of
success a0a sea 7nH .vqIgsy5 gfflg4 :,
| But in the end the conservative sys-
TEN Of checks and balances that fegu5-
lates society ASSERTS itself, lind Il the
splenlor of the eyapescent success Oh.
| ~ serves to render the fnnl failure
more utter and more terrible by the
cnntrast. 9 4Go IL tF5H .NHy3asf sc
:, ! have been led into these platitndi-,
nous reflections by contemplation Of
the latest development Of New Eng
land strategy in manufacturing the
Niger, as, q, political force, that is to
say, tile prevailing exodus of the COZ.
fored population $50! caIled). II isanot
necessary to- write aa0r to speakspass i
sionatelyt Of this. event.. On the, 4thsr
land, passionate writing or speaking
kiht the premises would tend TO SUIT
serve the, ends sof the New. England
group. What the New England group
t,iread above al things is the crucifix-
ion oftlieif sclsettIe upon the cross Of
cool philosophy, or tho exposure tits
Character in the cold light Of Logic.
Briefly tracing the strategy Of the
New England! gsoap, we iindtliat The
niger, has been q put tllrnpg'. three
grand naanmnyres, and is now being
lsnhj,'cted to L hilftl. Frs, liz was
bpara,lcd ns SNIFF rer lin bondage.
Next, he, was presented as the ward of
IN nali,n. Then he, was exhibit
ell as Il Victim Of outrage. And
HOW he isSteing ;hasqncr;iac.l3as Il chill
! Of Israel, with Wip.ipm figuring in the,
role of Moses It may hot be a'niss to
1trtmark iii flis CONNECTION that Wan
lom's stageTn lie uplisl not whnlay arr
tistic; for Moses did not reside luxnri.
onsly i'll a palatial mansion OH Yer.
'mont Avenue Willie ltis'!lgitive bletll!
wnqwere strnggliDg Oh theoRed Sea-;
nor did he draw a handsome salary
from the Egyptian treasury while his
fagacious fellow. citizens were starving
in the wilderness Ind fact ytl,e only
parallel between them lies iu the fact
that both talked a great deal. But
this is not to the point.yai3 2 ~ 17Gi9e
p I presume tits generally. understood
| by this time that
The PREVAILING NEGRO EXODUS So
teaNi si' az Gallery o9' 'aas i}'i<;
originated in Washington The first
symptom of it was the exit,of Lynch,
smalls and Rainey from Congress-
When that melancholy event trans,
pired it became evident that unless
,something was done with the niger,
aud done right away, he wenld pass
ont of politics and with him the power.
oflthe New England group would dis
appear. He could not I've paraded as
a sufferer in bondage, for the enamel.
patton proclamation had settled that.
He could not he presented as a ward of
the nation, for the Observation-Disclosures
had ended that. He was unavailable
for masquerade as victim of outrage,
because The Southern policy and Eliza
Pinks,on had nndone that. There was
therefore DO alternative bnt to stirhim
pip as a child Of Israel. Tbereupon
lWindom assumed The role Of Moses and
made a speech, while George w. Childs
agreed to supply mamma Now it ap,
pears that ..Wlndom's Mosaic speech.
was according to contract. Itcould be
easily furnished, because talk is one:of
tile cheapest things in the Radical
price list. But when the advance
guard Of the niger rs child 0fIsraei
ieached Str Louis he did. notafnd the
mama which Chi,ds had contracted to
lsupply because in this unmiracnl6us
age. mama costs money, and the RaGi-
cal group are not fond of seeing money;
| So away from them. ,.,,,,r,.gf ID.
b. Hence the. second chapter in this
new Book of Exodus opens with a set
Of. resolutions telegraphed from St.
Louis, appealing to the War Dspart-i
uasnt for rationsi If.there is, any one
thing more characteristic Of the niger
/ than another, It is lis fundnessi fbf ra-
Esions. tn him stlie7 Federals govern
ment at Washington . isl an agent of
Divine Providence TO supply bread in
lieu Of shower Of loaves from the sky.
It does not occur to him that those ra-
Itiens represent the labor Of somebody
who has paid taxes to buy them with /;
nor does It enter into his simple calca
1asionothat eopeople whose laborajs
thus taxed may have, some objection
to that method of enforcing the Offices
6f charity ,upon them: But, taking tile
4 Radical doctrire at its literal accepta-
! tien,l liep iniagiaes that all he has s0do
lis to announce. that he u.s. O. niger,
! that he has arrived at St. Louis in the
course of, a journey, whence sfe cares
i not and whittier he. knows not and
that helis hungry he fancies that the
L rations are inexhaustible, tl,atlg lis
fright to draw them is unquestionable
land hence he calls for them with the
Il charming naisete and the, heaetifn,
4 'iihsoaciaaee tl.at,characterizes the set o
, resolutions telesraphed the other nigh
from st. Louis.
i Now as q matter of course the Ner