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

gage III any such nSnt as tnat, yet
| have no doubt that people Just
as good as we are were engaged In
it. remember reading in history
that when Spain acquired Louisiana
there was great riot, and whyf
Because the French people thought
that they would have to suffer the
awful infliction Of drinking Span.
ish wine; and any one who knows
anything about the two wines
ought not to be surprised that
their revolutionary instincts were
aroused. Laughter. When l was
boy there was riot in New
York, because some people pre-
! ferred one actor to another. saw
portion of the German army
modified few years ago and sent
to the city of Frankfort on.the.
Main to suppress riot in which
great many people were killed, and
what do you suppose was the cause
of III 1t was because the brewers
advanced lager beer from three to
four cents q glass. So, sir, you
might discover thousand causes
that lead people to rise up when
they believe they are oppressed by
a grievance. Such was the case in
the labor riots two years ago at
the North. You will have riots,
and you will have bloodsbed; l do
not undertake to prophecy to-day
that tomorrow you may not have .
riot in any part of the United
States. | believe that if the peo-
pie of the United States were to be
suddenly deprived Of any strong
stimnlant to which they are accus-
; tomed-for instance, drinking whis.
Ky or reading the fiery speeches of
my friend from Maine-there would
be great many riots throughout
the land. Laughter.
The Senator from Maine may
= say, "What! is this great govern.
ment to confess its infirmity and its
impotency not to execute the laws
/, of the landf Is it to make the ad.
mission that while statutes are
upon the statute. books it is not
within the power Of the govern.
ment to punish the violators of the
statutesi" My answer is a very
simple one, and find 1t much
y more easy to answer my own ques-
u tons than when they are put to
a ne. My answer is that this is not
= the first time that any great gov
i ernment-a government as strong
D as the government of the United
J. States-has had to confess that an
u experiment is failure. History is
. full Of such instances where gov
J. ernments have been obliged to
recede from the positions which
. they have taken where there is
} strong, united public sentiment
Z against any system of laws or any
, policy Of government. These caus.
!: es have overthrown governments.
!. AS the French say, "qudpd le peMple
~ mHrmure,' look out for troubles and
u for revolutions.
&c Mr.. President, as l said before,
" the white people of Louisiana, un-
y der the circumstances in which
~ they have been placed, have shown
W. themselves to be law abiding
e. people. The remedy is with time.
u The remedy is to throw the respon.
20 sibility upon them of the solution
e. Of this great problem, for they
~ know full we'll that wherever there
~ is violence, wherever there is dis
vi tnrbance, wherever there Is blood
WI shed, wherever there is commotion
10 w. and wherever society is disturbed
NC prosperity is arrested and that tn,
.ei development of country is check
ei ed. They understand perfectly
=" we'll that peace and order and al
oe equal and just administration of tn,
10 laws secure beneficial results TO tn,
" people and to the government. ]
h'e l were in position to give advic
'sS and counsel upon this great ques
eu ton, l would say that the Fedora
o government should repeal all tn
!I in laws by which it interferes will
~. ne the elections in the States, b,
~ which determinations are mad
me against the white people with rel
me erence to sitting upon juries pract
l1s cally. / would destroy tho Who'll
iys machinery BY which Federal intel
nss ference is exerted in the affairs q
re the State, because it only intens
as as fies that race hatred which ough
'ne to be modified 90 that both rack
may be prosperous and contented.
OBJ. - --
ma The recuperative power of Franz
en-. is something marvellous. Since hl