The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-12-27

civilized man. it would be We'll
worth the while. Our people, de
spite the fnisome prophecies of
enemies to tue contrary at tue
end of tho war, are better work
mel to day, as treemen, than fiiey
were as slaves, and it matters
not where they go and live, they
Will work and give their quota Of
wealth to the Nation. The whites
of the South have always sat on
the fence, Da>ked i'll the shade, or
lounged III easy chairs 1t will
be a kindness to them, as it will
I've Il source of additional wealth
to the country, if circumstances
can compel them to learn the AIT
of plying the Toe and ambling af-
ter the plough. With the aid of
la~bor>saving machinery. there is
no earthly reason why these Miss
SisSippi lnWlandS should not be
successfully worked by white la
Dor. As ali animal that can he
aTllmaied TO any zone, the Negro
will Undue coulse of time ii Id him
self with some Inconvenience per
haps. at home in the higher Iatitn
des. rlSt as the white man, after
a fearful tanning OF skin by IA tr0p
zeal sun, may be able to accom-
MEDIATE himself to the field work
of the South. In this universal
cry of the Democratic press to
"Let them co., We ask however
that it shall see to it our people
are suffered ,odepart in peace;
tha, no shot gun brigaaeS shall
patrCi river banks ; that no mid
night bands of aSsl>SinS shall ride
about to whip, cash and Stay ANY
OF the expectant exodlS's by Way
of effrctual Arguments against
their going.-Louisianidn.
We willingly give space to the
above that our readers may e
tho ranting of these colored Ed
tors:
That fathomless expanse into
which the Editor Ofthe louisiana
pIungps AT the head of his article
WAS not very dark to the eyes.
of the Democrats of this State.
lfl,e lays any such ga flatter
ing junction. to his soul" as the
oily CANNON with which he
anoin,S himself, then, like those
of Martin Van Buren, CHS suffer
iuSS is intolerablr."
.sTle whites of the South have
always sat on the fence haskei III
the shade, or lonnged in easy
chairs.''
It. makes no matter who makes
use of the above sentence, or
whprn be makes it, We pron"nnc"
it an unmitigatrd fa!sehood ami
a vile SANDER upon the Southern
people. White men Of the South
to day do more hard work, do it
better, and more cheerfnlly than
The culorea man. There Was a
time, and it is the case to day,
when white men of wealth and
means did not labor because they
could live without it, but that is
not confined TO the whites OF the
South. 1t is and has been always
the case, the world over, without
regard to sex, age or previous
condition.
The very author of the above
Islander is Sinking hard work
himself by attempting to edit a
newspaper. Nearly all the rice,
POTATOES, onions and a great deal
of the sugar made in Lafourche
to day is the result of the labor of
the white man.
As the negro quits the cotton
districts the white man moves in
and year after year the cotton
crop increases and grows.
This "Universal cry of the De
mOcraiic Press" to let the negro
60, is "sincere," aud that cry is
echoed right here in this parish
by nine 'out of every ten white
men.
The bluff that was played by
the cry of ''exodus,' Didn't scare,
and the colored leaders are flank
ed and know not what to say.
Their weapon, which was glee
fully supposed to be one that
would knock down their oppc
nents flat on their backs, has prov
ed q boomerang that flies back
and hits the thrOwer square IL
the teeth.
And i'm conclusion we will Onl!
add that the republican leaders
| can take the van Of the ,1J.OOt