Louisiana capitolian., 1880-06-26
BACK TO THEBLUE BLOOD OF THE
PATRIOIAN.

signed CltlS, WAeitlA Iuo WHICH
charges to the account Of Universal
Suffrage, the abuses existing in the
Government of the American Repub-
lie. 'Tt cannot but be wrong" he
says, 'that men who have no proper
ty or education, foreigners who come
here only to make money with the in
tention Of going elsewhere to spend
it. men who are strangers in our
midst, should elect our rulers and law
makers"
Will Ciyis tell us from whence have
come the fifty millions Of people, who
to-day inhabit magnificent cities and
! towns, linked to one another by bands
of steel, spread from ocean to ocean,
| where hundred years ago roamed
but the Red Man in the virgin forests
and jungles Of North America?
He says further, 'thus we see that
the scum of Europe, the paupers, the
beggars, the criminals, adventures
of every description, as soon as they
become naturalized citizens of Amer
lea are allowed by our laws to dictate
to us who shall be our rulers and who
shall make our laws"
Has "Civis" forgotten that the bulk
of the emigrants who originally set
tied the colonies, were composed
of the very element that he is pleased
to call ''the scum of Europe; n and
that the mother of States and states
men, Virginia, with her proud F. F.
VS. grew from the very seeds which
he now holds in contempt. And the
story of Virginia is the story of every
other State. Look at the far West,
into who whose bosom is pouring the
stream of those adventurers! Where
the tents of the miners camp were
seen yesterday, tomorrow, as if by
magic, will arise the beautiful
city of gorgeous structures and
edifces-an oasis of civilization in
the once arid desert!
;, THAT is the work Of UNIVERSAL
SUFFRAGE In the hamlet, in the
crowded centres of old Europe, where
education and wealth cling to the old
idea that the sceptre of government
belongs to them can be heard the
; tramp of numberless and constantly
increasing battalions Of armed men
Why, in Gods name, are these mil
lions of soldiers taken from the fields
and the workshops! Is it not to pre-.
serve in the hands of the few the con.
; troll of the many?
Through the forest Of cleaning
bayonets and sabres the masses O.
the Caucasian race from whence thu
American people have sprung, heal
that the Land of Liberty is here
where the son Of the Plebean is thu
equal of the son Of the Patrician. Herr
, in the United States the strong arm
of industry wins the respect of fellow
men and leads oftimes to wealth ant
station. Here, they have been toll
that Tennessee tailor boy educated
himselfan rose from station to station
, in lite till he became the Chief Magis
trate of the Nation.
Girls would destroy this. He VIII
holds the dollars, would bo the Patri
clan and rule the land. Wealth ami
education can take care of themselves
What protection will you give to TIN
r masses against the arrogance Of tn
most fortunate classes, if you rob TIN
other of the ballot?
All! we'll do we remember 1861. l
was then held to be the duty Of erer
man to march to the front Of battle
even those "who have no property o
} education.' Was it to establish ant
perpetuate favored class in this
l country? The poor consc'1pt was lit
| tie short ola criminal, while he wa
l being dragged away from his noun
tain or valley home, from his wife ant
: his little ones, to defend the propert.
and the institutions of the educated
t. of the South.
: His blood belonged to the State tha
. Girls would have deprive him Of tn
! right to raise a voice in governing.
We believe that all men are bor1
4 free and equal, in this that the imbe
IL Il.