The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-17

that ths Immigrant at Liverpool or Bremen
cannot be persuaded BY pamphlet-that what
than NV what at il recites W. wslcome any a fort 70
snsmaent our population yth bread. w, Ia
acts, s and for whose l. eisiatiys' I sanction he
makes appeal. has done It's utmost to keep
| them out. or. In other words, to crush them as
T. 2 vice between the plantation fence and the
| State wall.
1t would be difficult for even the most In
genious falstier or malevolent and bigoted
| Radical to condense into the same space a
greater number Of palpable untruths One
might readily fancy that the old Republican,
which was the champion and organ of the
men who Inflicted 60 much Of suffering and
| dsgrace upon this State, and who robbed the
people 80 numerically, was resuacltated and
once again In full blast In the copgenIaI task
of deDunciation. The Ledger knows perfectly
well that there is no such condition Of affairs
IN this State as 1t describes; 1t knows that
men OF all races are equally protected In their
lives, their rights and privileges, and that
throughout the broad limits Of the State
there ls perfect peace--the basis Of which Is
justice and kindly feeling. 1t need not be
told that violence and rapine ceased with the
defeat OF the party which 1t champions, and
upon the accession Of the Democracy to power.
Under Radical rule, under the rule Of the men
who were the party and personal friends OF
the Ledger people, the condition Of Louisiana
was indeed deplorable, for there was no JUS
tice that was not purchasable, no law that
any Radical need obey, no rights that were
sacred from invasion. Bolder robberles were
committed under the forms of iap than were
ever perpetrated on the highway by Dick
Turpin or Jack Sheppard, and not only were
immigrants deferred from coming here, but
many Of our best citizens were compelled to
gather up their effects and seek asylum else
where. Small wonder, In truth, II Lou
isiana have bad name abroad for
the Radical party left not one
stone unturned to make 1t place to be
Stunned by civilized people, and their infa-
nous record Of more than Sen years Is I'M
relieved by a single decent act. What su.
preme insolence, then, for the very men who
wrought the ruin. who pulled down the pillars
Of the State, to ats "A, t to arraign the De-
mocracy for their own acts. The Ledger falls
into a sad error when 1t faneies that such
stale and patent falsehoods can longer find
market or arouse any other feeling than con-
temptuous scorn. The war has been over
fifteen years. the people Of the two sections
have buried all the animosities which 1t en-
gendered and are endeavoring to work out
for themselves as a whole u glorious destiny.
and It must be small mind indeed that can
find pleasure In trying to fan into life the em-
bers of a hatred well-nigh extinct. IT the
Radical party can find no higher mission 1t
may rs we'll prepare for It's final exit.
Let US hope that the injury to Gov. Hahn
may not long prevent his giving his personal
to the conduct Of the Ledger, for
the fate of that journal Is already
sealed, and 1t will not long have the power to
indulge In slanderous accusations against
people who are trying to bind up the wounds
caused by the war and by misgovernment,
and whose most earnest desire Is to redeem
the State from the odium cast upon It by the
Radical party. We are striving to build up
the waste places and develop the wonderful
resources Of Louisiana, and the Ledger should
assist Ia that laudable work and cease to revile
and denounce our people.