Louisiana capitolian., 1880-06-22
BACK TO THEBLUE BLOOD OF THE
PATRIOlAN.

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PATRIUIAN.
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The last number Of the Patriot
Democrat contains a bma1 1pfation
signed dkls, hhereh y writer
charges tdAe secoup ofgsCniyersal
sufragesshe abuses y1istIbCfa the
Government Of the American Repub-
lie. '1t cannot but be wrong" he
says, "tllat 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 eject our rulers and law
makers" i. rls
Will Ciuis 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 a 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, adventurers
of every description, as soon as they
become naturalized citizens of Amer
ica 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;;" 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 alventurers! Where
the tents of the miners camp were
seen yesterday, tomorrow, as it by
magic, will arise the beautiful
city of gorgeous structures and
cdifces-an oasis of civilization i'll
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 tile many'
Through the forest Of cleaning
bayonets and sabres the masses Of
the Caucasian race from whence the
American people have sprung, heal
that the Land of Liberty is here
where the sou of the plebean is the
equal of the son of the Patrician. Here
in the United States the strong arm
of industry wins the respect Of fellow
men and leads oftimes to wealth and
1 station. Here, they have been told
that a Tennessee tailor boy educated
himselfand rose from station to station
in lite till he became the Chief Magis'
tratc of the Nation.
Ciris would destroy this. He who
holds the dollars, would be the Patri.
clan and rule the land. Wealth an(
education can take care of themselves
What protection will you give to tht
masses against the arrogance of the
most Fortunate classes, if you rob the
other of the ballot?
ALI! well do We remember 1861. II
was then held to be the duty Of eccrj
man to march to the front of battle
even those "wllo have no property OF
educatiOn.' Was it to establish and
perpctuate q favored class in this
country? The poor conscript was lit
tie short of a criminal, while he was
being dragged away from his noun.
tain or valley home, from his wife and
his little ones, to defend the property
and the institutions of the educated
Of the SOuth.