Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-07-30
Satardap's edition.
Intolerance.

The community was astounded a
well Az amused by reading, in Thurs
days Advocate A PROTECT, signed CIR,
ZEN, which displays spirit of intoIs,
aneo and narrow prejudice such IN W
have never before seen. All that !
lacking to make the infammatory 40
peal complete il to call for tho stake q,
which to burn the beatheus who dom
think az he does.
| This howl is occasioned by the suuda,
excursion Of the Army of Tennessee
whose members, like Other good people
have to work every day in the week il
New Orleans, and avail themselves 81
their only day Of freedom, Sunday, te
got out INTO the country and enjoy them.
selves, without medding with those who
don't wish to do likewise.
Everybody knows that oxcurson par.
ties loayo Nov Ocleaus, almost inyaria.
bly, on Supdayp, Thoy 70 to hcComb,
Summit, Magnolia, on the Jackson Rail
road, to Mobile and other places on the
Mobile road, to The Jetti0s, acroas The
Lake, oycrywhGrc, in fact, within atrik-
ing distance of the Metropolis.
We have never heard that elsewhere
the church-golng people had ever at
tempted to control the actions of people
with different IDEAS.
II remained for Baton Rouge to take
up the cudgol, at moment, too, when
our yctcrans Of thH Array of Tenncssee
have made MI Their arrangements to
visit Baton Rougc, and when their com
Tados Ind large number Of liberal
minded people are striving to extend
them courtcsios aud bospitalitics.
"Cttizcn" has not been maguanmous
enough even to keep hands of.
The old residents Of thls city and
lower Louisiana, Will rcmesuhcr that i,
the happy days Of years ago, the creole
population were wont to spend their
Sundays in sociability aud pleasure.
And they wore NONE Tug lrsa VIZ.
rUouH, NONE THE LEse noNrFv than
the rfuaa1prn ~ t,.l,r
lt'wonld seem though, that il wap not
enough that the armies Of the North |
should have laid wastc The country,
but the spirit Of intolcrancc and rclip.
ious tanaticIsm had 10 follow in the
trai! OF its lGttaIious aud finally turn
itself against those OF orr veterans in
gray whom The deadly hail had not laid
alongside their comrades whose bodies
lie Wondering III the grave.
"CitiDn" protests and opposes those
Of our population who are DESTROYS of
contributing to assist the Army of Ten
ntssee to erect tomb md monument
70 their ber0ic dead, because they are 10
10 so on Sunday,
Inc Constitution aecords 10 every man
'hEEDOH OF conscience and artion
those who think that they ought to 20
% church on Sunday and stay at nome
4
ne remainder Of the day, have a perfect
ight TO Go No, Those who believe 9TH
wise have the righ. to act in accordance
With their views, provided they do not
'ttempt to make the church men do ~
hey do.
The men who are endsavoring thus to
t'f up STRIFE, religious agitatioahnd ami
Mostly among our cosmopolitan popnla.
at'on, whose customs are derived from
heir European ancestry, had bettsr nm
erstand that our people will not be-
into giving up rights which
hey have enjoyed since the earliess ~t- |
cement OF Louisiana by the French and }
be Spauiards. .
No desire orr visitors 30 know thut &
Citizen" does not represent tho sent;-
rents OF the majority of the people Of r
liz city, AZ can asily be proven should q
e attempt to consult them regarding v