The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-25
A Chicago Mans Experience in New o.
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Comptroller Quincy having returned "a
the city from the South, was seen by Daily
News reporter in his office.
You have been South, / believer" said
the reporter
Yes, to New Orleans and other places y
replied the Comptroller.
We'll, what is your opinion of the coun-
try?"
ut is an excellent country, sir. Why. il
L was twenty years younger / wouldn't stay
here day longer than was necessary to
sell out and get myself on a South-bound
train"
did you observe any bitterness on the
part of the people against Northern men,"
None whatever; l observed no ill-will
anywhere against Northern people. They
want them to come. They want their
money and business enterprise, and instead
of trying to drive them out of the country
they continually studying up plans to in
duce them to come there and settle Talk
about persecution! Why, sir, there is no
such thing now, no matter what it has been
in the past. OF course. there are fights and
murders there, Just the same as there are
here, but they have no significance politi-
cally. People quarrel over whisky, women,
property and other matters, and sometimes
resort TO violence TO settle their little dis
putes, as they do in all quarters of the globe:
but think the statistics of crime will show
that there is no more indulgence in lawless-
ness in proportion to the population in New
Orleans or Louisiana than there is in Chicago
or the State of Illinois Hot-headed politi-
clans and party newspapers must have some
thing TO work themselves into frenzy over
and make capital out of, and If q colored
man is killed for some outrageous proceed
ing, or apprehended for violating the law,
they would have us believe the Constitution
is in danger, and the whole social fabric is
going TO pieces"
What did you observe the feeling to be
between the two races?''
"Amicable. There is no ill-feeling be-
tween them. and there is a disposition on
the part of the whites TO encourage all we'll
meaning upright colored men in every way
they can. They do not object to their
voting, but they hate to see them massed at
the polls and casting solid vote for the
thieves and blacklegs and scheming carpet.
baggers who are intent only upon running
the country. They hope in time, through
education, to induce the cOlOred men to
vote for good, honest representative men of
their own section, and only ask to be let
alone to manage their own local affairs If
they are, III guarantee that there will be no
more trouble
did you feel the popular pulse TO any
extent?'
Yes, SIR. While in New Orleans / went
everywhere, and talked with all classes of
people, from the rulers down to the negro
roustabouts on the levee. / made it a point
to drop into stores and offices and talk with
their occupants on politics, and ask them
how they regarded the North. In almost
every instance l found them ready to let by
cones be by-gones, and looking forward
hopefully to the future The only draw
back observed was in the mixed descent and
sluggish foreign blood of many of the in
habitants. With immigration from the
North, there will be an infusion of new
blood and new energy that will wake old
New Orleans up and make her one of the
most important cities on the continent"