The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1882-09-23
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Thibndaux, La, Sept. 20, 1882

Allow ne. as a Kepul llcan to con
graduate yon OH some articles crit
zin2 the public action, or non dc
'ion of the colored people Of this
>Fase. contained in your Issue OF
August 10Th, 1882.
Never have seen truths more
frankly expressed, or more clearly
explained than you did in yonr
>~tatementS, concerning the blind,
!lrHdiong manner, III which the col
mtl people abuse their high pIivi
itse OF suffrage, rejecting all discus
I ana argument, ungratetnl tor
al! BENEFITS conferred, and only
ready /" read Ont Of a party, of
which they are but the tail end.
and clubbing traitors and spies, any
III differing from their n%nrecsona
bic proceedings. At the same time
they allow the principal bulk of the
charges for the education of their
children to be bnrne by the White
people. takiu, it but as their due,
and are perfectly cAllous to any just
appreciation of the un>e!fiSh efforts
Of The excellent officers, now labor
ing SO faithfully to improve their
schools. They would to-day prefer
the regime OF the saiated Mccoy.
the Wholesale robbery Of tie school
FUNDS, collected principally from
their white fellow citizens, and the
appointment OF negro schoolteach
ers unable to recite even the alpha
bet.
Really, if the colored leople ey
poet TO remain in this country, au,l
to tnjos its advantages forever, they
will have to make greater efforts.
They will have 10 less antagonize
he white race, and study more
closely their local interests, than
the howlingS of paid strikers. They
will have to be compelled to pay at
least their poll taxes. They must
do more for their schools.
have 10 day conversed with q
number Of Intelligent coIored
Their views in tie matter entirely
coincide with my own. They high
" compliment your views, and are
sorry that they cannot be placed
before. and duly appreciated by
every co'oreh man in the State.
1t is all very we'll to pity the col
ored race for the disadvantages IN
der which it has laIorcd for the
wrongs which have been perpeirat
ted against it, but it is certainly
sure, that, eve since recOnstrUc
ton coloretl suffrage has proved m
intolerabie nuisance, and that sell
! preservation Is the first law OF Ia
ture. Intelligent Republicans have
suffered vastly more from this brute
element, comprising, alas, yet the
very bulk Of the colored vote, than
those atfiiiating with the opposite
political party.
In the City Of New Orleans |
have lately seen some specimens Of
the abyss Of corruption into which
the Republican Party has sunk dn
ring four Legislative elections. LII
each and every one of them, in
spite of all the money and Govern
ment patronage expended, the De
mocgatic nominees succeeded by
pltiful minority votes.
AS openly acknowledged by the
Republican leaders, not a negro
could De brought to the polls, ex
cept he was paid cash.
And they call this a Government
for the people, BY the people.
/ venture coolly and calmly to
predict that such an abominable
state of affairs will not be tolerated
for many years longer.
Persistent efforts will be cortin
ned to raise the intellectual and