The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-19

lu- fJtuuN retOlu~. anu III ltiIStuatAt'S
MANY ui the excellent social and other
customs which this state owes ta us ear
~ tryn b and Spanish settlers.
Between the reOle or Latin and the
llneriea ~ Anglo Saxon elements,
which make up the population of New
orleans and Southern Louisiana, there
is ani las been for half century no
race feelings. no Wejuiicrs or anlmosI-
ties. While We SEQ canada rrnt by the
tat.ial hatred ~ it> French aud English
inhabitents. while Throughout Europe a
war il prevailing. here ~ Louisiana the
two great races of Western Europe ara
blending sorlalh aH1 n;htrwis into one
people.
Let us not Disguise the fact that dur
ins the Ir,t day, os tho American IN
yasian, as il has heen called, there was
some slight stiffness between "treotcs
and "Amaricaus There werc marked
lines of division. socially and in business;
and the two peoples who made up the
population Of New orleans even dwelt
apart. with canal street rs neutral
ground between them. This has been
swept away halt century and more.
treoles and americans voted together
before the war. Creoles AMI Americans
fought tu.cthcr during that great strug
gle, and together 'rCed the state from thu
misyoVetnmeut ut reconstruction and
Radical dlNs j. within the past few
wears, however. that the two races have
blended most loosely together, and race
and Language distinctions los. sight ot.
Al, . All
intrrmarriagrs have occurred, and there
has been the greatest movement ct up
town famiir> down town. and vice
yrr,a When the war prohr cut, there
WI, i large natlNr element IN New or-
leans " ho spoke French alone, and that
language was frequently to bc heard IN
our court and Legislature. There isnot }
/ per cent. Of the treules uf New Orleans
/ to-day who do not speak English, and a
large element Of them who formerly
u,ei French in their ordinary CONVERSE
ton. now employ English ottenor. Not
! that French lIa, dlsapp, 1rcd tor the
4 crpoi"s have taught it to the lmyrirans,
and more than half thu population OF
/ this city speak that tongue
I The greatest movement IN tho amalga-
ton of the two races has been WITHIN
the last few years, durns which Oh
! boundary lines have been swept away.
! a glance az the directory will show that
over ~ per cent. of tho people Of French
or Crcolc origin now 1--we above Canal
street. and that the white population
below Canal street is only + per cent.
Creole and French, to - per cent, Amer
lean. Gotman AMI Irish. At the prcsru,
rate of the movement, within few tie
cades. there will he no essentially French
or t'ryJic portion Of the city. beyond the
stylc Of the house, bat the treolus and
American will ~ almost equally dis
,rbu,ed thoughout all tho districts oI
the city.
Mr.. tayarrc declared that the loilsi.
ANA trc0Ivs .ccmcd unwilling to max,
the world acquainted with their famIl,
relics or papers. and that he found con
siderable difficulty in getting a view of
them while preparing his history oi
Louisiana. This could fc said few
years ago but can scarcely be- said to
| 1ay. The t'rculc committee, during both
! the Worlds industrial and the Amer
lean Exposition gave the world. for tho
first time an opportunity of apprcclatlnp
some of TIM many relics and "oblet>
dait" preserved by the treulrs Of l.ousi.
ana. The Oil feeling, the cid GOODNESS
seems 10 have disappeared. The trc'
oles to-day throw open their honses aud
their treasures % the world.
\ Crr)lr association to day does not
mean the pcrpctnaton of race prelI'
dlcrs. feelings ar distinctions, but SIM
ply To- preserve the traditions and his
torv, Genealogical records, etc. New
Nork hao such a society III the knicker
bOckcrs. who keep alive the memories ol
the ul Dutch race III New YORK. 1t
does not keep the races apart there, fol
the descendants - the former Holland
era and uf the AmerCans or Anglo
saxon. are ~ thoroughly blended IN
New lofk that il J., impossible TO iIstIn
gui-h them apart save 10y their names.
Many Of the social customs OF New
Orlaau. owe their utlgin To the 'rcoIos
much uf our architecture, our IOlldhys
our outdoor celebrations. They have
given <ow Orlrau, - gay side, II, love
Of life. Amusement and music. AT The
same time they have given 1t soldiers
statesmen, merchant, arr! bankers
Since thn American Dominion ten of oni
governors have been contributed by the
GalIic portion IF uur population, SIX sen
ators and innumcrablr others Of on
great men. That the treoIcs wish t.
urrpett.alr these memories and thes'
IDEAS S only natural and proper They
cannot lyyo to perpetuate French rs th'
language Of the state. or MAINTAIN race
,n,e and distinctions, but they can pre-
serve the glorious memories OF the lIoui
siaua Crcoio.. and keep alive th" hapP'
c.j.tom,. usag"s, the life and spirit the'
have impaired To- the whole people o
Soutlern ouisiana. whatever Their orr
gin or ancestry. New Orleans Times
Democrat