The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-11
PROMOTERS OF DlsC0RD.

That the negroes pretended friends
are his worst enemies ID fact that
many of the colored race have found
out to their cost. For the advance.
ment of their own selfish ends the
Republican managers in the Southern
States have time and again melted
the negroes to violence and crime that
have always resulted in the greatest
misfortunes to this ignorant and mis-
guided people. In this connection we
cannot do better than present the fol-
lowing from the Thibodaux Sentinel:
Those self-appointed protectors of the
negroes who go about giving the assur-
ances of protection, would, perhaps, bet
ter serve their wards by leaving them
alone. The negro needs no protection If
left to himself 1t is only when bad
hite men, actuated by their own base,
ignoble and selfish motives go about STIR
ring and melting the negroes that the
latter in their ignorance transgress the
bounds of moderation and discretion, and
by their acts of insolence, nay of violence
provoke the whites beyond endurance,
and unfortunate conflicts take place in
which the inferior. race generally comes
out worse. AS a rule, when the storm
bursts, the nnprincipled towards who
sowed the whirlwind are out of its reach,
gloating at a safe distance with Machla-
velian satisfaction over the ruin they
have accomplished. The negro left to
himself wants no protectors for he needs
no protection. The peaceful pursuit OF
his daily avocatiOn; the friendly relations
he establishes by his good behavior with
his white neighbors; the kindly feelings
of benev0lence, which under normal
condition of things, naturally actuate q
superior race to its dealings towards an
inferior and dependent one-these will
throw around the negro surer and stron-
ger protection than all the scalawags and
carpet-baggers in the land can ever hope
to give him.
The negroes natural protector is his
white neighbor aud employer, and not
the strolling agitator, with an AK to
grind, ever seeking to stir up strife and
destroy that peace and entente c0rdiale
which should naturally exist between the
two races.
The lessons of the past twenty odd
: years have not been lost on the ne.
J groes. They have learned something
of value, and this is that their inter
! ests are not different from those of thu
whites, among whom they live ane
: with whom they are closely connected
] in all the important matters of dali,
! life. The white people who own thu
: lands, conduct the commerce and in
: dustries, pay the taxes and emplo!
the labor of the negroes, are incalcu
lably more interested in the welfar
of the whole people than can be
horde of politicians. They are mos
deeply concerned that peace and con
Q cord shall prevail throughout tn
: country, and that fair state of pros
: perity and contentment shall be en-
J. joyed by all.
. The negroes have largely eujoys
J. and have, therefore, learned to appre
ciate these blessings and to distrus
e and to keep out Of the political con
+ aicts that have been precipi,atea upo
. this country by inscriptions part
. leaders playing the roles Of beasts @
i prey. All the peace and prosperit
d that the Southern States have enjoye
5 since the war was after they had bee
$ wrestcd from the control of the WI
u lures and cormorants that wrongl
J. havoc and rnin under the protectio
l. and patronage of the Republican pal
ty. The negroes in the days of RI
10 publican domination suffered alon
u with the whites and just as seriousl
! and it is not strange that the most it
y telligent and we'll disposed of the'
~ should take no interest in the Repnt
" can campaign which promises them u
= = real benefits and no practical ,goof
% II New Orleans Picayune.