St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-05-25
FOR LAW AND ORDER.

State press stsnds on the question
Ut claw and order" aad gives the
names Of thirty-dvs papers which
have come ont in favor Of claw and
order" on the 7imes- Democrat plan
Of denouncinR the white citizens OF
Lafayette q law-brsakers and resu-
lators: four papers which have
sided with the white citizens and
property holders. and two (ths
iberia Enserprise and st. Tammany
FAaHEa.) It says are ION the fence. .
On the fence Tor what? Il il be.
cause We are opposed to law and
orderf Such . proposition 10 too
absurd for consideration.
We suppose We are considered by
that paper to be ION the ience" ~
to Law and order. because We have
not. like = number Of delucei
country papers. made = "mountain
ont Of . mole hill" in reference to
the late troubles in Lafayette. An
opposition ticket entered the field
IN that town and proposed to carry
the election for Mayor and Alder
men by voting the negroes solid.
The leading citizens. property own.
srs and taxpayer. interfered and
said j: should not be done. They
were jnstly opposed to turning the
affairs Of the town over to the con-
troll n q set Of men elected by the
votes OF the idle. vicious and
worthless slement-the negro poll
ticians AMI loafers. The supre-
macy Of the intelligent and re-
spectacle whites prevailed. and the
election was not held. The same
thing. on q larger scale. would
happen in New Orleans. or even in
any Northern city. under similar
circumstances.
We believe 10 Law aud order, bnt
10 not believe snch = condition
could possibly prevail If our cleo
tons were turned over to the man.
sgement and control Of the vicious
and ignorant
The intelligent. law-abiding and
progressive white race has made,
not only this State. bnt the en-
tire country. what it is. aid they
intend to keep right ahead making
it better and greater all the tims.
One Of the important conditions
accompanying this grand march Of
progress is that they intend to ham
die the reins Of government At all
hazards. and those who don't like
it must clear the track. This il
admitted by all. Even The better
class Of the colored people (thoss
who work, aud are establishing
comfortable homes Of their own,
admit the trn.hfnlness and justice
Of this argument
Then Why should the Times
Democrat raise snch = howl and
futter because . gang OF scheming
and worthless negroes were not
permitted to run the La!aye tts
election TO suit themselves, and
rslegate that town to the chaotic
rule Of vice and lawlessness
II you discover q burglar in the
act Of breaking into your honss.
sou must not think Of bringing
your weapon to bear upon him. be-
Cause it Is unlawful to discharge
6rearms within the city limits.
Yon must be . quiet. psaceable.
Iaw-abiding citizen, and il others
choose to act differently. it il not
your fault. even though you know
you will DO robbed. Il that about il?
IL Gretna. on Sunday. the 18th
inst. another difficulty occurred.
caused BY crowd Of negro roughs
attacking company Of white fire.
men and stsbbing two OF their
number. IN this case, again. the
Times Democrats account was got
ten up in regulation" style. a. ap-
pears from the following extract
from the Gretna Courier OF tue
18th icst.:
We must express our honest sur
prise =: certain portions OF the &C.
count given hy the Times Demo.
oral Of tho recent racs trouble in
our town. Il appears that this
mammoth Journal sent over two or
three representatives to report the
affair. Immediately on reaching
The ncene Of tho engine hOuse Ere.
ono Of the reporters. evidently de-
string to pose - . hero. began to
instruct some Of onF white citizens
in regard to the protection of the
lives Of negro women and children.
He took hia stand in front o. sew
er.l cottages inhabited by colored