The crusader., 1890-07-19
WAS 1T A MEASURE OF RE-
HI VENG Ef

Ii VENGEf
: The language of Senator Demas
uPen the haal passage of the sepa =
rate car bill in the Sena e, indicated
that the Democcats meant to pass
the law as punishment to the col.
orad people. the chastisement it
seems was predicated on two counts.
II That the Republican Senators
haa voted for the Lottery.
g, That the Republicans in Wash
ington had voted for the force bill.
II the vote in the Senate was
prompted by such motive,i we
woald be curious to know what
cause actuated that given in the
Hdlse ? Tue more reasonable by
poshesis would be that the Negro
stands In the same relati N with the
white as that which, according to
the fable, exists between the wolf and
tasa8b.
Ali the excuses and sophistries
adsanced on the question are just SO
many unnecessary eff ,rts which on
~ serve to conceal the real truth.
W@Sdid not hear what reason the Gov
error had for signing the bill, but
wefsuppose that he doesn't need any
if be wants to be in harmony With
his party on the race question.
We have no doubt that the proce-
dure was m alter of bad faith, su-
perinduced by q natural bad feeling
wh,eh the ultra Democrats entertain
towards their black neighbors. They
acton the broad assumption that the
Nero hassno rights which they are
lsk Ens rasnaeL.and4 not evan THAR
sacred honor can be considered of
any binding force when they are
dealing with the subject of color.
The logic of the situation makes
US believe that the Lottery Demo.
Gratis placed them selves under obi
cations to thu colored Representa-
tiyes to prevent the passage of class
legislation, but that after having OBJ
tanned what they wanted, they de-
liberately and meanly betrayed those
who had served them faithfully to
the end. We ho,d the majority re-
sponsible for that Jim Grow business,
because they had the power to crush
it and failed to do 80. While the
colored Representatives could hagl
made al ultimatum of their vote, it
does not relieve the Morris minion
of the bad name they have earned by
their black, rank ingratitude, and
above all, by the want of good
faith.
, Bat if the Lottery men had the
advantage of the situation, 40 far as
to control our Representatives abso.
lutely, we feel authorized to state
that the popular verdict will show a
different result. The colored people
resent the indignity sought to be i'm.
posed upon them, and they will re-
turn a tooth for tooth and an eye
for eye, if the freedom of the bollot
is permitted on the Morris PROPOSE
ton. The colored people, to a man,
will rise in the majesty of their Of
Tended pride, and use every legal
means in their power to oppose that
: monster of immortality which wants
} to suck the life blood of Louisiana
metaphorically speaking, through the
convenient tube of race prejudice.
We must acknowledge that the
} trastfulness of our nature once more
led us iuto mi> IKE 10 the estimate
we had formed of the men who fig
! ured in the last Legislature. Not
3 withstanding the terrible lessons o
s the past we still hoped for the better
: thinking that men charged with th'
1 high duty of Representatives were tx
!, be excepted from the common por
ton of mankind, and that they could
Q be depended upon for wise am
: just solution of State problems affect
hnman right and human liberty
: Such, however, did not prove to b.
s the case. The members of the Gen
! eral Assembly showed themselves tc
g be the same bitter enemies, a.
a those who habitually perform the les
o delicate part of the persecution.
g The issue is made and We have t
e meet it. To begin with, the colore