St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-30

than for an anti who is for negro IN once
Hence hope you VIII INFORM . ane n,,,i;ant -"
= there are doubts expressed on the SUBJECT
8 THE Clarion publishes the letter, anC
after expressing some doubt rs tt
whether the DR.. "has the right to In
. terrogate us (it in behalf OF the puolle
as to our Gts) private sentiments" pro-
ceeds to answer as follows:
If we had controlled the appointing power
Harry Bloch would not have been appointed
=, westminster at Opelousas. Further we are III
favor OF putting white men in office, and are ID
favor of white supremacy, as much SO oouoI'
less as Is DR.. ChlluS.
t If the Clarion had stopped here, Dr.
Cbilds and men of his way of thinking
might have been satisfied. We say that
they might have been; though it they
but stopped moment to reflect, that
this statement had to be +" corkscrewed'
out of it; if they took into account the
circumstances under which this state
ment was elected, and the fact that not
the faintest chirp of protest against this
humiliation has yet been uttered by It,,
they would surely come to the conclu-
sion that the Clarion, as champion OF
white supremacy, would hardly do to
tie to.
But the Clarion goes on to say that
"BIoch's appointment in no way en-
dangers white supremacy" that there
is no occasion for raising that question
at this time that whether we like Fed
eral appointments or not, we have to
submit, &C., &c. We for one, en-
phatically dissent from these PROPOSE
tions. Bloch's appointment is an en-
| tering wedge; it paves the way for
more, particularly if not vigorously pro-
tested against; and now, before it is too
late, is the very time for raising this
question and nipping in the bud this
disposition to saddle Mr.. Niger upon
us, let it come from whatever quarter
it may. Besides, it is indisputable that
Bloch would never have attempted to
take the office had he not obtained the
assistance and countenance OF int1uen-
tial white men, who secured bondsmen
for him and advised him to 20 in; and
they, at least, it is fair to assume,
"liked" that appointment tolerably
well.
The Clarion then goes on to cite, in
an apologetic sort of way, number OF
cases, here and elsewhere, in which col
ored men were recommended, appointed
or elected to office-the evident pur-
pose being to familiarize the public
mind with that sort of thing-and then
finally shows the cloven foot, by un-
folding its plan of campaign so plainly
that even he who runs may read--the
same plan which we signalized to the
attention of our readers some weeks
ago. Here it is:
We need colored votes ne " in our State, and
we need them badly, to help defeat the ggan-
tic lottery scheme. The Republican admins.
tration has declared against the .ottery ana II
we treat the colored voters in a just and CON
ciliatory manner we will be able to get many
colored votes against the lottery while II we
assume hostile attitude toward the colored
race now when that people are in nowise as
serting any claim to any kind OF supremacy
but are simply asking fol protection OF life and
property, with what grace can we ask them to |
vote with us on the lottery question p!
The plain English of this is that it is
proposed to court and coddle the negro, |
just as the Farmers Union has been
cou1ted and coddled; the "just and corr
cillatory treatment" to be accorded him
means that few more Offices are to be
given him in exchange for his votes.
The Clarion would court the negro
to get his vote against the lottery
amendment, and in the same breath it
says that the party to which the negro
belongs through the Federal admins
tration has declared against the lottery.
This is all q sham. 1t has other pur-
poses in view, and they are perfectly
apparent to any observer of current
events. IL has never been necessary to
divide "honors" with the negro to se-
cure the election of white man to Of
fee, and while we must bow to the be-
hests of President Harrison, it be-
hooves us to raise our voice when he
uses his power to foist upon US the ap-
poiutment of negro postmaster.
There is an old French saying ap-
plicable, in the matter Of the postmaster
ship, to the course Of the Clarion "qui
ne dit rien, consent" Its silence or
rather its failure to condemn the ap-
pointment can only be construed as a
quasi endorsement. 1t will not do SIM
ply to plead irresponsibility for ap-
pointments made to Federal Offices by a
Republican President. 1t is the duty
of the Press whenever such appoint
ments are distasteful and humiliatiDg, to
protest against them in thundertones.
1t will not do to declare ourselves in
favor of white supremacy and of put
ting white men in Office, to use the Ian
guage of the Clarion, and when col
ored man is appointed to the office OF
post master of Opelousas, to be mum on
the subject for fear the negro may kick
and vote against our man.
NOTICE.-We are prepared to print