The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1892-10-08
CROPPING OUT.

| Edward Gibbon IN his "decline
and fall of the Roman empire" per-
Itinently says, ssllistory is indeed
little more than the register of the
crimes, follies and lnisfortunes of
mankind" and we may with equal
pertinence say that even In this new
world, history repeats itself.
Introductory to the late unpleas-
antness book was published IN the
interest of the Republican party
styled, ssThe Impending Crisis. :"
1t taught the higher law doctrines
ssthat necessity knew no law" and
that 'smight was right" which
teachings were promptly put in prac-
tice by the party in power at the
price according to Mr.. Platt of "over
l, 900, 900 precious lives'' and the de-
struction of untold property, max
ing wreck and wilderness of the
fairest portion of Gods green earth
that humanity ever inhabited. That
book was published over thirty years
ago, and now the same party by the
same means propose to repeat the
programme.
This time it is not book, but a
bill, the force bill One of the most
Infamous products that ever emana-
ted from the brain of a corrupt,
hackneyed, political tool, to wit :
Johnny Davenport of New York
city.
Mr.. Harrison in his letter of ac-
ceptance labored manfnlly to cover
up the venom of the vicious thing
with multitude of moral platltudes
about ballot box purity; but his
labors were all in vain, because the
fiimsy protest was too transparent
to pass unobserved by the most
casual observer.
Capitalization for the purpose of
retaining power, stares us in the
face in every line from the beginning
to the end Of the bill, regardless of
all our most sacred rights. as free
American citizens.
Capitalization is not by any means
the cropping out of the bill we re-
fer TO in our caption. Oh no. 1t is
the dreadful coming strife between
the races in the South that the bill
was intended to engender, and which
is already on.
/ We quote from the New Orleans
Picayune.
An Appeai-Avalanche special from
i Clarksdale. Miss, says: Sheriff Harris,
of this place, was notified early this
morning by Deputy Fitzgerald, OF
Friar's Point, to at once organize an
armed posse aud proceed to the plan
taiion of Mr.. j. X. Wilkinson, large
planter west of Bobo, small station
eight miles south of this place, 10 put
down an Instruction among the
negroes in that locality against the
j whites
| Sheriff Harris promptly complied,
and in short time had all armed
posse, consisting of twenty-seven men
from this place and Friar's Point NOV.
ing, to the scene. .ass
Authentic information has jnst been
received that two negroes were killed
outright and nine captured, and are
now on the way to Friar's Poiut,
heavily guarded. In addition to the
negroes killed, several are saidto be
mortany wounded. The negroes took
to The brush and are still, an armed
None of the whites are reported hurt
4 From confessions made by some OF
the negroes, it is learned that they
have organized au order among them
I sctsts comprising thc SutbS uCsS htVt-
hood, with pass words and grips, with
the avowed purpose Of killing the
whites.
This is evidently history repeating
itself, only on much smaller scale,
with the force bill adherents ont of
the reach Of danger, no doubt pre-
pared to raise the cry Of negro per-
secution and murder. Nero fiddled
/ while Rome was ablaze, and the
same attitude, the force bill adher.
ents hold towards the Sonth to-day.
! They will possibly plead that
negro ignorance is not competent to
comprehend the full Importance of
the force bill, while the fact is well
known that relatively there are
more shrewd far-seeing political
leaders among the colored race, than
there are among the whites with all
i their boasted intelligence, and those
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