Year: 1876

are brutal ruffians and murderers, or en-
lightened and Christian beings; and
third, il we have-a government in Louis
lana capable OF enforcing the laws and
protecting life and property, or miser-
able and contemplate mongrel usurpa-
tion as feeble and cowardly as it 10 In
famous in it's origin, and malignant and
corrupt In its administration.


Antoine, as Acting Governor Of Lou
isiana, has charged that black men In
the State are nightly whipped, shot at
and killed; that they are not permitted
to hold meetings, and that they possess
no freedom of political opinion. Now,
then, we demand the proofs. We chal-
lenge the Governor of Louisiana, IL he
is the Governor, to set the machinery OF
the law In motion, to bring the men who
are concerned in the perpetration OF
these outrages to trial. 1t Is idle to say,
IL these things are so common and SO
general, that the culprits are unknown
or cannot be found. We challenge the
Governor or Acting Governor and all
his officials to arrest the perpetrators OF
these outrages, and we guarantee
him that his officials will find no
difficulty In organizing possess in
every parish and neighborhood OF the
State, composed OF the best citizens. to
aid in the arrest Of all culprits OF this
description. We guarantee him that
there will be no unusual difficulty In
arresting whippers and murderers OF
negroes in any section OF Louisiana.
Will Antoine and his masters adopt this
line of action? No: they dare not.
They have foully lied and they know it.
They know that il they point out the
perpetrators OF the so-called outrages
they can bepromptly arrested and tried,
and they know that In almost every in
stance 1t will be found that where so
called outrage has been committed the
negro, or negroes acting under the in
spiration of carpet-baggers have been
the aggressor have been, in fact, SO fully
in the wrong that the whites were forced
to redress themselves. They know such
line OF action will show the miser-
able character OF the government Grant
has organized In Louisiana that 1t will
show that the public officials. instead OF
enforcing the law and protecting the
peace and interests Of our community,
are engaged in plundering and in organ
izing the negroes against the whites for
political purposes. They know that
such line OF action will show that
Radicalism is base, iniquitous, imbe-
cile fraud, rotten with corruption; infa-
nous in character and purpose that it is
responsible for every political riot that
has occurred in the State, and for every
drop Of blood that has been shed in
the collisions between the whites and
blacks.


Nevertheless, the Acting Governor
has given his official endorsement to
these falsehoods, and we now insist
that he shall prove them, or stand be-
fore the country convicted liar. This
hfhaEgaBae hfhfaga Bae fgAa0fee9 6yyongil ngils State Govern
ment, but the Democratic Conservative
State Central Committee Is now in ses-
sion in this city, and we call upon that
body, representing the largest and best
portion of our population, to demand
OF Antoine that he prove the gross and
disgraceful charges he has made in his
high official capacity against the whole
people Of Louisiana, or retract them.
This is a case in which we favor in
timidation. These base charges must
be proved or withdrawn, and we believe
that the Central Committee should take
immediate action in the matter.