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BAIN BRIDGE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1874.
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[ff. & Santa 3 Address to the
ok oftae Second Congression-
jtrict-
Citizens of the Second Congrcss-
I District:
ing been honored with the nouti
by the lute Democratic Oon-
, and having accepted the high
pnruml trust tendered me, and
g to address yoa upon the sub-
voiced m the approaching elec
tive selected this as one of the
undos of doing so.
hr:kf resume
pril, 1865, the .Southern people
.an thsir amts and accepted as
nplislted fact the overthrow of
jofederate Itovernuieut.
naturally expected from a mag
s conqueror—one c >titrollod by
n flonstituti'iQ—me who h id
that the war was w g -d to
the Federal Uni >n, and f'or no
urf)ose--as soon as the war was
as s ion as the conflict ceased —
aid he permitted to exercise ali
rghts as citizens of the respective
anti as Citizens of the United
and to manage their domestic
in their own way.
rury to this reasonable anil con-
nal expcction, the Republican
the war party of the North —
n power and flushed with vie-
ttntler the headway of a rapidly
iiiouicntuui, made the South
e Southern people leading objects
trahted. ungenerous and unfriend
station.
have witnessed and rctm.ined si
the Federal legislation that freed
laves,—that made the slave a
of the United States and of the
in which he might reside.—that
under political disabilities the
be best, and the most breed men
South,—that compelled you t"
rge a part of the cost of your sub
'U.—that made void all claims for
ves. and for the emancipation ot
and prevented Federal and State
nt therefor.—that gave to the
slave the right to vote, n.itwith
~ the laws of the several States
that subject
vithstanding such unfriendly and
aive act.s. the people of the Sout h
‘‘sU’d their resistance only in a
spread murmur of discontent, suf-
1 at least to have attracted the syut
s "la magnanimous conqueror .
hich
m fact was unhegrd and un
fewn 8tate. as indeed all others
oe d to put itself in the line oi
vinpulsory and punitive ligisla
and first ,if all the s ave was de
tree. He was made a citizen
w -' s placed in his hand ; he
'Worded the right t<> buy and sell
n F '■ to sue and be sued ; to giv<
ny in c urts; to hold office, and
v,> as juror, when found upright
Hvlligcnt.
did the white men of theS Uth
-'■■ry avenue of wealth, honor and
to the black man; and it up
that the Northern Republican
'’Hithern black men were satisfied
the. then, situation, and were con
to letve the future of the black
to h s own individual efforts. In-
distingnishod Northern Reptibli-
di clared th it. having freed the
min —having conferred on him
f . t of citizenship.—having armed
"■th the ball..t. and having made
C'lital with tlie white man before
a '. that nothing more c mid or
‘d be done for him; that in the
r
he
n it compete with the Cmeasian,
liu 1 M! 'd sh *u!d go down.
„ e "ditto man and the black man of
‘ “ ut " accepted 1 the situation, and
1^ ’dly turned their hands to
P the loom and the anvil. I’Lfl
)r " becoming more and more
^ od fco the employer, and the latter
jple for wealth, p iwer an 1 horn*
^.’"'d he left to hluiself. and if hi
to him. A spirit of conciliation, of
friendship, of" protection and of mutual
interest was-becoming more and more
general and permanent, and ’crime was
beginning to decrease. The great cause
of education was being atrengthed and
’•'opuiarised. Peace, industry and in
dividual prosperity blessed the entwe
State. There was no jar, no Conflict
between the r ices or labor and capital
—each was d-pendent on the other.
The prosperity of one was the pros
perity ef both. The employer could
not dispense with the laborer ; the la
borer could not live without th former
This happy state of things worked har
moniously for both races, until it be
came necessary for the Republican
party to produce dissatisfaction among
the blacks, and to incito them to hope
for and to claim equal social relations
with the whites.
CIVIL RIGHTS.
The wiles and machinations of un
principled politicians and demagogues
have produced aud seized upon a meas
ure in Congress known tin the Civil
Rights Rill, and they hope with this
project, by inciting the worst feelings
and desires of the black man, to arouse
him and to array him against his cut
ployer »t least to such an extent as to
secure to the Republican party a victory
in the Southern States; and this, too.
without the least regard to the solid in
forests of either race, or the happiness
and prosperity of the country.
The first s ction of the bill declares.
• that all citizens and other person?
within the jurisdiction of the United
S f ates shall," etc . etc. 1 his language
not only include 0 whites and blacks,
who are citizens, but it also includes
Indians, Chinamen, Fagans or Canni
bals, who are within the jurisdiction oi
the United States, so that under thi
pretence of ben fitting the black man.
any person < n the lace of the earth may
be included in the Bill.
The Bill also declares that all such
persons “shall be entitled to the equal
enjoyment of the accommodat ions, ad
vantages, facilities and privilege of inns,
public conveyances on land or water,
theatres or other places of amusement,
and also of common scdools and pubic
institutions of learning or benevoi• n c
npported in whole, or in part by general
taxation, and cem teries so supplied, and
d.-o the institutions known as the in
dustrial c lieges endowed by the United
States, subject to the conditions aud
limitations established by law, and ap
plicable alike to citizens of any race
..nil color, regardless of any previuu.-
condition servitude.”
Our State law provides that inn
keepers are bound to receive as guests
dl persons of good character who un
willing to comply .with their rules
Code HI 21.
Carriers of passengers are bound to
receive all persons who are willing to
comply with their reasonable regula
tions, and not guilty of improper con
duct and not of a bad, dissolute, doubt
fui or suspicious character. 0 >de
The hotel keepers and carriers ol
passengers of this Slate* have not iu a
single instance, since lSb5, refused to
receive a black matt because he was a ue-
oro! ltt every instance the well be
haved black man has been properly
eared for. It is true he was not thrust
into the society of white men aud white
women, nor was he allowed to do so
himself, but in every ease he was weii
treated and safely transported, so long
is he obeyed the ruies of the inn aud
of the railroad or steamboat.
There is no law or practice in this
State prohibiting a blues, mau trout en
tering a theatre, circus or other place
of amusement; and l have yet to heai
of the first instance where a negro was
refused admission to such places oi
amusement when he had tvudi-ied the
price of admission, or that he did uot
tuily enjoy himself and the show, atter
being admitted, it is true that tue
proprietors usually require the races to
■ccupy separate seats. iln» division
has aUvays suited the whites, and unless
the black man dislike* his own Color,
the arrangement ought to satisiy him.
Our common school system uiukea uo
difference between the white aud hlack
students. They have the same uppm
tunity to participate it* the gem rat
school fund (A luud, i must say
most wholly provided by tb«- wlutes.;
it is true these youtlis nave diriereut
schools and different masters, but the
pay and studies are essentially the same,
and there is notuiug to prevent either
tnmi learning, but everything teuds to
aid them in their educational career.
Ample arrangements have beeu made
in each community aud County of the
State for the burud of the pauper ue-
irrt*. and if the estate ot a deceased
steamboat, at place* of amusement, in j that the white are the hotel-keepers, car- costs of suit, by the party at whose in
public schools and in the grave jmrd. I riers of passengers, proprietors of places stance the subpoena was isshed, and for
it is an effort ostensibly to give the of amusement, supporters of public schools his h»e, by an action of debt, many
and providers of public cemeteries. Yet* Court of the United States, and shall al
black mau is sufficient, a resting piace
cau always be pr.icu.ed for his remaius.
I never heard „f a single instance where
a I lack man was ret used a burial ground
an-» a decent burial.
It must be apparent to all that the
blacks ot this State have all their suu-
wtantial rights as
sec red to them by State
black man a social status and courtesies
of polite fife, without first preparing
him for it. Rather than elevate him
to the position of the white man, it pulls
the white man down down to his level.
It is a damning insult to the white
man, and a miserable cheat and swindle
upon the black man.
Already brutal, drunk *n, and vaga
bond .blacks are claiming for themselves
aud their raCe complete and full equali
ty in the social and domestic relations
of life. Recently a negro in Albany,
and in public, dt&lafed to some of our
white ladies, that they were pretty
enough, that he wanted one for a wife,
and that they would have to come to it.
The better portion of our black men
denounce his conduct The Civil Rights
Bill, whether understood correctly Or
not. is g$k>ducing hopes never to be re
alized. and dissatisfaction among the
blacks, and the vilest wretches among
them are insolently demanding some
thing more than civil rights, and w th
ing less than a social status. In Augus*-
ta. Ga., Capt. Butler, a most estimable
citizen, was murdered by a negro in
open day light, for resenting an insult
to his wife. In Thomas county, a ne
gro, Jack Carter, openly and publicly
proclaims the right of his race to white
wives, and for black children to be ed
ucatedjn the same schools with the
whites Other incendiary and disgus
ting instances could be cited. These
men may not understand the Civil
Rights Bill, and may claim more than
the Pill intends, but their construction
is like that of Gov Joseph E. Brown
and being a Republican, he is good
authority for them, as to its meaning.
In the case of Scott vs. State of Geor
gia, 39tli G., page 324, Chief Justice Jo
seph E. Brown, a leading Republican in
this State, said “as illustrations : The laws
in force when the Constitution (of 1808)
was adopted, left the churches in in this
State free to regulate matters connected
with the social status in their congrega
tions as they thought proper. They could
ay who should enter their church edifices
ind occupy their seats, and in what order
hey sliouid be classified or seated. They
could say that females should sit in one
part of the church and males iu another,
n 1 that persons of color should, if They
ittended, occupy such seats as were set
tpart for them. In all this they were pro-
ted by the common law of the State. The
new Constitution (of 1868) forever guar-
intees this protection, by denying to the
Legislature the power to pass any law
withdrawing it, or regulating the social
status in such assemblies, and I may here
remark, that precisely the same protection is
guaranteed to the colored churches in the reg
ulation 'of the social status as other assem
blies which is affordad to the .whites,
neither can intrude upon the other, or in
terfere w’iththe social arrangements with
out their-consent.
The same is true of railroad and steam-
.itiat companies and hotel keepers, by the
iaw in existence at the time the Constitu
tion was adopted. They were obliged to
lumisli comfortable and convenient ac
commodation to the extent of their capaci
ty to accommodate all who Applied, with
out regard to race or color. But they were
not compelled to put persons of different
races or sexes on the same cars or in the
same apartments, Of seat therti at the same
table. This was left to their discretion.
They had the power to regulate it accord
ing to their own notions of propriety, and
to classify their guests or patrons accord
ing to race or sex, and to place them at the
hotels in different houses, or different
parts of the same house, or on railroads-
in different cars, or in steamboats in dif
ferent parts of same vessel, and to give
them their meals at different tables. Where
they had made their regulations public,
all persons patronizing them were bound
to comply with them, and those who did
not like these regulations, must seek ac-
commodations elsewhere. There was no
law to compel them to group together in
social connection, persons who did not
recognize each other as social equals. To
avoid collision and strife, and To preserve
peace, harmony and good order in society,
the new constitution has wisely prohibited
ihe Legislature from enacting laws com
pelling these companies to make new so
cial arrangements among theif patrons, or
to disturb those in existence. (See the
whole of this able decision.)
Mr Associate Justice H. K. 51cCay, an
other leading Repulican in this State, in
the same case, said: “I concur in the
judgment in this case, and in the main I
concur also in the reasoning of the majority
of the Chart, as te the meaning of Dust clause
of tlie hiU cf rights providing that the social
status of the citizen shall never be the sub
ject of legeslatiom”
In this connection it may not be amiss
to state that the Repnblican nominee for
Congress in this District aided in m iking
the Constitution cf 1868, as expounded by
the aforesaid Republican Judges, and tha:
the case in which such Judgement was
if he denies the black man, the -Indian or so be liable for an indictment for a mis-
Chinam in his arrogant, undefined claims demeanor, and be punished by fine and
under the Civil Rights Bill, he forfeits to imprisonment at the discretion of the
the claimant $500, and a friend who may court.
advise or suggest such denial, forfeits also | Sec. That at all elections for
the sum of $500. Such offenders are de- ; Representative or Delegate to the 6'oc-
clared guilty of a misdemeanor, and are gress of the U njted Staten, the vote at
triable before the United States Courts. ; each election precinct shall be counted
Under this Bill the meanest and vilest ne- i at the close of the election by the man-
gro, <fcc., may cause such offender to j agers and officers Conductingaach elec
be arrested, prosecuted by a Radical At- ‘
tomey. tried before a Republican Judge,
by a jury selected by Radicals, and punish
ed by imprisonment for ana year.
Section 111 con fere the right to serve
tion, in the presence of such managers
and of the supervisors (if any there be)
appointed Under the act of Congress in
such ca-es made and provided, whose
duty it shall be to attend fur that pur
as jurors. As our State provides for the P !,se > ar, d the result of the ballot at
selection of upright and intelligent men,
this provision is unnecessary.
Thus has Our own State provided for
the true and substantial happiness and
welfare of the black man, and if this Bill
does net confer any additional or greater
right to the black man, it is unnecessary
and a fraud, and being unnecssary it can
only result in constant irritation and
trouble to both races. But if it is intend
ed to force the negro and all inferior races
upon the white people, at public inns, on
the c-ilrs, on steamboats, at hotels, and
public schools, even against the wishes of
the blacks themselves, (see Alabama Re
publican Platform.) thee it becomes our
imperative duty to confront the danger
and settle it at once. *
The intelligent and patriotic black man
desires no such right, nor does he wish to
impose himself upon those who do not
want his society. The man who Compels
the negro thus to intrude himself upon
the whites, or the whites upon the blacks,
is an enemy to both races, and should be
regarded as such.
Fellow citizens, notwithsanding this
vile effort to insult ybu, and notwithstand
ing the insolent pretensions of some few
mean and drunken blacks, let me ask yoil
to be kind and concilatory to the black
nice, for such you have ever been, and, I
hope, will ever be. The negro is ignor
ant, and is hardly responsible for the pre
tensions and claims set up by others for
him. If not molested, his political idea-
will assimilate with yours. You have
been his friends heretofore—continue to
be such. Let not this Federal scheme dis
turb your friendship. You have furnish
ed him with employment, you have cloth
ed id h ft id admln stered to him while sick
Let him know that you are still his friend,
and he will aid yon in clearing out these
vile wretches who seek to divide you, and
peace, harm on}- and prosperity will again
bless us.
Respectfully,
Wm. E. Smith.
members oi » uety pronounccd one in which he prose
... „ , , med as Solicitor General, a negro Woman
Civil itipht* Bill, il it wl “ > arf “ lded *‘ ers ' lf
Air: ,*-**-*»-"——
h , e-1111110 the sociatv of olhehl, to i, jawndodto IntUMdf to* pnoiah tho
Wliiteley s Bill to Manage. Control
and Count the Ballots in all Fed
eral Elections.
Observe the innocence of the Title:
A Bill to preserve the ballots cast at,
and all papers connected with, elec
tions held for Representatives or
Delegates to Congress, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted. &c. That the ballots,
lists ot voters, tally-sheet and all other
papers connected with any electiou
hereafter held for Representative or
Delegate in Congress shall be preserv
ed and safely kept by the lawful custo
dians hereof io the several States until
the adjournment of the first session of
the Congress .iexi thereafter to be af
fected by said election.
Sec. t. That either party to any con
test in the House of Representatives
may, when there is an allegation in
either the notice of contest or the an
swer thereto, that a portion of the bal
lots cast at any precinct or precincts
at an election held for Representative
or Delegate in U mgress have been
fraudulently changed previous to the
count th :reof. or falsely couuted, have
a subpoena, in accordance with the law
governing contested elections, directed
to said custodian, who shall produce,
as required therein, the ballots, lists
>f voters, tally sheet, and all other pa
pers connected with said election in
his custody or control, and the same
may. after the usual notice to the con
testant, or coutestee. be examined and
compared before aay person authorized
to take deposition in contested elections.
And said person shall Certify, under
his hand and seal, and forward in the
manner provided by law said examina
tion aud couipa-h-ou, and the result
thereof, to be used as evidence iu the
case.
Sec. 3i That said ballots, list of vo
ters. tally.sheets, and all othef papers
produced iu response to said subpoena
shall immediately, after the examina-
t’on and comparison thereof, be return
ed to (be lawful custodian iu the Bame
condition as when produced. *
Sec. 4- That any custodian of the
ballots cast at any election for Repre
sentative or Delegate to Cbngress who
shall willfully neglect or refuse to safe
ly keep and preserve the same, and the
lists of voters. ta*lj sheet, and all other
papers Connected therewith, or who
shrill willfully neglect or refuse to pro
duce the same as required in this act.
shall forfeit and pay the snm of < lie
Ibousaad dollars, to w recovered, with $od seventy,ed*itfed^‘An art ttrenfbrte
such precincts shall be thereupon an
nounced and made public; and any
such manager, officer, or supervisor
willfully, neglecting of refusing to per
forin the duties imposed by this section
shall be guilty of a Crime, And, ftp >n
conviction thereof, shall be fined not
less than one hundred nor more than
five hundred dollars, and imprisonment
in the penitentiary not less than three
months and not more than two years,
one or both, at the discretion of the
court trying the same.
Sec. 6 That it shall be unlawful fir
any person to sell. giv n , or furnish any
intoxicating liquors, vinous, fermented,
or alcoholic, to any voter or voters, or
to anv person for any voter or voters,
on the day of any election of a Repre
sentative or Delegate to the Congress
of the United States; and any person
pr p'tfsohs Violating the provisions of
this section shall be guilty of a crime,
and. upon conviction thereof, shall be
fined not less than two hundred nor
mare than five hundred dollars, and im
prisoned in the penitentiary not less
than six months nor more than three
years, one or both, at the discretion of
the court trying the same.
gee 7- That any person using fire
arms, or proposing or threatening to
use fire arms, of other deadly weapons
offensively against individuals, or as
semblage of individuals at or near the
place, and on the day or days of any
election of a Representative or Dele
gate to the Congress of the United
States, for the purpose of intimidating
,rr injuring such person of persons,
either before or after the election, or
while the same is progressing, shall be
guilty of a efime, and. upon conviction,
shall be fined not less than five hun
dred nor More than one thousand d J-
lars. and imprisoned in the penitentiary
not less than one year nor more than
three years, one or both, at the discre
tion of the court trying the same. Pro
vided, '"hat the open or concealed Car
rying of fire-arms or other deadly weap
ons at suoh election shall be taken as
presumptive evidenC* of the iutent to
intimidate under this aet.
AND NOW OB8ERVB THK DEVILTRY
OF THE BILL.
SeC 8. That wheneVef, in any city,
town, county, or parish, there shall be
fifty voters thereof, who, not less than
fifteen days priof to any registration ot
voters for an election for Representative
or Delegate to the Congress of the Uni
ted States, or, if thefe he tto "registra
tion. at least fifteen days prior to any
election at which a Representative or
Delegate in Congress is to be voted for,
shall petition, in writing, to the judge
oft e circuit court of the United
States for tlie circuit wherein such city,
town, County or parish shall be, to have
an election precinct and voting place
established at some convenient place,
to be designated in said petition, it
shall be the duty of said judge of the
circuit Court, within hot less than ten
days prior to Baid registration, if one
there be, or, if no registration be re
quired or had, within dot less than ten
days prior to said election, to hear ami
determine said petition; and if itappear
to said judge that notice of the presen
tation of said petition has been posted
up in said city. town, county, or parish,
at the place where it ia proposed to es
tablish a voting place, not less than five
days prior to the presentation of the
petition. And stating at what time and
place said petition would be presented,
and that no legal voting place exists
within six miles of the place where said
petitioners pray to have a voting place
established, said judge shall make an
older establishing an election precinct
and voting place as prayed for by said
petitioner, and the same shall be a legal
precinct and voting place for the elec
tion of Representatives or Delegates in
Congress; And provided, That in any
city having less than one Toting place
to each six thousand of its population,
or fraction thereof over six thousand,
according to the then ceusua of the
United States, said judge may establish
one additional voting place for such ad
ditional six thousand, or fraction there
of, at some convenient point within not
less than one half mile of any other le
gal voting place; And provided further
That said judge- in establishing pre
cinct® and voting places As herein pro-
videdt and in appointing supervisors for
the »aine, shall posstas the same power
and authority conferred by the act en
titled “An act to iftuetidan act approv-
d 3I»y thirty-first, eighteen hundred
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the rights of citizens of the United
States to Vote in the several States of
thia Uhion; and for other purposes,’
approved Febuary thibty-eight. eigh
teen hundred and seventy-one, and foF! got into power; aud their victims, seeing
themselves despoiled not only of their
Ne
that purpose (nay sit-'either as a court
or at chambers.- . ">-•
Sec.~9. • That*ih ease the registration
officers appointed under the authority
of any State or Territory shall refuse
or neglect to giv6 the "persons entitled
to vote at ahy prflfciuCt or voting place
established under the provisions of the
.kaU-.preeedi»£i*eetin« opportunity
to register u» the manner required by « t -, , , ,
„„ the wholsaie expulsion of the usurpers
tor legal mectiwn pregincts, sffch re- j an( j r0 ^b,, rs beyond the boundaries of
fusal or neglect shall not disqualify the Louisiana, but for the new intervention of
persons entitled to register and vote at ' Federal troops, which of course will uot
said precincts iron) votitl<r. j he delayed. Grant is under a fatal neees-
Sec. 10. that the district courts of Having begun this business of put
ting down a rightfully elected- Mate Gov-
ed to wrong and'onir.ige- Oy ■«« ■ mure -coa-.
temptible set of' Miscreants than these^
land-pirates iu T.oniguana Rut for the
brutal, law-defying assistance of Grant’s
soldiery, these wretches e»uld never Wave
possessions—the best property in New Or
leans will not rent for enough to p,.y the
taxes—but of-every political right and
personal chance of good, and waving noth
ing more to lose except lire. itself," may-
well choose to perish in a last shqrn con
test, rather than to struggle on in the mise
ry and despair which” their oppressoxh
alone offer them.
It is certain ttutt this rising would be
speedily successful, and would. result in
the district courts of
the United States within their respective
districts and the circuit courts of the Uni
ted States within their circuits, respec
tively,, shall have concurrent jurisdiction
of offenses committed against the provi
sions of this act. - — - -
Sec. 11. Repeals conflicting- laws.
WHITBLET HITS SAMBO BETWEEN THE
EYES.
Sec. 12. That at any election for Rep
resentative or Delegate to the Congress of
the United States, it shall bo unlawful for
Ay person to vote more than once or to
cast more than one ballot for such Rep
resentative or Delegate; and aiy person
voting more foaft once or casting more
than one ballot, or attempting to cast
more than one ballot, at such election for
Representative or Delegate to.the Congress
of the United States shall be guilty of a
crime, and upon conviction thereof shall
be fined not less than One hundred dollars
and uot more than one thousand dollars,
and may be imprisoned in the penitentia
ry not less than one year and not more
than three years, at the discretion of the
court trying the Bame.
VILLAINY OF THE BILL—PETTY SCO UN-
DRELISM VS. CIVIL LIBERTY.
Sec. 13. That upon the application in
writing of ten persons who are qualified
voters and resident of any congressional
district in which it i9 desired to have su-,
t ervisors of elections -appointed, to the
circuit judge of the United States whose,
circuit embraces such congressional dis
trict, said judge shall appoint stud desig
nate one -United States commissioner re
siding at some convenient place in the
congressional district who shall have pow
er to appoint supervisors of elections at
each voting place in the congressional
district as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 14. That it shall be the duty of
the United States commissioner appoint
ed and designated by the circuit judge,
as provided in the foregoing section, upon
the application in writing of at least ten
qualified voters, residents of any county
or parish of the congressional district, to
appoint two supervisors of election, who
shall be qualified voters in and residents
of the congressional district, for each pre
cinct in the county or parish named in
the said application as a precihct where
it is sought to have supervisors of election
appointed ; and such supervisors so ap
pointed by the commissioner shall take
the oath of office, and shall possess the
power, perform the duties, And be liable
to the penalties bow provided by law for
supervisor* of elections of Representa
tives or Delegates to the Congress of the
United States.
Sec. 15. That Werever an election at
which Representative or Delegates in Con
gress are to be chosen ia held in any con
gressional district, the marshal for the ju
dicial district in which such congrssional
district, or any part thereof, is situate,
shall, upon the application of ten citizens
residents of any county or parish in such
congressional district, appoint special dep
uty mafshals, whose duty it shall nA to
aid and ‘Assist the supervisors of election
in the verification of aay list of persons
who may have voted ; to attend in each
election district ftr voting precinct at all
times iot holding elections at. the polls in
such district or precinct: And who shall
possess all the powers and perform the
duties as how provided by law of such
special deputies in cities or towns of twen
ty thousand inhabitants or upward.
The Insurrection in Louisiana.
The people of Louisiana, defrauded,
plundered, trampled on stripped of th -ir
property by unrelieved villainy in power,
having usurpers installed in office over
ernment and installing in its place one
that the people had repudiated, he has no
alternative, but must go on aud maintain
the counterfeit, fraudulent authority
whit
t|
be:
be
rage upon a comparatively defence!
people. We trust he is mistaken. It can
not be possible that a majority of the citi
zens oj the North are so blinded by preju
dice aud sectionalism-as not to see that
this Louisiana movement is based upon a
principle that every freeman stand ; pledg
ed to sustain—the principle oi self-gov
ernment. We cannot believe that the
true men of the North will countenance
this despotic assumption of power bv Gen
eral Grant. We cannot persuade our
selves that the citizens of the free States
in the North aud West will remain silent
wli.le the modern C'a*ar accomplishes
this horrible politica l rape.
The Radical party, through ah inf-
rhously corrupt majority in Congress, and
aided ny a thoroughly vicicua tmmimstrar
tion, has added many a «h.tm-.-less^achieve-
ment to its record ; individuals have been
outraged and communities Have been op
pressed ; the fundamental law has been
disregarded and satrapies have been set
up ; but never, in all the, history of that
vidianous organization, has it made such
a long stride towards de-poti«m As this
atsempt to deny to thO people of Louisi
ana the right oi self-government.
But we may be giving the American peo
ple credit tor a love oi liberty that they
do not possess. Smiling in the fatuous
ness oi their own fancied security, they
mav allow Federal ire -ps to enter Louisi-
witbout a sigh of sympathy lor the un
fortunate citizen- ot that State. They
may look carelessly on wade e Centralized
Government assume-, to itseii the de potiC
prerogative oi deuv ilislung a State and tip-*
pointing an Executive oi own choos 1
ing. Ail this will be made clear iu a very
them bv judicial corruption backed bv j -bon time.
bavin"’ I Aat whatever the result, it will be unto
President Grant's bayonets, and
seen all hope of redress taken away by th?
tefosal Of Grant to interfere in their be
half; and by ttaesa usurpiig authorities
through election ordinances and appoint
ments that rentier a fair election absolute
ly impossible—being thus driven to des
peration by public plunder and bv the
closing df every channel Of relief, have at
last adopted the desperate resolution of
rising in arms against their usurpers and
tyrants:
Is lldt the act justifiable f No man cau
study the facts and recall the history of
the last few years without admitting that
if ever any people had good reason for
(Hig last ifdsd resort; it is the people of
Louisian#. ' 1 Tf iftsurtection can be justifi
ed under any circumstattoes' whatsoever,
it is right ahd Just In their case. No body
of metr ever had" provocation ora
more jferfect esrase'fdr’ sneb action ; and
never,, from the KeghSifig-O? civilization to
the Soutii as a sign, li the honesty and
tue mtdfignce oi the North il to appra
ciate the efforts ot thrs* un or! urate pco*
pie to regain th - hbert.e* wrested from
tue in by .in irre<pou,.nie lul.- . the c-’Uth-
ern people w;d ^no .r w’. ' f i in torefoi*
them,"and will fort with proceed to make
the morTof tbofiit’iaizotE If Ibt* conserva
tive element ot ti> • coin-ig cau >ee no
danger in ikir i.'i--o.m me rights of a
omte. then the court-.:of tb” jkruni iseiear
as day. If there i- no reaction of over
this wanton Insult to freedom—this iresh-
mdignity of a e-onii.pt party organization
—then-tlie proeieui of reconstruction is
solved. -
Howbeit, wfo n the: end does comat H
will be giorius to remember ■ o it the Soutlo .
em people were amou-s iii last to mace a
stand for the Kepaiilic. hen the abject
-ubitu—ion of the Orth to the benests of
partv prejudice has made the one-man
power not only po -ibl? but necessary, it
will be something to iioiqff of that even
the unfortunate people of Louisiana, op-
pres-cd by "the go- rnrricnt find "brushed;
bv p underers am t .eivtfe, liad the cour-i
age to rise as one man when their libetuea
were invhded.—da». Hews.
