Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1879 — The Situation in Louisiana. [ARTICLE]

The Situation in Louisiana.

Since the Southerner* have heard »f the Republican victoria* in the X<wth, thehr cry for Tllden and Reform ha* ceased, and are now joining in the lin e itation* of their Northern brethren—“ What ahall we do to be saved?* 1 Tt i* reported that the Secretary of \tar will indorse General Sherman** anggesticn that • bill be passed for the basis of *25,000 men exclusive of those on special detail —that is, for an effective fighting force of that number, instead of an arjny on poper aaade np» Jbrgely of men doing duty as clerks. Massachusetts has a property and, an educational q inlificatioit o* tire j suffrage, which is a decided disadvantage to the Democracy in that Slate. By this act about 95,000 mite adults are disfranchised and nine-tenths of that number are Dein Mcr.it*. Ben Butler never realized riie injustice of thi« measure *eHi+ He became the- Bourbon candidate for governor. The Greenback party in .New York polled 75,000 votes a year ago, .•» majority of winch were taken from the Republican*. At the recent election they only mustered <,500 votes, or* nne-tcmlfc as many as twelve months ago. The return of the Republican Green backers to the Republican party in the rural districts is what saved the State, in spile of the disgusted scratchcrs in tiw cities, who-could not stomach fh'c Cockling machine dictation. * Tf?e National Republican ennv mittee.will meet on the 7ah of Dc ceinber to decide where and when ro hold the next National Republican convention for tfio nomination of President and Vice President. Indianapolis being centrally located we hope its claims will be carefully considered; then, too, it might as ►isl largely in rydeeming the lloosier State from- Democratic mismanagement, that wc may no longer l»e stigmatized as the tail of* the Confederate kite. A lie is a poorin vestment. There is something about it which often creates suspicion in the public mind, even when its environment has the fair appearance of rectitude. A caso in point relates to Colonel Ingersdl’s second lecture in Reading, Pa., on Thursday night. A year or so ago lie lectured there to a small house. This year the com mittee having the enterprise in hand conspicuously as a hail to draw religious and anthinfulel people lliatnothing wotdd. be said hi controveiition of accepted religious beliefs- The hjusc was worth $97., and the small congregation was treated to- an attack on Bible theory and. doctrine, the brilliant eloquence of which was a fu tile concealment of its sinister character. “Accepted religious beliefs” were directly ami the colonel made the arepiues under which he lectured guilty of a flagrant false pretence. But the point is that thc<publiu*was not taken in and the lecture was a complete .financial failure. It always pays to deal fankly with the people where their patronage is solicited, and we venture to say that a good many years- mill, elapse before Colonel IngersolPcan commands large audiauce in Reading for anything but a political speech.

ri Our owr, battle* ir. the north are now over f; r this year in the field of politics.. The Republicans of Louisiana have made a requisition for orators of eloquence and'stateumcn 'qf fume and influence to come down * to them from the north and take part in their t canvass, which-con- . tinues on till the second day of December. How this call from Macedonia can be neglected our legion of speakers will have to answer. The * assurance is given by the leading Republicans of Louisiana that not alone will their canvass be beikcfil*d by the speeches of distinguished northerners who will show a participating interest in the fate of onr political'brethren*, but their presence will prevent the bulldozing and bloodshed by the fire-eaters which have heretofore the strength of the .Uemocratic campaign. Such h result alone is worth the trouble of going down to Louisiana, and if the restraint of eminent witnesses from the north will be sufficient to repress the violence of the bulN dozers, what cheaper or more convenient method contd fee-adopted? •The Republican party of the north must see to it that all the speakers Kellogg, Pitkin and Warmonlh say ara needful to carry Loaisiana for general Beattie, flic Republican candidate for governor, are supplied. If the request is refused our managers will reoeive more condom nation at the worth than from the ill treated*Louisiana Republicans. What is the present duty of the Republican party* towards the south? It is to secure tlie unmolested enjoyment of life, liberty and property?to every citizen,no matter what jliis oolor or what political opinions. lie may choose to utter.) It is Che habit ol the worst southern

element, on which the strength of the Democratic party depends south of the old line, not only to intinriI date negroes and white Republicans, j but to terrorist other peaceful men ! of the community, the men who are | Democrats or ex-Con fed crates, bat I who love quiet and believe iu jus- ! lice, from doing anything to dia- ; countenance the means employed by | those who lead the solid south in the interest of the politicians and office-boLTera. We ate assured by the Republicans of Louisiana that tbrs better clement in that state can be gained in support of Beattie j if it is seenred from violence, and that security will be ample in the simple presence of a goodly number of prominent northerners to witness any outrages that might be perpetrated. The better Democrats are disgusted with the failure and corruption of the Nichols managers, who have ruined the credit of the slate, which under the worst Re publican government was preserved i and transmitted by the retiring KelIngg officials in a s >und condition. Many of them will vote for a Republican candidate for governor to redeem the stale from the verge of bankruptcy and repudiation on which it is now trembling, if they are not interfered with. Here the solid Diunocracy of Louisiana can be broken; an entering wedge can be inserted that will separate the good and bad elements of Demacraey to a certain extent, arraying the former on our side and making the Republican party the refuge ot the native wnite Democrats who want to save their state from the gnlf of dishonor towards which the Democracy is pushing it with wonderful wrecklessness. Here an example us independent voting can be set which will hastily be followed in the other southern states. Here the whites can be divided into two sections, each depending on the colored vote for support, and therefore interested to treat the black voters well. We cannot stop to punish all the crimes that have been committed against liberty and equal rights in the south. We must prevent them in the future, and be content to let tfceresord of tbe.pnst stand in lasting condemnation of those who are resposiblo for it. It blackens the history of this country with a terrible pnge of barbarity and wickedness in the face of and in contrast with the highest civilalion. If the Republiojuvpaa-ly ot the north will send its speakers to Louisiana and give that state one fair election, it will have, taken a great step towards bringing back the Republican states of the south to their proper standard by a free vote in the presidential struggle of 1880. [Communicant!.]