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"REPUBLICAN AT ALL TIMES, AND UNDER ALL CIPICUMSTANCES." VOLUME 1. NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 16, 1871. NUMBI 5. -THE UI 'IANIAN, OW.rtED,-cOr .EDITED ANsD MANAGED BY COLOR MD MEN, IK P'RLIILED EVERY t1UgBRDAY AND SUNDAY MORN ns0s AT 114 CARONDELET STREET yEW ORI.EANS ILA. - p. 13. B. PINCHBACK. OtxA.'s .. ( C. ANTOINE, Canno, GI)O T. KELSO, RArinhe. gym, G. BROWN,---Editor. p, B. N. IINCHBA CK, 1pr Tane or SrcaSPWrrroX: is, r s T A ......... ............ IN Sr rsn ....... ............... 3 00 MWu 3l,,rn .................... 1 o _in. U , T. . .. .. . .... 1 6 PROSPECTUS OF The Louisiala. Ik the ro(,ver to e.tablish another Eepblicau journal in New Orleanw, th propri4nr of thel Lorr-uMA A, p to il a neieasity which haic bo Icong. sad nometimee painfully ft tLo eal. In the traumition state efsr peeple, in their strugglingeffirts t smis that pouition in the Bodyl PuLtio, whirk we ennoeive to be their dae, itis regardd that much infor aibos. guidanee, aneoragement, aesed and reproof have been lost, in e.sequenae of the laek of a medium, through which th ee dbcieneiee might 1t swppli4i. W.e shll strivo to make th. Lorrzu era a dcmaiderautum>' in thee aspeets. POLICT. L oer aotco iu4icatea, the Lorn-i useL shall be " RepRblicoe at all a we.! msdiree circ uwtocr" We hrl advooate the weurrity aid vujo - mest of breadeivil liberty, the abo iate equ.aly of all xmen before the laiw, and an impartial diaribution of hon ur ead panruage to all who merit them. Desirmur of allsyinb auimoitien, of bhliter·iag the memory of the bitter peas premotiug harmony and uiioxl ng all sa mes and between all in tbrots, we shall advorte tho removal d ali plikeal dciarbilitie , foster kind en msad forbarmee, where maliguity eat riMLment reigmed, and seek for hiemas sad jasiee where wrong and spp rene prevailed. Thus united in a -ms and ebjeets, weshall sonerrve mW b. i tersets, elevate our noble the ts ea enviable position amont siste Setatn, by the development lce diamitable reseurem, and securc t fle haitas of the mighty changes i te history and condition of the pwpl mand the Country. itherro that there en be no true titly without the supremanCr of law, , Vmall arge a striet and smndiscrimi aC t mdiniamration of justioae. TAIATION. * 0ll suapport the doctrine of an jitable driison of taxation among d eSU, a faithful collection of the n seom*emy in the expeUdi n 5fleruarably with the exigen 'o the Stete or CenL try and the '---id" every leitimate obligp hDUCATION. i* ehAh slutain the carrying out of iosiv of the act establilshing - amu~n achool ratem, and urge SPeasonat duty the cduetion of r Youth, a, ritally connected with owl eelightenment, and the secu ' 4 sted lity of a epublican FIJAL, q a a um anly, independent. MiO,4caUs conduct, we shall strive . our paper, tfOn an ephem 0 temporary existenoe, and 41 itupon a bei, tha if we "ot ,lnnauUd," we shall at all ll11Lti , SEYMOUR & Co., •RrTElis AND LITHOGRA I'is I D , POETRY. Nw wvvv - BIAtON GItIMALKIN'S DEATH - A PARODY. s WILL w. CA camolN. O'er a lw barn, with setting ann Had thrown its latest ray, Where, in his last strong agony, A dying tom cat lay, One who had caught full many a mouse, By pantry, barn and shelf, But now, by unrelenting eath, At last was caught himself. "They come around me here, and say My days of life ae o'fs i That I shall snoop in pass of milk, And scratch xnd fight no more. They come, and to my whiskers, dere To tell me now, that I, The oldest tom cat on the place I That I! y--w ! y-w ! must die ! "And what is death? I've braved him oft, Before the poker's thrust; I've fuught with many a cat and dog, For many a boue and crust. I've met him. faced him, scorned him, When the fight was raging hot! If he enues here I'll scratch his eyes, Defy, and fear him not "Ho! sound the signal from the birn, And raise a mighty din ! (lo round to every house and farm, And call vach tom cat in; Away, and do my bidding, now, My every order mind! Bri:ng hither every rat and mouse That you can catch ur find !" A hundred cats were busy then; A feast of rate was blread; And everything was done in haste, A. the old eat had said; While, through a crack, the rising moon Lit up the novel scene, And sheae on pe )r old Thomas cat Of sad, but gritty mein. Soon hurrying through the great barn door. The ne.ghboring pussies came; Some black, some white, some grizzly gray, Some wild, and others tame, 'They gathered quickly round the feast, Ea'h sitting firs and straight; While, at their head, the dying cat, With tail curled roan i him, at. "Let every one be filled, my cats; Eat all you can, to-night ! And then n we knae, done our feast ! We'll have a glorious fight ! Are ye all there, ye I h,mas cats ? Mine eyes are waxing dim; Now, wash your tact's, bristle up, And get in fighting trim. "Ye're' there, and yet I see ye not Come, clinch together, now, And lht me her you scratch and fight, We'll have a glorious row ! I bher it, faintly; louder yet ! What clogs my breath. I say ? Up, all, and scratch, and fight, and yawl. And scare grim death away !" Teeth bit with teeth, cat fought with cat, And rose a deafening yawl, tud scared the horses in that barn, And made the cattle bawl ! Ho ! cravens, do ye fear him ? ilaves, traitors, have ye flown? Ieo ! tom eats, have ye Ioft me To meet him here alone? "But I defy him! .'t him come !" Down scans his sharp, old claws, And rage and fury grimly clashed, Within his teeth and jaws; And with his staring yellow eyes Protruding from his head, There, on a bunch of barley straw, Lay the old rascal, dead ! [From the OGorgia Republican.] AN ADDRESS aDT 1*s .' tACts, UQ., Deleate at large for the State of Georgia. (co'rnnru 12o0 L 7 wars.) And if th.se difl, ulties exist where free labor has reached its highest perfection, we may reason ably expect to encounter greater difmiculties here in the South where free labor is accepted, not from choice, but from necessity and withI such earnest protest. The mind of the Southern people with the pas seions antl resentments of the war still alive, and aggravated by the stinging consciousness of deeat, is ill prepared to comtemplate calmly the isue involved in this subject. With this sincere belief in the utter inadaptibility of free labor to their soil they are led to resort te alsorts of expedients to avoid the diams trous erffets of what they believe to be uncertain and unreliable labor. - Yet free labor must be secured sad Ia maintained, and developed, and the a laborer must receive just compeaus- Ia tion for services rendered. How I can this be occomplished ? There K ere only two alternatives. Eitner I the Southern people must protect e and foster free labor, by giving it a the means of developing itself and a justly renumerating the laborer, l and thus rendering him contented, or the reutleW ad dicsOatet.d t laborer will invoke the protection of the National Government, which will result in continual interference with the local affairs of these Stites and lessen the respect of the nation for local self-government. Certainly the former alternative is much to be preferred. Nothink ing man can doubt what will be the result if the majority or even any consider.able portion of the S,'uth emr people persistently refuse to re cognize the exact state of this ques tion. It will not do for the South to go on wasting its .energies in useleoe efforts to preserve as much of the old sys emn as poseble :.an to keep up that confnsion in Ihe work ings of this question which is now so aprarinit everywhere. We "uus' have a just reciAprocit between capital H.e, labor. Labor :uust not attemp: to wrong capital neither must capital attempt to deprive labor of its just reward. There are serious eonseqen',es in volved in the proper wnljusltnewit of this question, and they come home to us with more than ordinari force from the fact that the greater plar: of our people are laborers, and we shiuld demand of the Sou:thern peo ple, in view of the two hundre,: and forty years' of unrequited toil; in view of the patient endurance of a people deprived of their natural rights; in view of their unu x ,m-lofd torbearance in the late struggh, when they might have ,ilhtted ui; tie towns and cities of the S,,ut., and spread desolation and ruin eve rywhere, that they shall now deal justly with our people. We hope it from their wistolnu; we expect it from their policy; we claim It from their justice; we nde:aand it from their gratitude. Another vital element in this new order of things is AN I'NTRAMMELED BALLOT. Liberty is the grand corner-stone of our new social structure, ani where there is no free ballot there is no liberty. The heretofore oligarchial tenden • y of Southern institutions has left a sentiment in the minds of the peo pie, which, to say the least is not very favorable to a free ballot. Whey to this we add the animosities and leseintments engendered by the late struggle, the task of secut ing an un trammeled ballot in the South be onuimes complicated and extrem-el difticult. But the case is pressing and the difliculties must be met ana overcome. For, deny it as often and as vehemently as they may, it is a fact, nevertheless, that in some localities in the South such a thing as a freeballotie unknown. In ma ny cases men are compelled to vote against their convictions, and in some instances they are driven frow ile polls and not allowed to vote a; all. HIw a.re th. se th ngs to be ta m died? Paper cannot do it. Parch men" wil not do it. Mere legisla tive bodies will not do it. Aiready we have laws enough upon the statute book t e protect th; citizen in the enjoyment of every right. But laws are powerless in the face of pul. lic sentin.nt. We must so--k oth'r means for the accomplishmnt of this object. We must invoke the moral snnti tent of the ,peoph of the *ai :ih. Do yo; say that this a tremendous undcerttking? I answer,thers are tr. mendous iennes involved. Have faith then and hesitate not to employ mor al agencies. For these, like divine promises when properly understood and applied will meet every casewe of didceulty and distreas- We must impress upon the southern mind the facot that the time has passed when oligarchies and aristocracies and ceaste eoukl here roule. Tell them that we live in an era when freedom of thought, freedom of action, and a free ballot are esteemed as the priceless heritage of every man. Tell them that ours is a civilization of which untrammeled liberty ,impar tial ~uadge, and equal rights are the essential elements. And if we apply ourselves earn estly to the task, who ean say we shall fail? To the boatman, who said it was impossible to brave the storm, William Tell, imbaed with patriotic ardor, exclaimed, "I know not whether it be possible, but I know it manut be attempted." That courage made his mission a success, and if we have the same courage sow I believe we will succeed. I i bhelieve that it is possible to arouse 1 adch a moral sentime;n. among the bLr 6d1.. a f the nothsern peopl in behalf of a free ballot that it will be held as sacred as were the an cient divinities. Still another principle most vitid to our new saeial system is EQUALiTY OF RIGNTS to all the citiz ns. Some ancient writer has said, Lthat the first part of Equity is Equality. Thus we may safely infer that where there is a want of equality there can not be perfect equity. If this he a correct inference what shall we say of equity in the South? For in whatever direction we go, wheth er it be in public -,wes of amuse went, in the atreet care, up ,n the ratilroad, or in the hit.-. or in tht waysi.de inu, we encolunter the ' u vidious 'iistinctions of c.sto aiud .Agarchy. We can not think of these things without impatience; we can not speak of them without denouncing them as unwo :thy of an intelligent and humane people. And we would be less than men if we did not, everywhere, and under all circumstances, utter our earnest and solemn protests against these inhuman outrages upon our man hood. Itglht welt I kanow that leg Salative en:Metwu'iis ::tone can i.OL remedy these si.d evils. Ba:t there is a gr.and and a motuld power n the spectacle of a whoie lpeople is ing to assrt their rigeto, ani to de ur..n | justw whu.:ar on , neither bt. over.ooked ni.r giuored. AUdt ine a-k the SOuL:.ef'n popleh it: an cat.i tof., i H aI ul;e UO.. bocUe tii.- sp.e ces of oppression long enough. We ire weary of being consumed by tLuis olch of cwmate; we are weary of being itunted down by the ghosts of tue defunct system of s.avely; are weary of being reminded of a servitude more gaiiing than Egyp tian bondage; we are weary of be ing made outcasts and stangers in the laud of our nativity and the home of our fatherz. And we ask as it is our right, that these odious discriminations shall cease. Too long already have they been allowed to bear away in tuis country. And surely now the time has come when their innuence shotdd be destroyed; the time has come when their piwer ought to be broken; the time has come when they must perish from the land. To this end I invoke he spirit of our civihz-ttion; to this ,.nd I invoke t;.e judgment of hu mnanity; to this end I invoke the :;pint wacial inspire I the delara:tion 01 ird,-denten :e; to this uend I i. roke tnos- divene sea.i:aents which animated the great and goodi : a,:v-ry clime and of sevr) age. Let' :hLcae ;i.ooumaable crimes upon hu manity be buried in the gavoe of oblivion and write upon their tomb stone, "No resurrictl;i,." Arnd, fi.aliy, it is e:.sential to the buccess and permanency of our new social structure that we have A *Q:N\LAL DIFFUSION OQ ELDUCATIOI4 among the masses. And -A is .s . . e crowning glor" of I the new iciOal struic'Iure. For Re pubaiic.e iaihitu ion presulposes il tredlligence and virtue and where there . is iglioratnce L Id superstattiU Ilhere ,-aa be n, true iibe~ty. Withoui the betigh in leaace ol ed~mcatina sad mLo:ai.ty aill ,tner aplpli.ance a SiL awvil .otilag in the solution oh ] th.s gre.at queatin. Modern hie ory fiurnishes ma!y painful ic staaces of thLe baneiul effects of ( ignorance and vice. Mexioo though nominally fire is a constant prey to 1 revolutions and counter revolutions I because of the ignorance of its I people. Spain pants alfter liberty i and Republican institutions, but I her people aae tooignorant and do bsesd to undeartan.l tou priocaples, or to employ the a~gncies by which I they are secured and maintained. I Russia, faithless to the instincts of haman hberty and human progras, consigns her millions of semi-bar, baronms citizens to a hopeless igor anca, and then rules them with a rodof iron. France is ever seek-1 ing after liberty and equality, but I being ignorant of their true mean ing she follows Napoleon to 8edsa; md them receives the baptism of I blood and fire at the hands of the Commune. These lessons of history are full I of warningsto u. We willbewise I if we profit by their teachings. Do not be mistaken about this question a of education. It i a three-fold I prdblm. within itself. I will not I 1 stop to discuss the relative duties , of the State, the community and the parent. It snflices to say that I it is a problem in the solution of which we are to take a most con spicuous part. And what nobler task could there be assigned to any generation of men, after a long, long night of ig norance and servitude; the imagina tion of a new era in the life of a people, to rise above the darkness of the past, to throw off all the ob solete no ions engendered by long years of slavery and oppression to join in the great work of advancing intelheleo and virtue, to assist in aias.ng the social body to a higher level of civilization? Can there be .i alobler mission committed to the charge of any people ? Let us then dictate ourselves to this great work. Let us clear away the rubbish of the past and substi tute intelligence and virtue in its stead. And soon the South, relieved of the incubus of slavery, and lifted out of her distress and confusion by the intelligent and public spirit of her own people, will be marching :Abreast with the progrese of the vwor!d to the achievement of the greatest of all ends, the amelioration of maukind. COICLUSION. Now I h.ve spoken to you upon these topics as they have been sug arested io my iniud. Tiecy seem to ,ae to emorace the principle ele ments in this SJuihern questiou. O)fr people are vitally interested in ;us proper solution of this problem. And they must take an important tart in its solution. We must asise in giving quiet and peace and order and prosperity to the South. We must assist in establishing the new order of things upon a firm and lasting basis. To you gentlemen is committed the great and solemn duty of inaugurating a policy for a whole race. See that you act wisely, and act promptly. You navroe great obstacles to encounter .and overcome. Against the new state of things is arrayed nearly all of that splen did talent of the South that was wont to rule the nation in days gone by. Against the new order of things are arrayed nearly all the wealth and power in the land. Against the new order of things arrayed nearly all the press of the iouth. Yet all these must be over come. And I intreat you, colored men of the South, to enter upon this work without del.iy. L' you aft wisely you ciaunot over estimate the imlporiLane of the re suats of your deliberatioLs. St:ive earnestly then to secure a hearty and welldirected co-operation of all the patriotic and moral force of the I routet, to secure the supremacy of taw, to protect the equal rights of all to put society on the road of pro gressive improvement. Do these things, and succees it ours. The motives that should prompt ire all imposing. Centunree look lown upon us, overshadowing usm with a cl:,ud of noble spiirits who via, hwve const~crated their lihves to the wune great c.use. The oppree ned of the world watch with breath less anxiety the issue of our etrog g:le and invoke um to be faithful and true to the cause of humanity and God. They eal to us from the moun-i tan wilds of Cuba; they call to s I from the prison houses of Europe; I they call to us rom thebleak and i icy plains of Siberia. Let us then I be hithful to the trust committed to I n, and the world will bles s us a the worthy recipients and noble de- I fenders of the priceless heritage of I liberty. T YSpriu o Isu ir i trhe Sth. Occasionally we msee in a South e journal, paragraphs full of me lancholly regrets and repining at the eet of tbe fell spirit of manrder which prevails in t.st reiao . But these sorrows are only made sadi ble iwhen sce friend i the victim, when acme well know Southern character is laid low in the dust by the assasin's hnd. A case of the kind oceurred in Madionvarille, Texas, on the 17th of October, when a rmffaan shot a yoeg man named t Payto, who wasa clerk in astore i~ltie ilI: p perado credit. Of course it was a I cold-blooded murder of one South : ern man ,y another, and therefore f the So'uthern press of the lozality is filled with mourning. If a Ka-klux had .hot a '""er;At-bagger," or an ex-confed..rat: 8oldier had murder ed a negro, zhe fact would be insig nificant and to!er.ble, and no com plaint heard thtreon. Such is the justice which now controls the chivalry, irom whose teaching and pactioe this fell spirit of murder proceeds. Modern Democracy as it was ones advocated in the Saoth, had but one meaning, and that was of murder and treason. The duel list was heratofoea the moat famous character in all Southern society. Tae merits of Southern gentlemen were rated according to the victims they had acrificed in duelling, the negroes they had murdered, or the hearts they hal pieresd with a Bowie knife. Educated in such vo cations, made murderers almost from their cradles, and looking on the shedding of human blood as chivalrous, the great mass of South ern men are still left in a condition of lawlessness which can only be oirbed by the strong arm of stern and untmnching power. It will re quire morJ skill to crush this spirit of murder than it did that of rebel lion, but those who gave it birth and euntivation, have no right to whine or complain, if they occasion tlly feel its bloody fingers at their throats or see a friend fall beneath its shots and stabs. The South to-day does not feel a pang of agony but what is a just penalty for its crimes.-Daily State Journal. Extract FROM JILES SCOGGINS' LEC TURE ON NATURAL HIS TORY. If you air in a tre or on top ov a house and gravitie attraks your im mediate attenshui, you just as wel to giv up and come right down; you couldent sta up there if you waz tide. Gravity is the onlie thing kam draw blud out uv a turnip with eny eaze. Pikturegraph albums are the most natural historikal books in their details and outlines of eny histry on rekord. Darwin, with much plausible in genuity, sez man changed from a munkee to a man. If he wants to be the descendent ov a munkee he can du so, but I11 stik to the old fashuned theory ov Moses in the bulrusahez and the story ov ASam and Eve in the garding, and take iguereuse for bliss. Adam and Eve was the furet munkez of the man speshez, and wuz ignerent az uther mnnkeez un till the eat the frute ov knowledge. But God got mad at it and he bored on auger hole in the wurk bench and Adam sot down on it and got his tale fastened in the hole and broke it off. Eve now havin' more nolege, saw that it was a good thing and looked more siviliszed and fash. ionable like to be without a tale and so had her broke off too. Adam and Eve was the onlie munkes that eat this fute. Munkez ar asfull of simplicitie as a tater patch is or turnips. I her waa'el a good deal or time and mi father haz spent lot or muannie, tryin' to find out the ns turel histry of rithmetik and yit it is a mistero. I don't no whare I foind it out, but I do no that rith m.tik teches how to kalkulte as good as aiy book manufactured; bat it don't msay one wurd how to measure without a rule. To stop the bhang hole or a whis .ee barrel withoet a stopper, stik an Aulderman's mouth to it. Thare is no want so hommoes as thewant o keammom sensae Love is a plant, sadgrowsepon- tanerusly in the human buzzuonm, ad the richer the soueal the better the 'rp Eve dun more nologize msa than any ther woman I ever hLerd o; but Ada ant tS wated matS she gt sum munnie belo he ardedi hur. 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