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St.
b g o
M. \
Second
Masonic
Claude
EDEN
M. •.
Fri
£ USINES S MAXIMS.
Caution is tho father of security.
He who pays before-hand is served
hind hand.
If you would know tho value of a dollar
try to borrow one. ^
Be silent when 3 fool talks.
Never speak boastingly of your busi
ness.
An hour of triumph comos at last to
those who watch and wait
Word by word Webster's beg Dictionary
was made.
Speak well of your friends—of your
enemies say nothing.
Never take back a discharged servant
If you post your servant upon your
afiiiirs they will one day rend you.
Do not waste time in useless regrets
over losses.
Systematize your business and keep an
eye on little expenses. Small leaks sink
great ships,
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Fel
of
in | paid, and keep copies of your letters.
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Law is a trade in which the lawyors eat
the oysters and leave the clients the shells.
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renowned house of Rothchild & Co.,
ascribed his succcs to the following:
Never have anything to do with an un
lucky man.
Be cautious and bold.
Make a bargain at once,
An Arabian having brought a blush on
a maiden'» cheek by the earnestness of his
meets gaze, said to her: "My looks has pain
I a •»« w • u. i i .
I ted roses-in your cheeks; why forbid me
to gather them ? Tho law permits him
who sows to reap tho harvest"
' '•
An old farmer said to his sons; "Boys,
the |
street.
1507,
Caron
No." |
Hall,
1528,
Ca- 1
I *k)Vt y°u ever wait for summat to turn
You might jost as well go sit dowaon
* stone in the middle of a niedder, with a
pail atwixt your legs, an wait for a cow
to back up to you to be milked."
-
One curious feature of American pro
gress is the fact that this country con
Wed-1 mm« nu mnnh s««> »a oil tiio ,i v.«
is
I brol!a on a windy day. Everybody thinks
j he could manage it better than tho one
w ho has hold of ike handle.
ThaReaddy Rooster.—Roosters are tho
pugilists among birds, and having no
, ,, ,
. f suitable shoulder tew strike from, they
sûmes as mnch ice as all the world be
sides. It is also notable that dyspepsia is
our national disease. The inference is
easy that too much ice-water impedes di
gestion. Thcro can be and often is cs
much intemperance in drinkiug water as
in drinking whisky.
An Indianapolis dog goes mad when he
hears a piano played, but there's kunereds
of men who do tho same thing.
No State but Massachusetts could hold
a summer session Gf the legislature but
there the members are too lean to sweat
and too stingy if they weren't to lean.
Editing a paper is like carrying an um
strike from the heel. When a rooster gits
or
all,
ing
for
men
eges
are
Who
long
we
cand
whipped the hens all march off with the j
other rooster, if ho ain't haff so big or so '
hansum. It is pluck that wins a hen.
Roosters az a class won't do enny house
hold work; yn kan't git a rooster to pay
enuy attenshun tcrw a yung one. They
spend most of their lima in crowing and
strutting and once in a while they find a
worm which they make a great fuss over
I ca ui n g their wives up from a distance ap
. ,, , ,, ,
parently to treat them, buiji3taz the hens
I gobbles up tho worm. Jist like a man. for
all tho world!—Josh Billings' Aliminax.
_A correspondent asks: "What
J takeg up mQrQ foom 0Q eidewalk
nowadays than a fashionably-dressed
female ?" Answer—A boy in a new
pair of boo ta"
—"Cast iron sinks," is written
upon, the sign of a city plumber.
"Well, who the (hie) said it didn't?"
chuckled an inebriated man after
reading it over three times,
The devil is a mean knse; he
never keeps hiz own promises, but
alwns makes ns keep ours.—Josh
Billings.
with
cism
on
for
Job.
tho
we
a
social
and
ties.
hangs
rather
other
the
we
000
no
tual
big
a hal
else"
lion.
be
dollar
busi
to
your
your
regrets
an
sink
money
bore
eat
shells.
world
Co.,
un
on
his
pain
me
him
turn
a
cow
THE SITUATION OF OUR
RACE.
[F ro X tho National Monitor.]
We must acknowledge with pain
ful regret, that the situation of our
race in the United States is crit
ically dubious. This, any man of
ordinary sagacity can readily per
ceive. WhatVe are, socially,
lamentable; what wo shall be, de
pends on contingencies which are
hopeful just so far as they are made
contrôlable by our faithfulness to
our own manhood. Standing still
waiting for what are called "our
white friends!' to lift us up to their
own level of civil rights and social
privileges, is leaning on a broken
stick. Now that we have been freed
from physical bondage by tho acci
dent of civil war, we must free our
selves from social bondage by our
own moral, intellectual, and indus
trial conquests. It is a battle for
social freedom that we ourselves
must fight. This seems manifest
from the manner in which
Congress has dealt with the
Supplementary Civil Eights Bill
and tho support which
portion of the Republican press and
public sentiment gives Congress
in regarding the bill as a violation
of the Constitution an and outrage
against our white citizens. The
cry of "no social equality with the
ignorant negro," is heard from Day
to Beersheba, and so great a hub
bub is created that even many of
our real friends among the whites
are carried away, while nearly all
the rest ''doubt the propriety of
such a law! They doubt it,
becanse they have been
iéad to believe that "it
would hurt the colored people
themselves, as they are not at all
prepared for social
be
is
is
di
cs
as
"Civil rights" and "social equality,"
or even so-called social privileges
are as different as day and night.
Civil rights are origiral, absolute,
God-given, and inalienable; social
rights cr privileges are, and of right
ought to be, matters of contingency.
This is the only sphere in which we
all, of every race, tongue, and kin
dred, unanimously submit to and
instinctively approve of its laws of
merit and demerit, each man reserv
ing the right- to decide for himself.
Higher social attainments are prizes
for which the best and ablest of
men struggle, and to wnich they
make all temporal things subser
vient. It is a pleasant race. But,
without civil rights, a man can no
more attain and enjoy social privil
eges among those whose civil rights
are not abridged, than he can walk
without legs, or see without eyes.
Who thiuks he can is a fool. As
long as our civil rights are abridged
we are in social bondage, subject to
ostracism, insult and abuse every
where outside of ourselves. Who
cand stand this? Even now the
proscription to which we are subject
equality." | a
j through the week in our intercourse
'
with the world, and the pious ostra
cism which we meet at the sanctuary
on Sundy, aro more than a match
for the meekness aud patience of
Job.
What, then, is to be done ? Why
tho situation must be changed, and
we must change it by maintaining
a more vigilant watch over our
social interest. Wé must loake vp
and no longer sleep under the en
chanting lullabies of political par
ties. We must sustain and
strengthen our schools and our
churches and our press, for on these
hangs our social destiny. We must
consolidate aud sustain- each other,
rather than divide and oppose each
other as we were taught ta do on
the slave plantation. It is true that
we can and do vote, but even 800,
000 ballots; behind which there is
no manhood, no moral and intellec
tual force, are a little eist than a
big heap of paper, worth two and
to
in
but
or
him
his
of
are
may
tion
Mr.
with
the
take
posed
to
his
must
a
my
We
Loud
letter
a
men
tant
for
Morey's
dent
and
tho
dent,
a hal f cents a pound, and that "littlo j
else" tends only to political corrup- j alluvial
lion. We have suffered, ourselves ' Biv«:.
to be used for the aggrandizement
of political and ecclesiastical hypo
crites. Every such hypocrite,
whether he be white or black, who
finds favor and patronage with us,
becomes a millatouo about our
necks. It is a geneial rule that he
who permits himself to be used is
always used up, and nobody pities
him. Besist any and every man
who would you as an ass to ride
himself into influence, or porwer or
position. "Resist the devil and he
will flee from you," is the command
of Cod, "We should not confido
any man who does not believe in
the fatherhood of God and the
brotherhood of man. Nor is i
enough for one to affirm such faith
it must be tested and proved by his
past record. Now, if we do not
use the means we should, for our
advancement, we as much as any
body else are to blame for our
menial Audition. Do we • support
our schools ? No, we run for those
of the enemy who meet us with
contempt. Do we support our own
missionary organizations ? No, we
sustain instead those which deny us
representation and fellowship. Do
we sustain our news papers ? No,
we take and pray for and read
those which ciy out with powerful
effect against our civil rights, or
full recognition of our manhood.
Do we cast our ballots unitedly for
men who are identified with us?
No, we work to "keep him down
lest ho feel himself above us." To
continue this i3 to be socially slaves
all the days of our lives, which, may
God forbid. '
a
"it
all
EON. GEORGE B. LOUD.
of
A correspondent of the Lopisia
nian, in a letter sent to thdt journal
| a short time since, does the honora'
ble gentleman whose name heads
this article, an unintentional in
justice, by charging that he is in
any way opposed to Gov. Pinch
back. We think that we can safely
assert that Gov, Pincbback has no
firmer, faster, friend in this State,
than Mr, Loud.
True, Mr. Loud may have chosen
to take sides, politically, with those
in his parish who have been set
down as opposed to Gov. Pinchbaok,
but it is not necessary that Mr.
Loud should be an enemy to him,
or that he would in any way oppose
him in his aspirations to obtain that
honor which his constituents have
elected him to. Too often has Mr.
Loud expressed himself on this
question, and we doubt if any of
his friends would place him as one
of Gov. PinclibackjS opposera. We
are of the opinion that a person
may espouse tho cause of one party
against another without an inten
tion of opposing some particular
person connected with the party
opposed. So it is in this case, while
Mr. Loud may not be in full accord
with Gov. Pinchback's friends in
the parish of Ibervillet we refuse to
take it for granted, that, he is op
posed to him, or would do anything
to injure him in the estimation *bf
his constituants in that parish. We
must bo generous enough to allow
a man to oppose some of a party
without charging that ho is an ene
my of every ono connected with it.
We say this much in defence of Mr.
Loud because wc think that the
letter .in question does him an unin
tentional injustice.—Grand Erp,
In
a
The telegraph thus compliments
a portion of the labors of congress
men Morey:
Perhaps one of the most impor
tant measures passed by Congress
for many years is Congressman
Morey's bill authorizing the Presi
dent to appoint a commission of
engineers, composed of three army
and two civil engineers, to report at
tho nest session, through the Presi
dent, a plan for the permanent re
decoption and reclamation of the
alluvial lands of the Missûsipj i
Biv«:.
hypo
who
us,
our
he
is
pities
man
ride
or
he
in
the
is i
faith
his
not
our
any
our
support
those
with
own
we
us
Do
No,
read
or
for
us?
down
To
slaves
may
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
AND THE COLORED MAN.
heads
in
in
no
set
Mr.
that
Mr.
of
There can be no doubt in the
minds of those who are observant
of the drift of public opinion, that
tho action of the late Congress in
not considering the Civil Rights Bill,
has had a tendency to weaken the
hold whicn tho Republican party
has hitherto had upon the nine hun
dred thousand colored voters of th<>
Union, That tho party which they
havo so unanimously sustained
should bo so negligent of thoir in
terests as to fail to even consider
the bill after the enunciations of the
Philadelphia Convention, is passing
belief. It may be that the Repub
lican party can continue to exist and
be successful in the future without
the assistance of the colored voter,
and for that reason conceives it
be no longer necessary to consul
his interests ; but in our estimation
the conclusion is based upon a very
insecure foundation, and will ulti
mately result in disastrous con se
quences so far as its.supremacy as
party is concerned. There is no
question but that many who have
heretofore acted with the Republ
can party, have, from différent
causes bocomo alienated, and
those who have nover Wavered
its support, the colored people com
pose no inconsiderable part. The
question now is, whether tho Re
publican party can consistently with
its self-interest ighoro the claims of
a million of its adherents. The
avidity*with which the majority in
Congress has rushed forward to ro
move tho disabilities of a bUtarit
rebel who has risked all and sacri
ficed all for the purpose of destroy
ing the Union' and revolutionizing
the very government which he pro
fess to love bo inuch, has been only
equaled by the repugnance and re
luctance they have viewed any
attempt made b^ their ffôgfo fellow
citizens to secure thôse rights which
aro so essential to the well being of
every citizen. It may be worth-while
for the leaders of the party
to look into this matter, _ as
it is the quiet determination
of every colored man to see
that no one, be ho a member of
thdt party or not, rides into office
upon their votes and then ignores
their claims to rights enjoyed by all
but him. It is with pleasure we
point to the honorable' position
taken npon this question by the
Republican party in this State, as
well as-by Gen. Logan, and we
think we represent the opinions of
our people when we say that they
will not find us Jukewaita in its and
his support. But wè must ask them
to give us reliable men as candi
dates for Congress. This dissatis
faction which is prevalent among
the colored voters, in this section,
may be attributed more to the man
ner in which Bepublican constituen
cies have been misrepresented by
members who have had no reason
to oppose the bill spoken of,
as it would in nô manner
affect the political advantage of
some who have opposed it.
In the three districts comprising the
city of Chicago, we labor under but
few of the disabilities of which the
bill seeks to relievo us—and that a
member from one of these three dis
tricts could offer any opposition to
a bill which could in no manner
affect his chances for re-election, is
beyond understanding, and while
the colored voters of this county are
willing to hear any explanation
wnich the member from this city
may have to make o£ his objections
to a portion of his constituents re
ceiving the rights which they seek
and for which he pledged himself
to vote, they will endeavor to see
that if their votes are of any service
to the Republican party, that thej
are not misrepresented in the future.
We quietly, but firmly, ask tbe Re
■ 1.1? «UM ♦r* nnf t*n_nrtmin«'/»
of
red
it
or
to
and
tally
of
iold
old
the
graft
of
alone.
have
t>ince
tie
light
To
camp
a
order
of
womb
son
rather
so
front
that
evidence
quent
they
are
that
the
goes
publican pirty to not re-nomina'e a mount
any man who may hare opposed thej the
any
Civil Rights Bill, as we shall most
assuredly bo fouud opposing his ro !
election.American Aspirant.
gence
This
; i
the
in
GO VERNOR ANTtmW
The silence which characterized;'
tho conduct of the Democratic press,
at the recent departure of Goyera
nor Kellogg from the State, and tho'
transfer to the hands of Lieutenant
Governnor Antoine of tho reins of
tho State government, is not an in
considerable manifestation of heal
thy public sentiment in Louisiana.
\V hen the elevation. of a colored
gentleman to tho chair ofi^he execu
tive, if but for a day, ceases to. con
stitute an occasion for sounding au
alarm of danger, that better era can
not be very distant, when worth',
become the bost passport to respect.
Aud fast approchingits close isthat
long period of bloody strife, in
which in defense of distinctions
founded on caste thousands of brave
men rushed, to early graves.
During Governor Autoine's occu
pancy of tho Executive Chamber;
there was no observable change in
the administration of the laws.
Rights were enforced by no Unusual
means, and wrongs were rodressod
by no unusual measures. The
change of pilots was followod by no',
change in tho mangement of tho
course of tho ship of State. Tho
protection that was duo to all was
withheld from none.- And in no
instance was the treatment of the
subject suggestive of the complexion
of the ruler.
The tempofsry absence from the
State of the Executive, was not
made an opportunity by his chief
subordinate for grafting any un
warranted concessions to his own
race. There was no assumption of
executive power, which could bo
made a new pretext for the bauding
together of One portion of our pop
ulation, in an effort to resist the
encroachments of another portion.'
The necessity for the establishment
of a ''White'League," at a moment
of profound pence, and when tho '
best interests of all demanded tho
exercise of the closest fraternal
relations, found no justiication in
the temperate action of our modest
Lieutenant Governor, while ho :
stood at the helm of tile' common"
wealth.-. -I'.:, !
And we offer tho exemplary, eon
duct of Lieutenant Governor „An
toine, while seated in the guberna
torial chair, in refutation- of the
domineering spirit imputed to col
red men when invested with power,
and to ullay the fears of those timid
people who lived in mortal dread of
negro domination, and who regard
it the most terrible of the certain
afflictions with which Louisiana is :
threatened to-day.—The Iberville
Republican.
THE DIFFERENCE.
Tho warming up of the canvas-»'
or rat lier the preparatory arrange
ments-— has caused our adversaries
to stir themselves with more than
usual alacrity.^-They are swarming
-around hi all directions, all anxious
and eager to do sométhing, but to
tally without leaders or a fixed platt
of organization. Some are for the'
iold plan and name; others for the
old organization and a new name£
others for a ne w ^organisation and
the old nam.e, while others wish ta
graft upon the parent stock a scion
of doubtful "quality. The "white
league" insist upon the Democracy
adopting their organization as a
condition of thoir support, and/
failing k that, to make the fighS
alone. Many of the old Whigs who
have ncted with the Democracy
t>ince the war closed, wiil not acoept
tie "White Lapgue" plank of the
platform and seem determined to
light the abortion to the bitter end.
To these troubles in thé Democratic
camp may be added many others of
a minor nature but lione the less
destructive t<yharmony and party'
discipline:
How these conflicting views and
interests are to be reconciled and
order brought out of chaos is one
of the mysteries } et hidden in the
womb of time. There is every rea
son to believe that they cannot or
rather will not be amicably adjusted.
so that they may present a united
front to the Republicans. They
denounce the slightest disturbance
that- may arise in our ranks as an
evidence of a break up, and a conse
quent dissolution cf the p irty ; but
they fail to see that our dissensions
are merely local and temporary and
that they alwayj disappear whe.f
the fir.t of a nominating cmvcntiun
goes forth. They claim the greater'
a mount Of intelligence, and have all
the discord, we' el.iim less Jntelli-'
gence and have all - the . harmony.
This is the simple 'difference betwiat
i voedledum and twoedledce,-