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Show j- THE AMERICAN CEUSAJ)ZHS. I What purports to be the cocai'itu- i Hon of thu " White League " ot the South, or rather of the order of " American Crutaders," prof-j.-sta to , be founded on the Constitution of the : United .States as left us by the fathers "asaicr.a heritage in trust fur future gfiK-ralions." Tne Lllly the members of the order is stated to be to guard against corruption, and to see that the functions of government govern-ment are properly performed and administered, ad-ministered, and to defend the liberties of tho people and the Constitution against all oppressors. Article five say-a : " The white or Cau-eai-itiii riK'u of iiifin, l..-iiK lli' eupunur mru, nit.-ll.n-'lualiy, morally ainl pliy-i-enlly, nnd having aWii:ved its rHt.-s. (iUtiiictinna in the pu-t and th.; pre.-enl UK--; un.i.-r Democratic or Kpublman ft .rms of govern muni, we hold thai lht-so j forms of government aru peculiarly (ulapt-i (ulapt-i tl to proiitoti- the wi-ifitre and linpphi of the while race. Other articles declare that the inferior in-ferior races of man have never risen to distinction in a free government, but have sunk into barbarism whenever when-ever they have established a demo- ! cratic form of government, and the "Crusaders" therefore distrust all schemes tending to divide the "popular "popu-lar soverignily' with any of the in ferior races of man, firmly believing that by their inability to govern themselves, they are unfitted to be trusted with the sacred rights ot liberty, liber-ty, which they construe into license and ungovernable indulgence; "to give them political power would throw the country into anarchy, leaving it a prey to centralization or imperialism." imperial-ism." For those reasons the founders of this republic refused to share the right to govern with the inferior races, and under the administration of the white race the United Slates rose rapidly to a position in the front ranks of the nations of the earth. Theso principles the "Ciisader.i" ' promise to abide by, and pledge themselves them-selves to enquire into and punish all violations of the Magna Ciart-i, mid all alterations of the same, aud to maintain their order perpetually. We shall not discuss at this time the legitimacy of this order, or the correctness of the policy upon which it is based, although it is evident that the idea of the impracticability of negro rule has been gaining strength within the past few years even among the northern Republicans, pwing to the sad mismanagement of the Southern States. The spectacle presented in all those States where the negro element ele-ment has predominated, if not an excuse for tho "Whito League," is at least a sufficient provocation for jan attempt to put a stop to such j misgovornmcnt. We do not need to 'quote Southern testimony on this point. Here is an extract from that orthodox Republican paper, the New York Times, whose New Orleans correspondent is describing the terri-. ble state of allairs existing in that city: All Uio crusll local oftieos are now held liy colored men, who are in almost every instance utterly unqualified for the position;. posi-tion;. Ttiee are given to colored men in every di-triet where the ballot stuffing of the Administration party could obtain a majority. The insolence and rapai iiy of tho negro ollicial; without their chet-k, diabolical as it i.-, would know no bounds. , This state of attairs has given strength, character and prestige to the !' Whito j League," which would have had neither local habitation nor existence if the Stato government had not mado them strong, ; They exist only because the land is so grievously misgoverned. Hence it is that this olemont, which has been paraded be-foro be-foro the country as a proof of irreconcilable irreconcila-ble race- animosity, has; baen accepted as the porvading one of the State. In other words, this is the result of Republican reconstruction in . the South. Anarchy, robbery and'jace antagonisms, which are daily growing into a war of races aud a destruction of the country. Another four years ofsucharule would render permanent perma-nent military occupation of the Gulf j S:ates necessary for the preservation ! of order. |