| Show SOME OF THE CAUSES ablong AMONG the wore prominent causes of the present unhappy condition of louisiana and other portions of the south is ia the simultaneous and forcible liberation of the slaves in the southern states the immediate admission of them to full citizenship with the right of suffrage and the imposing of disabilities for a t time 1 me upon many of the principal white inhabitants of these those states these measures nullified to a greater or less extent the voice of the intelligent and cultivated white whitt people and elevated a great mass of ignorant negro population to the right ot of suffrage this could not nob fall fail to have a very prejudicial effect upon the prosperity of those states in the nature of things the tho sudden lifting up en cn masse of an ignorant race to great privileges and responsibilities cannot have a healthful cal eai social or material influence for the country to receive the greatest benefits rom irom the emancipation of the fc laves slaves they should I 1 ave sive been liberated gradually and aud admitted to citizenship by a graduated probation instead ot 01 this being done alt all at once and in hi a hurry it was too sudden and violent a change to be healthy healthy healt hy to society Y or to conduce to the public good the liberation of the slaves was wab a I 1 j war measure a and ud re reconstruction construction constructs u has been continued very largely in in the L ngao ngae spirit the seuth beuth has been practically regarded as acon country and so treated in a great degree there are two ways of establishing peace thil tho the conceida WY tory process and the crushing process the winsome ways of eon con couil 1 11 atlon do not stem to be lye in favor with the federal administration but the rigorous rigo rous roua erush crush crushing 11 I 1 process i taken to with a manifest liking king however the results so lr fir nir are anything but promising and the end is not yet As a further affliction to the southern states and to still further complicate matters and retard their pacification and aud the entire restoration of good feel ng with the other states of the union the carpetbag gen gem flooded the country these unscrupulous adventurers are a curse to any part of the country which they may pester with their presence and ona of the worst signs of the times for any state or territory is the patronage or of such unprincipled ra rascals cals cais by the federal government the south never will be permanently nen aly peaceable and prosperous pros while the carpet role roie ner nor will any other kotlier part of the union where they are |
