Excerpt from Resources of Vermilion Parish, Southwest Louisiana But a miracle was wrought in the enforcement by arms of a principle in human liberty. It was to declare a difference be tween black man and mule. It did not disturb the mule, but it went to the creation of a new man. It brought trouble into the negro's cabin. It entered into his soul. It brought him liberty without the equipments of freedom. It destroyed the old plantation that had heard his song and received his tears, and he lingered long in the shadow of his new creation. It takes along time for changes to be wrought in human destiny and in human endeavor. It was to the negro the command Root hog or die, and to the former owner - the same. But out of the old comes the new - the new South; out of the weak comes the strong-the firm friend of American citizenship, out of the bitter the sweet - the rekindled friendship of Southern hospi tality. The ruins of the war may be seen on every hand, but out of these ruins is springing a new hope and a new life, to mark a new era, and to work out a new destiny. A new thought is put into the head of man, a new power is placed in his hand, and the imagination has only to look through the natural eye to picture a new world of fertile fields, and making the ruin to look lovely in its desolation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."