The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-08-10
TREASURE Tn0gE.

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of pure and Undecided craftsmanship. 1t
was in the form Of a g Circular and bore
| the signature of four men who, in their
own estimation, constitute the four corner
stones of the great Democratic temple.
| Long ago the great movement OF purl-
! rifying the Democratic party from mlsere-
ants and demagogues was Begin at Odd
Fellows Hall by five score and one IN
maculate, undetermined, solemn and IN
dgnant men led on by American Soule.
Long had the, ssmothered fury Of hate
shaken the political terrene before the
pent up fires burst forth. But when it
cameit was flood Of the lava of wrath,
!, the smoke of denunciation, the birthstone
Of rebuke and the flames of eloqnence. 1t
was.,a terrific eruption Of bad rhetoric and
bad feeling they all felt bad. They
had all been outraged, insuted, reviled'
cheated, naligned, ualtreated, distrusted,
abused, humbpgged, tortured, gammoned
and tantalized by miserable. sllametuis
vicious, corrupt, dishonorble, cowardly,
craven, base.born and halow-hearted set
of gross, profigate, wicked, demoralized,
deprayed, polluted, fragrant, atroclous and
perfdious knaves whom the Devil had in
spired the Democratic party to put in
Office. Their case was an exceedingly
hard one. They had never mcd1led with
1.-THE Democratic party nor with politics,
and, so far from being chargeable with K
N.ism, the most Of them had notsvoted at
! all for several years, They met together
to ask one another and to ask the people
why it was that they were not Senators,
Eall Of them. They wanted to know what
right any men had to be Democratic Of
! fee-holders except themselves BY what
perversion was it that they, the pure and
/ the spotless, who had not soiled their
Hands with vile election ballot for years,
were to be kept in outer darkness while
Others were warming their fat sides in the
sunshine Of popular favors They didn't
know and they met at the Odd Fellows
Hall to find out if they could.
s,
1 The majestic proportions of this great
J, crusade against Democratic corruption,
malfeasance, poltroonery, fraud and office
holding are shown by the fact that it has
dwindled from that day to this and is not
yet entirely extinct. The last Of its spas
modic and volcanic manifestoes has found
its way into the newspapers, albeit that
! it was designed solely fof the eyes Of the
faithful 1t was put forth as a. secret cir
Icular which was to go only into the hands
1 of the pure and patriotic but by some
4 unknown means copyBcame into the pos
session of one Of the recreant and was
straightway sent to an outside barbarian
Of the Old Line who published it. Wicked
though it may be in us to expose TINS
4 sacred epstle to the eyes Of the multitude
we cannot forbear giyingit tolour readers
| In order that If may be fully somprehended
we have gone to the expense Of dividing
lit into chapters according to the subject
matter. y
GnApTEBl. - Declaratory d,dcomplime''tary.
We, the undersigned, a committee appointed d
theSStates Rights Democratic Association of Ne,
Orleans, ask leave to approach YOU upon the sub
feet of the coming State Elections. We are en-
couraged to take this step from the high estma
ton in which we hold your character aud patriot
ism.
Char. 2 The ncJleasss Of the object in piele an
4 the virt9s Of The "unas,sigaea."
The manner in which were conducted the labor
: of the late Convention at Baton Rouge, aud ths
ticket which owes its sanction to those labors have
Enether satisfied the wishes nor met the anticipa
i ton of those Democrats here, and in other parts
the State, who have at heartsthe dignity of TIT
party and who afIx some value TO the untarnished
free and independent exercise of the popular fran
II cllise.
n Char. 3. 1sliiaq, ahatfheyhoH.
q 4 They hold, that, the ticket offered by that Con
vcntion cannot claim that itsprung out of an,
intmation of popular preferences in favor 0
!. those composing it; nor even, that it vas tn
spontaneous enanalon OF the choice Of the con
i. vention s
e CHAP. 4,-Giuing laeid and satisfactory accom-
/ ofHe base mems employed By Democrats, 4 d.
The State Offices had been distributed and as
signed in secret coneaye Of four or five pelitic
/ ugg ess, under the superintendent and dietatio
of a well known leader, not only before the pr
4 mary meetings to elect delegates throughout tn
j State had been held, but before the people ha
been called to assemble. The sending Of delegate
therefore was mere farce, on the part OF thos
whOexpected to WELD and manipulate at pleasur
u tue majority of the Convention and cap-trap lai
. forthe people that there might be some semb!anc
. OF choice in that which had been pre-arranged an
5 determined aponahe principle, that public oiic
be the reward of servility to certain men
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