The Feliciana Democrat., 1859-02-05
THE SELECTION OF DELEG ATES

1nasmuch as There Is not at this tmc any spirited
and determined purpose, evinced yet in any quar-
ter to press or force upon the Democracy of the state
particular individuals for the different offices to be
filled this fall avail ourselves of this time ofquct
for the purpose of appealing to the calm Judgment OF
every Democratic voter In the Parish The selection
of the candidates of the party is matter in which
every Democrat has right to be heard. We wish in
what we say, to be considered as addressing person
ally and Individually. each and every member of the
party in East Feciana. We wish to elicit from you
some expression in reference to the best and most De-
mocrac way of selecting delegates to the State and
Congressional Conventions, to be held the coming
spring to nominate candidates of the Democratic
party-candilatcs whom all of Us should support aud
all Of us will support, II we only feel that the
delegates who nominated them selected directly
by the Democracy upon their cherished principle of
popular representation The great Democratic prin.
ciplc of free and universal popular suffrage has been
secured TO Louisiana by the Democratic party. Eve.
ry restriction upon suffrage has been beaten down by
the Democracy under the lead of those gallant spr-
its in the State Convention of 1915. Souc, Porter,
Ra,liM and the lamented Brent Walker, and Downs
But of what avail is ii for the people. without lin
aon or restriction, to vote in the ELECTION, after
the candidates have been chosen by few self consi
tuted leaders, without the mass Of the party having
any participation in their SELECTION.
II is as nntiDcmocrac for the mass Of the party to
be excluded in the selection o: candidates, would
be, should they be excluded in their election and
arc certain that they not feel very iubant in the
exercise Of The prerogativc OF rccmcn in voting for
candidates whom they may have grounds to believe
to have been selected for them BY political managers
and trckstcrs What the Democracy want is to Sc
lect their own candidates and to do it their own way
They do not wish it done for them, but to take the
work into their own hands-to relieve the dsinicrest-
cd few Of the arduous duties which they have for
some time performed.
Fellow Democrats. we have plan to suggest, which
we think will accomplish what we all have or should
have, in vcw--a fair expression of the democratic
choice in the selection OF delegates. We give it with
other desire than to elicit discussion to the end
that every democrat may have an opportunity of Civ
ing his opinions before any plan is definitely decided
upon.
On the first Monday in April, Mt the different pre-
cncts in this Parish at the election for Associate JUS
tcc let the democracy Of each ward have separate
box. in which 10 dcposie their votes for three dele
gates to represent the ward both in the Congressional
and State Conventions. which will probably be held
in May. o. ut all events in June next. Lct them send
to us for publication in this paper the names Of those
whom they may have selected rs delegates. aud we
will insert them sufficient number of times to cna.
BILE the democracy Of the Parish to know who each
ward has selected. All towhom have spoken npon
this plan approve it. What say the democracy to this
suggestion.