Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-11-30
The Election in Louisiana.

The result of the recent election in Louis |
lana is a very remarkable and II very crafty
ing one. 1t is remarkable in the novel and
unprecedented fact political phenomenon,
of political party clccting all its candidates
in n general election. Governor, State
Treasurer, Auditor, Superintendent of Edu
cation, Attorney General, every member of
Congress, and every member of the Legis-
lature, are Of one and the same party. The
opposition carried not single candidate,
single district, parish or precinct. The
Democrats swept everything before them.
A unanimous legislative body will certainly
be Il rare and extraordinary asscmblagc, in
this country of strongly partisan tendencies,
and great freedom Of thought and diversity,
of ideas and sentiments.
| This election seems to have been conducted
with great proprcty, dignity, and Il grave
sense of the responsibility which became a
people In their condition The contest was
fought fairly and honestly upona platform
which accepted the situation fully indorscd
the President plan Decentralization, ignored
and buried the old and recent causes of strife,
disregarded old party divisions, and adopted
fully the old Democratic principles and
policies These grounds were sufficient to
unite the great mass of the intelligent pco-
pie of the State, especially of that large
class of them who have suffered so terribly
by the late war. Though great many of
them had been lifetime opponents to the
old Democracy, their sad experience Of the
evils of scctionalsm brought upon the
country by the defeat of the national De
mocracy, has eXtinguishcd all their old
prcjudiccs, and reconcilcd them to the old
IDEAS and spirit of that party, which so long
maintained the peace, happiness, glory, aud
,,t' hn t,,
another powerful cohesive influence and at
traction III this election, This was the OPP
position to the Banks constitution, which
was regarded by all good citizens as dis
grace and iniamy to the Statc-which
originated in n corrupt intrigue, and was
carried out with circumstances oftraud, cor
ruption, and disreputablc conduct unpar-
llcled in our history. The constitution in
itself was not so Objectionable, but every re
spectacle citizen felt himself a participant in
the intamy which its existence and continu-
ancc inilicts upon the State. The great de
sire of the people is to cxpungc it from the
history Of the State. This will be done by
an immediate call of the Legislature, with
u view Of ordering u convention to make a
new constitution. Governor Wells will issue
his proclamation for this purpose in Il few
days,
| he teW radicals IN Louisiana, VINO are
mere strangers and advcnturcrS, not hall
dozen of them being regular citizens, had
no candidates in the late election, Those
who voted at all voted for Henry w. Allen,
the late Confederate Governor of the State,
gallant officer on the Confederate side in
the late war, and who is now an exile in
Mexico. This was considered grim radi-
cal joke The election, however, held by
the negroes under the direction Of the radi-
cal leaders was no joke to the poor negroes,
who fockcd in great numbers to the polls
opened for their benefit, and deposited their
ballot and their one dollar each for the in
estimable privilege Both the ballots and
the greenbacks Were appropriated by GER
tam demagogues, strangers to the State,
who intend to present themselves before
the next Congress- and claim to be the true
representatives of the loyal and Union citi-
zens of Louisiana The dollars deposited
with the ballots are to be appropriated to
meet the expense of this experiment Be
sides this dollar each, the Union and loya
citizens of African descent were subjected tC
the further exaction OF loss Of their day,
: wages, We understand that the Freedmen
II Bureau, which is in honest hands in Louis
L lana, intends to look into this fraud and i'm
Is position. on the deluded freedmen. Ne.
st York World