The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-08-19
Foul Words Must Cease.
SOME PLAIN TALK TO Tas RADICALS.
From the New York Citizen. Miles
O'Reilly's paper.1

From the New York Citizen. Miles
Oseillys paper.
Gentlemen of the Radical press. yot arr
pushing matters SO hard, that all classes Of
Democrats will soon come to adopt und
glory IN that title; Ind when that day is
reached, il. will not be so we'll for you
Nothing but the strong arms and steady
hearts of the loyal War Democracy carried
you in unquestioned ascendancy through
the late rebellion-all the civil offices. ali
the civil spoils, all the national power fot
you, and nothing but the hard fare and
hard knocks of the camp and field for the
loyal Democratic volunteers who thoupht
only OF the Union, and saw nothing but the
flag, untilthe rebellion was extihguished
And now, fofsooth, what do they find !
That while they have been in the field, YOU
have consolidated an oligarchy of tyranny
and theft, such as no civilized country,
while still remaining at peace, has ever vet
witnessed, and when they attempt by
peaceful and constitutional means to nro.
duce change for the better, and to GUST
notorious corruptionists and pillagers from
the places in which they have gorged
themselves at the expense of depleted
treasury for the past eight years-these
Radical partisans rush forward with brazen
fronts, and, as they think, With the bayonet
of standing army behind them, to crush
back every Democrat into submission by
their owl-cry Of" traitors, copperheads--a
second brood of rebellion !" Gentlemen of
the Radical press, this mode of conducting
your campaign must be changed, or worse
will come of it. If all Democrats are to be
classed as copperheads in your foul vocab-
ulaiy, all Democrats, even the most mode
rate, may be driven to act in concert to-
gether for an exemplary retribution; and,
In such case, you would soon find your
standing army q rope Of sand-nearlv all
the rank and file with the Democracy and
seven or eight hundred thousand trained
soldiers of the volunteer service resumipg
their weapons to make sure that no fraud
shall be attempted, under any pretended
authority OF Congress, when it comes to
counting the electoral vote and saying who
is entitled, under the will of the people, to
be our next President. A thousand kind
words in regard to Gen. Grant have former
ly appeared in this paper; and no word of
personal abuse, or even unkindness, since
he became the standard bearer of a party
whose principles we abhor and think dan
gerous to the continued liberties of the
country. Is it too much to ask that slmi-
lar treatment shall be extended to Horatio
seymour-the noblest, purest and greatest,
character to-day breathing on American
soil, as we believe? Or is it too much to
ask that the men who share with us this
belief shall still be treated with the ordina-
ny courtesies Of life and shall not be DELHI
erately liedsaboht, as any Radical journal
or stump orator must deliberately lie,
when chasing the Citizen as a" Copper.
head paper 2" We tell you there are in
famable materials round the country,
and you are like madmen waving torches
in powder magazine of national passion
1t is not for our own special grievance we
speak, but to illustrate condition of feel
ing that is being aroused among loyal
Democrats everywhere. Let the loyal
Democracy once be forced to accept the
name and principles of the Copperhead
faction, and it will soon become hazard.
ons thing Tor o Radical to call foul names
after that.