The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-04-01
WHAT WORK CAN DO.

| Inthe State of Arkansas the Radicals
attempted the same game asin the 9TH
er States and have hitherto felt that il
was successfully played. Before the
election it was given out at Washing
| ton that the Radicals had a clear ma
iority of ten thousand and that the
adoption of the Constitution was fore
gone conclusion. But not dishearten-
ed by these defiant boasts the Conser-
natives set to work and the glorious re-
suit is the Constitution has been defeat
ed by nearly fifteen Thousand majority
The Chairman of the Democratic Gen.
trai Committee at Little Rock tele-
graphs the pleasing intelligence to Mr.
johnson to aid in confronting him
amid the many trials by which be is
surrounded. Needs the question be
asked how was the good work accom-
plished9 1t, was done jast as every
other; political victory was won-by
honest, faithful and persistent labor up
to theday of the election. The Arkan-
sas Conservatives. perfected their or
ganization in every county and town
and precinct in the State. Their Com
mittees were INCREASINGLY at work day
and night. They first saw that every
unregistered voter was registered; that
every illegal vote was stricken from
the list; and then they saw that the full
Conservative strenth was polled on the
day of the election. Of course they
succeeded. There is no such word as
fail, and could not be, in the vocabulary
OF such men as they have proved to be-
What is true of Arkansas can be
made true of every other state in the
South. 1t has been proved to- be true
of Alabama. There, they operated I'M
der differentlaw, alaw whose strength
lay in abstaining from the polls; and
notwithstanding the immense negro
majority, all ofGen. Meade's drummers
in five days could not gather enough
votes to save the Constitution from de-
feat. In month more it will be glor-
iously true of Virginia, North Caroline
and Georgia. where the Conservatives
will not only by dint of hard work, de-
feat the Constitution, but will elect q
majority of the officers under them.
Now what account will Louisiana
give of herself on the 18th and 18th
instq We do not hesitate to say that
she will defeat the infamous Constitu
ton, and then bury it beyond hope of
resurrection. The Conservative organ
ization isin the hands of men who have
won many victory. and if they will
only exert themselves in this the most
important election ever held in the
State, their triumph is already secured.
Let no one be deferred by the immen Sc
negro majority registered. This ma
iority is fraudulent, as every one knows
and the executive committee in every
parish, if it does its duty, can see that
these fraudulent voters are kept from
voting, even if they do not get the
names struck from the registry. More
over, we have every reason to believe
that the registers will act fairly and
that all entitled under a liberal view
of the law, to register will be permitted
to dose. The two races will thus be
brought somewhat near an equality in
numbers. We areaassured that New
Orleans will give ten : thousand
majority against Tie Constitution. All
the white parishes in the hills will also
give a handsome majority the same
way. In the:od slaveholding parishes
much can be done between this and the
election.
But, I've cannot repeat it too often)
the first thing to be done is to REGISTER
without losinga day fater. the registry
is opened After that let every one go
to work in, earnest, and not only vote
himself against the Constitution, but
get as many votes against it, white and
black, as he car. The task before us
then becomes an easy one, and one
which we cannot fail to perform well
and thoroughly.