The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-06-02
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cause, party or principle, neve
fail to find some reason sufficient
specious to satisfy their own con
sciences. They are!apt to wonder tina
others will not be convinced by thei
arguments, nor enticed by their affec
tionate appeals into combinations tina
promise to them such happy fruits
The reason why they cannot under
stand this indifference or repugnanc
of the general public to their scheme
is, that they forget the general publ
are not animated by their secret wishes
have not their special personal ends t.
attain, and will thrust aside ani
trample on all petty selfish schemes
F. when animated by high and holy
purpose. A people who endured a
the Southern people did four year!
of war in order to accomplish an indie
pendence as dear to them as it was t,
the men ola century ago, and who have
had heaped on them for four years OF
peace such humiliations as a proud
people cannot forget, are too much il
earnest to be entrapped by such wishy.
washy fanfaronade as this-"b believing
as we do that the peace of society and
the harmony of the State Government
will never be advanced by either of the
existing rancorous parties, both OF
which may justly be styled radical, we
propose to organize all the conserva-
tive elements of the State with a view
to reform"
The gentlemen whose complacent
Phariseeism is thus modestly exhibited
will be shocked at finding that the ele-
ments will not fuse, and that the men
of Louisiana who have dared all and
lost all for their cause are not prepar-
ed to hug to their bosoms those whose
heel is on their necks. Nor will they
listen in silence to such false and gar
bled teaching as this-"the State Gov
eminent has fallen into disrepute for
the potent reason that from want of
confidence and sympathy, we have
withheld all support and cooperation
from the administration" We had
supposed the Government of this
State was disreputable because from
its chief Executive down through all
its ramifcations its officers. were disre-
putable men, plunderers of the public
money, receivers of brides, men of in
ferior mental calibre, and in morals
and all the attributes of gentlemen,
sunk AS low as their negro allies. But
it appears some people think that nei-
Their Warmoth nor Wickliffe would
have fallen into disrepute had eve not
withheld our sympathy" from them,
and that the only reason why they have
given themselves up to disreputable
practices is that we had refused them
our confidence. They took to thieving
because we persisted in believing that
was their congenial occupations.
ave think, says the same authority,
It requires no argument to convince-
you that there is something fundamen-
ally wrong among us when at the APP
Droach ofevery popular election we find
Notwithstanding with fear, and arm
ng to meet impending dangers of vio-
ence." Ofcourse there is something,
md great deal, fundamentally wrong.
We cannot look about us anywhere orat
my time without seeing that our land
filed with greedy Adventures and
'olitical missionaries, whose undis-
.nised policy is to give negro all rights
nd whiteman none and who have pur
ued that policy from the close of the
'ar, always advancing step by step
nd making every act of our submits I
ion pretext to impose new humilia-
ions. They sanctioned these inroads
y laws SO far as they could, and t
ought to accomplish the rest by blat- c
ut hectoring. Then our people turn
at bay, and in prepared silence +
waited the onslaught. They did not y
nd themselves trembling with fear" !
Or can even the most recreant of them i
npute justly to them the cause or in f
igation of these Impending dangers d
violence" Il
What we have quoted and animad- ?
'rted on is offensive because it is an c
suit to our people. 1t is an in e1
1t to their intelligence to tell them d
lat set of public thieves took to y,
bblhg because decent people wonld s.
It countenance them, and SANDER v
ION their motives and conduct to I'M as
tie the evils that now afflict us to =, ~
cir refusal to act politically or social pr
with State officials alien to u,
'uisiana in every respect. If the pI
rsons who are the authors or en- is
rsers OF those sentiments really be- pc
We what they say, let them avow it an
their fellow men and "organizen the a.,
ppy family that is to be composed of 90
the conservative elements" Those
ose moral susceptibilities are not on