The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-10-13
THE RADICAL ADDRESSES.

ga1iS. AMONG but udulcS oiSAOS. w
it we observe that Of the sable 'Lieu-
tenant Governor" of the State, and
that of Honest" John Ray, whilome
Confederate tax-gatherer in the pa
IRISH of Ouachita. The name of the
latter gentleman was doubtless ad-
ded as bait to catch those who
honestly fought for the Southern
cause" on the accession of SO many
of whom the address congratulates
the Radical party. g"
The object Of the address processes
to be to give an account of the or
ganization, history and present pros
poets of Radicalism in Louisiana
The party is told how it carried the
State ticket because the Democrats
wouldn't vote, and how the Demo
Gratis carried the Presidential cleo
ton because the Radicals wouldn't
vote. OF course the reason the Rad
/ cals succeeded in the first election
was that they were in the majority,
and the reason the Democrats sue
ceeded in the last, was that they re-
sorted, as they always do, to fraud
violence and terrorism towards their
meek and peaceable neighbors. An
obvious deduction from this valuable
information impaired by the COM
mittee, is that good way to carry
an election is so to act as to keep
your opponents from voting. We
hope the naughty Democrats may
not take a hint from the suggestion.
Grants "irm stand as Radical
politician is made another subject Of
congratulation, and it is doubtless
his assistance, together with that OF
the militia" which, in the opinion
of the address, will secure Radical
ascendency in Louisiana. Perhaps
the Committee have not heard of the
result of Grant and Boutwell's tao
tics in Virginia and Tennessee.
But while this address processes
to be put forth as q congratulatory
one it is very evident that it is only a
desperate species of whistling to keep
up Radical courage. For while this
address is published in all the Radical
papers, the committee has put forth
a second address marked "confden-
tial," which was not intended to be
made public, and which breathes
a very different spirit. In order to
aid its circulation we lay it gratlit-
ously before our readers to-day. It
is short, to the point, and speaks for
itself. Although in the address the
Committee speaks of the perfect or
ganization of the party, it is evident
from the Circular that they are ig-
norant of any organization at all and
are anxious to get information on the
subject. They do not even know the
names of the Parish Committees, or
whether there are any Committees at
all. So far from there being "many'
recruits to the Radical ranks from
late Confederates, the circular earn
estly asks for the names of t'bolting
and doubtful" Republicans Of whom
they have evidently heard that their
name is legion. With their minds
always directed to the idea of plum
der, they want to know how much
"money' can be raised among the
faithful. This is intended specially
for the freedmen, most Of whom b.
industry have made good deal Of
money the present year, and whose
hard earnings are expected to find
their way into carpet-bag pockets. s.
, Dili the freedmen say that that sort
of thing has about played out. The
forty acre and mule story has not
been quite forgotten. They ask
about peace and order and the places
where militia aciu be needed. So We
are to have an election carried by
Warmoth's militia. The Radicals
would probably never make more
than one trial of it. %A
The fifth interrogatory is really 8
CHASTITY joke. There are no party
men in the State but the Radicals
who are opposed to the Democratic
party. The Wings have long since
joined the Democrats, as being the
only party, like their own, based OF
national principles. AS for the
"Third party men, a little self-con
stituted New Orleans committee O
disaffected Radicals and sore-heads
are as anxious to find them out as
Dunn and Ray, and have had GU
their circulars and runners for 81,
months without discovering a single
one.