The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-03-23
THE THIRD PARTY.

parry Is UdSeu VIZ I" ooPPoSoNA ~
tility to the name of Democrat on
the part of the colored voters OF
the State. The truth is the color
ed voters have no idea Of the mean
ing of the names which the two OPP
posing parties have assumed, or Of
the. difference between the princi-
pies on which they are divided.
They have been taken possession
of by body of INSCRIPTIONS adj
venturers from the North, who
keep their consciences, and march
them to the polls like cattle to de-
post ballots of the meaning Of
which they have but little compre-
hension. While the negroes are
mere passive agents, it is not so
with their managers. 1t is impos-
sible that the carpet-baggers
should be deceived by a shadov
when the Substance is so easily
made use of. II they can produce
the impression On the minds OF the
negroes that the Democrats are
their ancient enemies, that they
have ever kept them in slavery and
would reduce them to slavery now
if they had the power they can
very easily transfer the same accu-
sation to whatever name these
same Democrats should choose to
be known by in the future. 1t is
the men who compose the Demo
cratic party who have been made
odious to the negroes, not the name
under which they marshal them
selves for political campaign.
Precisely the same amount of la
Dor would have to be bestowed in
disabusing the minds ofthe negroes
of their prejudices under one name
as under another, as long as the
great majority of the new party
would be the same as it is in the
Democratic party. Now that the
negroes political rights have been
secured by the Fifteenth Amend
ment, he will have to be approach
ed in a different manner from that
which has hitherto been so effectu-
al in securing his support. He
should be instructed in his duties
as a citizen by the leading men of
the Democratic or Conservative
party. He should be made to I'M
derstand that the native people of
the South are his true friends, that
he owes all to them, and that the
Yankee adventures are powerless
to render him any assistance in the
way of beneftting his worldly con-
dition. 1t would not be difficult to
make him understand that he has
everything to gain and nothing to
lose by an alliance with the owners
of the soil, and by cutting loose
from his Northern admirers.
On the other hand Che dropping
of the name of Democrat would be
giving up a proud title which has
kept together men who think and
who believe that there is some tai
ismanic power in a name. The
name is the name of a party under
which the Republic rose to great
ness. Democracy is synonymous
with Republican greatness, and
a happy administration of the gov
eminent for a half century. In this
respect we may learn a lesson from
the nomenclature of the parties op.
posed to the Democratic party
The opposition assumed a different
name after every defeat, and never
succeeded in getting up a strong
party until they took the name Of
Republican, which like the name o.
Democrat, carried back the imagi
nation to the days of Jefferson ani
Madison, and the glorious days o
the Confederacy.
We must have a national party
in the Union. The only Conserva
tive organization at the North il
the Democratic party. The onl.
Conservative party at the Soutl
should be the Democratic party
Under a Democratic banner al
Conservative men can enlist in
powerful organization which shal
Ioyerwhelm Radicalism at the mex
national election.
UThe "Extra-ten-day Session
of the Black and-Tan adjourne
sine die, on Thursday evening
j, Among its last acts was the pas
/ sage of a bill giving 100000
State Bonds to o company for til