The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-08-20
Communicated
l." Many Democrats

Inc COMMUNICATION III Cne laSC courier
over the above signature entities its writer
to the naule of artful dodger." No effort
is made to answer our questions, and the
changes are rung, as usual, on the, cry of
"radicah!' RADICAL"
This will not do, and for various reasons.
In the first place, we claim to be demo-
Gratis, and do not intend to have ourselves
called radicals by the gentlemen who write
for the Courier 80
In the next place, we claim the right, in
common with other people, to have a voice
in selecting candidates for office, and do
not recognize the exclusivearight Of a .teao
individuals to select candidates for the
people; and in the third place, we claim
the privilege of thinking for ourselves,
without being insulted by politicians with
o%pprobrious epithets. - -.-- r.
You say:
Permit us to tell you, gentlemen, the
true democrats of this parish, for the most
part, had long ago been duly notified, and
every precinct was awaiting the oraer of
the Central Executive Committee to send
delegates to the parish convention" &c.
The italics are ours. s4ss v.e.n Ff.e.
Viii you be kind enough to tell us how
you distinguished the true from the false
Democrats? Who did it? Who picked
them out? Was there any other than dem
~ocratic votes at the last election? What
fright had you to say there were any radi,
calls in the parish ? Every one voted thu
democratic ticket at the last elections? and
if so, why could you not call upon the-peop-
lie, instead Of a few delegates, TO nominate
/ the candidates. We are driven to the con-
clusion that the true democrats, as you call
them, were picked out by some one here,
and they alone notified to send delegates.
Was this fair, was. il just ? Does it not
manifest &c want of confidence in the people,
whose votes you demand upon the pain Of
being called radicals? a# @as
Again you say: In good faith or other
wise, you have allowed yourselves to be
drawn away from the true line by emissa-
ries Of the radical party"
This is simply insulting, and has no re-
h~lation whatever to the subject matter o
our first communication. .s& S'7@S
We must forsooth bend the knee to yot
or else be- out of the 6 true line" By vir-
tue of what right do you claim to be in thu
true line |? Is it because you have a com
mittee ready and wiling todo yeur behests
or because you alone represent the people
or because you have SO decreed of your owl
authority? '@
Why do you not answer our question
LIST. Who dissolved the old committee
composed Of D. H. Overton, 3. r. CAN'T
/ r. I'll. LitteA, Achille Dupr6, james Ray
James Dixon, Claudius Mayo, Felix .Kini
and Thaddeus Mayo and,
n 9 WHY wss IL done
II Was it because you could not trust then
er could not manage them-which
4. Again you say Can you be serieu!
when you complain that we did not pub
lish anything in what You cali our parisl
,paper.? IL you look upon that paper, a
one of the organs Of the democratic party
si&c. So we are to conclude that the peopl
had no right to any public notice Of tn
convention because you did mot have a par
tisan i~ourf1al. Besides you misrepresen
as when.you say WE !" complain" that yo1
; do anot publish anything = inthe journal
You are not asked anything ofthe kind
but it seems natural that politicians VIII
!, claim to love the people would adopt almos
any mode to notify them TO come forwar
! and nominate them for Office.
III Finally you say-that your committe
act Y In virtue Of the will Of the democrat
Of the parish. It is IN perfect accord wit
the State Democratic Central COMMITTEE,
&c. IT.
III We deny positively that IL acts in yir
tue ofthe win Of the Democrats of the pal
ish, because they had nothing TODD in Sc
. lecting them. That It is in accord wit
the State Committee may be true, becaus
> we doubt not the President of that Con
mittee appointed your parish cor1rnitte
. without consulting the people Of the parish
!. We are satisfied the people Of this paris
have been cheated by politicians and al
! not bound BY their action in the nomina
, ton made on the 18th.
: MANY VOTERS