Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-06-22
STAND TO YOUR GUNS.

Our fight IS not IaDorlous nor Is
our victory uncertain if We will only
remember that it is more to our in
terest to oppose Democratic princi-
pies than it is to crush the rivals for
Office within our own ranks.
Tie history of parties should teach
IFS sound and judicions lesson in
these respects. Parties like men
succeed to the extent OF their vigor,
sagaci.y and truthfulness. A man
w!o has honesty of purpose, power
of will and perseverance is sure OF
moral, if not of political success,
and the party that is faithful to its
principles, true to its record, fear
less in the pathway OF progress, Will
always develop these qualities In
the rank and file. But when the
hour strikes that one man, or q set
of men can dictate to a party, its
death knell is in tie stroke OF the
bcll.
Take She case of the old Demo
cratic party; Buchanan had been
standing candidate for the presi-
dcncy for sixteen years. When
the people We're ready for him. poll
ticians stood in bis way, and when
AZ last the politicians were ready for
him the people stood in the way, for
though Buchanan was elected Presi-
dent, he was elected by minority
OF tie popular vote, and his admin
istrat:on was such n disastrous fai,-
u-e rs to involve the nation in civil
war. He, as an Individual, won his
place at the expense Of his partT's
success; and the Ike result will fol-
low when measures are subordinat-
ed to men.
Let us take another illustration
O: this idea from an opposite point
of view. When the Republican
party became strong enough to sue
ceed with the masses, the leading
idea with it was not who is the
greatest man in the party, but what
man is available to show up the
greatness of the party itself.
So one after another of the great
men were dropped as candidates for
the presidency. Ben. Wade, Will
NH H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase
all wheel horses in the anti-slavery
cause and veterans in the Eopubi-
can ranks, and sold Abe" a man
scarcely known before, was Lifted
over them, because the party had
vitality enough to place principles
in triumphant position over the
will of individuals. This, too, was
new departure. But it was the
departure of youthful energy, and
not the alterations of old age. The
rings, cliques and cabals conceived
in mere ambition, perpetuated by
interest and rewarded by fraud
were but the withes which were
b,,rsted by the giant populace wher
it arose in its might Bat we teal
Delilah has spread her deceitful lar
in our State, and that the Samson
who bore off the gates of bondage
and slew the treachcrous upholders
of prescription is about to lay hi.
head in it 10 be shorn of his
strength.
What can be gained By carrying
personal spite. individual spleen
INSCRIPTIONS rivalry and party dis
org aniza.ion to the extent we nov
sse them? The colored man mus
ia the nature of things be the great
eat sufferer. On both sides our pro
fesscd friends and our open enc
n.ies, seek their places without con
s,l:;ng US, they secure their end
w.:ao": oGr co-partnership. the.
manage the sp,ils without our par
ticipation-~c speak in the genera
-aIri yet some OF us are ailnos
brea king orr eek
to pat orr heads where they viii b
nee stepping stones to put thos
in power who ignore US IN despens
ing official fayors. and tien larsh q
US for our Sycophancy.