The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-25


cause the winning ticket in this State
will certainly be an honest Democratic
ticket, If there be one. How that is to
be, will appear better by reproducing
the figures from last week, showing the
population in this State. We enumer-
ate by races from the census of 1870:
Whites in ls7O........ S62 o65
Majority for blacks 2.7s5
White Males over 2! years in 1870. 81 ,066
White Male preponderance......... 1873
What we desire to impress upon the
public mind, in quoting these figures,
is, the f;,lsity of the oft-repeated, can't
ing assertion that the black voters of
the State exceed the white voters by
such n large majority that a Democratic
ticket has no show Of success.
Now, Mr.. Democrat, there are the
figures have you a mind and opinions
of your own? Can you read, think
and draw conclusion If you can, it
is your privilege, and what is more
important, your duty-a word that Gen.
Lee said was the sublimest word in our
language-to do all of these things.
If you can't read, can't think, and
must get some one elseto draw conclu-
sions from facts and figures, for you,
this obituary is not for your inspection.
But Democrats do read, 40 think and
10 form conclusions for themselves, and
therefore we expect them to be able to
say hereafter, that, If the white people
the white voters-are mon, they will
scorn the cowardly plea of negro pre-
ponderance; and whatever course they
may take, will Mt least rely upon their
influence, education and common scnse
to make them a fair match for the no
groes in Il popular election.
Drop this paper n moment, fix indcl-
libby in your mind the point we have
made, and then follow us on.
Now, we are proceeding upon the
hypothesis that all classes and creetls
of nti-Radicals will listen to reason.
For those who will not, this article is
not intended. When we enunciate Il
truth, every fair mind must accept it
as such, or the individual is II slave!
The question of inequality of num-
hers being disposed of, we shall pro-
coed to show that Al regular Democratic
State ticket will be the only ticket
which can possibly secure harmony
among the opponents of Radicalism.
Some one who has been trying to get
Office as u Democrat for four years and
has failed, and who is now trying to
break up the old Democratic party,
will say that what we have asserted is
the vericst nonsense.
We always prefer to attack, and we
will attack this our dissentcr.
Tell us, sir, what is your opinion of
Warmoth:
You despise him as Il politician, and
have no confidence in his integrity as Il
man. You will not support him under
any circumstances, we arc satisfied.
Now, this way, if you please! Here
is Il gentleman--his name might be
called, but we prefer not to do So
whose position is that we not only con-
ctliatc NoEHloti, oItt ilSo IilitNc lilu
Governor, or L. $. Senator. He, like
You and oursclf, is anti-Radical. 7iNk
to him.
We leave these gentlemen to harmon
iZe-if they can; morally certain that |
they will never get done quarrcling |
about their ncw-fangled plans. AS n !
Democrat, the quarrel is none of ours. |
Here is another Conservative gentle |
man who tells It's that we must make n |
combination with Packard and Casey,
and kill off Warmoth, because the |
Casey crowd has all the negro votes,
and because Warinoth, no matter what
he promises, will betr,y us.
We find this man engaged in m an
CRY debate with another, a Reformer,
who declares that our only salvation is