The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-06-29
. POINTS TO BE REMEMBERED.

POINTS TO BE REMEMBERED.
E'Thc ticket made by the ninetv-one
bullet-headed city delegates and their
allies" is the courtIy language used by
the Natchitoches Times in abiding to
the Democratic State ticket.
Those eleven other jurors are awful
fools, amt they, Charley? We believe
your co-delegate, Col. Levy, was one
OF "the allies" and you would have
been too, if Gov. Warmoth's plans had
been complied with. Now, which was
the better p1an-Nominate such men
as McEnery, Jonas and Eustis; or such
men as Warnoth, Mcmillan or Sher-
idan? Can these latter gentlemen bear
invcgtivation Can the Times defend
them among the honest masses : If
they cannot be defended, why talk
about contiding in them? Is it better
to have mon: for Office with clear, honest
and consistent records? or, men whose
political antecedents are Synonymous
with disregard Of popular rights, and
| whose party was so VIGOROUSLY corrupt
that the Democrats had to be asked to
place limit to their extravaganza, lest
they should utterly bankrupt the State
and render acosthless tt,7t1 insecure the
stock, bonds, &C., az,eotzy issued To, o.
ori,e1 By, the -Ittttlicut leotle,'s' Is it,
now, q sincere desire to benefit the peO-
e-tn
the blood dripping from the wounds of
our poor State and thus eNl1austing her
| ability to pay her bloatcd creditors,
that influences the authors of our ruin,
dcmOraiized by their own recI>Iessness
and dcbauchery, to get upon the Dem
"cratic platform of economy, capacity
and fidelity in the administration Of
affairs of State? Who told them they
were certain to ruin the State? Who
appealed to them to begin right? And
who was it that scorncd these appeals
and steadily pursued a systematic
course of corruption and of official pro-
! tligacy: Why are we unable, to-day,
after all our efforts to meet the demand
of 'shcneSt men for otfice,' unable to
concentrate public sentiment upon
honest men and honest men alone?
And what has become Of public con-
fdcncc? Are the mon who destroyed
ii, the proper persons to restore it? Can
we build up II party on corruption and
notorious nisrulc? Can we save the
state hy c'cvating to office the mon
who hav" dcsigncdly and purposely
led Us into trouble? Are the people
dogs that they should do this? We
toll the Times, No! Il thousand times,
Nc! Not only arc there political rca-
SONS forbidding such step, but there
arc high moral grounds which cannot
be diSrc@ardcd, that forbid it with
every good citizen in the State, unless
his moral creed has been greatly altered
i'll two years. There is, at this time,
Il public apathy, supcrinduccd by for
getiulncSs of what tho bad men in the
state have done, that invites insiduous
schemes of bargain and sale with these
bad mon; but when the situation shall
be analyzcd thoroughly and the evil
deeds of politicians uucartilcd, as they
inevitably will be on the stump and in
the press, the hidcous phase of evil
communication will drive the people
TO loathing and disgust, and to hopeless
apathy or supreme oNcrtiOn TO be free
forever OF corrupt and corrupting in
0ucnccS. The Slogans of Reform, EN-
pcdiCucy and Policy will not drown tho
''stiil, small voice. III every good citi-
ZCu'S heart that will udmouiSh him
that an alliance with dishonest men,