The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-08-31

doubt of his sincerity and influence,
that he should hold a place on a.ticket
with Antoine, and in his company go
! before an enlightened and virtuou;
people as a candidate for their suffrages
and as an aspirant for their admiration
and confidence. What kind of stimu-
lus for the negroes is this, that conveys
to them, as in Antoine's promotion,
the idea that corruption and venality,
SO far from being crimes, are esteemed
virtues mcriting the eXaltation of him
IN whom they are embodied? We'll
may the honest, toiling freedman, who
is endeavoring to do right himself and
| teach his children to follow him, turn
heart-sick away from the contempia-
ton of such examplars; or, otherwise,
forsake his honest purposes and bid his
offspring to direct their ambition in
the channels of crime, and aspire to be
at least the equal of Antoine, if not the
| peer of his more ilfustriOus and more
| successful colleague, and that other
| dignitary in the Sanhcdrim of Radical
turpitudc, p. b. S. Pinchback. In the
| light of such ignoble and pernicious
examples to the freedmen, how false
and despicabIe is the claim of the Rad
icals that they are the ,,eo1 friends Of
the freedmen!
Now, a few words to our readers who
oppose this ticket: Do you appreciate
do you feel you can appreciate-the
Importance of the pending crisis: Have
you seriously considered the conse-
quences of the election Of the Kellogg
ticket, and the election of members Of
the legislature pledged to its bancfll,
destructive policy:
1t requires no prophetic eye to see
the yaWning cliasm ahead of us. Even
now we arc balancing upon its very
brink. The lnutterings of the hungry
and excited rtbblc of Radical Commun-
lists are plainly heard, in anticipation
OF the coming s;,turn;,lia and its inevi-
table accompaniment, Il division Of
spoils. The very air is full Of demon
iacal misses, and the rcvcngcful laughter
of those whose mental vision is gloating
over the fultillmcnt of purposes holri-
bic even to contemplate. Organized
ignorance and political depravity arc
asserting their monstrous professions
to rule grctt State, for the purpose of
diminishing property values, of grading
society to common level, and antago-
nising two races of people. Is there
nothing alarming, nothing frightful,
nothing Of the incentive, which should
nerve EREEMEN to high purposes and
self-sacriticing deeds, in the gloomy
prospect afforded by the possible cleo
ton of the Kellogg ticket, with its per-
nicious record and its still more PERM
cious promises?
Who, let us ask, believes that the
success Of Senator Kellogg is to be the
triumph OF Il mere party, bad and dcv-
ilish as that party is: Can it be doubted
that such a triumph will cventuate in
widespread misery, in bankruptcy, in
anarchy, and probably in bloodshcd ?
Can VIC close our eyes to the approach,
as Of j rushing, boiling tide, of lust run
mad and of popular prcjudiccs in our
late slaves excited to the pitch almost
of desperation Who can contemplate
such contingencies with apathy, and
unmovcd by the aspirations, of y man
and the impulses Of II freeman:
1t is Imperative that the good people
of the State should begin to act, and
act dccisivcly. If men refuse to stir
now, they arc unworthy of the name of
men. The promptings of case and in
difference, at such crisis, arc ignoblc
and cowardly. He who stands aloof
and views, with folded arms, this
mighty, this cvcntful struggle, in which
the very life aud being of the State arc
involved, should cease forever to claim
the recognition Of his fellows.
Let the people, therefore, be aroused,
and let the notes of alarm sound from
every hilltop and in every neighbour
hood in the State. Organize! organize! :.
Organizc!!! The foe il in our front
and our liberties, our property and our
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