The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-06-05

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u think so. But would Greeley
make it any betterq"
Like all old Democrats. Judge Won
run continually on individuals and can
not forget the past or forgive the oppo-
sitlon. Now, seriously would it not be
blessed thing to put an end to this
party strife, that since the war has
has come to be so bitter that sins of
partisan are lost IN the devotion to
party and all love of common coun-
try covered under loyalty to q faction.
to end all this, we say, bv electinc q
man to the Presidency who will call
ABOUT him the ablest and purest men
real statesmen, regardless of party. to
administer the government for the
cement OF q common country7 in a
"otd' give us peace, a real peace?"
81 agree with you such would he a
blessed result, and probably save our
country. But would your candidate
haVo the head to control such an ad-
ministration. Wouldn't he blunder in
to all sorts of absnrdities and break us
up into partisan wa. fare again?'
81 think not; at least let us try. We
would not be any worse off than we
are"
''fhe country is in great peril. Few
realize the danger" continued Judge
Black. "There is no one word that is
false or too much in that able address
by the Cincinnati Convention. AS we
gain our liberties through revolution,
1t is popular error to suppose that
they are lost through violence. The
losses comes in the slow, subtle, and
| lnsldlous encroachment that first rots
and then it seizes, as the boa con-
strictor shines over what it swallows,
And is gone before we awaken to the
danger of its going, and then comes
revelation and blood to regain what
we have willingly parted with. Now
the revenues of the government are
used to enrich incorporated monopo-
lists, i gi,.atures are owned by rail-
road companies, Senatorial chairs are
openly sold to the highest bidders, our
courts are packed and corrupted, the
Presidency fought over by factions,
while the people are ground down by
heavy taxation so arranged as to rob
from labor to enrich the capitalists,
and we suffer from hard times that
come of bad government. How much
longer this will be borne God only
knows; but unless human nature is
greatly changed, sooner or later there
will be resistance"
The old man spoke earnestly, and
for a few moments we said nothing.
We then asked:
"Why not make an effort, then, to
arrest these evils peaceably at the
polls Now, Mr.. Greeley can COM
mand a heavy Vote
"Where, for example?''
"All the earnest, thoughtful men of
the Republican party"
can unknown quantity"
CAT the South he is the only man
who can carry the colored vote"
81 beg your pardon, he will not get
a man. The ballot-stuffing in that
direction has been legalized and
secured. The mass of ignorance has
been given the ballot and then sworn
into league that is under the control
of the carpet baggers and scalawags-
common thieves. Let ME give you an
instance in illustrations. Mr.,
of Texas, a planter, told me of it: A
scoundrel by the name of Caldwell be-
fore the war bought his only slave at
low price, because of the fact that the
negro was i'll of the consumption. He
put the poor fellow to work and soon
found that he could do no work, being
too i'll and weak, and threatened him
with 500 lashes. The man did his best
and failed. The cruel owner tied
him up and whipped him to death. He
died under the lash. This Caldwell
had to fly to save his life, the indig-
nation of the country was SO intense.
He came back after the war roaring
abolitionists, joined the league, and
h. d himself nominated in the place of
chief justice. Mr.--had the salts
faction of seeing his three hundred late
slaves marched out to vote for this In
human monster. Among these was a
colored man, preacher, better edu-
Gated and more intelligent than the
others. To him he appealed: "Why
is it," he said, that you vote for that
man, who murdered in the most cruel
manner one of your own race-vote to
give him an Office in which he has
power over you and your lives-oyer
one who never did you any harm 7"
well, massa,' responded the man,
I'VE knows dat; we knows he is nifty
bad man; but den we belongs to dc
league, and we has taken an oath to
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