The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-03-02

CatahOula ) st. Helena.
Claiborno..... ....10 st. jam CS...e.........
Concortlia ...... l st. John the Baptist 2
DeSoto....... st. i4lndry..........16
Felican;:, Eiast..... . st. Mart in......"..... 3
feliciana, "cst...... ST. Mary................ .
Franklin .... i st. Ta1llnlany........ >
Grant IcnSaS. ............... !
IberVilic. 2 Northumberland
Iberia. l Tangi palioa.....
Jackson ............. Union NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. D
j ftcrson :.... .... 7 Nermillion.. 3
LAFAYETTE 3 Vernon /
Lafolrchc.. ........... D Washington.
Living St On...... W eoStcf...........
Madison ............... l Winn....
1t being understood that from the country
parishes as many delegates may be nccrcd-
tied as may be desired by tho parishes re-
spectivcly. The Committee recommend
that the delegates be elected.
The reasons which actuated the Com
nittcc in convolsing q convention Of
the people, and the spirit which ami
mates it's members, are best explained
in the words of the Committee, which
we here present at length, asking that
they be attentivcly read and weighed
This call for 4 Convention is made i'll
no strict party spirit, nor to maintain
or advocate the ascenuency Of political
partisanship. At |; time when the ma
terial interests Of the State have been
made tho object of Legislative and EX-
ecutive robbery, when every house,
hold in the State is afflicted by the ruin
which has resulted from the desolating
legislation of the past few years, when
the poor man and the rich MAN are
alike made the victims Of legislative
and executive spoliation, when the alb
sorbing question is that of taxation,
and the universal cry of the people is
immediate redemption from local and
SE,4, I,n .y,,t,, .,F,
triotic citizenship is to silence the voice
of mere party warfare. The Democratic
party being composed of those whose
material interests are deeply and di
rectly affected by lnisgoVernmcnt is by
the very fact of its existence a party Of
Reform. Its aim, its purpose, its spirit,
it's cardinal principle, its platform, is
Reform. The vi SOr of its unceaSing
attacks against corruption is the NOV
ing principle of its political action, and
it will mctc out its stern rebuilc to all
corrupt officials whether they be Re
publicans or faithless Democrats. Its
powerful organization can be efficiently
used as an agency to accomplish Reform.
1t has now Il vast political machinery
which, set in motion Will, rs it has
done before, strike terror i'll the midst
of the present supporters OF . corrupt
government, and it comprises the ac-
tive, earnest, working and voting class
of our people. Tho name in the APP
preaching contest will be q nero SYM
Dol, its rallying cry and political motto
will be Reform, for though the Demo-
cratic party chcriShcS its timc-hOnOrCd
principles and will pay due heed to
National politics, it viii appreciate its
duty to the people by urging them to
consider as the dominant issue the over
throw of the present State government,
subordinatinG Federal politics to the
redemption Of our oppressed State from
local misrtllc. The necessity for unity
and harmony was never more inpCra-
tive than at this time. The Democratic
party, conscious OF its political power
and determined not to rrlinQuiSh its
responsible mission to restore to the
people their rights of sclr-govcrnmcnt,
will not hastily involve itself in sudden
or i'll advised political experiments, nor
will the people accept the suggestion
of its dissolution from 4 party whose
only record is its ill-tiucl birth.
Upon one question of vital interest
to the people the Democratic party Will
take 4 determined stand. After regis
tration and upon the casting of votes,
means will be adopted to ascertain the
result FL\tlS i'IilONlsti Vi
Republican, white or colorcd, is enti-
tied to the office to which he has been
elected by the people. Any section of
the election law which leaves to the
discretion of 4 board Of individuals the
power to change that result is yTC0Ir-
GOn0,V IN is dcsiy1', its operations tUll
its purpose ant must be t'tttCd By TIE
people as not ui'on tie Siututc booH. ri
the Legislature were to pass !! law that
there should be no registration, 10 vlcc-
ton, and that Il board of five persons
was appointed to select your Governor,
Representatives and other officers, the
people would hold an election and in
stall their officers, if need be by force,
and their action would bc clearly legal.
The same duty ucNolvCS upon them
now, and they will porlorn il. If Con
gross were to pass Il law creating \ par
tiSan board to throw out of the count
Presidential Electors, would The pCo-
pie Of the United States permit that
board to exercise it, revolutionary tunc-
tions: Can Il board or Individual par
ti-an discretion ~upcrccdC the ConStitu-
ton, the people, III" State" This is not
4 question 10 he determined Ivy the