The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1872-08-17
ssDfed Again.
BY A JAcKAss," THIS TIME

VERDICT:-"kICKED BY A JACKASs," THIS TIME.
'Ihe Democratic Committee, of the parish
| OF lbervifle, did not disband the whole Demo
cratic party, but the organization of the party
in that parish. The National Democratic
party was disbanded at Baltimore"
Opet0usas Journal.
''There she goes again." The Journal con-
siders "a good memory the greatest gift Of
God to man." Now neighbor, you are, we be-
lieve somewhat blessed in that way, are you
not? If so, you no doubt will remember the
time when you professed to be a Democrat !;
when you grew restive at the slightest in
situation that you were not true one. You
have not forgotten the time when you fired up
at being classed among that class of profess
sors of political faith that are denominated
"so-called Democrats" We thought then that
you were properly designated; and we have
never at any time entirely gotten rid of the
impression that you were never true and
sincere believer in the creed of the Demo
cratic party. The alacrity with which, in the
above extract, you hasten to declare to the
public the demise of that party, shows that
we were right in entertaining doubts about
the sincerity of your professions of fealty to
the party. "The National Democratic Party
disbanded at Baltimore" indeed! The wish
with you neighbor, was father to the thought.
You have coquetted too long with the Re-
| publican party to expect anything from the
| ascendancy of the Democratic party in this
State. You feel pretty sure that with that
| ascendancy must vanish all hopes of pap" in
the shape of monopoly Of the public and
other printing, secured to you by Warmoth's
Printing Bill That among the first measures
of reform that Democratic administration in
this State would inaugurate, would be arepeal
of that odious and oppressive law. You know
that its repeal would leave every one in the
country who might require Judicial advertise
ments to be made, at liberty to select as for
merly, the paper with which he could make
the most advantageous terms to do his work.
And knowing this, and also that the good peo-
pie of this Parish are blessed too, to some ex-
tent, with good memories, you would like to
believe, and to induce others to believe, that
the Democratic party was disbanded at Balti-
more, by the National Democratic Convention,
and is therefore dead everywhere. You go
| further, neighber, in this direction, than does
even Horace Greeley and his original friends
aud supporters of the Republican faith. He
and they have never ceased, before as well as
since the Baltimore Convention, to recognize
| the Democratic party as aliving and power
| full organization. He had, before that con-
vention assembled and accepted him as their
candidate so much confidence in the vitality
of that party asa living and powerful organi-
zation, that lie determined and made known
his determination, that if lie were not taken
up by it at Baltimore, he would withdraw
from the field. Since his nomination at Bal
tmore by the Democratic Convention, he has
| again recognized the organization, repeatedly
declared the platform adopted by the Liberal
Republican party at Cincinnati as ''emphati-
eally Democratic" and accepted the action
of the Baltimore Convention as thaH of sepa-
rate, distinct, and living organization, eo-ope-
rating with other parties i'll the work of elect
ing him as President of the United States.
The work-isnoble, petty, and reprehensible
as it is--of attempting to belittle and depre-
cate the generous and public spirited conduct
of the Democratic party assembled in conven-
tion at Baltimore, has thus been left for such
papers in this State rs the N. o. Republican,
/ the Opelousas Journal and the particular
| friends and partisans of Warmoth to perform.
Self service, self aggrandlzement, luere! is the
rule Which governs their conduet. IL these
ends are to be attained by leaving the abuses
under which our people have for several years
past suffered, untouched by the hand of re-
form, their motto is $50 let it be- If the tri-
umph of the Democratic party in this State is
4 to tliwart tlieir cherished ends, tand it as
suredly will,l then the wish nearest their
hearts is ''may it perish and straightway
they go about doing all manner ofevl things,
that evil to the country, lucre to them, may
A come of them.