The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-07-22

iNsONtIIMeuV utlSt aOSOiuUoIy tV
pieces aud be destroyed before your
right to vote can be taken away. There
fore, it is morally indestructible.s You
i have the right to stand aud speak to
you. II you have the right TO vote, You
know your numbers. Your vote is .
WHICH rs way a Il is e e. used Do t yoa
not see that it Is the interest of the
white people of Louisiana TO improve
and elevate your condition. And do you
think the large co1orel population in
Louisiana eau be anything but an incu-
ibns upon upon us If 1T rs not
CULTIVATED AND EDUCATED.
i tell you that the very minute you
put yourselves upon the proper footing
you interest them in you, the minute
tins contest about carpet baggery and
scaNawaggely is at an end. the white
people will go to work to elevate you in
The political and moral scale. 80 that
You may form an Intelligent population
IN their midst. If they did not do SO
iChristendom. No people in the world
lation in their midst; bpt il these
and tell you that the people You
have known from childhood are trying
to aeSeiSs you, this diffioulty will be in
In this contest you ought to join the
You must vote the Greeley ticket, be-
cause he is your life, long friend: the
man who ADVOCATED principles that will
You must support him cordially on his
own account.
Then join your home reform move
ment that announced for the first time
in the State that O party was to be
formed free from every element of Oppo-
sisgn to ths and of
tee you aN your political and civil rights,
everything on the face of the earth you
set that plank in it's platform. It advo-
Gates that doctrine to day. 1t is the real
Reform party in Louisiana, and mnst
cooperating together and excluding
carpet-baggers. If you vote that ticket
you are safe for the future,
| to the
| There never was time when your in
f1uence was more needed than now.
to-day. in the face Of this inclement
weather; But my oo country we are
Our people are weaEened BY It.
this s'ds a phi ss TSss
be taught at the homes Of their mothers .
n asy enshaa ssaght Or sat R With
that men of honor can strike hands with
e good II
what your influence is. know there is
not lady in the State of Louisiana,
eithersisteT, wife or1nother, who will not
lend her aid in colnteracting such false
teachings. I tell you it is important to
the State you should use yOnr influence
to drive back this infaplous demoraliza-
.tion-this bad philosophyinto its wick
ed hole, and keep it there. Teach them
to stand by principle through thick and
thin never TO give up principle, either
4 to protect their property or lives.
How is it, fe low-citizens, that
L we meet to commemorate certain
periods to celebrate great actsand merito-
rious deeds performed by some of our
peoplef How is it the whole history of
mankind teens with struggles for honor,
for glory, for renown 1t is because
there is within us q love for that which
is righteous and noble and just. I ask,
are you going, for q mess of portage
to sell your birthrightf Will you
transmit to your posterlty no Fourth
of July. no Eighth Of January,
no honored- day to celebrate in history
Will you rather transmit to them the
sad record that in this hour of peril the
people of Louisiana, oppressed by 9
storm of corruption, vie ded plt
and deserted truth, tramp1ed honor un
der foot, and erected in the place of vir
tue the image of such a man as Fl. G
Warmoth for worship by her children