The Opelousas courier., 1872-02-10
ga Promise mot KeDt.ss

Under the above heading, our neighbor the
Journal gives what purport to be an extract
from "an editorial in Democratic Louisiana
exchange" of 23d December last i'm which the
exchange adverts to an address of the Demo.
cratic Central Executive Committee issued some
time previous, in which the committee "declare
that the democratic party will shun all political
alliances with the ruling party of louisiana
Second that it will not make room for any re-
form or third party in the State &c" The edit
or of the Journal publishes the above mentioned
extract, for the purpose, we infer, of having an
opportunity of giving his views in regard to the
action of the democratic members of the Legis-
lature, in which they recently united with those
republican members who were opposed to the
rule of that portion of the republican party in
this State headed and lead on by Gov. Warmoth,
Pnchback, Carr and others of that "stripe", for
the sole purpose of repeating laws that were IN
just, tyrannical and ruinous to our people. and
obnoxious to all except those comparatively few
who basked in the sunshine of Executive favor
and were benefited by them; and of rescuing
our people from the Unsuitable vultures which
are eating up their substance and reducing them
to want and suffering. The journal sees in this
laudable conduct of the Democratic members
of the legislature who have adhered to their
purpose of accommodating wise-nothing pa
triotic; but on the contrary only striking proof,
that they have ''stultified themselves; have
contradicted themselves, violated their promises
gone back upon their record" Sc, 1t will not
do for the Journal to say in reply to this that it
does not allude to the Democratic members who
formed the coalition" and united with those
republican members who according to his view
constituted thes Custom House wing" of the
republican, party; bnt that he refers to the
Central Democratic Executive Committee
for he has stated in his article that that com
mittee is the Democratic party in this State
and the Democratic Members of the legislature
are or claim to be members of that party and it
was they and not the Central Executive Com
mittee, who united with republicans for purpo-
ses of reform legislation. We cannot perceive in
the action of our democratic members, any evi-
idence offolly-yiolated promises or retrogade
movement. They were satisfied that there was
no faith to be reposed in the promises of Gov. |
Warmoth and his "henchmen' to repeal the |
odiou laws complained of, or to do any other |
thing that amounted to real and substantial re-
lief to the country and reform of existing |
abuses.
They were intent upon relief and reform le-
gisation themselves, and being better satisfied |
with the good faith in this direction of those re-
publican members with whom they united, they
formed union with them ON that basis alone
In doing this they gave up neither their organ
ization as democrats, nor compromised any prin-
ciple of the party to which they profess to be-
long Had they, whilst processing to be in favor
of a redress by legislation of the peoples wrongs
and thorough reform in the administration Of
our State Government, declined to accept the
aid Of other members of the Legislature, because
they were Republicans, when they could be OBJ
tanned without any sacrifice or concession of
principle on their part, the charge that they had
stuttifed themselves would have been singu-
larly appropriate and well deserved.