The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-07-30
Unification in the form Of CHsariSm.

buster, he is a decided success. lhel
one character achieves success by lib
erality, charity, forbearance, free dis
cussion and moral suasion; the other
employs Opposite blows and knocks"
the carnal weapons for the crushing
and silencing heresy and skepticism-
and instilling the tue gospel into the
minds of unregenerated men, pretty
much as Latin, Greek and humanites
are impaired to lazy urchins through
the liberal application of hickory and
and strap to the most sensitive por-
tons of the juvenile frame.
We hardly think this process is
adapted to the sentiment of the age.
Perhaps this is because our people
have already been subjected to so much
of this mode of converting them to true
and just opinions, that their mental
and moral, as well as their physical
epidermis, has become insensible to
wholesome and ediiying enlistment.
And how, we do not think that our
worthy friend co-laborer in numerous
political revolutionary and reformato-
ry enterprises is exactly of the temper
and disciplined skill to conduct the
minds of recalcitrant people like this,
to the beneficient conclusions and re-
suits which he promises will flow from
his unitication scheme.
He is by far too emphatic, not to
say editorial-far too confident in his
own motives and conclusions, and too
uncharitable and undeferential towards
others who differ from him. This is
not the true spirit of the missionary in
scheme to convert men from politi-
cal and social errors, to induce them to
abandon stubborn ejudices and old
habits, and to accept cheerfully and
honestly the most benevolent and ele-
waiting ideas, sentiments and practices.
Our excellent friend, who was once
the most fiery, energetic and aggres
sive of w hi'g leaders in this State,
doubtless contracted somewhat Of this
style of propagandism from eassocia-
ton with a distinguished and honora-
BILE chief of that party in the olden
time, whose portrait, saved from the
wreck of the capitol at Baton Rouge,
now looks down upon the pale and
anxious individual who occupies the
Governors office in this city.
This was General Philemon Thomas,
a doughty old warrior in the early days
of the State, the same who command
ed the filibusters, who on one bright
October morning in 1910, rushed sud-
denly upon the Spanish garrison at
Baton Rouge, and demanded their sur
render. The officertin command called
out, "What do YOU want-what oy"u
come for?" ave come to give you
liberty" roared General Thomas. "But
we don't want your liberty" replied
the Spanard.
"rhen, by the Eternal, we will ram
it down your threats with our bago-
nets" exclaimed the grand old Morse
man, and then the recusunt Spaniard
was knocked over the head, and the
garl ison was captured, and thus it was,
the United States acquired all that
part of Louisiana lying east of the Miss
,ssippi and north Of hesisIand of Or
leans.
1t is in this spirit Mr.. Marks would
ram Unifcation down our Threats, not
with the "bagonet," but with reproach-
es, tauuts and depreciating suggestions
as to our hopeless imbecilty or perver-
sity, in clinging to exploded leresies,
to worn-out political prejudices, and to
gross partisan ASPIRATIONS and evil de-
signs for self advancement, places,
spoils and all that.
This is the purport of his letter re-
published in to-day's Herald from the
Times of Sunday, and defensive of his
course and programme.
tits impossible, in Mr.. Marks view
that his plan of salvation for the
State can be censured, questioned or
opposed by any but "politicians," "par-
ty hacks" cold Bourbon" writer's (g)
of the defunct Democracy, extreme ne
graduating graduates Of the anti-bellum
States Rights school, portion of the
carpet. bag element of the Republican
party, "the victims of absurd and in
human prejudices, ct omne id gcnus.''
All of the class of good, patriotic, just
and charitable of our citizens, those
whose bosoms glow with sympathy for
our PROSTATE and bleeding State, who
are unwilling Ito stain their conscien-
ces with perjury" all of the immacu-
late and sanity agree with Mr.. Marks.
Let them go to the right, whilst all an-
ti-uniiicrs will please trot over to the
left and crowd i'll with the goats.
This is the decree of our new Hide