The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-11-19
L0uisianiaEs! Arouse Ye!

There is a visible and outward sign
of great revival in the spirit Of the
Democratic masses throughout the ma
ton, since the news of the recent victo-
ries of the great party of honesty, Of
freedom and of constitutional integrity
and right. Nowhere should this spirit
be more active, and earnest. and hope
full, than in this oppressed and down
trodden State. Nowhere else has there
been so great demand and need for an
energetic uprising of the people, to as
sert their rights under the Constitution.
Every evil and calamity nnder which
we now groan, may be distinctly traced
to the utter and fragrant denial to tho
intelligent, the virtuons. the moral and
enlightened people of this State, of the
common rights of freemen enjoyed in
all other civilized States of the Chris
! tan world.
Our other disorders and troubles are
temporary and will be conquered by
time and patience. The great natural
gifts we enjoy will rapidly repair the
damage to our commercial and materi-
al prosperity. But our political calam-
Iities are of such character as to be be-
yond reparation and alienation by our
own unaided efforts. Nor are they due
to orr own vices and delin9uences, nor
to fortuitous events. They are the re-
suits of deep, damning. wrong-of
gross and Infamous usurpation-of
tyrannical abuse of power-of physical
force and brute violence!
By these agencies alone, with an ut
ter contempt for right, justice and civ
ilizatiop, have intelligence, virtue, and
morality been overthrown and expelled
from all participation in Or Influence
over the government ofthis State. In
their place, ignorance, yenality, dis
honesty, rapacity, fraud and falselIood
have been installed and given nncheck-
ed license over this State.
| The wors. elements Of society have
been invested with Il monopoly of pub
lie stations. Attlla and his desoIating
host have .encamped in our State, and
are maintained here not by their own
martial vigor, bnt by the aid and sup
port of y great power, which was crea
ted by the ancestors of the very men
who are now crushed under its char
lots.
Sncll is the present pitiable situation
of Louisiana. Every honest man must
see and acknowledge that the preser-
walton of such rnle is the doom and
death of our State. With every other
advantage and blessing, there can DO
no: progress, no prosperity, no perma-
nent growth under such IA government
as has been imposed on us by the bay
onets OF the Federal Government.
If the Congress of the United States
should ratify the act by which we have
been thus bound down, then let it de-
clare the extinction, the obliteration Of
our State from the bright roll of the
confederacy. Let it write as the cpl
taph of Louisiana, that she fell by the
overwhelming power of a government
to which her p' ople had been taught to
look to for nurture, defense and protec
tion.-not by the willing submission or
coWardly treacllery and delinquency OF
her sons. s5.-.z,.z.ssesl
In this condition Of our unhappy
State, where is the son of Louisiana
who will be recreant or lukewarm in
this duty, which! devolves upon each
and all of us. of an active, earnest and
resolute determination TO hear our re-
spective shares of the labor and burden
of the movement now initiated to pre-
sent and prosecute our claim to self
government to the Congress Of tile ma
ton, and to demand of il our release
from the pressing, crushing weight Of
oppression, corruption, ignominy and
degradation!-[N. 0. Herald.
fIS We are clad IN annnnncn Tho re-