The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-10-17
TlfTa or HON. q. B. DARRhLL,
Our Candidate Tor Congress Addresses
The People Of Ascension.

The People Of Ascension.
Hon. C. B. Darrall, Republican
nominee for Congress in this Third
Congressional District, spenta couple
Of days in Ascension this week and
spoke at two public .assemblages
during his stay, one at Linwood place,
sixth ward, Thursday night, the other
in Donaldsonville last evening.
| Mr.. Darrall is an earnest, effective
speaker, making little pretension to
spread-eagle oratory, but utteling
sound argument in simple language
that reaches the comprehension Of
every one and carries conviction of
trutllfulness with it. He was fire.
quently applauded by his auditors,
and that his addresses produced Il
profound and favorable impression
was plain to be seen.
Reviewing and comparing the rec
ord Of Republican rule in the State
and Democratic rule in the city Of
New Orleans during the past two
years, Mr.. Darrall showed the former
to have been reformatory and honest,
the latter extravagant and loose.
While the State taxes, State debt and
expenses of the State Cove. ment
have been reduced one third, the
city taxes, city debt and municipal
expenses have constantly increased
until the finances OF the corpora
ton are in a desperate condition.
Democrats charge the Republican
party with creating the debt of the
State when the fact IL that over one
half thereof is a legacy Of Democratic
rule and legislation previous to the
success of our party and it's assump-
ton of the reins of government. The
Legislature of 1867 passed more bad
laws, incorporated more vast monop-
olies, legalized more stealing jobs and
squandered larger amounts of the
peoples money than any of it's Re-
publican successors have done, even
under the Warmoth regime. The Re
publican party drove Warmoth from
its ranks because he was q corrupt
man; the Democrats at once formed
IN alliance with him, though making
great professions Of purity, and sought
his agency to falsify the result Of the
election Of 1872 in order to regain
control If the government. The Re-
publican party is a party Of reform
the Democratic is one Of expediency
aud hesitates not at the means emr
ployed to. gain official power no.
scruples at the use made Of it there
after. y
While in the parishes Of the Third
Congressional District which have
been under Republican rule the
parish tax in no case exceeds l44
mills, inclusive Of school tax, aud is
i'll several instances less, in Vermil-
ion, where none but Democratic Off
Gals have been in power, the parish
tax alone is al mills.
The speaker read extracts from the
platform adopted by the Baton Rouge
convention, demonstrating its incon-
sistencics and Righteousness. The
impotence Of the White Leaguers in
declaring one moment that only white
men should be elected to office and
soliciting the cooperation of colored
voters IN the next, is consummate. It
is they who have drawn a color line
i'll the politics Of this State and their !
charge that Republicans have done so |
falls to the ground. Notwtthstand-
ing the constitutional amendments
proposed for adoption at the coming
are calculated to clinch re-
forms already effected and prevent a
further increase Of debt or taxation,
the White League eoIgention de-
clared opposition to them and rec
their defeat. TIPS dem
onstrates tho attitude of the conflict
ng parties in this State upon the
question of reform. While the Re-
ouhlicans stand to-day essentially
Upon the same platform adopted at
he organization of their party, their
opponents have assumed various
'ames and embraced or pretended to
'mbrace conflicting creeds in the
lope of gaining the favor Of the col
red man. IN 1870 they called them
elves the Democratic party, and