The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-08-15
Rapides and the State Convention.

After the adoption ofthe name OF
White Mans Party on Saturday
last, the Mass Meeting sent dele.
gates to the Convention to meet at
Baton Rouge on the 4th Monday Of
the present month.
Had the call been made by the
Democratic Central Committee
alone, it is doubtful whether this
meeting would have sent delegates.
as anxious rs it was to secure peace
and harmony. Az we understand,
public sentiment here, it il in favor
first of taking that action best cal.
culatcd to secure the election OF our
three members of the Legislature
and our Parish officers. They are
then willing to lend all the assis.
lance in their power to the election
of the State Treasurer and the six
Congressman to lie elected on the
State ticket. The sentiment here
is almost universal that this is u To-
cal contest and shat the issues in
volved have nothing to do with any
party. Our people are unwilling to
stake their chances of winning up
OH the success Of any party, other
than a party to he composed Of all
the honest and intelligent white
people regardless Of all past polit
! ical affiliations. There being in this
canvass no conceivable difficulty in
the way of separating the State and
parish campaigns, we have adopt
ed the White Mans Party for our
parish, as being the name and pro.
gramme best calculated to secure
the success of our parish ticket
This determination us far as our
parish is concerned, is fixed and
ul,altcral,le. No change is desired
or desirable. The White Mans
Party will conduct the campaign to
the end in this parish.
Having decided upon this course
Of action for this parish, the Mass
Meeting was, of course, anxious to
do nothing that would be inconsis
tent with this action, and the only
objection to sending delegates to
the Baton Rouge Convention was
the fear that it might compromise
us. This apprehension was allayed
by the address Of the Committee Of
Seventy aud the meeting appointed
delegates who 20 as the reprcsen.
tatives of the White Mans Party,
to 4 Peoples Convention, and as Il
strong "element opposed to Radi-
calisln," and as an element necessa-
~ to the success of the State ticket.
We publish below an editorial
from The Shreveport Times, which
has been in the lead in the call for
IL peoples Convention at Alexan-
tlria. from Which it will he seen that
it puts the same Interpretation up
or the status of that Convention
thai our Mass Meeting did:
ACTION OF THE COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY.
Monday we received dispatch from
New Orleans. which was accidently omit
ted in our yesterdays issue. stating that
the Democratic Central Committee had
changed the place for the assembling Of its
Convention I" Baton Rouge. and that the
Committee If Seventy would join in II call
for n peoples convention t" assemble at
the same place hnt the disImtcI, did not
state whether "r not the Democratic Conn
mittee had consented to u peoples c"nven-
ton. At q late hour last night. We re.
ceived the dispatch pnt'Iishett in another
tee IF Seventy last night. That acti"n
will, without d"nbt he entirely satisf;lct"
ry to the people Of Nort!, Louisiana aud
all others who endorsed the call for - Coz,
vention at Alexandria. The compromise
is entirely acceptable to ms, and it is t" III.
hoped the Dr,n"cratic Committee will
concur in it; should it not do so, the res
possibility Of any division will rest npo,,
it's members. Let every parish conven-
ton send delegates {" the Peoples Con-
vention at Baton Ronge pledged to the
White Mans movement. We herewith,
Withdraw tn. call for Convention at Al
exandria, believing we are carrying out
the wishes Of our people. aud trnsti *
that our contemporaries who have coop
Grated will, us in this important move
,nent will do likewise"
We do not presume that there
will be drawn any party lines in
the Convention. and if any such
lines are drawn of course our dele
ratos will mt hn r1miffnl TT tho