The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-04-25

III Cnelr pOlltlCal aCClOl, Wy u ulIcCt
appeal to the prejudice of their race,
and all of our persuasion, c0ncilia-
ton and concessions have not &C
complished the slightest. good. We
do not propose to interfere with
any of the rights Of the colored man
nor drive him from us. We propose
to convince him by the inexorable
logic of facts that his race is not
capable Of self:government, and to
tell him trutAfully, Of the ruin and
poverty that has been brought up
on the people Of both races, by his
injadicious use of the ballot, by his
election of corrupt white men and
ignorant negroes to Office; W h o
have deceived the negro voter
plundered and oppressed the prop.
erty holder and taxpayers to such
an extent that there is 40 prosperi-
ty and contentment for either. We
propose. to tell them plainly that we
do not believe the negro equal to-
the white man, in the science Of
government, and the Offices should
be filed by taxpayers, and honest
intelligent men of the country who
can and will do justice to both races.
If Louisiana is still further to be de-
graded we do not wish the stain of
her degradation to rest on our
hands. We rely upon the strength
of numbers ETC., intelligence, the
esprit du corps, of the white people
of Louisiana for success in the CON-
ing campaign, and not on the dis
indignation Of the ranks Of the Re-
publican party. 1t shall be our du-
! ty to use every effort to arouse and
unite the white men Of this parish
and state, into compact political
organization, aud when this is &C
complishcd, there will be but little
need Of any political alliance that
does not come of it's own FREQ will
and accord.
We have been asked by some of
our Liberal friends, If tho Caucasian
would not favor the Democratic
party7 We distinctly stated in our
first issue that we believed the cam
paign "this fall should be a fair,
square, stand up fight of the hon
est intelligent white people, against
negro incompetency and carpet
bag rascality." We do not now, nor
have VIC proposed to be the organ
of the Democratic, Liberal or any
other party that has in the past,
controlled the white people IF this
State. III, we should, at this early
date venture an expression on the
two political organizations that di.
vided the white people in 1872 we
would say-that perhaps neither OF
these political parties, with their
names, could accomplish what is
required at the present time. The
Democratic party, it's name and ira
ditions, will always be revered by
a very large class of our citizens
while, almost as large number are
opposed to both it's name, and tradi.
tons. The Liberal party sprung in.
to existence from necessity, and to
meet the exactions of the moment
Unfortunately, there was consid'
cradle prejudice in the ranks Of
both, such as prevented many from
giving an enthusiastic support to
what was called the Fusion party,
as otherwise would have been
given.
We are not the organ of any pol
itical organization, as they are now
called, and think it time enough
tor the white people when thorough
ly organized, to adopt a name, and
any will suit: us, that is in contra
distinction to Radicalism. We have
a great work before us, that viii
Itax oil Of our energies andsintelli
genes The little prG~dices of thu
lpast must be forgotten; as they be
leone insignificant in comparison
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