The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-08-14


MONROE. La, AUGUST IA. 1874.
THE RADICAL ULTIMATUM..'BLACk
AGAINST WHITE.
THE Republican party of this state
has never been party of peace. Born
of strife, it has prolonged It's "icke"
career of. lnultitudinous wrongs ana
encroachments upon civilization ana
unon cherished sentiments, by doing
everything possible to aggravate ana
oppress the better class of our people.
The catalogue of offenses belonging to
this class is simply the history OF Lou
isiana for the past seven years. Notn-
ing has been done with sincere, un-
selfish motive to foster the Interests OF
the good citizen; while the unworthy
and unreliable have been elevated at
every step.
The. most fragrant instance OF TINS
revolutionary tendency of the Radicals
of this State TRANSFERRED in their recent
State Convention.
For some time the Opposition In
Louisiana has been divided, with re-
spect to the manner of making the
fight in the approaching election.
First, a large element, wearicd with
endeavors to hold it's ground ms conser-
natives, resolved upon making the
issue, one of race, maintaining the ST.
premacy Of the white man.
we believe, the larger clement, were
inclined to follow the policy hitherto
pursued in this State by the Democra-
cy, going only so far in the matter OF
races as would conciliatc the element
first named. and thus unite all the OPP
position.
In various sections Of tho State the
White Mans movement, notwithstand-
ing very general disposition mani
tested to accept more temperate council,
grew daily in numbers, until whole
parishes gathered under its banner, ana
rs it grew the determination to resist
the encroachments of negro domination
asserted itself too palpably and def
antly to be misunderstood, even by the
Radicals themselves.
1t is we'll known that the influence
of this paper and the writer's personal
exertions have been given to tranquil
ize the Opposition, by uniting oil the
clements opposed to Radfcalism under
the auspices Of the Democratic party,
and in opposition to making the ques-
ton of race the paramount issue in the
present campaign. This we have done,
chiefly, because
First, While we have been, ever since
1866, in the van of the struggle against
Radicalistn and negro rule, we felt that
upon the Race issue the whites at pres
ent could not be united, and without
such unity failure was not only inevita-
BILE, but would prove Il permanent
at1iiction.
Second, So long rs the distinct issue
OF race was not rendered, it was, in our
judgment, precipitating trouble upon
our Northern friends in their Congress.
sional elections in which we are sc
vitality interested here, by making that
issue, and would be jeopardizing the
main struggle in 1876.
In taking this position, we delibc.
rately accepted all the responsibility
we knew it would bring, and have laid
upon the altar Of the country's peace
not Il few sacrifices already to avert to
our utmost the ISSUE which at last the
folly, f;,naticism and turpitude OF the
Radicals have defiantGy and contempt
un,,sly rendered to the country.
IT was reserved for the recent Kepnb-
lican State Convention to crown the
column of Republican inf:,u,y, to throw
the gauntlet down to the men leading
the White Mans increment, to spurn
the tranquilli2ing efforts Of the Demo-
Gratis, and to unite NIL respectable white
mon upon Il question N0tio"uiin its scope
and bearing, by the adoption, as part
of tho platform upon which the party
proposes to go to battle, Of the follow
ng resolution: