The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-08-15

)UeM0craClC central COmmiCCce I'd
change the place for holding the Con-
vention to Baton Rouge, which was
promptly and periodically done: This
was asked solely for the sake of har-
mony-as q mere matter Of conoes.
sion to the wishes of some of our
brethren Of the country.
And now to that Convention We in.
vito and urge you to come. What
matter under whose auspices it is
called I True that there Is objection
on the part of some Of the Democrat.
ic name. Let such remember that
the Democratic party is a grand ma
tional organization 7; that upon it's arm
hangs our sole hope for the overthrow
of the national Republican party !;
that it has been fighting our battles
when We have been powerless and
voiceless, and that to-day, in its grand
onslaught on the wavering lines Of
Radicalism in all the States of the
Union, its fier cest battle cry is Ere
member outraged and wronged Louis
lana"
But remember, yow ,cho cish, IN this
campaign, to discard all party names,
that all the voters of the State ,cho are
opposed to the eristing nssrpatiox, are
invited, ,rithoMt reference to party aft.
la,tions, to send delegates to the Con-
rention. Upon your DION free choice
alone wiu dspsnd it, character and CON-
|PlerioH.
The majority in that Convention
yoar chosen representatives -scil 0ire
shape to aud consolidate the opposition
to Ratlicalism, and, az your Tepreses-
tatires' 'oill determine IN all Of It, de-
tails the conduct Of the campaign. /
Citizens Of Louisiana, brethren,
you who are opposed to tho existing
usurpation, you who desire to see
Louisiana take her place, the peer of
her sister States in the Federal Union,
in the full enjoyment of the inestima-
bic right Of local self.government,
you who desire to sec her redeemed
from the hands of the corrupt, the
ignorant and the venal, who have 90
long controlled her destinies, and
have involved State and people in
common bankruptcy, aud in social,
moral and political degradation.
Whether you call yourselves Demo-
Gratis, White Leakuers, independents,
Reformers, or Liberals, have you not
the manhood, have you not the moral
courage, have you not the patriotism
and the practical good sense in view
of the tremendous issue involved to
lay aside your personal, local and
partisan preferences and prejudices,
and units as one man in this mighty
conflict, In which your interest and
purposes are identical Z
Then, in the name Of home, Of coun-
try, of the very integrity of your race,
of all that men hold sacred and dear
we beseech you to unite, to Danish all
hatreds, to still every discordant
thought and VOID.
Devided, you fall an easy prey to
the attack Of disciplined ignorance
and venal greed, and this beloved
State, with al of its great destinies,
| is lost to us forever.
United, you must conquer, and
breathe the magic touch ofintelligent
and honest. government /; peace and
prosperity win smile through all Of
your borders, and Louisiana redeem
ed, will be 4 noble heritage for You
and your children forever.
Weigh we'll the issue, and 20 deter
mine and % act that you may not sub
ject yourselves hereafter to the Just
reproach Of having committed politi-
cal suicide. 4 f]J,!
r. H. Mari,
E.J. Ellis,
DR.. al. Landry,
John ]. Mellon,
H. N. Ogden,
A. W. Hyatt,
q;t'@frB. r. Jonas,
]. G. Leeds,
Committee.
Papers throughout tho State favor
able to holding the Convention at
BATON Rouge on the 2ath Of August
/! age Requested to publish the forego-