The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-06-13

Organization & { " ~ f' s
We publish below an editorial from
THAT staupcl and wide awake Journal
f'Thc sl1iv1bA hs&e," i wkes v.
fully concur. The suggestion that Tx
State Convention be called Ivy the Cen
trail Committees of all tho organixa.
|tipns and by tho Committee of Seventy
land that it meet at Alexandria, meets
our views exactly.
We arc opqsscd to . .Coaveation In
Now Orleans and reitcrate the state.
ment of the Times that the country
people will not attend a convention
there.
| We have ample Accommodations ut
misunderstanding tho best and
Largest hotel IN tlts State ont Of New
Orleans, aud We will heartily welcome
delegates here.
Our splendid weekly packet, Bart
Able, will make tho trip pleasant one
and will accommodate the delegates in
any way.
Lot "a hare the convention hero.
"Tbe carpot-baggers and negro pol
iticians are, and for some time. past
have been, busily engaged in recon-
structing their clubs and disciplining
their no. dos Of negro dupes to porpet-
uate tho fuinous reign of the radical
party in Louisiana, and it is timo that
tho conservative elements of the State
were taking steps to organize their
forces. This work cannot now be be-
gun too soon, for there is great deal
: to DO accomplished. We have not the
least doubt of the ability of the ele-
mcnts hostile to radical misrule to car
Try the elections if they can be harmo
nizcd and concentrated with enthusi
asm upon any given line of action ;
and that is what now lies before us to
be done, We must combine and unite
democrats, rcformcrs, liberal republic
cans and last-ditchcrs in ono grand ar
my, inspired by n single purpose, a
common aspiration to redeem tho State
from the power of men whose infamous
rulo has brought disgrace, ruin and
misery uponit. The leaders, too, of
these several factions must be brought
to understand that their political the
cries aro of secondary Importance to
tho people, and that if they risk or
threaten tho harmonization Of tho diff
fercnt elements by their individual as
pirations, they will be swept out of the
way with very little ceremony. This
work, VIC repeat, should he begun with
out further delay, for it must be re-
membered that we have very few jour
nails through WHICH to reach the people,
and thoro is in the State scarcely nu-
cleus for us to rally about; organiza-
ton, therefore, will require time and
labor,ea and VIC GU ght to 10 in tho field.
But before anything can be done q
State convention must be called, and
the question arises, what authority or
what body shall call it 1t seems to
us that the Committee Of Seventy, the
Democratic Central State Committee
and the Fusion or Liberal Republican
Central Committee should unite in q
call for n convention. The call should
DO made to tho white citizens of the
State and we would suggest that an
early day in August be designated for
the assembling of tho convention
That will give time enough for us to
discuss plan of organization before
the mcetings of the convention, and
time enough after it is held to concen-
trate upon that plan tho elements Of
the State hostile to radicalism.
One ofstho great evils of conventions,
even where they are tie representa-
tiyes of we'll organized parties, is that
they arc generally composed of so
many mon that they become mere mobs,
and the worst possible nominations arc
often made. In the proposed conven-
ton it would DO we'll to 1bviate this
evil, and we suggest that tho commit
tees, in their addresses calling it, re-
commend that but two delegates be
appointed from each parish, and that
the two be empowered to vote in tho
convention. the representative stree 9th
Of their respective parishes. +
As to the place Of holding the con-
vention, We sussest that Alexandria be