The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-07-08
4 MIDDLE ALREADY.

we consider one of life and death to
the people of Louisiana, and one of
purely home rule and strict State
rights, and for which our people
should be united, has hardly COM
menced before we can perceive signs
of any thing but Cancellation, unity
and harmony. The canvass, rather
the ball, was first started in st. Lam
dry, the largest, most populous, and
certainly one Of the truest Parishes
in the State, and here we will make
application of our remarks to the
want of cordial cooperation in one
and the same good cause. That Pa
IRISH has and claims the honor of be-
ing the first to inaugurate the White
League movement, in fact the move
ment to attempt the rescue and re-
demption Of our State from the Van
dals; this is no sooner fairly on the
march than we regretfully see at
once springs up division, a serious,
nay we say bitter one in our ranks,
which should be united and have no
incentives but unity. We stop not
to ask who is to blame or where the
fault lies, but simply must deal with
the sad fact that the breach does ex-
| ist, and that defeat, crushing befeat,
must be the bitter fruits of such folly.
In word, the people Of St. Landry,
her true people, Our people have I'M
furled two banners ere the charge is
sounded, and schisms have claimed
the place of unity and reign accor-
dinghy.
We have said two parties, out of
the white ranks, already exist, and
we now proceed to elucidate the sta
tus of these two factions, and what
we believe to be the evil effect ofnew
things. The White League, for that
is the name they have adopted, are
represented by good and sterling men
-Messrs. j. A. Taylor, E. T. Lewis,
Willis Prescott, Laurent Dupre, L.
D. Prescott and NJ. D. Kavanaugh,
whilst their opponents or those who
have taken the field against them,
are equally well and ably represent
) ed in the persons of Messrs. H. L,
Garland, G. W. Hudspeth, F. Perro-
j. din, John E. King, E. D. Estilette,
B. A. Martel and W. A. Robertson,
And here commences the contest, we
may say the family feuds, and here
negro radicalism dances with joy and
pats one of the parties approvingly
on the shoulders. The White Lea.
guers have captured the Courier, the
old Democratic organ, and through
it's columns pour hot shot, thick and
FAST into the ranks of both it's adver.
saries; the Democratic or home rule
wing seem to have no organ, but the
Journal, Kellogg's and big Tom An
derson's paper, comes to their assis
lance with bitter abuse Of the Lea
guers, and thus the breach is widen
ing all the time, and radicalism
which they both want to defeat is fast
fattening and strengthening on this
foolish side issue. Now can any one
doubt this is all wrong, seriously apc
fatally so, and if persisted in must
end in our ruin, and once more fas
ten the fungus of corruption on us
for two more years. This is the very
course which has been followed eve1
since reconstruction, and our people
or rather too many of them, seem tc
be demented politically, when sum
moned to face the true music. Now
what is commenced in St. Landry
| will be continued and followed az
elsewhere, if the proper means are
not resorted to at once to check thu
growing evil, and open the eyes O
our white and tax paying element tt
the danger ahead. A Convention
q Convention of the people, iudepen
dent of all party ties, or names, Of
creeds, should at once be called an6
assembled in the name of the sover
eign people, from whom spring al
power, and that Convention should
be held outside of New Orleans, ant
in a central portion of the State, ant
right here we come to a close ant
again suggest and name ALExAND
RIA as the place, and MONDAY, thu
Sd Of AUGUST, as the day. viii no
the country Press talk out and come
to some conclusion in this mat
ter at once? We pause fer a reply
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