The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-09-26
THE CAMPAIGN.

H66 CAMSA44Ns
The recent glorious effort of the
people of Louisiana to shake off the
Usurpation, which failed only be-
cause Of the interpretation of the mil
itary force Of the United States,
ought not to discourage, but rather to
animate our people to renewed deter
mination to succeed at the ballot box
in doing what We could not do by an
armed revolution. The question that
will be presented by the election will
be different one from that just de-
cided by President Grant and will be
one in which he will not so readily
intermeddle. We can not by the
election put Kellogg out of the Gov
ernor's Office now twice usurped by
him, but If we elect our House of
Representatives and State Treasurer,
and get control of the parish govern
ments, he will find himself but Gov
ernor in name, powerless to do us
any harm. He can not run his gov
eminent without money and we will
have possession of the parts of the
government which supply and con-
troll the State finances. This is the
most that we can expect under the
determination of the United States
government to sustain Kellogg at all
hazards, unless the new Congress
when it assemblies should decide the
de jare claims now pending before
it, in our favor.
Let us not depend upon help from
Congress or anywhere else. but re-
solve to help ourselves. We can car
ry this election if all our people will
but register and vote, and let us now
go to work with redoubled energy and
see that in Rapides every man does
register and vote. There is an an
cient maxim coming to us from the
days of mythology that "the Gods
help them who help themselves" Let
us be guided by it's wisdom and rely
upon ourselves alone and then we
will know exactly what we have to
expect and will find no disappoint-
ment in store for us. We are now
in the very midst of the canvass in
this parish which is being conducted
theoretically and gives us confident
hope that every man in the parish
will register and vote. This is all
that is needed for Cur success in this
parish. A fair registration which We
are having, and fair election which
is already guaranteed by the arrange
ments made, is all we ask or need.-
Let the campaign then from this out
be conducted in a peaceable but en-
ergetic manner, and let no act of vio-
lence or disorder furnish our enemies
with pretext to throw out the vote
of this parish and all will be we'll.
THE FAIR AssoCIATIoN.-Grant
las overturned the legal govern
ment of the State, but has magnan-
imously consented to allow the Ra-
pides Agricultural Fair Associa
ton to go on with their exhibition.
We are happy to stare authoritive-
" that there has been no interrdp-
ton to the work of preparation for
the Fair which opens on the 10th OF
October, and that every arrange
ment which will add to the comfort
and convenience of visitors and ex-
hibitors is now being rapidly made.
The exhibition this year will be
grand success alike creditable to
the Association and the Parish.
Such enterprises should be en-
by all our citizens, and
any having any article no matter
how small Of merit, beauty or curl
osity, should take it to the Fair for
~ We desire to call particular
to the card which appears
this morning Of Mr.. PHI. OSWALD,
who has leased the brick store house
of Mrs. NJ. L. Grogan, on the Bayou
Robert Road, and has just opened
a new and fresh stock of goods,
which he offers tO sell chpan for