The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-06-20
THE WHITE MANS PARTY.


rial articles from the New Orleans
Picayume and the Morning Star and
Catholic Messenger, endorsing the
movement to organize a White
Mans party. With the Shreveport
Times, New Orleans Bee and
Opelousas Courier, already ad-
vocating tie movement, we have
now no doubt but that the
campaign this Fall, will be fought
upon that Issue. We have to re-
greet, and We sincerely regret that
the Bulletin has deserted us, and
gone over to the Democracy. 1t
and many others of our exchanges
are, however, but feeling their way,
and when the people have spoken,
as we are satisfied they will speak
ere long, we will again count the
Bulletin among the strongest Of our
allies.
We desire not to he misunder-
stood in the matter of our opposi-
ton to the Democracy, or rather Of
our opposition to making the cam
paign under the name Of the Demo
cratic party. We have all been
Democrats from our youth up, have
the most sincere veneration for the
name, the utmost pride in the re-
collection Of it's many victories and
it's glorious struggles, and an hon
est reverence for it's past history.
We are opposed to it now, only be-
cause we are certain that a Demo
cratic campaign will fail TO unite
the white people, and we are as
firmly convinced as we ever were in
our lives, that alone in the entire
unanimity Of the white people eau
We hope to win. We are not alone
in the opinion that it is utterly use.
less to attempt to get the votes Of
the'negroes. Never have they been
SO united as at present. because
they think that they are sustained
by the U. s. Government, and they
regard their complete elevation to
social equality with, and political
supremacy over the white race, as
almost accomplished; as indeed is
the fact, unless we oppose to his
rapid encroachmentsa solid, united
front this Fall. w
1fDemSocracy will unite Z the white
people, then we are in favor of De
mocracy. It 1t can even show us
how it can entertain q reasonable
hope of dong so; upon any Of Che
old party ISSUES, we.will surrender:
at discretion. Until it can do so, we
will continue to hold out to the pow
tax-t;dden and negro:
people of Louisiana, a
upon which they can
all unite without sacrifice OF any
old predictions Or lay ing aside any
old party preiudices; a platform
broad enough to hold Whips, Know
nothings, Re:ormers, Liberals, Dem
ocrats and even Republicans, if
there are any honest ones among
the White allies OF the negroes in
sboIs an issue which by Is sim
plicity commeMds itself to the intel
|igence of the most ignorant, and
upon which there can he no d;vis-
ion Or holding back. o |
We have tried Democracy and
tailed, we have tried a Reform Par
ty and failed, we have tried a Libe-
raj Party and failed; by the, union
Or fusion of all these parties we won
in 1872, and by the union of all of
thcm,- we will win in 1874. We
present to them all name, an issue
ind a platform, upon which shey
IAN unite without the necessity OF
half a dozen conventions, or the in
tervestion of aay central commit
tees. oAny. other plan will result
N the divisions that it was necessa-
y to unite in 1872, and we may not
reconcile them as We did then:
The simple question is whether
The white man or the negro shall /
.ule Louisiana, and we are in favor
If making the fair. SQUARE FIGHT Of