The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-05-01

these Offices, for all the candidates were
white and none Of them were Republic
ans or Radicals. Why disturb this state
of thingsf It would continue but for
this folly of d so-called white mans
party, and we do not believe the good
sense of the mass of our white citizens
will be deluded by it.
The sense of individual freedom
makes us opposed to being ground be-
tween a pair of black and white politi-
cal millstones. A white mechanic in
this town who always votes for white
men, was asked to join, and in answer
to his queries was told that he could
not vote for any white candidates of
his choice, but that he must vote for
their candidates. In other words he
must be their white man, their white
Niger" and obey orders. He declined
the serViIe honor. " u
Now we want to be at liberty to vote
as we please and if it should please us
to vote for a !" Niger" it is nobody's
business-we would rather do that than
some things the pure whites do. The
Boss" of the white mans party stated
in his speech last Monday that he had
voted for Mr.. Armstead (black niggerl
and that if he had had his certificate he
would have voted for John Simms
(colOred) last December. Now after
this they ought to let the poor "dirty
whites" alone and not try to whip them
into the so-called white mans party, in
which decent concern they might be
out of place.
"One more thought" as parson Frazee
says, land we are done.n The dis
tinguished gentleman who organized
the white mans party here several
years ago, may have been comparative
" nothing more than the John the Bap-
fist of our present Reform Doctor, but
the editor of his present newspaper or
gan gives him the credit, we are told,
of being the chief instrument in break
ing up that organization. Be that as it
may, if he becomes ~serviceable he will
be forgiven. We have pulled together
for several years in the same political
harness and it is not our fault it we did
not continue so. When he gets tired of
sojourning with the Philistines he will
find a seat at our political board as he
now has and may always have one at
our dining table while we have a crust
to divide. ..z Il.
Another thought" says Parson Fra
zee. In his speech in the Courthouse,
if we heard him correctly, he stated that
his white mans party and the Demo-
cratic party were one and would work
together, or words to that effect. And
he Rugged the Changers too. We sup
pose the Tri-color' in here.
This would make it more than equal to
the Fusion hybrid. But he forgot what
he had said about the Democracyin his
published Manifesto. "The name of
Democracy has long since lost its charm
among its former votaries y decent
people are disguised with the one and
tired with the other" Democracy and
Liberalism.)
Gone word more" In paying ourres-
poets to the Doctor and his party, we
set down naught in malice, and he can
repeat for us what he said for himself
when he ceased drubbing us the other
day in the Courthouse. Il he wants
" the last lick back" these columns are
open but let us have no O taking
all under-hold like the Courthouse affair.
The .0vERFLow.-The overflow OH
the Mississippi river and tributaries in
this State has been andis now terrible,
and has caused great damage and dis
tress. Thousands Of persons have lost
all they had, and were, left without
home, food, or clothing. Fortunately
they lived in a country where the gen
eral government had the ability. and
will to relieve them, and where many
large cities and private eitizenspraetice
the greatest Of tile virties-charity.
Congress immediately passed a bill for
their relief. Army clothing and 100000
~rations of food have been ordered to be
issued, the latter at the rate Of 10000
T~atiops per day for twenty-five days.
New Orleans has subscribed largely.
Boston has already subscribed two fn-
stallments Of $4,000 each. Other cities
ore doing likewise. Il - ], -
If the Changers here are not a political
party, how are they going to work to-
gether with the white mans party, rs
stated at the meeting last Monday 4
If the whites did as sorry 4 partly us
as they did BIZ some of the white candi-
dates, their white party might go to
grass"
1t il wonderful how white some peo-
pie became after the "niggersi' wouldn't
vote for them.
ReeSss Parish Cesavemti01, Republkcan
Party.
0PELousAs. April 25th. 1874.
In pursuance to 2 call emanating from the
Parish Executive COMMITTEES the various. Re
publican Clubs throughout the parish elected
delegates to the parish Convention, for the pul-
puse OF eleeting o Parish Executive Committee
In compliance TO the late call from the State Ex-
ecutive Committee.
The Convention was called to order on the
25th day of April, A.. D., 1874, at Aoclock :. NJ.