The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-08-15
The Mass Meeting Last Saturday.

The meeting of the people Of this
|parish on Saturday last, was one OF
the largest, most harmonious and
enthusiastic ever held in this parish,
and We mas add. the most impor-
tant one in the history Of Rapiles
The representative men, as we'll rs
the rank and file, from all quarters
and sections Of the parish, were
present and all were animated with
the single purpose of securing mi
ty and harmony. All were ready
to give up their particular views If
policy, and ready to agree to what
ever might be determined npon by
the majority. This WAS all az it
shonld I've. and proves that old Ra-
piiles is still trne to her past histo-
~ and that size il determined 10 be
behind none of her sister parishes
in the glorious work Of redeeming
Louisiana. We publish elsewhere
a report in full of the proceedings.
AZ we'll as the resolutions adopted
by the meeting.
We can find no language snited
to express our qualification and un-
alleged pleasure that tn" meeting
adopted the name o. White Mans
Party. The enthusiasm with which
this name was adopted lisa gnaran-
ty OF its popularity with our peo-
pl+, and upon this platform every
White Man in the parish will unite,
and to it's banner they will rally to
p man. No other party could &C
complish this result here. The
campaign here under the control
and direction If the White Mans
Party will he made with that unan.
imnity and enthusiasm that will
and has already insured the sue
cess Of our ticket this Fall.
To our long suffering people we
can now and do offer words of com
fort and good cheer. The end of
radical misrule in this parish, if not
in the State, is drawing to II close
and November will witness our f.
nal and glorious victory over the
hor.les of radical thieves and re
gro plnnderers.
After some debate as to the sta
tus our delegates would occupy
there, a list of forty delegates, EN-.
bracing the names Of some Of our
best citizens who have in the past
had no connection with politics.,
were appointed and ratified. to rep
resent Rapi'les in the Convention
to assemble at Baton Rouge on the
4th Monday Of the present month.
These delegates, go as the represen-
tativcs Of the White Mans Party,
to the Convention under the Joint
call of the Democratic Central Com
mittee and the Committee of Sew.
emty, not to any party Convention,
but to q Convention of the people
to consult as to their best interests
The Parish Central Committee
appointed by the meeting are now
charged with the conduct Of the
campaign in this parish and upon
them devolve grave and important
duties which they we'll appreciate
and which they are prepared TO per
form to the strict letter of the law,
without hesitation or flinclIing -
They will go right to work and new
err cease until the campaign shall he
over, and until our candidates,
about whose election there is no
shadow of doubt, shall have been
installed in their offices. We con-
graduate our people upon the GER
tain success which will now attend
their efforts to secure an honest and
capable administration Of our par
ISL affairs. This time our nominal
tons are equivalent to election, and
negro ra,licaliSm will have to take a
back seat. We needed but to he
united to win and now that we are
all united our success is assured.
just such spirit as now actu
ates our people is what we have
needed all along to enable us not
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