The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-08-01
Read and Consider.
From the N. O. Picayune.

Read and considsr.
From the N. o. Picayune.
We cannot comprehend or eympathize
With the objections and + monstrances
which have greeted the appea rance, on q
simple end unvarnished platform. Of the
White Mans party. We echo none OF
the complaints against its frankness. We
share none Of the fears which some have
sought to found upon its rigor and its IN.
reserved enunciation Of purpos" and Of
principle. II il plain to our mind-and
shonld he eq"al|y plain to everybody else's
that the White Man party as now de-
veloped is the party "a have been seeking.
10! these many. weary years. It is the
PheniY Of the Democracy save only the
ashes of the Old endorsements. the dead
issues. the fruitless traditions and the "a
tai impracticabilities which have always
cloeged and DEFEATED it in the past. It
|c mes 70 us fresh from our enrrows and
misfortnnes, the creature Of existing facts.
the awful corollary Of that process which
has wall nigh wrought our rnin. The ex-
cesses, the oppres ions, the reckless and
brutal Encouragement Of the Radical era
have given it birth ; and the fierce heat in
which it crystalized has shriveled and con-
sumed all save the eternal germ of self
preservation.
If the scheme Of this pa:ty cont emplat.s
the neglect Of all other objects If it IT,
nores eve y iesue which does not hear
r"de'y and directly upnn the question Of
our present rescne if it foreets old servi-
crs. !'ostpones u! 4 hts and shuts ont an
c'ent oh'ig"ti"na-does it exceed the grim
necessities OF the crisis? If j.: Gays open
~ that We must end tho negroes rule,
does it say in words more than other par
ties have been saying in effect II it de,
c!ares the solemn and unaIterab'e purpose
OF casting out the tools a. we'll as tho
worknen who have reared this CHASTITY
fabric OF mis-eovernm+nt and spoliation.
does 1t Proclaim one aim that sv ,ry Louis
'ar'ans bosom does not cherish-one as
p'rut'on that the whole peopl. Of the realm
Will approve? Our evil plight haa b come
hitter snd crying shame throughout the
land All men see and d.plnrs the effect,
and II we. knowing the cause, elect to
strike fairly and sallantIy at its root, who
shall say us nayl
What would these faint- hearted trim
mers have? They talk Of Northern sym
pa,hy! 10 they think It possible to drag
that knocking phantom from i's grave and
hold it upto men who struggle with a
living foe? Commerce. and the things OF
1876! Where has our commerce straysd
bef,re this deadly hurricane, and what
fruits snail Louisiana live to esther from
the fields Of 1876 unless the blight Of 1874
be checked?
1t seams to us that mon must be
strangely blind TO urge such things at such
such time. There is no need to screen
one single fracti n Of our purpose. Our
cause is just, it's aims ave open TO the gaze
Of men. and that Northern sympathy
whereof "a hear 80 much is far more like
~ 10 attend M thus than in any weakness
or unmaoly sub erfn.e. We seek t"
wrSst no privilege from the negro; we
have not in the utmost flights Of our de-
sign the theft Of any Of hs liberties. It ia
simply question whether we shall permit
him /" perfect the DISSOLUTION he has in
whether the owners Of this
State. the patrons Of its enterprises, the
motive powers its progress, shall give it
up to license and ob|itsration. This is
The severe and simple plat orm Of the
White Mans party here. The world is
Tree to know it all. and those who tell Us
that the world will blame il, however
slightly, are either selfish traitors with
our future at their hearth, or tim,d weak
ings whom We must not know in this darl
,our Of strife.