The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-08-22
Democratic or Republican.

Democratic OF Republican.
We are surprised that our friends
Of the New Orleans Bulletin, should
swallow the Laited hook of the Re-
Ipsbl;oes, in its article on the ''Posi-
ton Of Parties" We have carefully
read the extract to which it invites
attention, and to give the same op-
portunity to our readers we copy it
in full, as follows;
Conservatives, on the contrary, here IS
| elsewhere, are those who cling to the
past, who have supentitious reverence
for whatever is old because it is old, and
distrust Of whatever is new because it
is new; who accomplish no work except
Of al obstructive kind, and are BY nature
incapacitatrd for improvement, being as
has been wittily said, '.the mules Of poll
tics that engender nothing"
In this State they do not constitute
political subdivision, but when they act
politically at all are obliged TO fall into
the Democratic ranks, as their opposites.
the Liberals, have no choice but to act
with the Republican party. In fact there
are but two parties in this State. the
Republican party. and their opponents,
the Democratic party. Between these
two there can be no compromise, and the
attempt to get together IS an army the
misershls stragglrrs from either. rein.
forced by the indolent. the Indifferent
and the stupid, and set such corporal's
guard up a. a third party, having the
balance of power, will prove miserable
failure.
Those who wish to defeat the Republic
can party must join the Democratic, OF
waste their strength; and those to whom
the name Of Democracy is an offense
must take sides with the Republicans.
There is no middle course, no Liberal
Conservative" organization, claiming
support and Offering assurance of sue.
cess. Monsters never do succeed, and
''liaeral conservatism could srch .
thing exist. would be . monster, with
wings vainly beating the air, and feet of
clay chained to the everlasting rocks By
the adanantine bands Of prejudice.
Az the Bulletin declares it cannot
zee show there can be any hesitation
on the part Of the white people what
party they should join" We are as
much at . loss to understand why
the white people should be 50 hasty
to join the Democratic party, simply
becasse tie Republican, the paid jour
nal Of the very thieves We are war.
ring on, should think it good policy.
The tenor Of tho above extract al.
ludes simply to = conservative att.
tpde Of tho people, OF the success
likely to attend . movement having
for its plan . policy or. affliation line
Of action. Now this is just a. far
from the contemplated and expressed
plan Of the White Mans or Peoples
party Of Louisiana, IS can be. We
have never anticipated that this shoold
Be . pune and simple w,,hey-washey
battle, on the contrary, We have de.
Glazed that this was = peoples move
neat, quasi political, having the
elements and purpose Of an Indignant
uprising Of the masses, without re-
gard to past political affiliations, a
movement in which the cooperation
and support Of Democrats, Liberals,
Retosmers, Conservatives, homes. Re-
publ;caas, and Ill c'ssses were inyi-
ted tojoin. All past differences should
for the nonoe be laid aside, no politi-
cal organization, AZ a party, should
insist upon its name OF tho acceptance
Of ito dogmas. Such being the case
10 cannot fof the life Of Us tell, Why
there should be sueh persistence evinc-
ed By the few ultra Denocratic Jour.
nals in endeavoEing to insiat upon IN
acceptance Of their particular views.
We have tried tho Democratic party
to our hearts content, and our efforts
under ito banners have proven futile.
Now No propose something else, bet.
ter and more tangible, and here comes
again that sane Democratic orgaai.
zation and demands the leadyship Of
this new movement. And fof What
reasouf Simply that it has . Central
Executive Committee, how appointed
Ne know not, nor viii We stop to in
quire; and has By , rise trick, fore
stalled the action Of tho people who
should, and win, in this campaign 1t
least control every thing in this
movement We ne not prepared to
accept from ssca journals IA the New
Orleans E<Psbl;oas, either axisms OF
advice, during our present staeels,
for obvious reasons, and this article
to which our attention is called BIZ
the Bsl'etis dodges completely what
we intend to do, and fires it's guns
both It the Demoeratie na,<v and