The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-08-27

MONROE, LA, AUGUST p, 1875.
The People to Acf-But Two Parties.
The movement to organize the Democra-
tic purity in this State was neither pointless
nor begun without careful consideration.
Since 1s74the has been no Democratic par
ty in Louisiana, as State organization, and
no party thoroughly in accord with the Ma
tional Democracy. There is no recognized
organ in Louisiana to-day with which the
National Democratic Executive Committee |
is authorized to confer or correspond; and |
hence we are dependent mainly upon the
member of that Committee from Louisiana
for a hearing and for equal distribution
of favors.
The Committee in this State headed by
Mr.. Mari is not a Democratic State Central
Committee, being the offspring of State
Convention composed of delegates belong
ing to several distinct anti Radical organi-
cations, who assembled in Baton Rouge
and there fused as one organization for the
purpose of conducting the campaign. then
at hand. This Committee thus organized
is logically not an organ for any one party,
but is in fact defunct. 1t is not authorized
to speak for the Democracy of the State,
particularly for the people who have ex-
pressed desire to have the Democrats of
this State organized in body SO that they
may act in harmony with the National
Democracy.
As we said there was both point and pith
in the movement started in North Louisi-
ana urging the organization of the Demo-
cratic party, and this fact has been recog-
nized by both press and people of the coun-
try with expressions of approval hardly to
have been expected and certainly to 4 de-
inu at nf
eighteen learned leaders OF the Central
Committee who have assumed with charm
ing simplicity to decide for the hundreds
of prominent citizens and large number of
country papers recommending the people to
act, aohe,a Democratic State Convention
shall be called, and when the will of the
people in Convention shall be made known.
Did this Committee observe, in the word
ing Of the calls which have been published,
emanating from men as prominent and as
able as the members of the Comittee, that
the people of the several parishes were ask
ed to begin the organization of the Demo-
cratic party, and that the Committee was
not go aomine invited to express an opinion?
If sc, and such was the character of the
calls,-by what right does the Central Com
mittee of the Baton Rouge Convention
claim to step in between leading Democrats
and Conservatives who want II Democratic
Convention, and assume to decide when that
Convention shall be held? 1t might never
be held, judging from, the tone of tho de-
bates in the Committee, and Louisiana
would be left to drift helmless through the
approaching political tempest.
There is necessity for an organized
Democracy in this State, and a Democracy
it must be which will have no timc-servers
and no men who consult their fears and the
temptations of the enemy, for leaders.
Louisiana has suffered from eNpedients
long enough. Her route since 1868 has been
thick with thorns and beset by men who
seek honors at the expense of 4 straight
forward course. Arc not seven years of
bitter disappointments, the result of bad
leadership. enough?
What is proposed by the movement we
are discussing, is, briefly, to follow the
example of Mississippi, where the people,
after going to tho extent of formally dis
banding the Democratic party and splitting
up into numberless factions, are now united
enthusiastically as Democrats and march
ing to certain victory, and to do in this
State as in that, to organize party with
National allies, and TO bury the differences
of the past two campaigns. What the
Wheeler adjustment has to do with such a
move, Mr.. Eustis, of New Orleans, the
Picnyune, has leave TO explain. We know
Oh no connection between tho Two, except
that it is to be hoped there will be no DOM
ocratic party of the future which cannot
exist without a bargain with the plunderers
who have robbed the State and outraged
the rights of the people.
The action of the Central Committee has
made it more apparent than ever that the
Democratic party ought to organize. 1t is
plain proposition that Louisiana must
act with the Democrats i'll 1876. Those
who do not, must go to the Republicans, or
be neutral in n struggle involving the man
hood. rights and liberties of all the
white people of the State. 1t is idle,
weak, humanity and foolish, on the
part of white mon, to hem and haw in II
matter where the path of duty is so plain.
We, therefore, re-iterate tho suggestions
repeatedly made in these columns that the
people of this State organize the Democra-
tic party and place themselves ut once in
line with the only National party opposed
TO our bitter political enemies. And We
repeat that there is no time to be lost. We
should like to see II State Convention OF
Democrats, composed of all anti Radicals,
not later than the middle of December, and
we trust that both the press and the people
Will adhere to the substance of the calls so
enthusiastically received by tho country
parishes, and will at once place the con-