The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-12-13
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against the liberty Of a free people as
the one which is now in progress IN
Louisiana has been known since the
day when Cicero in the Roman Sen
ate uttered the memorable words we
have put at the head of this column,
no people born in freedom and reared
with love ofliberty have been known
to submit to such an outrage upon
decency and right, with the equanim
ity and apparent unconcern with
which the American people are now
contemplating the possible Inaugural
ton of President defeated at the
ballot box and counted in by fraud
and in defiance of the will of the peo-
pie. 1t was the apathy of the people
of Rome that called forth Cicero's
exclamation and furnished him the
occasion for that Grafton, in which
his words like the whips of scorn and
the stings of scorpions aroused their
sleeping energies and made the SER
vile Senate condemn the Traitor.
Where now is the Cicero who is to
awake the American people to sense
of their danger2 Well may we con-
denim the times and the character of
a people which made it possible that
a Defaulter, whose name has been on
the roll of infamy for thirty-five
wears; a Senator whose career was
started in swindling and a self.con
fessed Spectator in claims the Sen
ate was to pay; and two negroes, one
of them the keeper of negro grog
shop, could hold in their corrupt and
perjured hands the fate of great
nation and the power to reverse the
verdict and defeat the will of Il great
Commonwealth. Twelve thousand
honest votes have been by them with
out pretext thrown out and a MAORI
ty of eight thousand on one side has
been made to give place to a MAORI
ty of four thousand on the other side.
With the insolence of the master to
the slave and the contempt of the
superior for the inferior, Mat. Wells
& Co., have denied every application
of ours for fair play, refused to give
us even one member out Of the five
on the Board, held secret sessions
away from all inspection, thrown out
and counted in just as it suited their
will and purpose and regardless of
the rights of the people, the dictates
of honesty, self-respect or the opin
ion of honest men.
They have legallzed fraud, upheld
unblushing perjury, set a premium
upon knavery and justified resort to
the foulest of means to attain the
most unworthy Of ends. Louisian-
ians, they have betrayed their native
State--two of them white, they are
traitors to their race, men Of families
they are the companions and equals
of the negro-two of them black, they
have denied the political freedom of
their race and sought to make them
political slaves to corrupt political
party; but bad as they are, the two
negroes are the superiors of the two
whites in integrity of character, in
honesty of purpose, in the attributes
of true manhood and in social worth.
That such men by such means should
have been permitted to overturn the
will of a sovereign State and nullify
the votes of millions Of voters in the
other States is a sad commentary
upon the character of the American
people. We must except in this es-
innate the people of the South who
would not have submitted to it, but
that they are not permitted to act for
themselves and are too poor to think
of fighting for their rights, and are
unwilling to array themselves again
against the United States Army.
The people of the South are not res.
ponsibie for any portion of the shame
that has been brought on the whole
country nor are they to be charged
with any want of patriotism, de,
generacy or pusillanimity by reason
of their submission to wrongs they
can neither prevent nor ayenge.-
They can only by protests put them
selves right upon the record and wal,
to see what action will be taken by
those who can act. Our relief must
come from without or from the lapse
of time and events that may change
our relative position towards the
other sections Of the union.
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TABULAR Staiement-South Caro-
lima for Hayes, Louisiana for Hayes
Florida for Hayes. Total-Hayes ir
the White House on the 5th of March
ESTABLISHMENTS Telegram.
And it didn't require any ROSTERS o.
cannon TO do .-[Rapides Gazette