The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-12-06

eSted IN the result WOulu suppose
from the present attitude of the Re
publican party towards the Nationa
Democratic party that the latter was
a band of traitors to the common
country, and that the former were
the owners of the government of this
Nation by virtue Of a duly recorded
title in fee simple. Throughout the
canvass preceding the Presidential
election the Democrats were treated
by their opponents as if they were
conspirators detected in the act of
selling Republican property, and
ought at once TO be drawn and quar-
tered for their impotence and inso-
lence in making the attempt. Since
the election the Republicans have in
tensilied their attitude towards the
National Democratic party, and to
Judge from the utterances of their
leaders and press, it now seems that
Democrats are to be treated as fends
incarnate, fit subjects for public
abuse, private hatred of the most in
tense character, and debarred from
any and all of the rights which have
heretofore been accorded to political
adyersaries. To hear them pirate one
would suppose that it was the God
given mission ofthe Republican par.
ty to hold the reins Of government
from this time forever, aud that even
if a majority of the people do con-
denim its open stealing, and all the
infamies which are a part and parcel
of its history as made by Itself snd
written in the disasters of the Repub-
lie and recorded in the poverty of
its citizens, still the people have no
right to condemn it or its record and
their verdict of condemnation is to
be set aside by fraud if it can and by
bayonets if it must be.
Never before has any political
party set up 50 bold claim to the
ownership of the government and
never before has any party assumed
so naughty and imperious tone to-
wards its adversary as the Republi-
can party has to the Democratic par
ty, in this Centennial year of the life
of the Republic. The war was ended
eleven years ago, the Southern States
were reconstructed eight years ago,
and yet the Republican party has not
ended its war upon the South. 1t is
a high crime and misdemeanor. for
any Southern State to assist in the
election of an honest President and
it is q sin which cannot be forgiven.
a political Anathema Maranatha for
the National Democratic party to
have supporters and allies in the
Southern States, which of right be
long to the Republicans, who have
robbed them oftheir money, defraud-
ed them of their local governments,
sent thieves to be their rulers and
sustained cosruptions that shames
civilization and makes humanity
blush for its name. From the Re
publican standpoint the Democrats
have no rights that the Republicans
are bound to respect.
The bodness of the assault, the au-
dacity of the lies they told and their
recklessness as to truth, honesty and
fair play forced the Democratic par
ty from the offensive position which
1t had assumed and drove it to the
defensive, always the weak side.
Now that by its Inherent strength
and the justice of its cause the Ma
tional Democratic party has elected
its President, and has witnessed the
foul and revolutionary measures
adopted by its INSCRIPTIONS adverse
rles to defeat the will Of the people
fairly expressed, and now that they !
see the integrity and perpetuity of
the government threatened by the
real conspirators apd traitors, it is
time for it to abandon the defensive.
and at once, vigorously and boldly
to attack the rotten, corrupt and
scheming Republican party as well
upon its past record of infamy as up
on its present revolutionary inten
tions. To the National Democratic
party, aided by the honest men in
the other parties. now is given the
high and holy mission to save the
Nation from national bankruptcy and
national degradation. We are anx-
lousIy waiting for any signs of it's
appreciation of its duty and any evil
lence of its intention and ability to
fulfill the trust.
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