The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-09-27
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E3HE As.E. TRULg INDEPENDENT PAPERS
MUST SUPPORT TILDEE.


speaks OF the Times effort to diSert
attention from Gamuel ;. 'I'isdeR' E
ca& fecoS@ by On exposuge Of che
came pr2csices on ehs part Of Gov
eTnoF sSayeo. Tails is an esgoY. Il
the Eimes entertained TIE Gainsest
sus .sicion that Sir. Til,ien wero not q
scrupuleasls honest man, it would
rejec$ his candidacy with gcosn.
Dir. Tilden A;as noe the first choice
OF this Journal fos the Presidency;
it would have supported Judge Da-
Wis Or BristoW in preference, but he
| is 80 UNNECESSARILY preferable to
the prospect of Grantism, which the
election OF Hayes would imply, that
support, which under other cir
cumstances would be very irksome,
if not impossible, is nov rendered as
patriotic obligation. The need or
slectins Titden is as urgent as was
the election Of Lincoln. To tritie
With the country in its present con
dition for the sake of any party is
criminslity-is treason as odicus as
that which found expression in the
haleful pretext of civil war. The
election'of Tilden viii be the resto.
ration Of less irresponsible methods
in administration. The men who
have grown into power through war
are like the residuum Of the French
reign Of terror-they are trading on
the fears Of she people and proceed
ing in peace by system wholly
obnoSious to law-abiding regime.
Is was the Threat Of return of "the
terror that enabled q gang Of pre-
tended Republicans to siege France
in 1878; il was a threat Of "the
terror" which enabled a new set to
consolidate this power into an afro
cious hierarchy Of fraud, population
and lawlcssncss; it was Invocation
Of SHE terror" as the reign Of the
revolutionists was fifty called, which
cowed Republican France into the
creature Of Bonaparte as consul; it
was the remembrance OF "the terror
and the instability that its very
name rendered possible, which con
firmed the consular power of Bona
parte into the life dictatorship
and few years later into the
empire,
For twenty years such men as
Morton, Butler, Logan, tremendous
workers, unscrupulous, half-educa-
ed demagogues, held the Govern
ment of France by the simple re-
minder Of the possibility Of the
reign Of terror, reign in which
those who thus threatened were in
the main the chief workers. 1t is
the same argument which the 10
gan, Morton, Butler Jacobites put
forth now, as a plea for the cont!nu-
ance Of their hideous misgoyern
ment. France in time found out her
Dantons, her Marats, her Robes
pierres, her Clootzes, Touches and
Seyes; SO this country, sooner or
later, will hold Che disreputable
class of whom Logan, Morton, But.
Ter, and Blaine are the types, and
reject the conditions which rea
der their public mischiefs pos
sible.
The time will collie, if it is not
now come, when the stupendous
cheat Of the bloody shirt, the unpa-
triotic revival of past bloodshed
will be execrated by people who
long for peace and brotherly unity.
If nothing else inspires it, the abso
lutte loss in purse will bring it about.
Men will no. forever yield their
business thrift to the despoiling
policy Of disreputable demagogues.
The continuance Of the Grant sys-
tenn in the South means a continu-
ance of commercial prostration in
that section and a consequent loss
to the tade Of the nation. Does
any merchant doubt for o moment
that, with a prosperous South, the
sales Of all kinds of articles Of in.
dustry would not increase thou
sand-fold? If the South is per
mitted to prosper, as it canno
under the carpet-bas system, the
mills will be put to their utmost tt
turn ont cloth for the people
farming implements will be in de
mand, and all the resources ofmanu
facture set in motion to furnish al
agricultural people like the South
erners with every implement of liy
ing aud industry. 1t is the mon