The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-03-29
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We have always believed, and now
more than ever are matured in that
belief, that the thing called policy
and so construed in things political
and governmental, is a mere bosh and
fungus which has for the last ten
years in Louisiana, proved the Had
of all our woes. The word as we
know and understand it in regards to
its damaging doings here, is truly
hard by most to comprehend, and it
is only after it has nestled and hatch
ed it's baneful progeny that we feel
the full effects at what we have been
dashing to the dogs and sacrificing
principles, which if cherished and
chung to, would have guided us to a
safe harbor and endearing results.
1t is very singular that this course
of most of us has invariably been re-
sorted to, just at the time where we
most needed consistent and active
principles, and invariably it has step
ped in to crush these and give its
champions momentary relief and VIC
tory, and crushed all our then hopes
and aspirations. Policy, compromise,
adjustment, or what you may call it,
are apparitions which always Banquo
like rise up and stalk against us just
in the wrong time. and above all are
the firm foot hold and stamping
ground of weakened, unprinciple
and aspiring demagogues and vanity
bloated youths, who nova days too
much infect all communities. There
is a marked contrast in our State be-
tween the two political parties in re-
gard to this policy move, and
though we are ever ready to damn
the Radicals for their clinging tenac-
ity to principles, bad though they be
still their good example and safe
clinging to the right path, should
draw some comment of praise from
US and its following with us would
help us in the long run. Your Lou
isiana Radical has an object in view,
which he believes to be right, he fol-
lows it straight ahead, and never for
moment thinks of moving side
show, labelled policy, in the track Of
the real movings and intentions of
his party. Thus he generally moves
properly from his stand point to vic
tory so-called, enjoys its fruits, and
has not inflicted the direful curse of
policy on his party to plague it in its
moments of working results.
How different the course of our
policy strokers and owl-wise cham
pions, who are always ready with for
ty Sibley tents to dot our we'll bea-
ten path, with the thousand and one
snakes, monkies, fat women, big in
dams and Circassian beauties, which
are but cheat, a fraud, and blind,
which foster favorably to the enemy
and rob us of our real intents and
cherished right Of true principles
This, all this, is but too trne, and it
is because we know and feel it to be
true, that we recur to it here, as we
again see feint glimmers of the same
doings once more at home. Already
the skirmishers of policy are merrily
jigging around their new making
tents, already are they accommodating
war dyes and tomahawks, hanging
grape vines and huge and dire imple
ments of fast destruction, already are
they again hanging the Returning
Board, aud though last not least, are
they hugging in advance to their pa
triotic and upheaving bosoms, the
coming phantom Of Office, coming
right from the enemy and as part
pay for their policy treachery. These
are sad and shaking realities which
we are forced to admit crush us, far
more than the rheumatic jerks we
have been q week martyr to, and un-
palable and rough hewn though they
be, they are in our mind matured in
to past and coming facts, and we
must out with them, though we col
lapse. " 49,
DICTURE FRAMES,