The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-10-25
Now for November.

| N0W Tor November
While anything remains to be dom
nothing has been done, said wis,
man of old; and this we are sure viii
be the feeling with which every
sound-hearted and clear-headet
friend of reform and good govern
ment in the United States will re
ceive the news which this morning
brings us of the glorious battle yes
terday fought and won in the great
Western States of Ohio and Indiana
1t is needless to rccapitulate the tire
mendous odds against which the
Democratic party have achieved the
noble victory which we to-day re
cord. Those odds have been pro
claimed from Maine to California in
the insolent exultation with which
the hosts of Grantism and Of Hayes
went into the conflict. Like the
Saxons who spent the eve Of the bat
tie of Senlac in feasting and drinking
while The Normans, with the mighty
future, of England hidden in their
camp, lay watchful and stern upon
their arms, the Radicals for weeks
past have been wearying the public
ear with their shouts of assured tri-
umph over the prospect of new
lease of. unlicensed and nnbridled
power. The friends Of honesty and
justice, Of liberty and of the Union,
meanwhile have been quietly and
resolutely doing their work. BY ths
grand: results which they yesterday
achieved LET them be warned and
Taught anew how to consummate the
nation's deliverancc which lies how
visibly within their grasp. The
whole strength Of their ene1y has
been displayed upon a field chosen
by himself, and it has proved une
quail to the shock with the spirit of
a nee people aroused at last, after
years of blindness and Of passion, to
see the best hopes Of the Republic in
imminent deadly peril and TO rescue
them from ruin.
/ From this day forth Che party of
corruption and oppression will fight
a closing battle. It becomes the par
ty Of honesty and of freedom, never
now for a moment to forget that we
are dealing with a desperate foe, sure
to be made tenfold more desperate
by the sense of coming doom.
b. The results Of. October not only
show conclusively that browning vic
tory awaits us in. November if we
will but deserve it, but also clearly
how alone we can deserve it. Dem
ocrats throughout the country must
think, plan and act under a SOLDERING
and Christening sense of the tremen
Idous responsibilities which are i'm
posed upon them as a party by the
near approach of q great nation:l
triumph. In all their nominations
for office-national, state and munic-
lpal-they must sternly resolve to
bring only the best men within
their ranks to the front. The cam
paign Of calumny has ANONYMOUSLY
failed The bloody shirt has become
the political winding-sheet of the
demagogues who have Haunted it in
the face Of nation elamoring for
newness Of national life, for the pun.
isbment OF worthless and guilty
officials and for return to the law,
abiding and law respecting admins
taations Of our fathers.
From this day forth Democrats
have nothing to do but to throw
aside all local and personal issues, tc
stamp under foot all possible forms
of demagogueism, and to address
themselves everywhere to proving
by their works as we'll as by thei,
words, that they understand tht
gravity as we'll as tho glory of The
mighty work about to be laid upor
them. 1t is the signal of Nelson a
Trafalgar which flies to-day along
the whole line of Democratic battle
-[New York World.
HAYES AS A REFoRMER. -Durin!
his career of five years as Governo
Of Ohio, Hayes has failed to recon
mend a single reform in State ad
ministration. Governor Tilden ha
practical claims as q reformer in hi