The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-09-23
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Cesar, 'hclp me-. CA>Si,,s, or | sink"
frnm Il party i'll it's death tllroes. Such
a cry would never been uttered by
All honest party, or if its leaders had
no, seen the hand writing on the wall,
"thou hast been weighed and found
wantlny.' 1t comes therefore rs the
/ deruirl resort, as the last hope Of a
d\ nasty which knows well that i,
has been unfailhfnl to its trust. The
people might Dc dc|udcd toy it but
for the fact that experience has taught
them that this Republican Admlnis.
trAtion is loaded down with unful-
filled promises that it never had any
desire to labor for the general good,
and that its leaders have invariably
sought merely personal advantages
for themselves and their satellites, al
ways at the cost OF the tax -Imyc,s of
the Union. and that therefore the
eleventh honr promise of "reform
within the party" is not too late, but
simply ridiculous.
An individual, with the help of
God, may reform, may leave off bad
habits, and from being a miserable,
drunken loafer, become n reputable
citizen, but corrupt political party
can not reform. 1t is in the very
nature oftlings impossible. Even if
the leaders, such we'll worn political
hacks, as Morton, Cameron, Chandler,
Sheperd &, Co., conld reform (which
no sane man believes possiblc-their
numerous scholas, trained and drilled
in crooked ways, and scrupulously
free from any Qnalms of conscience.
could not change their nature and
their lucrative occupations in time
to begin an honest course by March |
!, 1S77-only six months hence. 1t
would be the acme Of unreasonable.
ness to expect a miracle of this kind ;
but tho leaders will not change Il par
ticIe, nor will a single one of their
henchmen. The course they are now
pursuing exhibits not a trace Of re-
formation on the contrary, it shows
more plainly the deep seated cor.
ruption of the party.
Grant, Chandler, and the new Sec
rotary, Cameron, have become 80
reckless, that they scarcely attempt !
to conceal the machinery they have
set in motion to carry the election by
fraud aud force. Does this look like
"leform within the party3' Yes,
and it is just such reform and such
only as the people might expect if
they should allow this party to CON
tinue longer in power. In fact, those
very leaders would not hesitate to
proclaim, if they could succeed in
their nttarions purpose, that the rro-
pie had ind"rsed all their corrupt
acts. Their own party leaders,
through their machinery and mac'i"r
candidate at Cincinnati. have already
Of Grants hi gil handed aud !
unconstitutional d"inSs ; is NOT This
u,oof enough of their wonderful strong
desire for reform within the party =
Every move, every statement, every
ar4nnnut, and every PROMISE "f tn"
Republican leaders goes I" show the
h,|lownr>~ ct ,|'eir rrr'ruSi"us, ;tud
men Of reflection can not fail to see
that there is no hope for the country
in that direction.
On the other hand, all that the De-
have to Ito is just what the.
ar. doing every day, and what they
have been doing for years ; namely,
+" point t"the outrageous acts of the
in power, and the sol.
emu protests which Democrats have
never ceased put forth =" cali to
mind the performances Of the derelict
party as compared with their prom.
iSes ; to note the txtravagancr and
lawlt sSntSS of mauy OF their depart
and to show how different all
these things are from the plain old
system of government.
from which they have deliberately
departed. The task of the Democrats
is to euighten the people AS to what
has been going"n, and is still going
M, ander the present government,
and to show how Impossible it must
be for the good men Of the Republic.
IN party to secure the reform they
want "within the party 1t can only
be realized by a change in the po|iti-
cal management of the administra-
lion, By tire Democratic party, by the
election Of Samuel J. Tildcn to the
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