The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-03-21
ALEXANDRIA, La, WEDNESDAY, MARCH q, 1917.

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which the treemen of America hav,
ever yet been called. We appeal t,
every Democrat, every honest man
, every good citizen, to strengthen ou
hands for this conflict. From thi.
day forth The World declares war
unceasing, persistent war against The
monstrous Fraud now enthroncd a,
the capital. We shall wage this
war not in any puerile spirit of dis
appointment CT of spite, hut manfully
openly, with all the power we can
command.
We fully recognize the fact that
the Executive conduct of the United
States Government has been lodged
tor four years IN tie hands of Mr..
Hayes, and we hold this recognition
to be essential to any manly and ef-
fectual driving out of the seven dev-
lis which have entered with him into
the possession of power. If it were
possible for President so Installed
to mature and carry out wise and
conservative measures, we certainly
should not denounce such measures
as foolish and revolutionary simply
because of their origin. But, do men
gather grapes of thorns or figs Of
thistles? 1t is absurd to expect the
maturing and carrying out of such
measures from q President so in
stalled. Look at the proceedings of
Yesterday in the Senate Of the United
States! Look at tie remorseless grip
yesterday laid by the most audacious
the most aggressive and the most
popular leader of the Republican
party upon this unhappy President
BY grace of Returning Board "not
good enough" in the words of Sena
tor Thurman "for anything except to
be hungs'
1t is Of Importance to the whole
country that we should all of us set
tie down to the fact that this partic-
ular Presidential struggle is over,
and that nothing short of revolu-
ton can unseat the President who
has been SO falsely and so fraudu-
lently seated at Washington. The
country does not want snch revolu.
ton, could not be made better off by
such revolution, would in all hu
man probability be made infinitely
worse of by such a revolution. But
if the country is not to be bettered
by revolution, it certainly is not 10
be bettered by any relaxation of the
public conscience and the public will
in regard to The quality Of Tie tenure
by which Mr.. Hayes holds power,
and of the methods by which that
tenure was established. It is the
duty and the privilege of the Demo
cratic party to see that this does not
take place. For our part, we pro
pose to do this duty and to make the
most of this privilege, and in this
work we ask and we expect the aid
of local Democratic journals all over
the country. Their interest is one
with ours; nor can. they do them
selves better service than by co-oye-
rating with US. In every town, in
every village, in every hamlet which
this issue Of our journal reaches, let
true men combine to secure for us a
hearing by forming clubs, we will
not call them Of subscribers for The
World, but of soldiers for the deIiy-
erance Of the country. From this
day forth let every man who be-
lieves with US and hopes with us,
make it his business to see that The
World, with its messages from the
front, goes far and wide wherever his
influence can reach, and his example
can make itself felt. There is not
day to be lost; and there are centu-
ries of American Liberty, Peace and
Progress to be won,- N. Y. World.