The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-09-05
The keystone Democracy.

have just hsldsheif State Convention
land here is the kind Of talk the Demo
cfat, called to preside over its le!iber-
ations, made:
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION
Accept my sincere thanks for the hon
or Of being selected to preside over
your deliberations. I congratulate
you that we meet with q full represen-
tatlon from every district in tho State
fsI here IS, one sssiking-f,ct about the
Denocfatic par .Y-- itnever dies. 9th
1;ers' Rise and T3aii, leome'and so. witt,
ideas that called them into existence,
but the Democratic party lives on amid
all vicissitudes, because It's principles
are those Of the constitution. Ii has
been defeated, laid oat for dead. de-
fipadeas wild .aPpkase, } bat silisit
lives, and orr opponents may as we'll
take notice from It's vitality that while
earth lasts, like seed time and harvest
Democratic conventions shall no.
cease. Dcfraaded say, because am
not annlindfn Of tlie fact that while
;Efspealthe "hair Of Washington and
jefferson is h4ea.by a.ma1rrejectea,is
& quarter Of million majority Of the
American people, and q decided ma
jority Of tie American people, and a
decided majority Of the electoral votes
OF the States. The wisdom of the re-
cent Democratic policy is being vinai
Gated by the Hayes Administration IN
two points especially. In 1874 a Dem.
ocratic majority elected to the lower
house of Congress Instituted a plan
for the Adjustment of;pnblio difficulties
'.bs Simplifying the policy Of economy,
retrenehmenti and ( reform. They
steadiastIy adhered to it, and sixty
million dollars were thereby saved the
nation. Every Republican newspaper
said the Democratic House was Grip
ping the Government, and was cruel
to its employees, but few days since
the financial Secretary of the Hayes
administration goes to Ohio aud claims
credit for his party because it has re.
Gently dismissed thousand en-
ployees. 1t was compelled TODD so BY
the Democratic House, and now the
credit is claimed by the Hayes Admin
lstratlon. The Democratic party urged
the removal Of the army from the
South. 1t was felt that peace and
prosperity would come to tie Southern
States only in this event and that bus
mess arrangements only then would
cease. The House stood as firm as a
stone wall against the proposition TO
pay the troops unless it was expressly
stipulated that it should not be used to
sustain bogus State Governments. 1t
was unit for the bill, With this inclu
ded-a unit against it unless it was in
cluded-aud pow Sherman is praising
Hayes, because he adopted tie Demo
cratic policy.
Another instance Of economy COM
pe'ied by the Democratic policy, cred.
1t for which is claimed by the HAYES
administration. do not pronose TO.
dsstaIn this convention with an extend
ed speech, but to follow the experience
OF my predecessor, venerable in De-
mocracy, if not il years. Yoa are
competent to discharge your duty, and
in that way invoke harmony. But
why harmon'yP We are the party Of
law and order, and in all history there
was no srander spectacle than that of
this great party quietly submitting for
the sake of peace and order, and the
perpetulty of our free institutions to
the most monstrous political fraud of
any age. For the act OF the Electoral
Commission was q foul stain upon our
nationa! honor, which all the rains in
the sweet heavens cannot wash out,
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