St. Landry democrat., 1878-01-19
SalutatOry.


aplesaopted by the last convention!
Il thparty, held at St. Louis ant
lateAnuge in 1875. Under the hroa'
hnheaised at St. Louis, on the plat.
= fermith adopted, the party appealed
thesservative element of the coun.
10y ana the polls gained the victory
Deprived of the grand result by fraud
YET the effect of that great political
uprising of the people is apparent on
every side. 1ttaught the partyin power
that constitutional liberty was not yet
dead in the land, and that no party
could expect an unlimited lease of
power, ut the hands of the people, who
acted il a spirit violative, alike Of the
fundamental law, and of the rules of
cotamon honesty in the administration
of the government. Its first result WAS
seen ln the liberation and redemption of
South Carolina and Louisiana, the last
Statesfof the South that languished
and plhed under the rule of the carpet
baggers Mushroom growths, the carpet
bag goH.rnments of these two States,
faded away, ss the federal troops were
yithdrarn, even as the snow drifts of
winter disappear beneath the genial
rarmtlp,f the spring sun. It's second
,esnlt tito be seen in the increased i'm
oortane the Scuh has assumed in Ma
,ional politics. - long ignored, she
as suddenly become Il factor, and an
apolnnt one in he mlitics of the
itioI In the cabinet ON the national
aiflry, she is again represented. In
.=8ss. si,ate she ia rcresented by the
elrsand most gifte'laf her sons. and
ts,anwer branch of DE- National leg
.tt,A she has heconl a power no
,ngea to be ignored. Her material
seveIpment is hecon,ingsn object of
aatitmi legislation. Theplicy of pros
.ripta, and hate has beena abandoned
and new and enlarged polR founded,
not ospersrcution, but on brsd plinci-
pies Craftsmanship has bee substi-
tuteel
In afar, as the national adriaistr,-
4 ton lis adopted or will infose this
polic,we shall heartily sustain but |
no l0gpr.
Asg the State administrational,e
administration of Nichols and Will
4 we VII be found amongst its staunelle
suppders. Coming into power, in u.
midstSf u revolution, with the mattel
rial an financial interests of Louisiana
ruine|H,nd utterly paralyzed; with the
yacesilrayed against each either; with
the lw almost dead letter, on the
statua book with official dishonesty
aud csruption the rule and honesty the
exception, it stands to-day before the
people living example, of what an
administration, having an eye single to
die atDd of the people, can accomplish,
sven In the brief period, intervening
snce .she fate of the State passed into
is hands.
To-day peace prevails throughout the
,tah.; every obligation contracted and
aatnring in 1877 has been paid; the
ednction of the debt of the State has
onmenced; the antipathy existing be-
a,een the white and colored race, the
nte sop of the teachings of carpet t-bag-
cry nearly extinct the colored people
aying learned from actual experience
lat their rights and liberties Ire safest
hen entrusted to an administration
.sfing not on Federal bayOnets, but
the hearts and affections of the peo-
u. The laws are enforced, and res
,cted through the judiciary. and at
e close of the year just passed, those
,trustpd With the collection OF the
1l,lic revenue, have paid into the State
reasnry all the taxes collected from
q people. Such q ,esieW Of accom-
islaed facts, in SO brief . period OF
me, is gratifying to every Louisiaaian.
e all recolleet the day when Louisiana
40 the most beaIlteous and qheen-llke
nongf her sister States OF the Union.
u can now all look fogwarl to the
" and that not lin the distant future.
hen she will again occupy the same
,:;si ,,s:;;sion. Works OF internal improve
er,t already completed, and IN process
completion, will soon pour into the
!, Of our queen city of the Mississippi
,lley, the richest tributesof commerce,
III, deep navigation 1T the mouth OF
!, Mississippi river with the New
leans and Texas Pacific road COM
ted with the other railroads which |
il fellow, the natural outcrop and
tprowtI, of these and of the el,aDged
,te OF things incident to the iaat1g,ifas
4 ,,f d State Government such as We
4 pessess. the eye of prophecy itself |
! scarce forsee, the future greatness
New Orleans and the consequent
,sperity af the State. These ara the
;..cfs which should be paramount to
ID Lotiisianian. That they para
mt with our State administration, it
,r,psreft To NIL. who will but review
workings tor the last nine months.
d fur as our parish aud parish politics
concerned, we shall ever advocate, q
lev il strict accord viii, that above
ted. sf. Landry IS herself . little
pire. She gould furnish homes to-
for 5000 statWart sons Of toll. Her
aate il healthy and aalabsieas; Der