The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-11-04
REPLICATION TO CONSERVATIVE
bEWDCRAF."
To the Editor Of the Democrat;

To the Editor Of the Democrat:
Conservative Democrat. writing over that
signature, rasnYsd in the pRpsr of Satr rdsty
owe ming last (which we have dubbed q "fe tg.
ling" 10 answer my comtnun ication com tneut-
ing on the inconsistency. Of the Citizrns Con
snrvttive AHsncihtiOE, published in the pcd-
V1nte and Dem CRAT the Thursday preceding.
H4 AYERS In the first place, thatI had not point
ed out one single nconsistency, with which the
Citizens Conservative Association was charge
able, although | hnd charged nconsi isteucy
against It; He points out, in the second place,
CON uct Of The Association for tho purpose
Of deter mining to whether It had made
good its, pr fessions or simply brought dis
cord aud div 81 II into the ranks of the Demo-
cratic party" had forgotten to do hat thing
at all sseus I b I'd failed to ew. - ack know-
edge The corn" and tho reason is that when
took 10 my pen i WIS ailly enough to think
that the Citizens Conservative Association
must have done romethi ng to be viewed, but
had done nothing al oil but express dss.ltiafnc-
tiOn with the sh 'rtcOmngs and 1nlures Of the
Democlat'c party in the line Of lefnrm or
what they wet pleased to term such, organzs
an association whose ActiO would DO separate
and distinct ON t. at o. tn" Democrhtc party,
regardless Of the injury thereby done to he
FORM HIh present list Of candidates to The
v"ters, tanfida'es chosen by a few among them
selves, witch list should ignore the D mocra'ic
A n association wh"h had just gone through
The perils Of birth and which had had 10 tim"
to give proof Of it, usefulness and sincerity in
have be"n somewhat moro IN 'deet, somewhat
less forward in aesrrting ita ownn, rtghteou-ne,s
and saying Tin substapce) to the Democracy
am holier than thon: stand out Of my way
Merely 70 ihf ow hombshel into the Demo-
cratic c"m U hardly gave the Citizens Conservn-
tive Association a title to superssde the Demo-
cratic party.
have noticed in the course of my life that
men who talked Iouheet, about religion. aud
made themselves busy in attempts To eff "t
what they called the conversion # Sinners
were generally great hyp"cr,tes. Real CHRIS
ingIy. Their left hand kpoweth not what their
right hand doeth 50 it is. or ought to be. in
But 'Conservative Democrat" tells us that
" the work If reform would strike at the very
leaders of the D ,mocratic party In Nsw Or
lnans," whila he does not name those lenders.
failure to single out and name those members
Of the Citizens Asso iHion, signers of the nd-
dress issued in August last, whom we charged
with having been concerned in the Legislative
schemes and mehSHrea injurious to LOUISIANA?
Let conservative Democrat" II hs wants
names. set the e'znmple by giving the names OF
the Democrats he acru9ea.
Men who talk much about reform are gene
rally found not 70 h1ve reformed their own in
talked about merely 1t is thing to be ac'ed
out and made to speak for itself Private and
Individual reform must precede public reform.
lie reform WHOM his personal conduct Is bad2
The Democratic party has given proof Of its
sincerity and carr estness IN the work Of lifting
complished all that it wanted to do and all that
was expected of It,. the failure does not
in power IN this State for about nineteen
months. What has it done in that time Has it
effected no reforms, iessened no taxes. nor
done any other good thing2 They are over-
praised # they did not lop off since March 4,
1877, oyer 81 100000 Of State taxes. and reduced
the salaries of Stnte officers and expenses Of
the different departments Of the government to
the amount Of So 365 .475 18, [See speech Of Som
ator E. Douglas White. Of Orleans. In the State
Senate on March IS. 1871 But these reduc-
tions are taken from official data and cannot
ba denied.
CONSERVATIVE Democrat" tells US that the
rei9rmed ere IN the best reformerrs. Or Admlulng
we want to see 'the fruits which are meet for
repentance" before we repose entire confidence
in man, or men, who merely talks reform.
DEMUCkAT.
New Orleans. November 3. 1873.