The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-08-28

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Tits important also that you should
be warned of the insidious designs
under which the same cid Radica
party are now seeking to beguile and
seduce you from the allegiance to the
party which brought you "out Of
the bondage of radical misrule.-
| Knowing as they do, that with fail
election and no opportunity to change
and falsify the returns, they have nc
Glance of defeating you at the polls
in fair, square, stand up fight, and
knowing too, how great is the odium
which is attached to their old party
name, they kye assumed the CARDS
of independents" "Workingmen,'
"Greenbackers," etc., all of which
are but new names for the same old
corrupt Radical party, and their hope
is that by creating divisions and dis
sensions in our ranks, they can rally
and bring to the polls enough OF
their ignorant followers to defeat
either faction of our. party. You
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may rest assured that wherever you
lift the covering of sheepskin you
will find the same old radical wolf
underneath.
In adopting this policy they are
but following the dictates of theil
party leaders at Washington, who
have abandoned all idea Of a regular
canvass in the Southern States and
who are endeavoring to divide oul
party in enough of the Congressional
Districts to give them the control Of
the next House of Representatives Of
Congress. The Presidential election
of 1880 will probably be the most i'm.
portant that has occurred in the his.
tory Of this Government. It is con.
fidently expected that the people Of
the United States will stamp with
indignation "the fraud first 'trium-
plant" which seated a defeated can.
didate for that high Office, and that
the last chance Of the National Re.
publican party is to throw the cleo.
ton into Congress, and by some
such jugglery as they adopted before
to repeat the crime against American
Liberty. They concede that we will
have the Senate and they are devo,
ting all their energies to obtaining
control Of the lower House which II
is admitted on all sides will be very
close.
Underlying this struggle is really
the perpetuity of the present form Of
our Government, and it behooves
every true citizen Of the Republic te
do his utmost to hand down to hi:
children as a heritage, the liberty
and freedom under which we have
grown to be q great and prosperous
nation. The open threat that Gen
Grant is to be the nominee of tina
party is in perfect keeping with thi
purpose.
! 1t is scarcely less important tina
we should complete the victory .
1875 by gaining entire control ofou
State Government, to the end tina
the needed reforms of the numerou
abuses of which we have so Ion.
complained may be carried out, ant
our State relieved of many of TIL
burdens which retard our progress
to the prosperity, peace and quie
which necessarily follow from a.
honest Government fairly admin
| istered. @
| To the colored men who so nobl,
assisted US in the past, we have t.
say that we are proud of our abilit,
to point them to the fnlGllment o
every pledge made to them in th
past, Of equal rights under the Lax
and q fair division of the schoo
monies for the education of thei
children. We hope that we shall
still have them with us, and if it wa
necessary we would renew the prom
Uses heretofore MADE. Such other
of them as will join with US now il
| the effort to secure and perpetuate
good Government, which in the ad
ministration of It's laws shall knoy
no color or creed, viii be cordial.
received into our. ranks and they vii
hereafter have the proud satisfaction
of knowing that they have best con
suited their own interests and th
welfare Of their children by yotinj