Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-10-30
Our Last Words.

! This 4. tn, last issnc OF the Guardian
! b,fprr the election On Tuesday next thu
vote Of Claiborne parish viii he. cast.
On tuesday night II will he counted, and
/ In our next issue We will announce the
result IN Claiborne. What that result
shall be depends largely upon circun'-
rtamccs rntir,ly within thu control OF the
houost white voters OF Claiborne. II be-
tween this date and the last hour of
the voting they will labor for the state
and Congressional tickets with the same
earnest energy that they labor for their
own private cnds-if they will bring into
the work of election day the sanlr actiNi-
Is, the same determination that anlnates
them when they work in their corn and
cotton fields, our majority Will be large.
/ Ii they simply 20 and vote right and do
/ not rndcav"r TO induce Others to vote the
sane way, Claiboruc's majority will I've
/ shsmrfully short.
Now. any man Of good sense who has
not been blind to Louisisnas history for
/ the pas, ten years, will understand that in
this election it il just "a important that
he work for the success Of the Democratic
work for hi. owr pccuniary advancement
+ IN life. Ii il j, put asa pccnnisry qn"s-
! ton il must he admitted that Radical
success means complete aud inter financial
..
victory mcalI~ just the reverse. We have
! hut Just begun the work of reform. Be-
! fore the next two wears shall have ended
! it will hc found, if the Democratic party
remains in power, that light will have
fully broken in the future, and that our
way to moderate taxation, rctrrnchmcnt
aud reform will not only he clear, hut
will have been partially il not entirely
travcrsrd. In that length of time We
will have unload,d large burden OF
radical obligations; will have had tho
courts to Tepudiat, many debts OF radical
creations; will have new constitution
und, which We will he able to administer
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ornamental affairs.
II is we'll settled that the people OF
Louisiana want constitutional cOuvcn'
,inu, that without such convention there
is no hope of those reforms that ar" nee
,esary for the final redemption Of the state
1t il also we'll settled that a Republican leg
] 4. Il ,ttN II k,u
II is we'll settled that the infamous
Ludrliug i the worst enemy that the PEG
ulr of Louisiana have ever kun"n. N"'
Grant with his bayoncts; nor Morry viii
his drunken maishal- and hired soldcrly
not Kellogg the gi,er and receiver o'
brides; nor Packard, hated hy the people
wa, ,vcra worse enemy to us than l.udr
ling rs ChirfIusticc. For to h,m and hi
court We were driven for refuge and pro
lection and hc gave II not. lhH p'luica
judgr who sustained with partisan hatr"'
10 every iniquIton> action uf hiN trt'ol
must not receive the votes nt III" Ieup',
Not only should voters cast th'rr 'n,,.N idu.,
ballot against linn, but every Ia, mean
p should hr usrd to procure H." ,a>tinG '
. other ballots. l.rd,,lug must rot l.
:. elected, AMI uo honest mIn 10 tiill uru
-, pailsh or in ia" fifth Congressional lw
, tIIct should vote tor him. ACcur-"l thu,
accused Ia the memory OF the poop
should he that man who either directly ,
y indirectly aids IN his election.
!, NJ white man in Claiborne da:c yot
4 tor hun openly, and If he vote secret,
- surely will the fact If ever known etc
e nally damn him.
Is Burke, King AMI Young must rccei,
the whole vote Of Claiborne parish. :,
to il then electors that lou work to tn
end. See Ia il that from your acti,ir
the shadow of rrproarh he not east &
- Your parish. See to It that on the fir
Tuesday in November wc poll in Claborr
such i majority rs To win the eternal era
itudc Of our frllow.citilcns less furtuna
than ourselves.
udelinn'e Address