Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1878-11-02
CCOn,n, uuicated.

Dear Sir:-In your paper, two sets of
candidates are announced for, Parish off,
cers-one of which you style "The Dem
ocratic-Conservative Ticket" aud the
other the nominees Of the Strings spring
contention. 1t would appear therefore
that you do not recognize the latter as
belonging to the Democratic party of the
parish, but as q faction, or oft-shoot of
the party, composed of men who do not
belong to the Democratic Conservative
party of the State. In Fan editorial of
your paper of the 10Th inst, you allude
to the unfortunate split in the party in
our parish, and call upon the men who
differ with your section of tho party to
drop all minor differences, rally again I'M
der the old flag and support your ticket,
the one designated by you as tho true
ticket for our people to support, the one
headed by the name of Mr.. Samuel J.
Powell. From what. can ascertain
there is TO difference among our people
as regards State and National politics,
but all profess to belong to the Demo
cratic Conservative party If then any
individuals who claim allegiance to any
other party, they are without organiza-
ton in this parish and must vote as in
dividuals for State and parish Offices &C.,
&C., or not vote at all. as they see fit.
On your ticket, you have two natives of
our parish, one other, a native of the
State, but only a few years a citizen of
the parish, and the fourth, southern
born man, and a citizen of the parish for
nearly generation. On Ithe ticket o.
posed to this, there are two natives of
the parish, one citizen for nearly gen.
GRAFTON and by birth a southern man, and
the fourth, southern man who has late
~ become citizen of the parish. All of
these gentlemen profess to belong to the
Democratic Conservative party. Does
any one question the faithfnlness of any
one, on either ticket, as to their political
sentiments, or acts' Ifso, have never
heard OF it. Our people can therefore
vote as they please for these gentlemen,
and no vote cast for either would be a
charge of want Of true allegiance On the
part of the voter, to Democratic Conser-
vative principles. You claim, however,
that some are nominees of the Democrat
ic-Conservative party of the parish aud
others are not-and therefore one set
should be sustained by our people, and
the other Set repudated at the polls
This brings us to the issue-is your wing
of the party, he party' and has the 9TH
er wing of the party no rights at all, as a
party7 When Doctors disagree :, who
shall decide : and when people disagree
about public measures, or about the mer-
its of different individuals to hold elect
i've Offices, how is it to be settledf In {.
free, law abiding country, as we claim
our State and parish to be, since we got
| rid Of Radical rule, these questions are to
be settled by votes, at the ballot boxes.
When the election is over, we will know
who is elected and who is defeated, and
| in the mean time, let Us have peace and
| quiet among our people. black and white,
| and let there be full registration and
full vote. Let every candidate and his
friends urge their claims on the voters
by all legal and legitimate means, and
| while trying to secure local ,na.joritics for
| favorite candidates, try all to elect our
State and Congressional candidates, and
| roll up as large majorities as possible for
| our party in the State. The Radical Ma
tional Government is using every means
| in its power, as is we'll known, to carry
| onr State, if possible, and as many con-
gressional districts as possible. That
party wishes to have ma;orities in our
State to sustain the action of the rascally
Returning Board in giving the state to
them in 1876, and they wish to carry the
districts to add to their strength III the
lower house of congress. Owing to the
prevalence of the yellow fever this sea-
sion in our State, many of our citizens,
who are absent, will not be here in time
to register. Many have died and are
lost to us forever. In New Orleans par
ticularly will we lose largely by these
two causes, and in many orher portions
of the state also. New Orleans gives al
ways an overwhelming majority for our
party-the majority which enables us to
carry our State, by overcoming the large
negro and radical country vote. When
this condition of things is so apparent
to all observing persons, our people in
the country would be untrue to their
State, their party and to themselves if
they permitted any local differences
among themselves to relax their energies
and determination to elect all their can
didates by the largest possible majorities,
and in order to do this to bring out every
voter to be found, of all classes and col
ors, and have them deposit their votes in
the ballot boxes.o on election day. This
course will 60 further to prove every
mans faithfulness to his party, and his