The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-09

toefy Democrat In the district could not have
been elected to Congress In 1876. LII was IN
lust to charge my defeat upon my own '1all-
ire as a politician" as IL would be 10 chafge
Capt g. w. McGranies defeat for Congress In
1879 to the same cause, or to charge MAJOR |
Lucas defeat for the Senate in 1876 10 t1at
cause.
IT is not a truth" to say 1.-THE Democracy |
had carried the district ID the previous cleo |
ton, with Mr. Spencer as it's standard-bearer. |
The truth Is that Capt. Spencer rendered
great services to the party, first by o9Gain-
ing the assistance OF Steele and Dave young
In Tensas and Concordia, by which he re-
ceiyed a very large number OF eoloTeq 1 vo1e5,
and second, by his energy, tact ana aplllby IL
having Congress to throw out the vote OF
Carroll parish, because OF the trauds com
mitted there by the Radicals. Then Capt.
Spencer's opponent was Morey, the most un-
popular Republican in this dlStrlcC, Whle
ran against the most popular Republican 10
the district. whom the Rehland Beacon never
called "carpet-bagger" until last Saturday,
and whom it eulogized when dead. After all,
Morey received over 1000 votes more than
Capt. Spencer, but when Carroll was thrown
out. Capt. Spencer was ahead and was seated
more votes than Capt. Spencer in the district,
and received largely more votes than ne dld
in each parish in the district except the Radi-
cal Mississippi river parishes. / do not say
this to disparage Capt Spencer, or TO belttle
that effect. But / am now stating plain
truths myself
It Will be time enough for the editor Of the
Riehland Beacon to say that the people OF
Richland parish decline to act upon" my
advice" when they shall have done SO. He
is very manifestly not 1.-THE people OF that
parish. AS to my having lied OFF in the Lib
eral Republican movement not many years
SINCE" | can say that my connection with the
Liberal movement Is no new thing, it was
public and notorious, | have never apollo
gized for it, nor been ashamed Of 1t, Though
many others who took part in 1t appear 70
be- and 991 men in Richland parish, who
voted for me in 1876 and the convention
which nominated me knew it well, The
| "Ltberal movement caused the election OF
John McEuery as Governor OF Louisiana IN
| 1872, and his noble, though unsuccessful
| struggle with "Grantism." caused more than
anything else the overthrow Of "Grantism"
| in the United States and OF Radlcallsm IN
| Louisiana.
1t is not ''truth" that the Liberal move
ment'' resulted in "the dislnte3gratlon and nc
feated before 1872. But that movement was
the entering wedge in the defeat OF the Rad
ical party OF the United States, which now
has already lost the United States House OF
Representatives, will lose the United States
Senate March 4. 1879 and will lose the Presi-
deney at the next election. I never voted any
but a Democratic ticket In my life voted
for Seymour, Greeley and Iilden, Tor NC
Emery and Nichols, and for McCranie twice.
| went with the Liberal movement" land
soon had much excellent company to beat
| Grant and "Grantism." Grant would not be
beaten at that time. But he will be unan-
imously nominated by the Republican party
in 1885, and can be beaten then, II the Demo
Gratis remain united. / am opposed to the
agitation of any question, agithiR the party,
which may cause division in our ranks, until
we have Democrat for President Then we
will be safe But should Grant be elected In
1880, we will again have over US the army and
the navy the cavalry the bayonets and the
hdndcuFs, the Radical constitution and the
Radicals themselves.
| / subordinate every other policy, every
other idea every other plan, to the defeat OF
Grant at the next election. Do not let us
"halloO until we are out of the woods" We are
not out while Republican is President OF the
United States. Let us unite our party and
keep it united, regardless OF constitutions and
conventions. The convention question is In
significant at this time compared with the
great necessity Of carrying the State for the
Democracy in 1878 and in 1880. am not ASK
ing and did not ask in my first communica-
ton, the people OF Richland to do any thing for
me. / asked them to do something for them
SELVES, for the Democratic party-that IS, TO
keep united, and declare that they did not
! intend to "revolt."
Admitting, for the sake OF the argument,
that am political failure" that has moth
ing to do with the question whether the Rich
land Democrats intended to indOrse the
| f'Warning" OF the Richand Beacon 1t would
be well enough to consider whether | am q
"political failure" II I was candidate But
am not a candidate for any Office whatever.
II the people Of Richland parsh.,,"'mdny Of
them at teosf'-regard me as q political fail
ure," "and are not willing to trust me as
their political Moses, do not object, am
not candidate even for the office OF Moses,
In fact the office OF Moses is not vacant
Francis 7. Nichols is the Moses" who led
his chosen people safely out of the "EgN ptian
bondage" Of Radicalism in 1876, and bravely
through the Red Sea- Of tyranny 10 Janu.
airy, 1877, and patiently thereafter through
the wilderness" of fraud. The promised
be until a Democrat is elected President Of
the United States. Hendricks, or Hancock, on
Thurman, is the Joshua who will lead his
people out of the wilderness Of oppression
and corruption, and into the promised land
In the year 1880. Amen
RpsnentfulIv w w FARMER,