The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-10-16
THE DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATIVE
PARTY,

and free from party bias, the merits
of the two parties now contending
for the ascendancy in our State and
Parish, the Democratic Conservative
and Radical or Republican parties.
Free governments give rise and ex-
istence to parties, and parties tend to
shape and organize public opinion
for good or for evil, giving rise to
political action and political power,
founded and established on the good
and beneficial results derived from
the use of said power, causing it to
live or perish, rs its principles are
just and honest and used for the ben
eft Of the whole people. In govern
ments like ours, parties spring up as
checks upon each other, and in their
struggles for power, bring to light
and expose the faults and maladmin-
istrations Of rival parties. Parties
cannot exist without difference of
principles and motives, and 1t is this
difference, Conservative Democracy
and Radical Republication, that we
will discuss.
Let US look back to Democratic
rule for nearly seventy years, and we
will find it struggling for all classes
and all peoples, giving protection
abroad and freedom and happiness at
home, guarding and defending the
laboring classes and productive in.
dustries against monied monopolists
and capitalists, making the Demo
cratic Ia reality the labor party,
looking more to the rights Of its cit
izsns than to the interests of proper.
Ity-guarding one, yet protecting
both, with its strong arm Of liberty
and justice. In all its Legislative
measures it has sought to protect
and promote the interest aud welfare
Of the industrial classes, devisine
ways and means to give employment
to the poor, and protecting them in
their labor, making persons and
homes happy and prosperous, and
rendering its whole people eontented
and confident. In its financial poll
Icy 1t made the dollar Of the rich The
dollar OF the poor, partial to mons
but just to all. It has been the
steadfast and inflexible foe Of the
banking system, % it now exists, o.
monied monopolies, tariffs and cor
ruptions Of all kinds. It has beer
the defender Of the constitutions
rights of States and people, and hat
sought to preserve inviolate the Con
stitution and Union, as given US BY
our fathers, az o sacred trust ant
heritage. In the long years Of Dem
ocratic power We had few tramps
fewer paupers and fewer criminals
no communist, no "strikers,' no out
breaks OF labor against capital; nj
misery, no want, no degrading ant
expressing one class in the inseres
aud ACCOMPLISHMENT Of another; bu
oil were happy and contented 10 tn
Impartial execution Of the laws ant
the business Of constitutional gov
eminent 40 administered under Dem
ocratic rule.
i On the other hand let rs look q
the government and it's people unde
the rule Of the Radical or Republi
can party for the last seventeen
years. First, as to the formation o
the party as founded by Helper ant
others, organized by John Brown
and fostered BY Sumner, Stephen
and Stanton; q party founded il
hate and sectional Issues, depressing
one section Of its people, from NAL
ice and hate; filing the land will
tears and mourning, not for the pre-
derivation OF the Union, bat In ven
geance; 8 party that has burdene'
the people with taxation, tariffs ant
corruptions; creating monopolies eat
granting subsidies; making the poo
and laboripg classes the slaves Of tn
rich; taxing the labor Of the poo
and toil,ng to pay the bonds Of th'
rich and grasping, and during it
whole existence has legislated onl!
In the interest of capital, making th
lsboring and producing classes of tn
country subservient to the monies
power. A party in Louisiana tina
has legislated exclusively for elias
In attempting to place the black owe
the white man, breeding hate AM
prejudice between the two races, VIII
should have one aim and one inter
est; a party that has burdened q
With debt and taxation, prostrate'
US 10 business, and would have de
graded ns had not the white ma