The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-12-07
taxation, would have been branded
Fraud" Every Democrat and

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Fraud" Every Denocrat and
Conservative realized this, and felt
that his own honor and that ofsLis
State and State administration re-
quired that these men should be
defeated. In no free country on
the earth could men Standing in
the attitude of these Returning
Board candidates have met diff
ferent verdict from an honorable
Thirdly: The election of so
large q majority of the members of
the General Assembly by the
Democrats is due to the revolt of
public acknowledgements the abuses
To which the parishes were subject
ed for eight GEARS under Warmoth
and Kelloggs . 1t would rpquire n
volume to detail all those abuses.
1t is sui cient that the white people
of the parishes had been robbed
and abused. and that the negroes
had suffered equally with the whites
During the two wears of the present
Democratic administration many
abuses have been remedied; the
last Legislature passed many acts
Of relief, the benefits Of which are
beginning to be felt. The spirit of
Justice has returned to our courts,
and the negroes have learned that
an honest and intelligent Democrat
is more apt to render their Justice
in their complaints than ignorant
and corrupt Radicals, white or
black; they have awakened to the
fact that now they have more
schools for their children, and bet.
ter teachers than under Repubii-
can rule, and they rsjoice III the
better feeling That has been estah-
lished Letween themselves and the
whites. Hence the Democrats and
Conservatives entered into the
election resolved TO leave no effort
untried to bold possession of the
Legislature. and thousands Of the
negroes honestly ana sincerely de-
sired the continuance of the Demo
Gratis 10 power, and cast .heir votes
by hundreds for tie Democratic
candidates. ID se
Finally: The inst and conser
vatlve poli, y pursued by Governor
Nichols toward all cl.sses OF the
people, influenced large numbers
IF the negroes to vote the Demo-
era tie Conservative ticket In deal
ing with the colored people the
Governor and CIR State officials
generally have been confederate
and Just. a number of colored men
were appointed TO responsible of
fees, aud In no case have any of
Them had cause toiconplain of the
Democratic Governor or other Of
ficials OF the STATE E.pm appre-
hensiou of they haYs learned to
have conidence il, Democrwtic
government. The contrast between
the agitation amt tnmoil IN which
their Radical leaders kept them
from l,6s to l,T7 aud the peace
they have epjayei since, has pleased
hem They have had justice; they
have had protection; they have had
schools and work. Is il strslnge,
then, that thousands oi them pre-
ferred to vote for the men who had
given them these things rather
than for the old f,sn6s, rasc,.ls and
ImpOstUrs whom shey followed
boollesslv for ten Years 'e' G.
These are the CHIEF reasons why
the Democrats won an unprecs-
dented victory ON the fifth Instant
And is it not more honorable, Just
and decent for the Republican,
press to recognize these reasons
than to charge the whole people of
u State with having wen great
election III the interest of reform
and good government by fraud,
perjury and wholesale marder 2 \