The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-08-20
DIR PARTY IN RAPIDES'

The Democratic Executive Com
mitiee of the State are ordered 70
in New Orleans on the 2a'h p'
Of this month, for the purpose OIL Sc S'
Letting q place and fixing day for N
the meeting of the State Convention u
Of the Democratic party Of Loulsi-
ana This is practically the boom u
mo of the first gun for Decemoer's t
contest.
How stands the party in old Rap (
ides2 Have we profited by the grand
moral and effective victory we aehiev-
ed in November last, over the com
bined and pooled forces of the oppo-
sition, led, mastered and tutored oy
the Republican party of the ota'e'
For one we believe, despite the fee
bic growls of the soreheads ana o's-
affected elements, which always more
or less peryade the body polite IN
Rapides, that our party is still true
and unhinchingly firm TO its tenets,
t and that the members of it, to use
the homely slogan, are still sound on
q the goose, and we may add all is
o lovely and that same old goose hangs
% high. And our party still strong in
:, the faith of might, and asceneancy
= honorably and proudly won, are not
ut of the opinion that the Republican
party in Rapides is dead! 1t only
:, sleepeth with one eye open ana Il
" ready "to come when the word Il
IS sent' and fight again in "solid phal
e adanx," and is really only waiting t.
-, catch the neav name under which
ID will fight the Conservative element
in December next. These things al
apparent to all, who want to kno'
air the real situation, and we merel
ur. echo the sentiments of our part.
its when we state these things plalni,
and this plainness is we'll known
be the sober truth by all true Del
= On ocrats.
Nv And our party, true to its ancle
IL e
''' traditions, true to the faith OF
i0'' hallowed antecedents, must and
tend to keep up its organization pr
has feet and intact, and as usual utlll
70 y it in the old honored way. Our P;
for ty will meet in preliminaries to
mon lect or elect Delegates to Parl
O is Convention, as in duty and cust'
hound, will make nominations, a
Judging by the experience Of the
an Parish Convention, will nomln
re- good, honest, capable and trusty n
tain as our standard bearers, and W
J. b. "prophetic KEN" we believe and
'ored convinced ahead of time, that all
Radical forces and the fragme
:, -, that are ready to be allied and c.
bined against US, will and must
defeated.
Democrats of old Rapides! !
IT'S; and voters of Rapides! you who h
never failed to throw yourselves
the breach, countless of heavy c
''"'' and the ghost of forlorn hope,
Il low you not endorse and reverberate
- w., WV words, when we tell you there n
1872 was time in our State and PAR
WI history when unanimity was so
needed as now? The people sh
be of one mind, of one will, OF
purpose. Laying aside all sectl
~ social differences, ignoring all
" dices and feuds and wrangllngs
'''' v must as one man don the harne
= 'r the work before US. We must
P p;no the fight in December, and TIT
= also TO do it is to pull together. '
~, not deny that the task is no
one-no holiday business-Du
80 " q fixed determination to win,
'' there shall be no such word
in our vocabulary, the day W
ours. One man working iol
life in the cause, while another
back and does nothing, will
,;o;o,.,r do. Pull together, men! pu
,tarve or and trne. With this singler
a insd a nut purpose and the zeal and
It exceed which good and just cause
no oiSci0- ours, always inspires, victor
,ort any once more grace it, and shed
nign influence over our efforts
tinue in the right.
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