Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-07-26
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A. LETTER FROM 3D."

| 4 - So''i A"Sp SoiVioH 'tppe'hrep IN eui
torial under the caption of sWhat is
Reputation p Presumipg that your in
tentlon was to answer the question, !
read the article with the view of,cnlight-
eNing myself, upon this mucl,- discussed
topic. l candidly confess, however that
was disappointed when found that your
real object was to attack the Wakefield
Convention.
| You commenced the attack with the
Sd. resolution adopted ut that convent ton
as your text, and you declare that if that
resolution is "alowed to go before the
world nnnoticed, it would place the
Democracy of West Felicana in the I'M
enviable light us sympathzers with the
administrations of Warmoth, Kellogg ct
0ls, unconscionablc thieves and conspira-
tors whose actions, moro than once, have
| been severely condemned in open conven-
ton in this Parish" Judging from the
| above extract, one would naturally sup
rose that tho people Of the Parish are OPP
posed to the payment of their honest
debts, and as you seem to disagree, IN toto,
with the resolution in question, one read
ing your article might think that the
Parish favored repudaton.
In yonr efforts to place the party, of
which you are the self-clected champion,
in her true light before the country, I
think you do your party incalculable
harm i'll giving ont the impression that
reputation would be acceptable. 1t
might be in order now for you to explain
how you know that that resolution does
| not reflect the sentiments of the Democ-
racy of the Parish. No public expression
to the contrary has ever ieen uttered.
On the other hand, a large meeting of III.
flue1tia! men has been held-a meeting
composed of men who understand the
wants of the people, and who appreciate
fully the poverty Of the masses. At that
meeting, it was unanimously declared
that the face of the debt should be recog-
nized (the memorial referred to does
thlS). and instructions were sent to our
Senatorial and Parish delegates ''to use
their utmost power to prevent the -disas-
ter and disgrace of rcpudiation;' yet
with all this starring us in the face YOU
ins st that just the opposite is the irac
opinion of the people.
When the resolution was proposed, not
a dissenting voice was heard, and you
cert ainly must h ave y very poor opinion
Of the gentlemen composing that conven-
ton to think that they would favor re-
pudiation on street corners (llem y and
then go in convention and SC lelnnlT de-
clare it to be disaster and d disgrace
| from which they beg to be spared. WHO
are these regulators? Moving constant.
| ~ in your midst, I have yet to see the
man who openly aud above board tavors
this measure, and who would advocate it
in public meeting. know that some are
willing to see the debt scaled a little
but they favor this. on the ground that
the people are uaablc TO pay the whole
particularly, when excessive interest is
added to if.
To return. As everybody ut Wakefield
seemed to bc'in favor of the resolution,
those who are opposed to it Cot course,
yourself eXcerted) must be the s0rchcu1s
whorefused to bc present. Perhaps, they
thought their presence, crammed rs they
We're with the ideas ofrepudiation, would
prevent that harmony which should ever
attend such brotlIer!y rem: ions.
If such thoughts as these kept them
away, they deserve credit, and far be it
from me to censura them. Still l don't
like to see men soaked with so much pub
licC) spiH<s). When the card was pub
lished in your paper inviting all good
Democrats OF long standing to send del
cGatcs to represent them, and to be pres
ent themselves, to assist in making tho
meeting q succcsS--l meeting to unite the
dlscordant factions. l am aware that
some abscntcd themselves, because the
invitation was net sufficiently specific.
Couclca in such phrascology as it was,
some gO0a Democrats, il looking over
their records. felt delicacy in partici-
pating III Il meeting with men who had
always adhered to one party, and who
hal not changed with the one in power.
You know some six or eight years ago.
these life tong Democrats entertained very
different IDEAS from what they do now
concc ming Messrs. Mammoth, Kellogg CT
as. When Lake-er dinners were plen-
tiful and fat Offices abundant, these last
named gentlemen were not the "uncon-
scl0nable thieves and corisptra tors" that
they, arc to day. Oh the ingratitule Of
man. But enough of this. The state
debt has been settled, at last by the Con-
stltutlonal Convention. When tho tur-
MOL OF the LeNt campaign will have been
happily ended, the people who, in the Ian
guage OF the New Orleans Democrat, have
J cIamOrel Tor pepul:,tion ,-,l ,a,,l,,,