The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-09-24
RAPIDEs TO THE FRONT.


sistent and true Democratic Conser-
vative masses Of our glorious old Ia
IRISH, with The same good will and
honest tenets, against radicalism and
all its allies and combinations ana
isms, assembled on Saturday, in the
Town Hall, at the official call of their
Executive Committee, and selected
nine delegates to the Baton Rouge
State Convention of their party The
names of these gentlemen will be
found in the official proceedings OF
the Mass Meeting in the proper
place in to-day's issue of the DEMO
GRAFT. The selections are emlnently
good ones and made up of represen'
tative men of the party, and what is
of vital Importance, will all attend ID
person to the duties entrusted to
them.
The Mass Meeting was we'll atten-
ded, fully one-half Of the Wards OF
the Parish being represented, which
| is good augury of shc party's pros
poets, as the present season of the
year our planters and farmers can
not leave home, without great draw
backs to their home duties. AS we
have stated, the best representative
men of the party were on hand and
many old veterans of hundred bat
ties for Democracy and not Skin
mish against it, honored the gather
ering with their presence and lent
their voices to cheer the party in its
approaching fight, and with manli'
ness, worthy so good and just cause,
stood up for the party, its honorable
antecedents, its consistency and tho.
rough discipline. Though there was
an honest, but misguided effort, made
: by a few, very few Democrats
. good, true and honorable men, and
whose peculiar ideas at this time
though radically wrong and suicidal
none can doubt their sincerity or the
honesty of their intentions, to stray
from the old beaten path of the par
J. tvs time honored usages, and tempo
a. rarily follow new and hazardous
one, the men of the party and tn
assembIage defeated and voted
o. down most respectfully, but none tn
u less emphatically. TLis was don
with almost unequaled unanimity
and the party stands yindicated am
consistently firm in its tenets an'
practices.
Full and free discussion was ha
e- pro and CON in this matter, and "
nd are pleased to note the fact that tn
by party's defenders came to the from
and ably, eloquently we may say, re
cued their old party from a new d
nc parture, and in truthful and fifth
=" words depicted the sure and dam
3D. ing evils that would surely follow
any vantage ground of its organic
W. ton and discipline were abandone
,as Hon. j. G.. White, took the stan
at among others, and was truly in ca
nest with his eloquent and burns
words against these encroachmen
OUR and his remarks went home to a
md enthusing the old spirit into the
ian semblage, which was apparent to
his listeners.
Hon. L. Texada, Hon. R. L. Lut
y EFT, James Andrews, and John
Prescott, in very neat a
'' pertinent remarks came to the p
~" TVS defense, showing their apprec
ton of the situation, and the part
lime obligation to stand by its old cole
out and fight the same old enemy, 9
,yer on principle. Our three delegates
I'VE. the late Constitutional Convention
ice few moments previous TO the NJ
Meetings adjournment, took
nan stand, after a cheering call for tn
'uld and briefly remarked that they "
4 to ready and more than willing to
case der an account of their stewards
on to their constituents, and when as
this Or called upon would readily do
All three were received and gree
by q decided mark of approbat
Wv and all three join heartily and "
'a'' a will their Democratic Consel
WV tive people in the good start of tt
.S party in the present canvass, and
ever, will be found in the thicl
and hottest of the fight.
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