The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1879-07-19
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Let us ReasOn.

takes entirely the occasion for con
cession and the parties With whom it
is necessary. 90 rare occaeions is it
required to effect compromises with
an enemy which are rather eAcep'
tons which 60 to make the rule which
political opponents follsw-to yield
nothing to enemies, everything to
friends; in other words to practice
the trite saying ito the victors belong
the spolIe.",
We may say without being success
fully c6dtfadicted,, that were not mu.
tual concessions indulsed in no body
Of enlightened. men could he coalesc-
cd for any considerable length Of
time, nor could any great object have
been attained in human government.
In support Of our argument, We have
only to cite the Magma Charta Of
Great Britain and tho Constitution
of this conntry - efforts Of compro.
misses between clashing philanthro-
pists, philosophers and interests.
These may he said to bs monuments
to concession, which will live, We
hope for the sake of humanity, for
ages yet to come as they call forth
the admiration Of tho impartial histo.
rian, and form tho subject of his
panegyric to be exemplined in after
ages.
A We said at the outset, tho On.
thanking have mistaken tho compro.
mise necessary among tho individuals
Of all political parties for tho attain.
ment Of succeas-tbat success which
has for ito end the happiness and
welfare Of . people. They have con>
founded il with the yielding Of ptiu-
ciples to . political opponent. Ia
thus confounding, they become i'm.
placable in denouucius, vindictive in
assaultipg, and reckless IN charging
eriminality on persons whose charac.
ter Is above, reproach, whose efforts
and motives are ~ vktaeas, and
whose political records are - pure,
spotless and noblA - their own.
q Dsnagogy has ! vast deal to do
With all this. Sel6slnsss, tho curse
Of mankind, blinds even tho sblest to
pubic dutiss and public interests {;
and when man becomes mad for cell,
he il . bad guide for tho pablo.
We will not deny chat success at.
tspds the efforts Of tho demsgogue,
whose study. Of casaistry is ~ far
removed from bic mind ~ bic pstsi-
otto inpulaes. His only object 10
suceess, and he does not moralize on
tho same nor scruplo at the, means
thessof; and like tho. stage king, bis
popularity tstking 10 . blase Of
epleme!al .iLns, IL : taxdy crown,
and ,ip:tiaa BE- = booted. tpm public
gaze. .,,rssqs: ;t'Gw .idg,. 80. 4
We AZ led u thee reflections be-
Gauss the people Of our: stats are, In
their, nature more susceptible to the
arts Of fh4 .damAsoano than almost
any other people. We are BY birth,
association and cline, purely : senti.
mental people, open to. appeal and
prone to act from impulse. That .
people thus characterized by nature
arc capable OF high, II not the highest
order Of civilization, We fully believe !;
for the civilization Of England has its
foundation I in; tho Knights Of the
middle ages, and it, cavsliers of a
Platss day But while THE 10 true;
and while'ssit wstsj W are Ia The
embryo state, ~ compared with the
leeple Of The "old county, 70 a.s
resdy 70 respond to and act upon the
appeal II ar.fal men, or those Of %
whose impulse. are beyond our tra,
sentiments. n.y., '.'..
Wet6ite - % example tho Cooa
stitatioeal Convention now framing
for us an organic Law. Here 10 have
upon the debt question tho multifari-
ousd differences Of opinion, both among
thoseiwho represent and among the
represented. The artfal demag ogue
has . fine field for selfish service
when be finds % many men pure in
parpoee, thought and seton, going
his WY, advocating measures with q
patriotic, purpose, q least, which Ike
Violently aspdQsss for sinister OF AM
bilious ends. And here, ALEC, the
anthinking launches kig blind, iguo.
rant fury II his more rational broth.
er-assails bic character, denoancea
bic motives, and unrslentinsly con.
denhs' every effort at. compromise
between bis own people. tito .'
!, We are too good . Democrat, and
our fealsy to its principlss 10 TOO I'M
swerving to wish tho Obstruction 81