The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-01

| bacause he comes from the North, where peo-
pie are willfully ignorant about the action q
Returning Boards: but for Mr.. Beattie w
stand before an audience In New Orleans anu
utter such nonsense IL inexeusable and mar
velous effrontery. IL is more than probable
that sitting on tho platform from which ths
| nnnsense was uttered were some ~ the very
| mon who boldly and unblushingly stole the
electoral vote of this State, which was cast
| Tor Tllden, and gave II TO tho defeated Re-
publican candidate. Hayes.
| Go to- MIR Beattiel or 90 North where the
crimes of your political associates are. by the
atal warts. regarded as eSpusable, but do not
81 far forget what Ia due to the Intelligence, of
even such audiences as have granted sou y
hearing, as TO pirate nf honesty or deeeney "a
being attributes Of Radlcallsm, on Of the party
IF haynnata and Returning Boards and Elec-
tural Commissions. az being party In favor
| Of "a free ballot and fair count "A little
oivet. good apotheoaryr'
The people Of Louisiana, slandered AMI
wrongal ~ they have been, with vivid mem
otles Of their llber tias trotlden under foot and
thei, dearest and most sacred rights invaded
| hy tho Radical party flor which Mr., Reattle
| "A now acting the role NJ a stalking horse ~
eat paw. can bear Ii patience the misrepre-
sentatona that fall from tho lips OF Gen
Woodford or other Visiting statesmen.
They arc used to that. but II II not tolerabe
| that man who claims Louisiana az his
| birth place. and knows from actual ohserva-
| ton the trials and sufferlngs and Infamous
wrongs which have been Inflicted upon her
by NadlcaIlsm, should join his voice to those
who are alien 10 our people. and whose stock
In trade consists in outrages. manufactured
out of tho whole cloth. for use IN the North
ern market.
Mr. Beatte has put himself on record He
violently and shamefully denounres and au-
tagonzes the gentlemen Of hIs native State.
who It was once bis proud privilege 10 claim
as hia friends. separates himself from his
people and joins the party Of their former OBJ
preasofs. accepts tho nomination from n CON
ventlon engineered by the most VIGOROUSLY
corrupt Radicals In the State. and has the
cool audsety to ask the people to vote for
himself az model Of virtue, patriot and
rafurmer The old rule still holds good
that a man II known by the company he
keeps. Since Mr.. Beattle has chosen 10 assoe
with Radical plunderara of low and high de-
gree. he must not he surprised should a dis
eliminating public rigidly apply tho rule to
himself
His violent and vindlctiva speech Saturday
ought. 0F Itself to convince the people or
Louisiana that he Is unfit to preside over the
destnies of this State. more bitter and
malignant libel upon the honored and truatad
men who have faithfully and honestly en-
gagged In administering the Democratic Gov
eminent inaugurated on the ninth of Janu-
airy, 1877. cannot be conceived Of The Ian
guage reported Ia more becoming the bully
and the blackgnard than a gentleman aspir-
Ing TO the chief magistraoy of Louisiana.
The following extracts arc sufficient to
illustrate our meaning. viz
IT Is aall that / have made inoendIary
Our party ia a national party and we shall
exercise this authority of party to ia com.
peta width Those who oppose will ba ground
III dust, IL thara ANYTHING wrong III thai
People have to talk In whispers In many
parts Of THE State, and eome Of the representa-
lives of this people ought to-day to ha wearing
the uniform Of the convict, and ] believe the
day VIII come when shall SOC them wearing
that uniform,
'FeIow oliisana, 1t matters not what occurred
In the past If aims have boon committed.
We are p4id by dreary punishment. for we
have suffered for three long years under the
ring We have seen mon who ought to wear
striped pants. lifted Into power IN dear old
Louisiana
Ia it possible that the people Of Louisian u,
who are so earnestly seeking repose from
political strife. and who desire TO suhdua the
passions nngenderod nv past political con
tests. will support for tho CUB ,rnatorial ohaira
man who boldly proolalms that his party will
grind to dust" those who oppose 1t. and
who vents hia spleen by denounclng their
representatives In the State Government and
their Congressman "a oonvicts
Mr. BeattIe has been treated with rare
consideration by the press and by the people
Of this State during this canvass, and he
shows his appreciation of II by the use OF
language which Ia tho most convincing teati-
mony Of his unfitness to be entrusted with
power over the lives, liberties and property
of the whole people,