The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-06-25
THE GRAVEYARD PLAN.

THE GRAVEYARD PLAN.N
It is but one of the serious blum
ders which the Radical management
is perpetrating when it fancies that
the State campaigns Of this year,
and the National canvass of 1886,
are to be made on mouldy issues
from the graveyard. The living is
sues Of to day, not settled questions
from the buried past, are occupying
the public mind and will engross the
public thought until they are SET
tied. and settled, too, in such man
ner as shall best conduce TO the per-
manency, peace, dignity and pros
perity Of. the Republic. :. -''..s.
Republican statesmen and poll
ticians should know human nature >"~
and the course Of public events too :,
we'll to suppose that they will be
permitted to escape the discussion
or the consequence Of their recent {
acts, by taking refuge among the
graves and monuments OF the war 1
period. 1t would be as easy to dis
, pense with this year or the next, and
! bring back 1861 or 1852 in its stead, ,
las to drag forward the scenes ana
8 events Of those vanished years, and q
9 set them up in front Of the deeds OF
q Ereoent days. AS we'll might Ed
al munds and Blaine and ConkfiDg at
d tempted to recall Lincoln and Sew .,s,
,f[ard and Chase from the other Shore
= Land restore them to their active pub
D. lie duties, as try to evade response.
o. bility for their own acts by parad'ng
at the names and invoking the memory
70 of the illustrlous dead. The plan is
" neither ingenious, original nor mod ,,
ed eru: tits both clumsy and obsolete :.
a. it smacks of amateur stage-carpetry;
k it will fail utterly. Instead OF ap-
Al. plause and bouquets from the elite
at in the proscenium boxes and reserv-
DR. ed seats, there will be only derisive
"a. boots from the hoodlum gallery
r 4. The graveyard scene and the sctess !,
mt will be sneerea and ridiculed of the
pu- stage.
but No question Of positive or relative
ave responsibility for, the inception or
hat prosecution of the war which ended
sin half a generation ago, viii be per-
tho | mitted to distract public attention
ov from the outrage on free government
Iese the crime against civil liberty, the
the assault on human rights, BY which
,;ch the election Of 1876 was Dnlliied
.om- the verdict of the people and tn
! he State set aside, and a usurper install
for ed in the Presidential office, in viz
Let lation, subversion and degradation
l;e' our fundamental law.
this That crime, in all its hideeusnes
priu- will stay at the front. On tn
ound crime and the men who perpetrat'
nd in it and protited by it, the gaze OF u
e,eon American people will be fixed i
, that the authors Of the infa'ny. ami
do Of who have aided, abettet' Or c"nsc'
4 the ed to it, are driven into permishe
, him, and disgracea retirement. Mr.. +
at the munds and his associates III
20 had scream and howl among the toH
. alan. until their throats are sore and tn
direct. lungs congested, but their dismal
,e trail will not prevent just and tearl
yenger. public opinion from having it's
aood Of feet work on those men and on
d man. party in whose supposed interest
lfis fos. tcrime was committed.
!. whom No question excavated from
the re. cold ashes Of the war period, ho'
om. and or artfully displayed Or de1tero
,nposed. handled, will hide or obscure tn
nrinci- cord Of the Radical party in le
oon now zing and attempting to perpe,
. means practica. denial Of the right Of
by jury. That record Is maoe
snch a is before the country. It came lrl
ahon,d denied or evaded. The Repnb
y marty party must face it. And as
, n the mits Of no defense, there mu
.nre If confession of guilt, with no ext
would, at ting circumstances.
nd select Equally vain will be all efto'
work at dodge or avoid the bayonet lss'
who clean the struggle to perpetuase the
the door cal legislation designed, enacte
paper off maintained for no other purpos
impulses the corrupt control Of the ballo
orklng 70. The Radical party must face y
I Sas;. n,"s cord too, and face it with no
rantlamei, ESCAPE conviction. The indi'
sss offense is drawn up. The charges a
to tails OF cifc, and the evidence at hal
sewgate 70 1clusive. 1t shows deliberate