The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-18
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, MONDAY, AUGUST IS, 1879
POLITICAL MACHINERY NEEDED In
LOUISIANA,

The chief mission Of the Times Of this city
Is to break up the organization of the Dem
Conservative party, which, after years
Of struggle and effort succeeded two years
ago ~ tescuing the administration Of the gov
eminent Of this State from corrupt, fraudu-
lent and intolerable usurpers
Under the guise OF Independentism. or no
partYism, Of anti-ringism, of an affected hos
tility to machine politics, the Times hopes to
achieve this object, tn divide and disintegrate
Reorganization which about toextirpatath the
constitution that enabled the Radical party
to run liz party machine 50 profitably to It's
chiefs and So dlsastrOusly to the honest people
of the State for ten long aud draary years.
It's arguments in behalf Of this project are
not plausible enough to delH1e even the
superficial and emotional maleontents who
exist IN all political or other organizations,
and are ever restless and unhappy because
they cannot control such association, choose
the leaders thereof. and obtain what they re-
gard a. their share Of the "spolls Of political
vietories.'
We say that even these naturally and In
evitably dissatisfied members OF the party
cannot be SO blind rs not to discover the
hypocrisy OF the Times constant den,,neIa-
ttons Or what 1t calls political machinery.
when that machinery Ia to be worked In
maintenance Of 3 party that has expelled
and superseded the machinery OF another
party, whose success, effected through
ita unity and tta machinery, inflicted SO much
misery and desolation upon the State.
1t II the Democratic machinery To which
I,rn, II
would he nm imputation on Its intelligence
and experience to impute to 1t the absurdity
Of imagining that organization. unity and
harmony ore not essential factors In politics
and government.
Il Is conscious Of, though not oonfessing,
the supreme Stiffness OF conducting poti-
cal or military cam paign without d plan, sys-
tenn, discipline, or without chiefs and leaders
No results can be achieved without these. II
you were to break up and destroy the ma
chine Of which you now complain you would
have to supersede It with another embody-
Ing tho same principles and employing the
like motors and factors Nay, before YOU can
obtain the approval of the people Of such sub
stltuta. you must present and exhibit your
machine. convince them Of its superiority
and secure d higher class OF engineers to
work the same. You must give them
tangible proofs Of this superiority OF your
machine, and subject the claims of your
proposed engineers To actual scrutiny and In
vesti4ation.
It won't satisfy the people to tell them your
machinery and your machinIsts are purely
creatures Of your imagination; that your DO
litical party lies in pcrdue In the dim realm
Of M uncreated Ethiopia, and your political
chiefs are the stately shadows that stalk
through the excited fances and dreams. or
linger in the memories Of closet Missionaries
and biologists
The voters Of this country are Of the prac-
t|cal, not ct the spiritual, world They de-
mand, with the empasls Of the materalis,ic
Gradgrind. facts, results. There Is nothing
In which this practically Is more strongly
than in their politics
There is nothing In which they SO zealously
and ardently seek victorious and practical
results a. In political contests. Fidelity to
their party and TO it's methods is second only
In its strength antktenacity to their fidelity to
their country, II 1t De not n compound of both
ties; and this fidelity demands q recognition
Of these elements Of that practical machin- |
cry which tho Times holds In such dsesteem |
These elements are unity-di scpline--a CON
formity TO declared usages, principles and
polieies-a sacrifice Of personal preferences
and prciudices to the lawfully Expressed will |
Ut he majority. This constitutes the whole of |
the political machinery, which, we affirm, |
was never more imperatively required to be |
in its entirety and effective unity. |
Than In the State Of Louisiana at this critical |
period Of its political history. .m-s-.=