The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-12-06

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town. Shortly afterward, the Excelsior
Brass Band arrived from the first ward
| and in its wake followed another large
| crowd. People tlocked in from all di
rections, and as they gathered in front
it was the largest political meeting held
here since the Packard campaign Of 1876
| The Republican campaign committee
had made all the arrangements neces
! sary for the occasion, such as having tn.
platform erected, securing music, char
tering the river ferry for the purpose o
| crossing people free of charge, appoint
ing committee to receive the speakers
and designating the officers to preside
over the assem,]age and direct its pro
ceedings, but with consnC'mate imru
dence crowd of boilers appeared on anc
around the platform and cndeavGred t.
bolster up G. Fl. Hill in an attempt tc
call the meeting to order and constitute
himself its president. OF co1rse this ont
rageous proceeding was resisted, and fol
twenty or thirty inmates Il general row
seemed imminent Two or three scntfes
did take place, in Que Of which Charles
Howard of the fifth ward was roughly
handled by several Of the Hill brnigelS,
but by the exertions OF the more repnta-
table and cool-headed persons present a
riot was prevented. 4 shameful feature
OF the shameful affair Was the apparent
tendency on the part of certain peace
officers to ahet disturbance instead of
suppressing it. By just such methods as
those practiced by the Hill men last
Sunday trouble was precipitated in SOW
cral OF the l,nlldozed parishes, and if any
such tactics are repeated here, we hope
to see the ripgleaders prosecuted fer dis
turbing peaceful public assemblages.
The appearance of Judge Bcat;io on
the platform secured cessation of hos
Utilities, and It was agreed that the Judge
should proceed with his speech without
formal organization of the meeting. Ac-
cordingly, the candidate for Governor
began his remarks without more ado.
lie said lie was not Cher, 10 make rso-
nal attacks on his opponent-Mr. Wilt
is high toned gentleman, and by HIM
self would make a good Governor, bit
his surroundings are corrupt and bad.
We intend to demand Of the supreme
authority of this country a free clectlo
and fair count; suppression of the
bulldozer and ballot box stuffcr. All the
rights Of the people depend upon having
men III office who have received a ma
.ority Of the popular vote. Ours is a ma
tional party that believes in aiding in
ternal improvements and protecting our
home industries. Louisiana Democracy
is a bastard; it is allied to Il party of
free trade and opposition to internal inl-
provement subsidies, yet its Congress-
men so cringing to Northern Republi-
cans for appropriations in behalf OF our
levees, rivers, etc, and a maintenance of
the sugar tariff. We want Republican
representatives i'll Congress who can
stand up like men and demand these
things on principle and as a right. In
asserting that buildozing outrages have
been committed, we have the corrobora-
tive testimony of the honorable gentle
man who occupies the gubernatorial
chair, Francis I. Nichols; and " hat he
reported of Tensas is equally true of
other parishes tony knowledge. Atten-
ION has been officially called to these
wrongs; has any attempt been made to
emedy tbams The Democratic ring
masters intend to beat us i'll the count.
The first step is to seal the liberties of
he people, then their property. Men
who will steal your votes will also steal
your .socketbooks, and ought to be in
he penitentiary. The Democracy ask
;ou to support the constitution and the !
lebt ordinance-to join the grand broth |
rhood Of thievery that proposes to steal
money from the people for interest on
lie State debt and then steal it from the
'nblic creditors in turn. The new con-
tjtution is . bun8led affair in many
rtin low, md do k <>,,J;
tempt at Reputation and fraud that
houla De spurned by the people. Let
ell you colored people that l owned l75
f you before the war; that ] entered
he Confederate service aud fought my
est to keep you i'll slavery. But | re-
uyniZe the results of the war and accent
hen,. The man of my race who opposes
ne elevation Of TIL. colored people is no
rue white man. Our posteiity will curse
S if we fail to educate them. When I
ecome Governor propose to place men
both parties at the head of the Ju-
lciary Department Of my administra-
on, SO that the minority will not feel
nat it is without representation on the
ench. Judges. should be non-partisan.
you don't like this declaration, and
ont think it is good Republican doc
inc, don't vote for me. If we don't
ave fair elections and honest counts, it
i'll drive from tie State large proper
on of its people. Democrats say that
IL party has perpetrated election frauds
the past. This will not justify their
petition. / denonnce such rascality at