Louisiana capitolian., 1880-07-31
A FoRLoRN HOPE.
Under the Greenbackian Banner.

Under the Greenbackian Banner.
NOT ALL FOR GLORY.
When "the boys'' in the last CAM
paign Or two arrayed themselves
against the Democratic party Of this
parish, by consolidating soreheadism
with the broken cohorts Of Radicalism,
for the purpose Of getting at the appe-
tizing "chicken pie" in the shape Of
local Offices, we could understand that
their personal friends might be temp
ted to assist them in a boom to win
these prizes.
There was the excuse that the
Democratic party had things cooked
and primed in the matter Of the nom-
nations. 1t was argued too, that
these independent aspirants were
good and tried Democrats who, in
view of the disruption Of the Repub-
lican organization, considered it op-
pressive to have the party whip
cracked over their loyal heads.
These reasons cannot be advanced
at this juncture.
| A great National contest is before
us. On the one side the Republican
party stands aligned under the lead
ership of Garfield, the man who figur-
ell in the Presidential Commission Of
1877, among the eight who voted to
uphold the fraudulent count of Mad.
Wells and Tom Anderson, the two
reprieved penitentiary convicts Of
Louisiana. On the other, we find that
generous soldier and patriotic states
man Hancock, the standard bearer
of the Democratic party Of the Union.
}, Everywhere can be seen tile good
citizens who are anxious to blot out
the last vestige Of Radical misrule,
rallying to the support of Hancock
and English. They know that patri-
otic men cannot afford to fritter away
their strength, in pursuing the hob
bies of political dreamers, who can
! not point to even a shadow of q hope
in the success of such candidates. as
those of Weaver, the Greenbacker, OF
Neal Dow, the Prohibitionist.
In Maine, the Greenbackers con-
t trolled by practical views have seer
. the folly of throwing away tlleirvote'
Q on Weaver, and they have unitet
> > their strength with the Democrats il
n order to carry their State for Han
;. cock.
e Here though, on the heroic old bat
!, tic ground Of East Baton Rouge, a lit
tie tea-party Of dashing politician
t have coolly and deliberately resolved
: as will be seen by their proceeding
= in another column, to stir up a lilipu
y tan boom for Brother Weaver.
: At last, the ever changing littl
G game will be exposed to the view Q
the most skeptical.
y This little movement will show ex
actly how "the boys" stand. Neit}lc
~ Republicans nor Democrats; they AZ
! the National Grcenback Labor Part
l. of East Baton Rouge! Neither nor
e. nor less.
e A la "Don Michottc," they hay
1t started in a crusade to arrange til
e finances of the United States, a coul
l. try whose population increases at til
II rate of ten millions every decade
d Oh, Presumption, where is thy blush
1t In matters requiring the deepest ca
l. culations Of political economists an
e. fnanciers, who, of necessity, mus
ID familiarize themselves with the intr
in cate details and the volume of trad
of the whole world and its consta1
II fluctuations, here in the Highlands
c. Baton Rouge, we have apostles
le the Greenback faith, ready to "bulgt
5, right into the National Treasury an
IL substitute grcenbacks for bonds, go
n and silver with IN uncOncern that
truly refreshing.
,c Will not our people seize this hu!
or joke, and let our would-bc tlnancle
its run their little machine all to then
ne selves