Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-05-15
ALREADY.

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State administration ami accusing th'
, dominant party Of all sorts OF untarness,
is too thin, ard the views and objects OF
these writers are too plainly visible an"
apparent, 1t is the cid game renewed
and play ed over again ID the usual cote
,ie of disappointment and the time strv-
ing pot house pniri iri;tns. Nest OF these
f, ise attempts arc aimed a. Gov. Wilt,
and no true paper in the 81 ate can at
tempt with any hope of success 10 meet
and answer all the ia IS. hoods which 1t
pleasrs certain renegade newspapers to
put ;:Hoat against the State, witch IL
their home 10y either birth or choice, anc
which ought therefore to be exempt
from their villlti"ation.
AT the present time. IN Louisiana
there is not amongst civiIiz' Il mankind Il
community wl"rr p"cta"'i"', t" ;if'. per
son ana properly is at Ic. S real cost han
il Onr State. We are now relieved from
the nis.!y OF over-g 'vrrl nent, which
| WAS nllr curse for ten ~ years. and
crime i punished with reasonable Ger
! tainty. and our Affairs are administered
with fiirresS and unIursrioned honesty.
| We ask for the present State government
the usual fr;,nk and characteristic fair
hess and even handed justice a. W yS ac-
corded good citizens and tr"e L"uis!:tn-
| iap-, and 0ur word tor it. Gov. Waltz
will prove true to his party, his p""pie
aud his State. Be patient, ht fair, and
fear nor, for he will he equal 10 his word
his pledges and his duty 80 Alexandria
Democrat.
The assertions contained in the above
paragraphs from The Alexandria Demo-
crat will 10 doubt fill with astoni>hment
our confrercs of the n. o. States, East Fee
liciana Patriot-Drmncrat, West Felici-
ana Sentinel, Sabine .heX, GreensbnIg
Gazette, C"u>hitta Citlzen, C"tiax
Chronicle, Richlanu Beacon and others,
when they find themselves classed as
"certain newspapers of doubtful antece-
dents backed by the whole Republican
press Of the State.'
The standing of thes journals is so we'll
established as faithful uph")ders of Dem.
ocratc principles. that we will not at
tempt to justify the manly course they
are pursuit. g.
We take pride though, in asserting
that the Cap tolian stauds shoulder to
shoulder with them.
In doing so we challenge the Alexan- |
dria Democrat or any other journal toex
hbit a record of loyalty to the grand OLD
Democratic party, that will s"rpass our
consistent adherence, and devotion to its
urdying principles. Every step that we
have ever taken III politics has been In
the direction OF their maintenance and
advancement.
We have our first blow to strike at the |
colors under which we haze been found |
at every campaign.
Therefore do We repel the caiumny so
lar rs the Capttolian is concerned; and
we imagine our coufreres Will co the !
same.
A few men who have hy intrigue an'l
craft;ness seized the rrns OF til" Demo-
cratic party of this State, with view OF
advancing their individual lnter"s' s. ev-
en- by defeating the expressed VIII OF the
people as contained i'll ,he Constitution
lately adopted by sixty thousand mayor
itv, :. O not in our opinion constitute the
Democratic party If the State OF LOUIS
lana.
And we are not afraid that By saying
so, We will do injury t" the party, that
nn.lcr no circumstances, we can ever bt
made to desert.
We desire that the Democratic party |
shall rule the destinies of our State.
To accom- lish that eud, 1T must be |
governed with spirit Of justice. an" the
practice of fair dealing towards all its
supporters The Democratic Lcg, azure
must be guided hy the fundamental law
OF the State. and tho will: OF the people
whose We fare it is called to represent.
The pa,ty Convention, must not be
used TO throw in the background the
purest and noblest men of Louisiana, to
subserye the selfish schemes OF few
adroit politicians.
w. believe that we represent fully the
views Of fo unilinchng Democracy OF
| East .tou Rouge, when we say tina" Its
representatives standing hr'hly III ING
line, holding uloof the Democrat; stand
a1a, whether in the Legislative f'a'lS' OF
in tho councils of the patty, Will con END
for honest laws and fair dealing, un'nln l.
ful of those Who would st'Ho public
| oninion and the advocacy ot lSht
in order that loul-mouthrl professions or
| fca,ty to party, might atfor" a smell ef
| for needs, that in the end, wohht cause
true and good citizens to he ashamed L"
say that they are Democrats.
" hen h. time comes tor SIsE'i!l'hS
the chosen lenders OF lhc Democracy our
IeXanuria conircrr, wiz hhi rs III tue
brcach as in the past, aIoHT-hi"H ON
brethern of East Baton Rouge, wa" Law
ever faced the music whenever tn GO
h,rls OF RadicaIsm, were aligned tor enc
nu,nn<e of fov.Itnrowing rh"se pr'Mcir'rs
uuuu which rests tho American Rcp"o-
lie. .,,, >.
NV hendiur the kuea OF servi.ity at the
| tnnts, s,ovl Of pover, a, by h"'nG so; We
would be rcclcant 70 ont hu'S as Il L1'"
ocrnt aud Il public i"urna!'st.
We will ever He as ready 10 "ppI't'".