Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-10-30
THE QUESTION.


mans Journal, applies the lash to the
hunks who sold their votes to the
Radicals in Indiana.
Like him our heart over6ows with
bitterness at the thought that Ameri-
,aps will vote for Garfield, the repre-
sentative Of the corruption that lies
n the bosom of our National body |
polite and against Hancock, one Of
the noblest types Of the soldier
statesman that can be found in the
Union.
Purify your soul by reading his
manly expressions:
1--WE are tempted to change, lit
tie, the cynical apophthegm Of a
French Infdel about man; and to
say: "The more we come to know
the worth Of the biped called an
american citizen acith cote to sell, the
more we respect the character OF that
faithful quadruped called-dog!"
uIndiana is a Democratic State !!
That is, decided majority Of native
male persons, and majority OF nat
uralized over twenty -one years of
age, have heard that Thomas Jeffer-
son, and Andrew Jackson, were the
kind of men that cared for the coun-
try and ought to be supported. But
there are, in Indiana, anywhere, about
ten thousand of the male bipeds, that,
if a bogus Greenbacker, in the pay Of
the Party of Usurpation, would offer
each pair of trousers, of Cotto"
Jean, to vote that ticket-would do
it! Except one of the simon-pure
Black Republicans, offered a pair OF
trousers, Internationally or other
but worth more than "Jean J"
'"Such fellows are pictured in Holy
Writ: Fodder for the ass, ard .
burden, and a whip" We speak in
exceeding bitterness Of soul. We see
these poor wretches, for some dollars
apiece, selling themselves TOT ask-mas'
tcrs that will make it very hard FOL
them.
"For, except by the pertidy Of white
men in lndiana-if the white men ha(
been true, and alert, and not sold fol
money, no such ridiculous Republl
can majority could ever have been ru1
IN against them-although the mis-
managers of the Democratic party il
that State, have done all the dew
could have wished them to 90, t.
,ceiqht doun-load with most obJec
tionable nuisances, and general,
hurt. the Democratic cause.
..Tha nnestion is to be decided
except by Revolutionary disturban
ces. sure to follow in a few years,
arbitrary methods are pursued-whe
Their we are to try, for a farther "terr
Of years." the plan of government de
vised by our grandfathers. We &C
knowledge our heart failed. We wen
not near the Cincinnati Convention
General Hancock was not the ma
we wished nominated. But, befor
he received the nomination-on til
eve of it-when the votes Of the fir!
day-so largely in his favor. wei
cast, finding that the result in p'
per, at a railway station, we can
quickly to the conclusion that he W;
exactly the right man to name fl
. President.
General Hancock believes tn;
"American institutions"-includil
"ball0t-box and unknown rabb
t voters--have still hope of cOntin'
ance.
, ave. like a Colonel did at Getty
{ burg, think the thing is gone. Blu
, as Hancock, at Gettysburg. won VI
> tory out of the jaws of defeat, so, Ill
S some of the despairing Colonels
Gettysburg, we rally at the bra
call of the Commander. If we see
; daylight, and he says he does, we
with him, without seeing.
Zone thing we do see. If Gener
d Hancock is not elected next month,
i is the end Of all elections as rep'eses
e ing an intelligent ~iV Of the Peep
"The masses" will henceforth
z spelled "them asses and their mo
led rulers will lay the rod on the
ID ,,,l,-. o,I rive than pOo,