Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-07-14
OUT OF ORDER.

| OF tne CAPffJE1AN, ueSlrcS 10 'HSnt
his battles per" and follow Lee, jack
son, and others in politics, as we'll as
war, he can do SO with our best wish
es. We shall not attack his patriot
| ism, his heart, or his Eonor, when he
| chooses to do so. Having carried u
musket Under the great Lee, we con-
slider we have done our duty to him
| and the Cause The Confederacy
is gone and we are not sorry of it, no
matter how much we may and do
grieve for those who died in it's de-
tense. If it is the purpose Of the
South to continue the eight Of that
Confederacy" undercoverof the Dem
ocratic organization we beg to be ex-
cused. We have an opportunity this
time to protest against Secession, Sla-
very and State Sovereignty--and we
intend to do it. Ii Democracy cannot
live without those things it should
Observation-Disclosures Vindicator.
We have never understood it to be
the purpose Of the Democratic party
to fight anew the lost battles Of Sc
cession and still worse those for sla-
very, both of which we consider
among the issues that time has totally
buried.
AS to State sovereignty, in so far
as the term relates to the exercise of
the right of local self government
under the constitution of the United
States, we have to say that we con-
slider it an issue which will never die.
While we do not like to assume
the role of prophet, we venture to
assert that there will always exist in
this country a host of freedom-loving
men, battling against q cen
trallzation of power in the hands of
those at Washington, who, as the
delegates of'the States, are invested
with those powers only which the
constitution prescribcs.
We will always oppose any political
party which believes that the Prcsi-
dent or Congress may, at their pleas
ure, set up or upset the governments
organized by the people of the
States.
We want no more bayonet rule.
We propose to be loyal to the
Union and the constitution, which we
have sworn to support. In doing 50,
however, we do not intend to express
other sentiments than those we enter
tain.
We can't say that we are glad the
South was whipped, nor that the
cause we fought for was an un-
righteous one. We love the South,
venerate the memory of her great
men, and will always feel proud to
remember that we wore the grey and
marched under the banners of the
confederate Brigadiers.'
We have no intention of helping to
revive a cause that was overwhelmed
at Appomatox, but we do mean to
act with the party that will allow the
people of Louisiana to regulate their
local affairs,
On one side we find the Republi~
can, a party that makes of the con-
solution an elastic instrument, which
it docs not feel bcilnd to respect
and confronting it, the Democratic,
a patty that favors an honest adher-
ence to the stipulations of a charter
of rights which exciIes the admira-
ton Of mankind, drafted by the foun-
ders Of this great American Republic.
Hence, we are unwaveringly a
Democrat.
We can't see where our dashing
confrere, Cosgrove, wants to lead the
people with whom he CALAMITY car
ried a musket. Consequently, we'll
stay where the Democratic standards
are planted. 1t is good place, one
where free and liberty-loving men
can well afford to remain.