The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-03-04
SOUTHERN BOURBONIsM.

of the country to stigmatize all persons
of opposing faith as Bourbons.
For time this was confined TO the
northern press aud politicians asagainst
the Southern democracy, and was
intended to imply class of ignorant,
brutal, communistic citizens, opposed
to good government, law and order.
The cry of BourbOnisIn, for long
period Of years after tho recent war Of
the States, proved good hre-brand
with which to ignite the already heated
passions of Northern citizens, and was
found by Northern demagOgues an easy
stepping stone to power. But truth in
the end is sure to prevail, and at last,
the bloody-shirt cry Of Bourbonism
lost it's taiismanic power, and the result
was a purging of the unprincipled fac
tors from all our troubles, and the Access
sion to power, in tho Southern States,
of this dangerous (?) Bourbon element.
The good, but credulous, Northerner
was agreeably surprised to find that the
South prospered under the manage
ment of this class, and that the mate
rial welfare of the country received an
impetus that Grants bayonets could
never have given it. Under the dom
ination of Bourbonism for four years
the South has regained what was lost
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can disagreement. The people of
the Southern States, instinctively Bour-
bon, have confidence in their servants,
and that confidence becoming infec-
tious, is inoculated into the system of
the Northern capitalist. Money pours
into our country for all kinds Of enter
prises, which before the ascendancy of
the Bourbon party, were regarded un-
safe and impracticable. The whole
world have finally come to believe that
affairs in the South are in healthy
and settled condition, and the tide of
immigration has turned our way in a
volume that in a few years will deluge
the Sunny South with healthy, indus
trious, working population. All this
good has been done under what has
been termed Bourbonisn-thati is, true
Democratic government.
The entire Republican party, backed
by Federal bayonets and the Federal
spirit in the South, and it was found
necessary to secure the cunning and
duplicity of the Mahones and E'eltons
to aid them.
Malone is now enjoying tho tempo
rary benefits of success, achieved Mt the
price Of his personal and his States
hishonor. He is held in favor by the
President of the United States simply
by sufferance, the same as any spy who
betrays his country for the paltry price
of glittering gold. His name, like that
of all such ilk before him, who have
sold honor for "mess OF pottage,"
will be handed down to posterity with
disgust and contempt, and will be nsed
to warn future generations against the
penalty attached t" disioyaity and
treachery.
Even in Louisiana the independent
spirit is springing up, and men who
worked for the present state Of affairs,
arc now trying to destroy the political
| tranquility OF the commonwealth.
They cry out, in their discomfort,
| "Away with the thraidoIn of Bourbon
! ism! We will henceforth work for the
elevation OF politics on grander
plane !" and ut the same time applaud
the repudiatlng Malone, who as we
have heretofore intimated, is working
only for the spoils of public office and
Federal patronage. What induces this
desertion from the ranks Of the great
army which has fought and won the
hard battle of many years: Is it cor
ruptiOn in the ranks of the victorious
Democracy; or desire to help the
growing prosperity of the country ?
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motives which actua!ei the narrow
minded Malone, actuate those OF Lou
isiana and other parts Of the country.
Can they crush out, by their talsef doc.
trines, the life of that noble old part y
which is founded on principles as last.
ing as time: For an answer to this
Question go to the grave yard Of parties,
and read on the tOmbstOnes of defunct
political organizations their epltaphs
and tho answer will be conclusive.
There the visitor will read the verdict
of past generations on the post mortem
of disintegratcd parties: "Not strong
enough to survivs II false doctrine, sue.
cumbed to the overwhelming tide Of
truth and Justice as enunciated by the
American Democracy"
The leaders OF this independent
movement are men AZ II class, who
have never exhibited any worthiness
for the bestowat of honors by their
party, and their followers are dissatiS
fed men, who would sacrifice every.
thing to gain the spoiis of Office. Thcil
efforts may he crowded With tempo
rary success, and the bright glamor OF
their seductive policy may bring tt
their support men of honest convic
tions; but these they will loose so soon
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