The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-11-25

Government must absolutely TALL to
right to vote can be taken away. There
fore, it is morally indestructible. You
have it just as inalienably and clearly as
you. If you have the right co vote. you
know your numbers. Your vote is a
power that is always going to be felt.
not see that it is the interest of the
white people of Louisiana to improve
abn tSs SS You
bus upon upon us if 1t is not
CULTIVATED AND EDUCATED. Il
1 toll you that the very minute you
put yourselves upon the proper footing
with your own white people, the minute
sSis Contest abent car pet s and
scallawaggery is at an end. the white
people will go to work to elevate You in
You may form an intelligent population
in their MIDST. If they did not do SO
they would be the greatest fools in
can be prosperous with IN Ignorant popu
lation in their midst; but if these
carpet 6agseTs ., can ~. mislea lead, You,
have known from childhood are trying
to deceive you, this difficulty will be in
terminable.
In this contest you ought to join the
REFORM MOVEMENT OF THE COUNTRY.
cause h Se is sc yeur n1 fife.ions friend the
man who advocated principles that viii
stand after Grant has been forgotten.
You must support him cordially on his
own account. v
Then join your home reform move
ment that announced for the first time
formed free from every element Of oppo-
the United States, These laws guaIan-
every thing on the face of the earth you
could demand or want. That party has
set that plank in its platform. 1t advo..
Reform party in Louisiana, and must
bring all her people together in one fold,
co-operating together and excluding
you are safe for the future.
In closing want to say a few words
to the
There never was time when your in
fluence was more needed than now. 1
assure you feel happy to see .yop here
weather. But, my countrymen, we are
suffering from an9ther storm in
Yonr sons and husbands feel the effects
of this demoralizing philosophy. They
Se At ths their 91gd bs net
They are taught that they can
make exchanges or swops with the
that men Of honor can strike hands with
villainy and scoundrelism for the ac-
cemplishment of temporal good. know
what your influence is. know there is
not lady in the State of Louisiana,
eithersister, wife or mother, who will not
lend her aid in counteracting such false
teachings. tell you it is important to
the State you should use your influence
to drive back this infamous demoraliza-
tion-.this bad philosophy-into it's wick
ed hole, and keep it there. Teach them
to stand by principle through thick aud
thin; never to give UP. principle, either
to protect their property or lives.
How is it, fe low citizens, that
We meet to commemorate certain
days-that we come together at stated
periods to celebrate great acts and merito-
| rious deeds performed by some of our
people How is it the whole history Of
mankind teens with struggles for honor,
for glory, for renownR 1t is because
there is within us a love for that which
| is righteous and noble and just. ask,
are you going, for a mess of pottage.
| to sell your birthrights Will you
transmit to your posterlty no Fourth
| of July, no Eighth of January,
No honored day to celebrate in history
Will you rather transmit to them the
sad record that in this hour of peril the
people of Louisiana, oppressed by a
storm of corruption, vie ded principle
and deserted truth, trampled honor un-
der foot, and erected in the place of vir-
tue the image of such a man as HI. c,
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