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

resentatlye Government. am re-
the matter of this Government to which
than 70 any other; This Is the dispo posi-
South to come together for one common
purpose This disposition OF mutual
concession, this dispoeitlon to compro4.
grand result. During the latter days of
the Administration Of Gen. jackson. the
strong, will of that old man had brought
Hatterers, many tdolators whose pres-
ence AID evil counsels brought oppro-
brlnm-and the only opprobrinm which
brave old chieftain- The stern will Of
that Old man sought to impress itself
upon the country, even so far as indica-
ting who Bhould be his successor. That,
and those evils which crept into the
which have referred. induced
A Rebellion
of the public continent against his gov
ernment and its abuses. The first indi-
cation was that mon who had been life
and political friends, and amongst the
| ablest men in the country, abandoned
him. In 1885 Delos White. one Of the
in his own State of Tennessee, and IN
al tss gacason sna tSs
power of the administration, carried the
State of Tennessee against him and Van
the abuses Of the Van Buren, admins
tration, and the Continuance of those
evils against which the protest had been
before raised, united men Of different
opinions under one common standard.
1t is irnmateriRl what the name was it
was popular protest against the abuses
gether and raised the great tide which
swept over the, country and resulted in
the victory Of 1s4o. The Indications to-
ANOTHER SUCH UPRISING.
p aliude to the triumph of 1910 because
1T was q genuine popular triumpn-a
people understood it; a protest against
the abuse OF government and power.
The Indications of to-day are that the
action of the Conventions of Cincin-
matt and Baltimore is about to meet
with a response from the popular voice
and heart the result Of which shall be
fraught with consequences more impor-
tant to the country and more important
to MS, and which shall rebuke alt efforts
TO PERSONALITIES ~
this Government or abuse the high trust
with which the constitution and people
entrust individuals. There are
TWO GREAT IDEAS
at war to day. One is the military idea,
or which Grant and his party are the
peculiar advocates, and OF which he is
the It is shat idea against
his countrymen when he cautioned them
to preserve the supremacy of the civil
the 5s ras Lesson had been
the result of the war, but the people re
again coming to their senses, North and
South; and while it is true that the
embody the personal choice of the South
ern people perhaps in this great conflict
Of h,s sat sSaGs Of Rrng%it
is for the supremacy of the civil over
the military, no better exponept of the
ley, the philanthropist and man of
peace, who said when the conflict of
arms WINS about to arise, "let the
sose Of Conflict aed at
back as brethren who had been in
arms against U.S., but WHO are our breth-
rem once again." Gen. Grant is the en-
MILITARY AND PERSONAL GOVERNMENT,
while Horace Greeley, whatever may
that are no longer live issues, is to-day
the great embodiment of the
CIVIL OVER THE MILITARY. t.
should you triumph in the coming con-
test--aDd with the great issues involved
You have every stimulus to do so-you
viii restore again peace and good govern
m me- to this rs distracted country and re-
have so long suffered.
l must say to the t
COLORED MEN
present-the white people have no great
er interest than the colored in the COM
ing contest Horace Greeley has been
your great apostle, and the same spirit
which prompted him to endeavor to
strike the shackles from your limbs, to-
day prompts him, with his large heart
to desire to restore harmony and good
feeling between races and sections,
which alone can restore good govern
ment. tt --., Ef'g ~ .fI 4,
Regarding the united State ticket as
fur as the personnel is concerned. it is the
embodiment of the idea which should
and ought to prevail. We all recognize
the cause of the misgovernment OF the
State under which we suffer. 1 am one
of those who believe that nothing but
FRAUD AND THE BAYoNEr
from Louisianians. The day has passed
see to it that we do not foster and re-
ward fraud. Let us see to it that Louis
ianians shall stand shoulder to shoulder.
The personnel of this ticket is. beyond
question. The characters of the gentle
men we have presented for your SUIT
frages challenge. investigation their
talent, ability and integrity, their high
public and private virtues challenge in
vestigation and comparison with the
best our foes can produce. Can it be
that Louisianians will hesitate to sup
port this ticketP Who is there that will,
simply because of the fact that some
fear we cannot succeed, will not sup
port the true and gallant gentlemen we
present to your suffragesf am reminded
that Cooper, in his " Leather Stocking"
makes his hero discuss by his bivouac in
the woods those contests in which we
are all occasionally engaged in life. That
plain hero uttered q sentiment which