The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-12-12
THE CAMPAIGN THUS FAR.

Up to date seventeen Parishes have
spoken. OF these the great majorit,
have actually elected delegates to Ba
ton Rouge, while few have merely
chosen representatives for q Parish
Convention, by which the delegates
are yet to be appointed. In either
case, however, the significance is I'M
mistakable. Whether the action be
final or only preliminary it is compe.
tent to say if the people have declared
for or against Gov. McEnery. Thlr,
teen Parishes have pronounced explic-
itlv aud unreservedly for the Governor
Madison, Ouach;ta, Lafayette, Pla-
quemines, Avoyelles, Pointe Coupee,
St. Tammany, Terrebonne, St. James,
Morehousc, Lafourche and Catalonia.
-Four have declared against Gov. Nc
Emery - Claiborne, East Feliciana,
BienvilIe and Natchitoches. Not one
has declared for Gen. Ogden. East
Feliciana instructed for ex-Gov. Nj
cholls, Bienville expressed a prefer
ence for Judge Moncure, and 50 on
But, as between Ogden and McEnery,
the latter has carried twelve Parishes,
and the former none. So stands the
campaign up to this moment. The
policy of SANDER, villification and ma
lice has been carried to its last dcduc-
tons; speakers and writer's have ex-
hausted their powers of abuse; yet
Gov. McEnery has secured IL out of
II Parishes, and Gen. Ogden, against
whom McEnery's friends have not ut
tered one word of detraction, has Sc
cured none. The Parishes that have
recorded themselves as opposed to the
administration have not instructed for
Gen. Ogden, and Gov. McEnery is,
therefore, left up to this moment with
out serious opposition. Surely, the re-
suit, as now ascertained, is eloquent
enough. 1t tells us in manner not
to be mistaken that Gov. McEnery's
services are appreciated by the people,
and that the storm of wrath and mis-
representation directed at him by the
opposition has passed harmlessly over
his head. 1t vindicares the intelli-
gence and generosity Of public senti-
ment in this State.
There is still another Parish which
we have reserved for special mention
the Parish of Caddo. Here it was
that the SANDER was most violent and
most wicked. Here it was that Gov.
McEnery's name was dragged in the
foul mire of falschood with a cruel in
genuity which has no parallel even in
the extraordinary bitterness of this
contest. Here it is, also, that Gov:
McEnery has gained the most signal
and conspicuous victory, for it is the
victory of good feeling over malice, OF
justice over injustice. The opposition
have given Caddo to Gov. McEnery
by their Incorporate persecution
They have revolted fair-minded men
by their unbridled passion. They have
lost Parish which they originally held
in strongest ties of sympathy, simply
because they were so violent as to ali
enate and allront every brave and
generous heart within their influence.
Was there ever a more impressive
lesson9 Did any community ever rise
with q more practical unanimity to
commend q public servant and rebuke
his prosecutors OF course there are
many Parishes yet to hear from, but
the past is fair index of the future.
We are surer of a majority of those to
come than we we're of Plaquemines or
Avoyelles, for the temper of popular
sentiment is effectually UNIVERSAL
Governor McEnery has won the people
by his modesty, his worth and his
practice, and where he was not sup
ported on the merits of his policy he
has conquered by virtue of the injus-
tice to which he has been subjected.
He will be the next Governor of Lou
isiana, as he deserves to be, and under
his rule the State will find peace, or.
der and prosperity -[Times- Democrat.
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