St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-11-01
THE DUTY OF ALL GOOD
CITIZENS.

should be needed by all true Demo-
Gratis:
The State of Louisiana should
roll up on next Tuesday a hand
some majority for Cleveland, and
to do this every Dem ocrat must go
to the polls and vote. 1t will not
do to trust to others for this, to
count on Louisiana as SO surely
and safely Democratic that one
vote less will not be missed. II
such an idea is adopted it will in
deed endanger the State. There
is need for more work, more energy
here than many good Democrats
recognize. Louisiana is one of the
few Southern States upon which
the Republicans have cast their
eyes. They appreciate the fact
that there is a Democratic major
ity here, but they know that lit
tie apathy on the part of Demo
Gratis will throw the election into
their hands, and they expect this.
No one who has studied the course
OF recent events can doubt that this
is their aim. They are not making
their earnest fight as "a forlorn
hope" their activity of the last few
days, their action about the COM
missioners Of election, their deter
mination to appoint large mum
Der of deputy marshals-all tend
to show that they have never en-
tirely abandoned their hope of car
rying Louisiana, and are lying back
waiting for their chance, and Demo-
cratic apathy is that chance.
The man unwilling to vote in
support of his principles when
these are endangered, is unfit for
citizenship, and entitled to none Of
the rights of citizen. The mere
personal Inconvenience of going to
the polls and votiDg-a matter Of
ten OF fifteen minutes-outweio hs
with him his country and his peo-
pie. Such men are the worst tpe-
mics Of Louisiana, working for the
restoration of that fearful Repub-
ican government which crushed
out the life of the State, which was
covered with blood and infamy.
Every Democrat who stays away
from the polls AID fails to vote
casts a ballot for the Republicans,
and aids and encourages that party
IN the struggle it has never aban-
doned for the control of our State
government.
1t is not only necessary to get a
but we want a majority
that will settle the politics of Lou
isiana for years to come; that will
take it out of the category of doubt
full States, open to the machina-
tons and plots Of the Republicans,
to be overridden with deputy mar
shals, and worried and torn with
prolonged and exciting canvass.
We want to make it known, beyond
doubt. that Louisiana is Demo-
cratic to the core. To do this we
must increase the Democratic ma
iority beyond any the State has
yet given, by energetic wolk and
BY every Democrat voting.
We call upon all citizens to fulfill
his first duty: Go to the poll on
Tuesday next and cast your ballet
or Cleveland and Hendricks. I'll
avery man does his duty in this
natter. Louisiana will be ranked
IS safely Democratic as Georgia or
Texas, and will enjoy the prosper
ty OF these States and their free
lom from Republican intrigues.
There are hundreds of citizens
Who have taken little interest in
he present campaign, and who
AVE thought that it was scarcely
lecessary for them to vote for
cleveland, because many thousands
ii others were going to do so. We
ell these gentlemen that they are
mistaken; their votes are greatly !,
eeded--ueeded to save this State
rom the Republicans-needed to
oil up that majority that Louisi-
ia should give.
A FLAT CONTRADICTION De-
roit, Mich, Mr.. Blaine took occa-