The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-03-23
NEW oRrEAss, March /, 1855.

NEW 0RnEGss, March 1, 1855.
To the Democratic ard Conservative Voters Of
the State of Louisiana;
CHARGED with the conduct of the present
campaign, the Democratic state Central
Committee desires to call the attention OF
the Democrats Of Louisiana to the necessity
Of complete and thorough organization
throughout the State.
ii needs no argument to convince the peO-
4,le Of this commonwealth Of the Importance
Of Democratic supremacy therein, and thus
Drokaetinp= themselves from the dOminancy
Cf the Radical party, which in the past has
inflicted such untold and tnealculabie eVlls
upon them. The history of the sseendancy
al the Republican party in this State, and the
fie1radation, suffering and misery which It
eptalled upon all classes and races, are TOO
fresh in the minds and hearts OF the people
10 be forgotten. The party, relying upon
what It believes to be individual jealousies
and factiOnal differences IN the Democratic
ranks, has put forth ticket which 1t boldly
declares its hope OF electtng That ticket
has at its head the name Of one associated
with all the crimes against good government
and liberty inaugurated during the recon
strueted era. The convention by which that
ticket was nominated was principally com
posed of the wicked and corrupt men VINO
were hurled from power by so many saerl-
fees and at such great cost The leader
whom they have selected, in order to mislead
public sentiment, declares with INSCRIPTIONS
audacity his intention to ignore the main
body of his supporters. We're the statement
honest, all political history demonstrates
that he would be poWerless to carry out such
tFeaeherous effrontery, and that he would
once more, in power, be bound and CONTROL
ed by the Influences which nominated him.
No subterfuge of argument or sOphistry Of
reason can therefore conceal the fact that
the success of that ticket would mean the
success of the men by whom 1t was nOmi-
mated. Their success would signify ruin TO
the prosperity and advancement of this State
| 1t would be o return to power of all the
reckless and unprincipled men and methods
which so happily disappeared with the as
tendency of Democratic rule. Every issue
| of public policy therefore sinks into insig-
| ni6cance compared with the great and su-
| DFeme danger which would arise from the
! return to power of the corrupt and ignOble
| instruments by which the liberties of this
State were destroyed, its treasury plundered,
| it's financial system degraded, its Legislature
corrupted and its morality deprayed.
| The committee, therefore, calls upon every
| Democratic citizen of the State, of all classes
| and of every race, to sink all feeling OF indi-
| yidual jealousy, of factiOnal difference or OF
| abstract opinion, so that from one end OF
! the State to the other the Democratic and
| Conservative citizens may stand shoulder TO
| shoulder with stern and unWavering pur-
pose to elect the ticket nominated by the
| last Democratic convention, and thus pro
tect in the future as they have in the past
the civilization of the State from destruction.
j. s. LANIBR, Chairman.
GEO. W FLYNN, Secretary.