The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-12-29
BE NOT DELUDED..

De NOI DELUDEDs I'll
@ThS electi5n of aenenl Harrison -
the Presidency aud accession Ola Ra-
publican majori,ysln the House OF Kep.
resentatives ressorRmshe Republican
paltyto the complete control of the
Government: I2GT
What is to be the result to .ths South, |
from this change in, political con-
'ditioDs :? is question often asked, and
janxiousiy discussed by many of our
people. 2H 90 sea- no,
Some .conoIs. themselves, with the
hope that the policy OF the incoming
administrstion IL, 10 be extremely con-
Iservative, or that the President elect
will Gull to the front The best and most
nservatiye mem bers Of his party,
and by strict !abstentione from any in-
terfesencel with Btatedpoiitics sand; at
fairs; convince the people that II is
no longer Necessary to look 10 the
Democratic party for protection from
Federal iaggressi0nss0n the rights of
the States, and to, be unrestatned IN
their right 10 administer their own
affairs. 80 -,, ,.a;,r'.,,, 49,, 60,
II; Is greatly 10 be- regretted that
there is no foundation; whatever for
sucti deIusive hope s'oY ss9olo2 sa3
The President.elcct ~ a puritan o.
purttans, II reports be true !; he is bigot;,
ted, tnarrow-minded, and partizan to
The last degree 10 o. s5}oy lis ss1lal
No act or utterance Of his friendly TO
the South, or .evinclng q deposition to
bury, the memories and passions OF the
war, can be cited As; a member Of
Inc Mississippi River Commission, he
approved the construction 81 ievees,
not because They did not ? certainly
deepen the channel of the great river
i aud thereby render its navigation GER
tain, safe and easy, But because they
Incidentally protected the valley from
\ the ravages Of overflow. ;, s,.gs ~, >,
4 The leading members OF his party,
tue Chandier's, Sherman's, Foraker's
and Reeds, demand 'an aggressive
Southern policy. The horde OF fam
ished wolves, yclept Southern Re-
publicans, who have for years yelpet,
aud growled at their exclusion from
the public Golfers and bemoaned their
sad fate which deprived them Of an
REPRESENTATIVES, live at the expense Of
the people they detest, call upon him
to come 10 their rescue and turn them
the power which they have lost. "'s'. ~,
That he will .endeavor to comply
with their demands, is,i in. our judg-
nen' ,asi certain as auyeventlto happen
in the future can By, and this means
that the Federal Government viii
make a. determined- effort to restore
Warmothism; and Kellogisnn to ascen.
dency in Louisiana. Nothing more
nothing less. snls sjhs sF i's'E
Our esteemed Republican friends are
elated, jubilant, expectant. They pine
for another opportunity to 'pluck the
Pelican, )" and think It .isi near at hand.
] AAoy AS6uAu uS aAlOuk IuN
spolls Of war, and themselves as the
| victors TO whom she belongs. q .ssf
The present constitution might be q
temporary obstacle to the jobs through
which their fortunes would be speedily
retrieved, but this would, be readily
swept away were they once entrusted
with power, and the Satnrnalia OF
crime and debauchery in which they
reveled aud wallowed under the re-
CLINE OF Warmoth aud the usaspa,ion
of kellogg would return to - be more
rapturous'y enjoyed by reason of the
loug abstinence. 80 ->s
! But, we ,opine, these unbiden guests
Of ours are counting W itheut their host.
Louisiana is very still, but not asleep,
nor parsIyzsd, nor stupefied, and the
carrion crows who are c,Gcking their
filthy bills in anticipation Of the OK
pected feast will find that this stiffness
is but the PRECURSOR OF such storm us
will blast their neutrality-suspicious. into
utter destruction, D, s..,s, - ..[..,., .-..
Knowing this people as they do, and
knowing their own records even better,
1t is amazing that they do not know
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