The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-03-22
Address
By the Democratic State Central
Committee.

New ORLEANS, MARCH 1, 1888
To the Democratic and 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 COM
plete and thorough organization
throughout the State.
It needs no argument to convince
the people of this commonwealth of
the Importance of maintaining Dem
ocratic supremacy therein, and thus
protecting themselves from the dom
NANCY of the Radical party, which in
the past has inflicted such untold and
incalculable evils upon them. The
history of the ascendancy of the Re-
publican party in this State, and the
degradation, suffering and misery
which it entaiied upon all classes and
races, are too fresh in the minds and
hearts of the whole people to be for
gotten. The party, relying upon
what it believes to be individual
jealousies and fractional differences in
the Democratic ranks, has put forth
a ticket which it boldly declares it's
hope of electing. That ticket has at
it's head the name of one associated
with all the crimes against good gov
eminent and liberty inaugurated dur
ing the reconstructed era. The con-
vention by which that ticket was
nominated was principally composed
of the wicked and corrupt men who
were hurled from power by so many
sacrifices 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. Were the state
ment honest, all political history dem
onstrates that he would be powerless
to carry out such treacherous effront-
ry, and that he would once more, in
power, be bound and controlled by
the influences which nominated him.
No subterfuge of argument or soph
istry of reason can therefore conceal
the fact that the success of that ticket
would mean the success of the men
by whom it was nominated. Their
success would signify ruin to the
prosperity and advancement of this
State. 1t would be return to pow.
er of all the reckless and unprinci.
| pied men and methods which so hap
PLY disappeared with the ascendency
of the Democrtic rule. Every issue
of public policy therefore sinks into
insignifcance compared with the
great and supreme danger which
would arise from the return to power
of the corrupt and ignoble instru.
ments by which the liberties of this
State were destroyed, it's treasury
plundered, its financial system de
graded, it's Legislature corrupted,
and its morality depraved.
The committee, therefore, calls
upon every Democratic citizen of the
State, of all classes and of every race,
to sink all feeling of individual jeal.
ousy, 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 purpose 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. LAN1ER, Chairman.
| GEO. W. FLYNN. Secretary.