The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-05-25
AN, OPINION.

AN OPINION. |,
Some time ssgo the Baton Rouge
Advocate delivered Itself Of an tiointiy D
IN "thc country press" whereinit took
occasion to greatly dsplore the lack Of
in the average country edi-
ter and 1t went so far as to charge
them with adopting the views of the
s'great metropolitan dailies'' on almost |
sll questions OF public interest and
concern as their own, and concluding |
with the exhOrtation to the benightsd !
country editor ITO read, think and
write for himself" AS to W neither this |
charge Ia deserved or not It Is not our
purpose at this time to dAscass, but
rather 10 refer to an Incident growing
out Of the, Advocates article. AT thel
time OF the appearance Of the article
referred TO theirs was very little atten.
ton paid 10 It but recently It has been
made the occasion or extensive editorial
comment by two OF the New Orleans
papers, the Times Damocrat and the
atstes, with the purpose Of forcing
frotn the country press AN opinsou
upon the Lafayette troubles. The
Times Democrat assumes % most pa
troniz'ns attitude towards the country,
press and while generously (?) de-
Tending them from the charge OF the
Advocate enieavors to enlist them, ac.
cording to the Times Democrat no.
ton, on the side OF s.taw aud order. -
The States, on the other hand, takes
up the Advocates cudgal aud belabors
them numerically, especially those
that happened to express opinions
simiisr to ihoss held by the Times.
Democrat. These attempts TO exlor. Al
opinion from the country press are so
puntc and punny as to be unworthy 81
the two papers engaged 10 It and too
contemplate to deserve notice and we
have only referred to It, an passante,
TO so characterizs 1t. The averexe
country editor has got at least = thin.
BILE full Of brains aud we make the
assertion that not one who has az
much sense as that amount OF brains
would give him has been Influenced 10
the least by the rot these two papers
have INDUCED in on the subject. ~
But we digress. We had intended
to say less about this matter and more
about the Lafayette troubles. Follows
Tug the advice Of our red headed
brother OF the Baton Rouge Advocate
before he gave II, we have read
and thought and expressed opiu-
ions SOIL our owu," aud We have
read and thought and expressed
opinions on the subject that the recen,
Lafayette troubles now again brings
prominently forward for discussion
and we fiatter ourselves that that opIn-
ION has not been misunderstood In
some portions Of Louisiana. We form.
CD II some time ago, gave free express
sion TO 1t dpring the late campaign
ana 1t Is the same to day, notwith.
standing the fact that some of Our
"great metropolitan dailiss" entirely
changed front on the question with the
change Of administrations.
The Telegraph is, always has been
aud always will be, SO long as its pres
ent editor controls its editorial utter.
ances, 10 favor Of white supremacy. 1,
prefers to see that supremacy main,
talned within the law, bat IL that eau
not be done 1t must be maintained
anyhow. This Ia white mans coun.
try, white mans government and
white men must, and will, control the
| one and run the other.
In support Of this principle the Te,e-
graph has always maintained, under
Its present management, that no man
or set Of men, Republican or Democrat.
should be permitted to control the vote
OF the negroes in nominating add
efectiog men to office. and II advoca ted
| with all the ability at its command.
the exclusion Of the negro from Demo-
cratic primaries in the last campaign
without thought rs to whether Il
would Insure the success or defeat OF
the cause il espoused. The position OF
the ttDreat Nav Orlenua ,1a;,;ns,, 80