The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-02-20
RENERF AND WHITE So
An AHdress to the People Uho
Suffered from Orer7foW.
NEW ROADS, La. Jan. 70. 1892.

NI" N'Ah' i|S's SN' - $3.50
To NV friends Of ,~ssnnn'ion. Terr"honn~.I T.
fourrhe aud St. Aarv:
The hnrle note of our politica' cam
paign has heen sonndAd tho dif"rrnt
standards have been unf.rl"d : IT,"
breeze. each bearing different ensirns
each claiming and nroclaimino TO haar
Democratic colors-bnt true Dnmocra-
cy sails under one color or'~-and
when two parties sail under diff =. NJ
eO'ors. directly opposite TO nj another,
n certainly cannot be D"morra'i 10.
Trne Democracy teaches ns the recng-
nitlon of white supremacy rule, and
that the will Of the white maturity
shonld prevail and he recognized
Such an ensign. blazing unnn n stand
ard. shonld he recognized IA tbs on
Democratic banner fit for respect a ~
consideration.
The history of Ra. n Ronre's Last
two conventions. in December last.
has shown US very forciblv which "f
the tw" facrinns had adonted snch rn'
ings that rave to the white voter the
assurance that majority should govern
and minority sh"nld submit. It is a
conceded fact, even nv the Ant,s. that
Gov. McEnery had obtained a maiorit'
of delegates in the primaries. an''
notwithstanding that admission by
a ticket to satisfy the ambition nf q
few ofhceseekt rs. who would be will
ling to ae'l the Democracy. to s'N onr
dear Louisiana t" The r pnblicans in
the presi iential election If they cor'd
only get into Office. What ci,'"
have they owe onr prople DO the
represent the choice Of the white voters
Of t e State 7 Can they deny the fact
that their convention wna q bogus one.
enmnosed of contested delegates and
delegates picked up right on the
&ronnds. who had heen defeated in the
primaries and hal not even rOntrs..d
their elections, and had zone to Bs."n
konge a. mern SPECTATORS Z Can that
pack Of ambitions pnli.icians p-rsnaia
TN people of Louisi ma that thev had
nat Themselves nam"d the nlaca whrr"
en- Democratic convention should
meet Z And why did they not mat
there I Can they dsnv the fact that We
rendered them every c %nciliatnrv meas
ure 70 bring them ,ack with ma Z VIVA.
had they t fear it they were in the ma
jority I VIII" did they not do toward
ne in 1891 "a We did toward them IT,
1893 Did we not r~cogniza that the,
had the majority, and did we not grace
fully snbmit 7 Did we not supp ,rt
Nicholls in the general election I -
this can be answered in few few words
We had the majority and would eject
ArEn-ry. our ticke. and our platform.
and they would have got the Same
thing we had in 1888 they would
have got lett" But that would not
satisfy the Office seekers !; their ambi-
tnnr could not he hnsh.d at such a
price, Democracy or no Democracy
they mnst get into power Adams
Aimaelf wasin their way, and had s~nsr
enough to resign after having received
= complimentary vote. That is the
Democracy they will try to make our
people a" allow, hut the pill. il too Bit
ter and by far too nasty, and the chiv
airy of Louisiana 10 sure t orebel against
it.
friends - Those Anti Democrats
have resolved to fight the issue from
Governor dow to ward constable, and
threaten, should they get into power, |
to di>franchise all and every supper |
ter OF McEnery. 1t behooves us to |
stand firmly together as Democratic
AMI fight them on every issue. Can |
W" let a pack Of Office seekers disrupt |
AID disfranchise our old Jefersonian |
Democracy 7 Cut US Of the right of call |
ing ourselves Democrats and Of voting J
as Democrats I Our State, our personal
are a little too dear % each and !
every one of us to let those ny birds hand
cut and fetter us like that. Shall We be |
their slaves or shall we shake off the
cebwebs and show them that Louisiana
cannot submit to such an outrage :
Let rs organize at once, for they viii,
not loose time in trying to do so. Let
AS have clubs in each ward Of the diff
ferent parishes and pledge ourselves
stand together in all and every is
For Gods sake let us not sell our
State for a trifing parish Office. Let il
our State first and our friends next.
The lottery is not an issue before the
Recognize that Judge Sam D. Nc
Emery was chosen by the majority of
the white Democrats of Louisiana to
govern them in the next four years.
Gov. HcEnery deserves a warm place
in our hearts, as none better than the
people OF Point Coupee, Assumption, La
fourche, St. Mary and Terrebonne
were ever placed in a position to bet
ter appreciate the great and charitable
traits of thaJ illustrious man. Is It
necessary to recall the terrible over