The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1892-01-16
Yes, They Are Democrats
Our neighbor, the Reveille. in


We are at q loss TO know how can
! gohi Democrats who voted and took part
( III the meeting of the Goth OF November.
/ leld ia thn town of Break Bridge. row
organize Foster Clubs. Is not the mino-
rity bound "a well as the majority ?
| Does not The action of the Delegates
from this parish. in the Baton Rouge
! Convention, represent the will Of the De-
m0crats. is it not binding or al good
| Dcmocratsf IL il not pity 10 see men
who have been life long Democrats now
/ jeopardizing and furnishing themselves
by boitinC, tisregdrii"C IT, W; IF e..
! majority? Can they rnv. nr IL ct :
cell Themselves Demqcratst"
Does tie Reveiile mean to say
that tnoso people who organize
Foster Clubs arc no, DeZoo~aia /.
and dcoa it ask this question n
any seriousness? 1t looks 10 US
as If that paper is only joking, and
that tho short paragraph We quote
above is not & question to reflect
upon our Democrats who are op-
posed 10 the McEnory faction. but
II it happen that cur consnpcra-
~ is serious in what il says, il
certainly displasa great check or
is wholly iEuorant Of tho record OF
tho AIcEnery leaders in THE par-
isb.
/ Those good Democrats who are
organizing Foster Clubs tarlisk
, themselves, sdvances the Ee-
vei!le; they are boiling, Then, if
we arc 10 take rs fact what the
Neveiilo says, that those good de-
mocrsts have jeopardizod tie De-
mocratic party simply because
they have organized Democratic
clubs within the Democratic par
! t., and whito men at that; what
will DO tho opinion OF that paper
! in regard t. the lIcEnery leaders
who in 1854 and 1853 bolted the
Democratic rgrty and went 70 the
negro party, made speeches to ne
gro conventions, laada speeches in
negro ward meetings. made spec
ches in negro cabins, used all
heir influence with the negroes,
day and night for their own ed
vancement and at tia sacrifice of
all Democratic principles.
Tell us brother Reveille. if you
class as boilers and undemocratic,
organizers Of Foster clubs, what
is the man who ran on the Repu-
blican ticket in opposition 10 the
white candidate OF the Democratic
party duly selection at Demo
cratic convention? Wo insist
upon your answer TO this question.
Tell us, again. what Is your
opinion Of the so-called Democrats
" no made speeches TO the negroes
for heir own cause against the
Democratic nominees, are they
Democrats? We expect you to
answcr this question also.
We would be pleased to know
how that paper establishes the
fact that the McEnery convention
is the only Democratic convention,
on what sround he bases his or
gumenls, IS it for the reason that
the delegation from this parish
was in that convention, or is it be-
cause he fayors the nomination OF
McEnery simply?
, Wo consider that the two fac
ton are composed Of Democrats
who havo never been together
! since the beginning of this cam.
paign, they held seperate conven,
tions and selected their own can.
!; didates. and it is very natural that
those Democrats who favor one
r faction or the other do all in theil
power for the advancement o
: their faction, whether by organi