St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-01-23
ON rHE SANE PLANK.


rNsv 0slsaas Pisaysss. Jas. -
The Republican State Conven-
ton, which hes for two days past
been In session n til city, has COM
pleted IL wosk. Il has constructed
. platform, winch containe IN anti
lottery plank. This b indeed . Gig.
niiicaut fact.
This anti-l0ttery declaration Was
not made BY TIE Wafmoth wing Of
the party. which hes heretofore an
nounced its opposition to that In
stitution, hat By the negro wing, Of
which Il hes heretofore been given
out In commoa report, that It was
already cold to The lottery. Now
that The negroes have adopted an
anti-lottery declaration, It =, - We
have heretofore remarked, . most
significant circumstance. II an.
nounces that the negro Republicans
and the Fosterites are standing TO.
gether on the lottery question.
1t will not do for the white peo-
pie Of Louisiana to shut their eyes
to the possibility Of . negro victory
in the State In the present divided
condition Of the whites, II the me-
groes can get their votes counted.
But the negroes have learned from
past experience that they can gain
more By making themselves felt -
. balance Of power thsn by making
. supreme effort for domination.
They prefer to form . combination
with come faction Of the whites, and
they have evidently declared for the
Fosterites.
But this h no question Of princi-
pie with the negro Republicans.
Principle has no part In their polit-
ical manipnlations. They are
shrewd enough to see where their
advantage lies and they are work
ing for it. II money were the OBJ
ject they would doubtless have gone
10 the lottery; but they waat politi-
cal plumber. II the Farmer Alli-
ance could make . dicker with the
FOsterites, Why not the negroes,
they reason, doubtless, and II we
are to Judge from their platform,
90 they have acted. So many
prominent members Of the Foster
faction have declared that they
would prefer Republican rule in
Louisiana to the adoption Of the
lottery proposition, that the negroes
are obviously encouraged to seek .
union with that faction, and % they
have done, II We are to Judge from
their open expression.
But the object Of the FOsterite
boilers from the Democratic con-
ventiOn is to beat NcEnery first
and the lottery afterwards. II they
have secured . combine with the
Republican negroes, ~ well - with
Ocala platform Farmer Alliance,
it is to beat the regular Democracy.
II so, and that 10 the outlook Of the
situation at this moment, the party
Of white supremacy finds itself con-
fronted by . combination Of Office
seeking whites and unprincipled ne
grOes to overthrow what has been
for many years the chief bulwark Of
social order and safety In Louisiana.
This il . formidable prospect, deep
~ laid and criminal, and well may
the white people VI Louisiana view
it with anxiety and alarm. Any
movement which tends to replace
in the hands Of the negroes the polit-
ical power which they have hereto
fore used 90 much to the cost and
damage Of the State should arouse
the entire white population to .
united resistance.
The Republican scheme to split
the Solid South, and which has been
tried in every Southern State, is
now taking shape in Louisiana.
The negro Republicans, with the
aid Of the Foster Ants, hope to
win at the next election. This
great danger in now plainly appar-
ent to any thoughtful man, and
every true Democrat. who loves
his State. will rally to the standard
Of McEnery and white supremacy.
and the maintenance Of the Solid
South ut al1 hazards.