The Progress., 1893-06-17
THE ALEXANDRIA RESOLUTIONS MUST
PREVAIL.

lueul Oll dIu IlhtH doiN tISt tIll4CioLu
of the resolutions prepared by the
five editors who met at Alexandria on
April %.
OF course those who oppose them
dare not do 50 on their meaning and
claims, because they call for justice
which even the most hypocritical
demagogue pretends to uphold.
Therefore something plausible must
be invented to gull the people with
and make them believe that there i
no opposition to the resolutions. but
that the meeting which created them
was premature" Every one is IN
favor Of reform on that line and the
meeting was unnecessary" a com
mission will be named who will take
care Of this measure" and other like
''fol-de-rol" which the INSCRIPTIONS
politician and his thoughtless aids
have been feeding the people on for
the past fifteen years or more.
Now all this talk. while it may de-
ceive the unsophisticated; while it
may appease the fears Of those who
are unaccustomed to the sophistry
employed by tricksters. does not pull
the wool over our eyes in the least be-
cause we have heard the song before,
and know that it is the notes of the
political charmer who seeks to mes
merise us while be robs rs Of our
rights.
We favor the resolutions adopted
at Alexandria because we know tie
peoples ouly safety lies in an cleo
ton laws being passed by the Legis
lature. We know. or believe it strong
ly at any rate, that the people will
not tamely sumbit to a count ont
again. They Will not permit second
disenfranchisement Of themselves by
few dishonest political tricksters,
backed by the governors tools. the
returning officers. Passive sGbmis-
sion to robbery of a free peoples
political rights has ceasei to be a vir-
tue. to be even commendable. and
manhood demands that it shall not
be repeated The piracy practiced
on the ballot box in 1892. was so in
famous that many who passively con-
nived at it and permitted it to be
done, are now sweltering in the hot
robes of remorse and humiliation
The last State election has been a sad
lesson to the people. None who as
sisted in placing the present admins
tration in power but realize nov that
they have elected men who have beer
untrue to their trusts and have turned
and attempted to rend in pieces th'
masses who elected them, and all be
cause the politicians must be careC
for If we except the Hon. JohI
Pickett, nearly every officer from th'
governor down has left the people
and consorted entirely with ringsters
cliques and monied demagogues.
Can we expect any justice iron
these? Only an idiot would seriously
contend for it. Then shall we calml,
. sit down and meekly submit to rep
etition of 1892! Shame on the man
: hood of the voter who would sugges
it. No. a thousand times no! Tn
people will and shall be heard. Thei
rights will be protected and if th
|, Legislature dares to refuse to liste
: to their claims, then the returning
, officer who refuses fair and homes
commissioners, and fair count be
tween white men, openly, premedits
tedly and wantonly provokes blood
shed; because the people have dt
clared their intention to have thei
privileges respected, at the muzzle c
shotgun if need be, and they ar
right. As true Democrat as eve
= cast ballot, and as brave a man g
ever went on the battlefield has d.
clared that he will be one of twenty
!, five to see that the Shreveport boxe
give fair count, and if the Gener'
Assembly don't make it unnessar.
,, by passing an honest election Law
/, this gentleman will easily secure th
other twenty-four.
Manhood of louisiana Ye chiva
!. rous sons of chivalrous Souter
:, Statel submit no longer to your pc
! litical fetters, but arse and put dow
9 the dishonest, juggling politicians.