The Opelousas courier., 1896-03-14

dicsout SecSe are swans, and we wi
) dnI1Ia.l oui patriotism and make a
V IGaS"'iolls from our merits which va
i ueliand, il you will cease yo11r Gov
O crnto oiE ana come back into the Demo
d ha~S 49, Parry, which YOU ought never /
s n"se lelt, ana mingle your swans vii
$ o ~ seese' 1t will improve our stocl
: ana graft upon our faith virtI,as nrbia
may be wanting. NN
. nro mIat l. state TO YOU may, with equa
pioltiletv, be addressed to the s,1oa
! pn alleis VINO nave SO recently left In
hheoclatlc party. Like yourselves. the
, n nr heretofore been sterling Demo
| onI' uliu nave done a great deal no
=, ~ 10y Aoi the success of the party. bl
~ advancing the material Interests y
n t Sta,e. II was with sincere rt<yrt,
80. learned, when absent from m.
a,a.e' Oh ulelr intention to form a SEQ
an, :" ursahlzatlGn, neither Republican
wa ~ be.ho~railc, tut an isolated associa.
ion, OF succeeding, but al
ilcalculable harm to The Da,n0cratiI
rai.y' ana to the welfare Of the state
lheS went off on a grievance. Every.
oouy comedies that they were badiv
uea.tt' n that the government had
not kept faith with them. To ~ MINI
the repeal Of the bounty was claarlv
an act OF downright bad faith, and
VINE NOT directly, it was a species OF
Hnuiesale robbery and 81 oliatiua1. 1t
nalhrupted many who OIL the faith of
Ghe government had invested many
thousands OF dollars in an inhustr,,
that requires protection and which the
government had promised for a certain
PERIOD IN a solemn declaration of leeis-
latlve blll. | think now that the reneal
OF me bounty vas a great misforiune
~ me state. Had it continued for the
period promised zane fields would now
be visible throughout north Louisiana
asiu central sugar retineries would be
sendlnS up their smoke from every
town and village. They would have
multiplied as fast as your congresses.
surely we had paid enough to the gen
eral s~o&sEnnlent in the way OF illegal
arlstocrats at the north, to accent
ahSthlnS from the government which
"ould compensate US fer our losses.
tnder these considerations, had it
pen i1'ah IN my power | would have acted
IKE the Nenetians, Who were renon-
strated with for trading with the
Turks: Their reply was: I've are
Nehgtlans first and Christians after
ware, II so l believe l would have
s~ubordinated everything else to the
Wei being Of the state. But the rem
cay was not in leaving the Democratic
party and thus intlicting additional in
Jury upon the State. In this the plant
g elsi are Inconsistent They justly COM
- or lust Indignation, should they seek
70 Wreak vengeance on the State? Why
should they enter into an alliance with
ene most Objectionable element in the
LOUISIANA took ii sadly to heart that
they were in the>midst Of a dense ne
gro population and employed your eff
4ortS TO rescue them, when you inau-t
&uIaI6I me fierce campaign OF 1876?
hen was governor there was not an
appeal Wnlcn came 10 me from that
section of the State for relief from
negro domination that l did not answer
and effectively. Now l. APP
peal to these p~eopie-these intelligent
sugar planters, who have it in their
power to either destroy or build up
the State-to abandon their singular
and peculiar position and to come back
into the Democratic party. Now is the
opportunity to do so. and all viii hail
such a course with JOY. rand there
VIII not be a voice raised in condemna-
OF past ACTS. nor will there even
a memory of this secession from the
IS called, sometimes, | believe. also
the national Republican party, al
[hough 1t is not IN communion. | be
!ele, with the national organization. /
cons to the white people Of the State {
hat it refuses to affiliate with the {
'egular negro organization. controlled {
kel.ogs and Cage, further than to i
Democratic party. This is a good |
1t is a most ~commendable policy, +
I am sure it VIII require but the ;
iacritiee Of the pride of opinion for our c
UGH opinions it is beyond explanation !
they are now aiding and assisting
n the attempt to overthrow the Demo
rate party and the inauguration of y
legro rule in the State. Reason and p
election ought to convince them of a
heir error, to call it BY no harsher e
anne. c
| need make no appeal to my Old :
official associates for the discharge OF =
n important duty: You had a great 5
had been inflicted upon you in
he last campaign. But you did not S
your relations with the Demo- o
ratio party on that account. After the "
levitahle and looked to the interests g
{ the Democratic party. You went to b
Rouge, and through your ac- Il
representatives surrendered a
our organization, and united in form o.
lg the State central committee which d
allied into existence the State nomi- fe
ating convention. You have kept Il
nth with the party. and you have not II
wicked your grievances as a means y.
!, waging war On a Democratic State fe
ere not Immediately recognized. ii
our services We're u%nrequited. But III
iii expected this and were not disap- cf
Therefore. you were willing, s,
1ota va IA kSSlS" tsi> tAl " l. q"
ge would so to those who had aided Ia
Id assisted In the election of Governor 80
oster. You We're only interested in a of
,od State government, and abided ~
,ur tim when the opportunity should g.,
presented to exert your influence. e,
he opportunity did arrive and you "a
,sctically controlled the State con CT
'ntion. Its results are your work. for !
different. If I had a desire to be az
your action would lave dis IN
oated it. for I would not antagonize 20
ose who had befriended me. II is -
atifying for me to know that every tn
mere in the State my Old friends and rr
litical associates are standing by the ne
,rty and are doing good work TO in m
re for it a victory. It would be still III
d showed themselves to the front
d distanced their old antagonists in III
e battle struggle now upon us. II til
ere are any who are Indifferent to in,
e result. and who expect to satisfy Tt
voting, I implore them to join ranks to
tn the active, and make more glori- cn
$ the fidelity they had always ex- in
1ited in times of peril to the party tht
outstrip the activity. energy and bu
1883, when defeat only stimulated crt
an to do greater work for Governor :, !
cholls than they had done for them an
I make the same appeal now du
Al - ulu 4 fHr
Use the danger that confronts the h hae
rty is greater. III
he opposition to the election Of Vol
vernon Foster from the Pop pr
SITS and the new Republicans. With VII
animity the Populists Of north LOU kkrr
ina voted for his nomination, and la7
h few exceptions the members Of "a,
new Republican party. In fact, the ~
ders among the latter organization ~
re prominent supporters of Governor a.
ster. No Populist or member of the ne
Republican party can claim that liz nne
" are dissatisfied because Of not be- =.
rewarded. This would be in conflict pul
h their pretensions,, because they 10
Cd on a high moral plane and posed fn a1c
the most disinterested OF patriots, pteg
ose sole desire was to rescue the =
te from the octopus, a name given q
the lottery company by John II. Wn
the coiner Of the words "vege- lon
le dude" They can make no COM to
int Of the appointments Of Governor pow
ter. I have never heard 1t charged a r