The Progress., 1896-08-15
TURN OVER 4 NEW LEAF

, All honest people are sick aud tlre
OF the crime. and many who sane
} toned 1t Ill years agone when the ne
cessity seemed to demand, are no,
E nauseated at the boldness and wan
tonness displayed in stutling tn
) boxes against all men, irrespective o
color, who do not belong to tho Dem
ocrauc party.
In the recent State election disgus
deep and unconcealed sat upon tn,
features of men who had never cas-
anything but Il Democratic ballot
and they purposely aud nhsrlutol,
refused to vote when the detcrmlun
ton to again stuff the boxes. waY sus
pectea SO strongly IA t. h"crme u
fixed belief and urlulru
Now /, will avail No enc anything
t" mount high hors" uf spurious III
dlguatlOn aud utter malcilrtlous ON
The Progress hcad. hrrausr j, is now
! III ono Of lts humors to talk ont in
meeting, aud shall do so. however.
without harshnnss or yltuperatlon,
terribly and plainly, very plainly and
truthfully. Where is the man who
Is willing to RISK being judged Il tit,
subject for Introduction by declaring
he believes one-half Of the votes re-
turned from Caddo were ever cast 2
t snch creature in the form and
makeup Of Il person lives, The Pro-
gress would be glad to hear of hun
and maybe he can be saved from the
asylum by connecting hims-If with
some museum.
But no approach at levity. This
IS a serious matter and should be
dealt with only in serious way. In
fact it must be, to be properly cared
for.
What are the moral people of our
parish, the Cbrlstisn people, the min
listers going to do about it &? Will
they allow this evil to 20 on forever
with its pollnting tendency to cor
rupt and debau'h the generation com.
ing on, and rendering the members
thereof unfit for citizenship on ac-
account of corruption imblbed bv
them from their elders aud a common
public sentiment 4?
Does it occur to the common laymau
that a Parkhnrst Is needed q? And
will not some minister be brave
enough to take this monster DIR gon,
this evil and powerful enemy of BIS
Master by the throat and throttle
him. Dare our good men and
women attempt to deceive themselves
under the cover Of ignorance : Does
not, conscience, that electric monitor
that distnrbs ones slnmbers throw
them into state of frenzy over
their rowardice and denial Of their
Master who calls on them to put
down this deep sin
The Caucasian race claims supe-
riorlty over the negro race. and The
Progress believes it is 80. But then
If it is, have we not the genius TO de-
teat the negro by law and fairly If
not then we are not superior people
and should not rule
But We will not digress on that line,
that these plunderers will take ad
vantage and fairly cry out, The Pro
gress wants negro supremacy. He'll
never gave birth to a blacker lie, and
IT IS lie as false as satan himself no
matter from whose lips such an i'm
putation may come.
1t is not to secure Caucasian su-
premacy that this ballot-box stufling
has been kept up. 1t has been done
to perpetuate the rule of certain
clique who style themselves Demo
Gratis but whose Democracy-many
believe-has long been subservient
t) their ambition, and is ready 10
change at any time her masters may
elect ..
However long this great sin may
have been carried on. it can be stol,-
ped. The voice of the people Is the
supreme law still, aud it ia with the
hope that the better natures of our
people can be aroused, will be made
sovereign Of their actions. that this
editorial is written.