The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-05-09

its ascendency in Louisiana there has
been peace and order and prosperity,
as far as state Cover nment could effect
prosperity. The states judiciary, f.
nances and credit, her public works
and public schools. her institutions
and asylums have been drawn up from
the depths where a negro government
plunged them and lifted to the plane
Of honesty. solidity and efficiency.
After this twenty Years Of peace.
aud Of quiet. orderly domination. the
Democracy was confronted in the last
campaign and is confronted now with
n continuation whose incongrulty is
both ludicrous and tragic. The lord
ly and aristocratic protectionist ana
the agrarian and sans culottic free
trade popalist the national Repuhli-
can white snpremacist (tlat rare bird
on earth and most like unto q black
swan). and the negro preacher who
drills his flock il hatred Of the white
man the revived and rejnvenated
carptthagger. historically infamous
and world becnrsed, the originator Of
returning boards AMI false returns !;
the great horoe of ignorant blacks,
vi" yearn for social equality, and 4
large contingent Of white men, who
favor the Jim Crow car bill-all of
these stand together under a leader
who tiayersed the state in his cam.
raign. talking white mans govern
;nent here and shotgun, negro insur-
~itctlon there. attacking the admins
t%ratlnn, now because il used idle money
to buy up the Understanding debt.
and now because it robbed the labor
ing MAJ by building the levees too
cleaply, and descending at all times
to every form of mendacity ami dem
agoauery.
This anomalous aggregation,
THIS MONSTER. HoRRID, FoRMLEss
and crowned with darkness, the Dem
oc1acy has defeated.
But it still stands growing and de-
faint, threatening assault and revo,n-
ton.
We desire. in behalf of the Demo
cratic party and the Democratic white
masses of Louisiana. to warn these
misguided men III tile most solemn and
emphatic manner that the Democratic
state officers and Il Democratic state
Legislature have be been elected and
arr going to be installed. and woe
betide him who lifts his hand to pre-
vent them.
These officers have been elected ~
a majority exceeding 81 1000 votes. \
majority OF 81 1000 Of the white voters
OF this state have supported this vic
t~rlious ticket.
The constitution rrescrihes how the
vote thus cas- shall he tabulated.
counted and promulgated. The leyis-
tatnre is not returning bnald ur u
tiial court, aud cannot reverse the will
Of the people us declared hv the re-
turns made according to law. ANY
attempt on its part so to act would be
a fragrant and shameless usurpation.
to which no free people would submit.
50 70 act for t G purpose Of placing our
mother state under negro domination
would drive the white masses of Lou
lsiana to frenzy.
II the cnnsrirators to this end hold
ont To us the choice between Ievoln-
tlon ard negro domination we choose
revelation is the preferable alterna
tive. because even in its Destructive
is planted the germ of life and
1T Is not to be thought of that the
food
Ot Saxon freedom, which, to tile omen
Of the worlds praise from dark anti
guilty
Hath flowed with pomp of waters M
withstood-
by which all might come and 60
that would,
Aud bear Il treights of worth to
foreign lands
That this most famous stream in boys
and sands
Should perish, and to evil and t. good
lost forever In our halls is hung
Armory of the invincible knights Of
old;
We must be free or die, who speak
tile tongue
That Shakespeare spake-the faith and
morals hold
Which Milton held. In everything
we're sprung
0f earth's first blood, have titles mar
fold"
II YOUNG MEN OF THIS TAT :
VINO were voters at the last election !,
we're unborn when the heroes of the
nnumeratle conflicts Of north Louisj. |
and of the 18th Of September laid i
their lives for this principle.
IhnSA aHan nf 4l. |