The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-01-01

their pronOno,amiento against the pro.
posed constitutional convention. They
are against any suffrage limitation
and proclaim themselves in favor Of
manhood suffrage. They want all he
negroes to vote they pander to the
negro and coddle him by pretending
to him that he is az good "a Il white
man. They want to keep Lin in pol
ltics tor their own corrupt uses and
purposes. They don't care if he gets
himself in trouble after they have
used him IS q cats paw. They are
not the friends Of the negro but his
worst enemies.
Neither are hey the friends of the
poor or illiterate white men, when
they try to make them beliere that
the democratic party "a their bitterest
enemy, and is secretly aiming the suf-
frage limitation against them in par
t%1cular, when these demagogues, Pop
uiists and nigge, Republicans know
fnli we'll that they shame truth itself
when they make this assertion. They
must know, if they know anything,
that the poorer classes OF the white
population are the worst affected by
the incessant strife, turmoil and vio-
icDce inseparable from neg, domina-
ton, or attempt at negro domination
anu are tue first to feel the baneful
and blightinX influence of the negroes
~ on politics. When negro domino
non becomes insupportable, the veal
thIer classes can pull up stakes aud
seek a more congenlsl cline ; but the
poor mar is rooted to. the soil, as il
were, and must stand the brunt, and
suffer whatever evils come over HI.
country; bear lts trials and
trlbulations, share it's degradation and
shame.
Gaze upon the spectacle before oar
eyes to-day, and tell US not that negro
is impossible. The ne.
groes dominate the Republican party
Of the State TO day ; they are in favor
with the administration ut Washing
tod ; the respectable white members
OF that party have been thrust aside
and told to take their places in the rear
while the negroes and renegade whites
lead the gang. The Popalists, dis
gruntled Democrats, who have left
their party because they could not
the distribution of the Offices.
who have hitherto protested
their fealty to the principle Of white
supremacy and proclaimed their al
florence of negro dom nation, have
joined forces with the niger. Repub-
llcaas, aud are engaged in ii common
Tight TO maintain the present dange-
rous and menacing order Of things.
The fact of white men combining
with negroes, as the Populists have
done, shows that negro domination
is a threatening possibility which
may at any time materialize into an
appalling reality. But let this con.-
bine succeed in its present undertak-
to defeat the constitutional con-
yention. to Illustrate any limitation of
the suffrage whereby the negroes may
be eliminated as a potent factor from
our electorate, and negro supremacy
will be fastened upon Louisiana for
generations to come, unless the whites
themselves together to main tain
heir supremacy by force,
We have thus brought out the true
'ignlticance of the coming election
hat our people may ponder well over
he issue, contemplate it from every
,oint of view, and cast their ballot IN
diligently and patriotically. This ia
time to indulge in demogoguery or
Q resort to the little politics OF the
ward lleeler to gain a point over this
that political enemy we are fac
ng a crisis which calls forth for true
and the exercise OF the
wisdom and discretion By
vote IN solving the issue preg
'ant, it may be, with the fate of
generations to come,
Let every white qualified voter for
,et his party for the nonce, cease to
g q partisan, and, acting the patriot
'itb an eye single to the attainment