Thank you for visiting SNEWPapers!
Sign up free
Editorial
May 24, 1878
The Ouachita Telegraph
Monroe, Ouachita County, Louisiana
What is this article about?
The editorial calls on Democrats in Ouachita Parish to attend a parish convention in Trenton on June 15 to select delegates for state, congressional, and senatorial conventions, and a parish executive committee. It highlights the importance of choosing state delegates to debate calling a Constitutional Convention to challenge the imposed Radical Constitution, urging Democrats to resist submission and assert their superiority.
Clipping
OCR Quality
98%
Excellent
Full Text
Democratic Parish Convention.
We invite the attention of the Democrats of this parish to the call for a parish convention to assemble at Trenton on the 15th of June, for the purpose of naming delegates to the Democratic State Convention. It is also stated that delegates will be chosen for the Congressional and Senatorial conventions, and that a parish Executive Committee is to be selected.
A feature in this call attracts our especial attention, and that is, that delegates to the State Convention are to be selected with reference to the expediency of calling a Constitutional Convention. We are glad to see this issue brought fairly and squarely before Democrats. We want to see it settled, once and for all, whether, or not, we are to live under a Radical Constitution riveted upon us, and whether the Democrats of Ouachita parish will yield willing submission to the old yoke of Radicalism. There is, we know, wisdom in forbearance, but, we know also, that there is cowardice in submission when resistance is possible. It is not time now to say where the responsibility rests for a failure to redeem the whites - the Democrats - of Louisiana; but it is time for Democrats to assert their superiority and their intelligence, if they have it.
We invite the attention of the Democrats of this parish to the call for a parish convention to assemble at Trenton on the 15th of June, for the purpose of naming delegates to the Democratic State Convention. It is also stated that delegates will be chosen for the Congressional and Senatorial conventions, and that a parish Executive Committee is to be selected.
A feature in this call attracts our especial attention, and that is, that delegates to the State Convention are to be selected with reference to the expediency of calling a Constitutional Convention. We are glad to see this issue brought fairly and squarely before Democrats. We want to see it settled, once and for all, whether, or not, we are to live under a Radical Constitution riveted upon us, and whether the Democrats of Ouachita parish will yield willing submission to the old yoke of Radicalism. There is, we know, wisdom in forbearance, but, we know also, that there is cowardice in submission when resistance is possible. It is not time now to say where the responsibility rests for a failure to redeem the whites - the Democrats - of Louisiana; but it is time for Democrats to assert their superiority and their intelligence, if they have it.
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
Constitutional
What keywords are associated?
Democratic Convention
Constitutional Convention
Radical Constitution
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana Democrats
Political Resistance
What entities or persons were involved?
Democrats Of Ouachita Parish
Radical Constitution
Louisiana Democrats
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Democratic Parish Convention And Call For Constitutional Convention To Oppose Radical Constitution
Stance / Tone
Urging Democratic Resistance To Radical Constitution And Assertion Of Superiority
Key Figures
Democrats Of Ouachita Parish
Radical Constitution
Louisiana Democrats
Key Arguments
Invite Democrats To Parish Convention On June 15 In Trenton To Select Delegates
Select State Delegates To Consider Calling A Constitutional Convention
Settle Issue Of Living Under Imposed Radical Constitution
Democrats Should Not Submit To Radicalism When Resistance Is Possible
Assert Democratic Superiority And Intelligence