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Political Backslidtng.

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We highly respect our friend, Parham Per
ssonally, he is one of the cleverest gentlemen W
have ever had the pleasure to encounter.
genial, social, agreeable person, we have lai,
him up in memory, as one of those we SHOULD
always be pleased to.meet. We highly esteem
3s Mr.. Parhan-a clever person and an inteligen
7 politician @
But Mr.. Parham must permit us to say thai
be is one of the most singularly obstinate ant
peryerss Of politicians. Hecuba is every thing
to him, even if Hecuba catch the smallpox ant
regularly pronounces herself prostitute, i
Hecnha has ever commanded the vagaries of his
4 faneies In other words, our friend Parham
is an impracticable, an embodiment of self
established theories. He lacks self abnegation
and, therefore he lacks political power Ht
considers both parties an adjunct to his persona
feelings and views, and therefore parties mus
swallow him, or be less attractive than the mar
4 who swallows the sword-for the reasonabl,
award of Sunday visitors to the Lake. Oul
fiend-may we not so speak 9-is SUI generis-
2 man after his own heart and his own impulses
He would have large place in a history
s of the State Of Louisiana = written by him.
self, and would deserve respectful consid.
GRAFTON in any business, whether refer.
ring to dry goods, groceries or politics. He
would do very we'll in any thing he might un.
dertake. We believe his protest to the contra.
~ notwithstanding-he might have made q
Scott leader equally as distinguished as our
friends Major ]. A. Kelly, r. G. Vass, or Isaac
~ Marks. 1t is singular that he should prove
less faithful than they
letter; -,-.e.
8e%5 NEW ORLEANS July l. 1867
Il DEAR Sin Having determined previous to the meeting
OF the National Wing Convention for reasons not now
necessary to give net to support Gen Scott in the event
Of his nomination. and being Of the determination
st have deemed IL my duty to inform you of these
facts at the earliest opportunity that you might a
point another substitute eector perform the duties that
might bsrequired of me.
a. 5sh Yours truly, WM. S. pARHAM
Y To ]. N. Marks Chin Whig Central Committee n o.
We fully appreciate the solemn responsibility
Of our friend in the distinguished position of
substitute Elector. The chances were nine hun
dred and ninety mine to one that he would ever
be called upon for any active service. We, there
fore, fully appreciate the solemn character of
his pronunciamento. He has thrown his pebble
Of defiance, and we anxiously look for its effect
upon the great and solid edifce of wing princi-
Piles We believe that the work of Clay and
Webster and Fillmore will not tumble into ruins
at the motion Of his potent hand. Mr. Parhanl-
a gentleman we highly respect in all personal
relationships discharged his pocket pistol at
Gibraltar. Weare astonished that Gibraltar is
not shaken. Why it is SO, is curious question.
Our friend Parham has an abundance of the
explosive material on hand. e The case is Par
ham Us. Scott We refer the decision to our re-
spected and respectable Supreme Judges Par
ham us. Scott is the case of the term. Parham
Us. Scott is the most excruciatingly interesting
case ever brought before the great tribunal of
public opinion Scott stood fire at Lundy's |
Lane, but how can Scott stand the shower of
declinatory pellets poured in upon him by our
gallant friend Parham' The hero of Lundy's
Lane, Chapultepec, Chippewa, Vera Cruz, Chu-
rubusco, Moline del Rey, and the City of Mex
leo, must promptly surrender to our friend Par
ham
Its true, he awaited the action of the Ma
tional Convention. 1t is true that that conyen-
ton adopted platform, above and beyond all
sectional considerations, one truly national in
every annunciation of principle and every syl-
liable Of phraseology, Our friend Parham, the
gallant, adventurous, enterprising gentleman,
was not consulted. "'Tis true, it's pity, pity
It's 'tis true" There is not one word in the
wing platform of which Mr.. Parham can posi-
bly, disapprove. The wing platform is ma
tional platform. Mr.. Pafham will not advocate
one principle not contained in it, and when the
issue comes, he will be found advocating, what
ever may be his nominal position, the principles
of the wing platform
Mr.. Parham, under convictions Of duty, voted
for Soule and Downs for U. S. Senators. He
so voted let him SO stand before the whig yo-
tiers OF the State of Louisiana.