New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-03-28
TIE UNHOLY ALLIANCE.

Tribune to sell and transfer portion OF the
Republican vote to the support Of the
rebels, although relating to matter OF
deep concern to the people of the state, Is
well calculated to amuse those who witness
its bungling performances. Ever since
that paper could not with imperial sway
dictate its commands to the Republican
party and have them obeyed with slavish
subserviency, it has turned its back upon
its former loyal supporters and allied Itself
with the followers of such traitors as Beau
regard and Bragg. Rule or ruin" is the
maxim by which its political course is
governed Had it been allowed to name
all the Republican candidates from the list
Of its deluded followers, regardless of the
chances of success of the principles Of our
party, it would have been londmouthed in
support Of the nominees, and those who
would have dared to violate party
usages by boiling the regular nom
nations would have received no
mercy in its columns. But the boast that
the colored citizens would blindly follow
the lead of the tribune man, and without
question or murmur obey all his nonsens-
ical orders, was well calculated to destroy
all confidence in this would-be Moses of
cur newly-enfranchised citizens. In the
great Republican party, with its glorious
principles Of liberty and equality, no one
maa can claim to control nominations and
certainly no man should be permitted by
threats OF boiling to force upon it his will
ing and ignorant tools as its standard-bear-
ers. Any such attempts should arouse the
honest indignation OF the party, and cause
their author the loss of all the influence he
might otherwise exercise. The position of
the Tribune is one of downright, unmiti-
gated selfshness and its puerile attempts
to get up an opposition to the Republican
party, because of its failure to control party
action and secure the nominations for its
particular friends, who never did anything
for the party but loudly talk nonsense,
have met with their due reward.
Finding Itself unable to get up boiling
organization of Republicans, the Tribune
has apparently formed an alliance with the
Times and other rebel sheets with a view
of bringing out Democratic ticket in
opposition TO our regular nominees. 1t
has formed a state ticket of its own, but ne
parish or municipal ticket, The milk in
the cocoanut is doubtless explained by the
Times of yesterday, which says:
It is possible that conservative ticket
| may yet be set up as far as our municipal
and parish officers are concerned, but 1t
will not be extended to state officers or to
representatives Of the state in the federal
legislature.
The PLAIN meaning of all this is, that the
rebels are to be allowed to have the parish
and city offices, provided they throw away
their votes for Crane and Taliaferro. This
pretty little arrangement between the
Tribune and the Times of tickle me and
IN tickle you" looks we'll on paper,
but It can't rim. The people have anticipat-
ed Just such an arrangement, and are pre-
pared for this unholy alliance. That the
conduct of the Tribune would lead to this
every sensible man was aware, For weeks
its columns have been filed with low
abuse and selt-eVident falseho0ds concern
ing our gallant young chief in the present
campaign, and other good and true men on
the ticket with him. For weeks the columns
OF the Tines and other rebel sheets have
been similarly filed with regard to the
same men; but not one loord Of dispdrage
nsnt has been published against The Triblu,e's
candidates by them. The man who boasts
that he holds the colored vote of the state
lin the palm of his hand, but who could not
domineer over the colored delegates to the
nominating convention, and can not now
control the action Of single ward club
in the state, has quit his party in disgust,
and seeks to join his fortunes with the
political enemies Of his race.
fortunately fer the cause of reconstrae-
ton and of liberty and equality in this
state, the motives of these contracting par
ties are understood. The exposures we
have heretofore made Of the results to
which the Tribune, course would inevitably
lead have now been verified. A paper
which falsely prOiessed to be Republican,
and in spirit of extraordinary and indecent
vanity claimed the power to cast the bal
lots ofour colored fellow-citizens just as it
pleased, finding itself checked In its spirit
Of sel6shness, and its attempts at dictation
in its opposition to the nominees Of the
Radical Republican party Of Louisiana, has
gone over to the enemy, and now cooper
ates with the New Orleans Times, and the
Kenners, Beauregards, and Braggs of con
federate infamy.
How these parties are to settle the ques-
ton Of the ratification or rejection of the
Constitution has not yet been determined but
there can be no doubt that every ticket head
ed with the name Of Taliaferro, and cast by a
Democrat, will also bear the words "agains
he constellation
Win the Tribune, after deserving the Re-
publican ticket and joining hands with the
enemies Of Republican principles, also de
sert the constitution? From its past course
and its present position, its abandonment
of the Hew constitution WOald not surprise
Us. 1t would be curious sight to witness
the little clique Of the Tribune, Tsliaferro
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