New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-02-02
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OFFICIAL JOURNAL or THE UNITED STATES.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CITY OF NEW 0LRE ANS
OFFICIAL JOURNAL Of THE REPUBLICAN, Party
From the New Orleans Advocate
The State Ticket.
The State Ticket.

Both IN the Guy ana IN the country
have applied to us either personally
or by proxy for our opinion as to the
forthcoming state election, that we
deem it our duty TO define our position
and announce our views without fur
Their delay on this all engrossing sub
iect. And this we should do as humid
reds of our readers, especially in the
country, have not access to any public
journal except the ADVOCATE. Ac-
cepting this grave responsibility i'm
posed upon us by SO many of our sub
scribers VIC now enter the canvass
with the eandor, earnestness, and en-
thusiasm demanded by the tremendous
interests involved in the approaching
( election.
WS hoist this week the names of
Mos, gentlemen who have been Sc
Heted by the representatives of the
Republican party in convention as
-tled, as their candidates for the
state offices. As We stated last week,
these nominations were made in our
absence. This absence aud the entire
engrossment of our attention by other
matters, have prevented our bestowing
such attention upon passing political
events as has beGn our wont. Upon
our return We found the ticket nomi-
mated, and our confrers of the Repub-
Ecan press divided in their comments
upon the same. Holding this to be
very unwise, and athing which should
not occur without grave and abundant
cause, we, before committing ourselves
to an unreserved support Of all the in
dividuals on the ticket, have endeav-
ored to investigate the circumstances
attending their nominations, and to
ascertain any reasons which might
exist for a refusal to support the nom
inees Of the party. Having done this
oardidly and impartially, we are frank
to state that we can see none which
will justify any sincere advocate of
Republican principles who is at all de-
sirous to see the triumph of these
principles, and the success of recon
struction in this state, in Withholding
his entire and earnest support from
this ticket. Of those gentlemen on
the ticket with whom weare acquainted
NO can speak in high terms of their
ability, integrity, and high political
standing; Of some of those with whom
we are not personally acquainted we
have heard frequently and favorably,
and vile against some othors objec-
tiOns might be urged, yet We deem it
wise, in view of the regularity of their
nominations, and the coalitions of mall
contents forming against the true Re-
publicans Of the state, not TO exclude
them from our support, but TO accept
the ticket as a whole, which is as fol-
lows:
Fer governor. II. G.. warmOth.
For lieutenant governor, Oscar j.
Dunn.
For secretary of state, George
Bovee.
For attorney general, Simeon Bel
den.
For auditor. George NJ. WickliFe.
For treasurer, Antoine, Dubuclet.
superintendent Of education, T w
Conway.
OF some of them we hardly need
speak, for their names are household
words in the homes Of Republicans all
over the state. The Hon. H. c. War
moth, our candidate for governor, is
one Of these. Amore extended sketch
of his public career we reserve for
another time. After an honorable and
distinguished service in the United
States army, which he was among the
iirst to enter at the outbreak Of the re-
bellion, Colonel WarmOth settled in
Now Orleans in the practice Of the
law at that time it required the
highest degree Of moral courage aud
principle to esponse openly the cause
q Repnblicnniam apd equal rights for
ell men. II involved an amount Of
social, political, and business ostra-
eisEn which win in a few years seem
almost Incredible. The man who ad-
yocated the extension Of suhsaee and
all other civil and political rights
TO all men, black and white,
had the finger Of seoFn pointed
a. him on the street, coupled
with deriaive remarks IN the presss and
referred ts from the bench ana Tie
pulpit rs in incendiaTy, ana "a enemy
% the public peace, deserving Of Grim
mai proseeusion, and that peculiar cid
Southern style o. punishing political
gppenenla, iynoh cad mob law. This
persecution did not deter many noble
sPlsits from hraeely and decidedly
k sgqad and advanced ground a.
tbeeq sa ns, educating squarely
ana uasaal ally shs concession q
5he eoIofe4 s2 IS nn American CHI.