The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-04-15
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TIE ELEsTION-BEAT THE CARPET
BAo0ERn.

Can II be done, Yes. WI it be done, That's
the question. Reader, when you complain and
sneer at carpetbaggism, yoa are either In earnest
or you are not. II you are. then act; now, or
never. Is the time to give the coup de grace to
carpet baggism. II you are not in earnest then
let csrpet.baggism triumph, but spare MS for the
future with your worse than silly complaints and
sneersl Take our word for it, the future exist
ence Of carpet-baggism is stsked upon the result
in this city and parish, and not upon that OF the
Constitution and the STATE ticket. Carpet-bag-
gism must liue. and il can do 90 only by feeding
upon our thousand city and parish Offices. To
achieve this one great desideratum IL has strained
the last nerve, and spent the last dollar. IL sue
cessful herein. it will henceforth be fixed fact 10
our midst but if frustrated, it will starve, pack
its carpet-bags and rid Us Of its presence
for all time to come. Then shall you see
collapse, q confusion and scattering to
the four winds Of political adsenturers as
no shot Of disaster has yet worked amongst
motley party crew. Thes contest Is doubtful
Reader, viii you do your share TO make il sure
The carpet baggers, besides their own votes and
those Of some 500 or 1000 white subordinate Office
seekers, depend entirely on the 5000 or 1000
registered coored voters TO elect them to the city
and parish Offices. Is IL right is il just is it good
policy that they should be permitted to monopo-
lie this entire votey Will the conservative resi-
dent citizens, who support nins-tenths Of our col
ored population, quietly stand by and see them
vote their inveterate enemies into power to their
own destruction? We think not or else the his
tory Of the last seven years is indeed barren
waste to them. Let the coored voters under
stand that if they support the csrpetbaggers,
men Of here and everywhere, against their own
and their employers interest, they must depend
upon rpetbaggism. whichlwould Danish capital
ard enterprise, and kill industry for their mate
rial support and welfare. Let this advice
be carried out, and this solid mass Of
colored voters will be broken, at least 1000 of
them be diverted from. and turned against the
carpetbsgRers who will thereby be SO discom-
flied, that they will sgain raise their poll
teal heads in our midst. We know this is the
only way to defeat them Shall our advice be
acted uponl In conclusion. we say: First-The
policy Of mastery inactivity is no policy now.
Second-Do your own voting, and no longer ex-
pect the Northern conservatives to do il for you.
Third-Eyery vote cast for an independent csnd-
date is vote for the carpetbag opponent
Fourth-Every vote cast for the decoy 'Work-
ing men's' ticket, set up in the interest OF the
carpet-baggers, is vote for their own ticket.
Fifth-See TO it. that either yourself, or trusty
friend accompany your employe to the very
polls. TO see whether or not he will betray and
deliver you into the hands OF your political ene-
mics. Politics at this crisis are no fancy science.
in which one may indulge as his whims may
prompt him. Let everyons understand. that il
he will persist In a contrary course, he does at
his own rink. e NO CANDIDATE.