The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-11-17

for such course, since the white people are
in large majority in the State, and in those
parishes in which there is q fair proportion Of
white population, the influence of the old
citizens among the negroes has far greater
weight than that of the five or ten or twenty
intruders who may have come among them
with the sole design of manipulating the
negro vote for their own purposes.
The "Address" says that If the Repub.
licans-otherwise the negroes-had voted.
the Radicals would have carried the State BY
20, 900 majority. Why did they not vote {
Simply because the Republican State Com
mittee instructed them to abstain from the
polls, and the committee SO instructed them
because it knew the Democrats to be in ma
jority, and that full vote would demonstrate
the fraudulent character of the tenure by
which they hold power in Louisiana. We
assert that there was no obstacle to peace
able election, and that every voter, black or
white, could have exercised his rights with
out interference. The testimony on this
point Ia overwhelming and conclusive
To say that the Republicans were afraid to
vote is confession of weakness and coward,
ice which must be fatal to the pretensions of
party claiming to be in majority--a party
having possession of the State government,
and of the police of New Orleans, and having
had control of all the machinery of the elec--
tion. To say that they refused to vote on
account of difficulties which had taken place
several days before, is to say that, in the
serious business of a presidential election,
the Radical leaders acted more like sulky
children than like reasoning men.
The Address" says that there were 49, 900
negro registered voters in New Orleans, and
5000 white Radicals total Radical strength
of $1,000. There were $4,000 Democratic
votes cast, and these, added to 1000, would
make As, coo registered voters in the city where
as the total registration was about 40, 00O.-
This is specimen of the reckless and auda-
cious statements with which the Radical COM
mittee attempt to support their cause. Tho
Democratic vote in the whole State is about
$4,000. The total registration is not yet re-
ported, bat it was stated by the Radical organ
a few days ago to be about lao, 900 and this
is probably not far from the actual number.
Hence if every voter that abstained had cast
his ballot for the Radical candidates the Re-
publican vote would have been only
GO 600 and the Democratic majority would
have been 10000. Any reasonable estimate
based on statistics of election throughout the
country, would make the full Democratic vote
at least So, 900 and reduce the Radical vote
to about 55, ,OO0 thus showing Democratic
maiority of $4,000. And, in the face Of this
maiority-in the face of the fact that the De-
mocratic vote comprises the whole class which
has hitherto constituted the people of Louisiana,
and that the Republican vote is composed OF
newly enfranchised serfs, unaccustomed to
the duties and responsibilities of citizenship"
the Radical committee have the infinite assu-
rance to claim Louisiana as Radical State,
and TO charge that the Democracy achieved
their victory by the use of unlawful agen-
cies.
In dismissing the Radical committee and
| their "Address" from further consideration,
| the Campaign Committee again congratulate
| the pt ople of Louisiana on their recent bril-
liant and decisive victory-a victory won by
earnest, active work, combined with deter
mination, on the part of the people, to prove
| the fictitious nature of the claim to authority
| set up by the small faction calling itself the
Republican party of Louisiana, and the fraudu-
| lent character of the government which that
faction was enabled to impose on the State.
| The Campaign Committee have thoroughly
appreciated the Importance of this result, and
they have labored to assist in assuring it.
with all the zeal, and energy, and activity at
their command. They sincerely trust that
their efforts have been as satisfactory to the
people of the State as the result of the election
has been decisive and encouraging.
]. o. NIXON, Chairman.
| j. B. WALTON.
JAS. S. ZAcHARIE.
J. Z. AUSTIN.
| f. SALoMoN.
| PAscAIIs LABARRE.
W. 2. HARPER, Secretary.
TIE Democratic State Central Committee meet