New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-10-31
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The October Elections MFR. NnSbJ
Diseases the PrOpFIety of swap
ping Horses.
PosT OFFS, CoNFEDRrr ROADS. ,
(Which is IN the Stait u. Kentucky
October 10, LEGS }
The recent elecshuns hev not resulted ez
joyiully ez we Good hev wished, but ther
hev bin enuff Dimocratic votes polled to
prove that the old party is alive and not
dead ez its enemies wood hev us believe.
We didn't quite carry Injeany; Ohio isn't
hardly ourn, and Notwithstanding all the
money we spent in Philadelphia on re-
peaters and naturalizashun papers, that
State is jest out Nv our reach. We
hev come Just near enuff to victory to
miss it. feel ez l did wunst two years
ago. | went into Bascom's to get nv reg
Ter halt-past nine nip, when l wuz Mortified
at bein informed by G, w. that Their wuznt
drop 10 the house. Seem the agony de-
picted on my face he did manage to squeeze
one reasonable assuager cut Of bari, but
Jest ez wuz putting it to my lips Joe
Bigler, either by accident or design.
stumbled agin me and the precious tlooid
waz wastid on the floor. The Republican
Joe Bigler hez stumbled agin US Jest ez we
he'd the gOblit NV success to our lips and I
mourn ez did then.
Several causes hev operated to bring
about this result, none nv which are nv a
nacher to be dIscouragin to the Dmocrisy.
however.
J. We shood hev succeeded he'd the Re-
publikins nominated man who wuz con-
slderably less popler than General Grant
and who woodent hev bin able to hold so
many votes Their amt no doubt nv this.
He'd they nominated man less in favor
with the people, we shood hev had an Ca
sier time uv~it. ss.T, =
z. He'd the DlmOcrisy nominated more
popler men-them in whom the people he'd
more conference.-the result wood hev hen
far better. Governor Seemore il an All.
mirabie candidate, but somehow he didn't
strike the popler heart He did all he Good
to SCOT the masses, but the masses went
back on bin. He made speech agin re-
pudiashuD, and in favor Nv payin the bonds
in gold; and then, that Their sho0d be mn
complaint from anybody, he accepted a
nominashun at the hands NV repocdiaters
and payers in gres nbax. But his genrous
nacher hez bin misunderstood. Wat wnz
really desire to satisfy all styles ny peo-
PIE wuz branded ez week.-Mrs. and vascilla
ehen, and SO he went down.
5. Glnral Blare hurt US. 1t is troo we
Dleeve In the sentiments enunshated in The
Brodhed letter, and my admirashun for him
on otner accounts is unbounded / heve
Alln2 loved him senee one memorable
night, when l seed him take 18 drinks in
30 minits, and walk off under it. Here
th0t ], lis my soopefior-to MIN bow !,
i tried to surpass IT, hut caved Al the
Nth. He is entirely acceptable to The
South. His Brodhed letter reflex our views
precisely. Deekin Pogram's brother who
hyeslln Alabama knows where his niRGers
are Twin, and he ardently desires the abo-
iishln Nv the carpet bag governments, that
ne may seeze EN- and redOoze EN- to their nor
NAL speer. Capt McPelter's old cavalry Kin
pc rallied at mint notice, and he
axes TO lead em again among the rich farm
eIs nv Southern Ohio and Ingeany; and We
all desire that the Northern men wich hev
come down among Hs ike Iocnsts with
taeir shops and factries and stores and
Mowln-maehines and skooIhouses and sich.
tEyln 70 elevate the niger above us, shell
pc hung or sent packin Gus NV the country.
.earin us tumanage things our own way.
But blare shoodeAt heY eed, so. He shoOd-
ent hey alarmed The week DimOcracy nv
them States Wlch desire peece and who ara
slnia on the aubjck Of ferolooshen.
Blare hnRi us. HIS Ieller wux correct but
inconsideIit ~
T. Our platform wuz aain us. Hed 4
been different in all parIicklprs we abood
neR poiiea more votes pefylded, Nv
sonrses thas we he'd he'd =di1eraat men q
sanding onto u. This Is eleer.
p The Republican platform was aein III.