The New Orleans crescent., 1868-03-29
THE ELECTIONS.

The address of the Democratic Committee.
published in this mornings CRESCENT, fd1iy
and convincingly sets forth the reasons which
influenced that body to make recommenda-
tons Of candidates to be voted for at the
ensuing elections Whether or not is
proper. or expedient, for our people to take
part in these elec tons was question
fraught with embarrassments, and on which
there was so much to be said, on one side and
on the other, that those charged with the
solution of the problem have encountered
extraordinary difficulties and perplexities.
We believe in fact we know, that they have
approached it with solemn sense of respon-
sibility with keen appreciation of their
duties to thepublic, and with no other motive
than that of effecting the great purpose of
defeating the infamous Constitution prepared
by the Dryades street convention. If that
great purpose were subordinate to the covet-
ousness of Office, there might be some excep-
ton to the manner in which this ticket has
been formed; but as the important object is
to defeat the proposed Constitution, and as
every effort should be directed to that end,
the ordinary strife for nominations would not
only be misplaced, bat would direct the
energies of the party into useless channels.
1t should be scrupulously borne in mind, in
regarding the existing situation. that the
object of the committee, as well as Of the
white people of the State, is not to elect any
set of men to office, but to defeat the pro-
posed Constitution, and thus avert the un-
speakable evils of radical and "trooly loil
supremacy. From all who are sincerely
anxious to cooperate in this work, the action
of the committee viii find approval. At q
time like this, wild and clamorous competi-
ton for Office under Constitution which we
are striving to defeat would be ia melancholy ex-
ample Of misplaced effort. All that is necessary
is that there should be a concert of action in
regard to candidates, so that if we fail to de-
feat the radical programme in its main fea-
ture, we may mitigate the evils which would
flow from its complete success. In framing
their recommendations the committee have
endeavored to conform strictly to the govern
ing idea of defeating the Constitution, by
selecting candidates who will earnestly and
zealously cooperate in this purpose, and
whose interests viii not intervene to swerve
them from this course. We do not believe
that there is person named on the published
ticket that would not sacrifice far greater in
terests than those involved in his candidacy,
in order to compass the defeat of the Consti-
tuition. Every man of them is understood to
be pledged to labor with the party for the total
defeat of the radical programme; and we be-
ieve that they will fully redeem this promise.
We hope, now that this course has been adop-
ted, that the recommendations of the COM
mittee viii be accepted with cheerfulness, and
that no further time will be lost in entering
on the necessary work of organization. We
have no time to lose. The Black Crook Con-
stitution must be defeated. We must bend
all our energies to the accomplishment of this
purpose. We must purge the registry of the
fictitious names placed on it by Sheridan's
facile tools, and we must assure ourselves that
every qualified white citizen, so far as practi-
cable, is placed on the lists