The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-06-03
THE RADICAL NOMINATIONS.

follow the nOm1naClOn OF zen. UfdHt
for the office of President Of the United
States. An attempt to get up a ratifi-
cation meeting at Chicago" loyal
Chicago, which has recently given q
good Democratic majority-proved
failure. The demonstrations in other
towns and cities Jared no BETTER
There is scarcely town of any note
ait the North in which more enthusiasm
was not awakened, and more joy man
Tested, at the acquittal of President
johnson, than at the nomination Of
Grant and Colfax. A pail of gloom
seems to hang over the whole Radical
party, sure presage Of it's utter ami
hilation at the November election.
The reason of all this is plain en-
ough. The ticket is not such a one as
calls for the enthusiastic admiration OF
the people. Intellectually it is the
weakest ever put into the field by any
political party since the foundation Of
the Republic. Apart from this fact,
the personal character of neither of the
candidates presents any such attract
i've features as take hold upon the
affections of men. Grant is cold,
phlegmatic, repulsive man. Even his
campaigns awakened no enthusiasm at
the North. His march to Richmond
was only a burying expedition, and il
the campaign had lasted much longer
he would have laid in their graves the
flower of the Northern manhood
Since the war his conduct has been
even more Objectionable in the eyes OF
the people of both sections. He has
disgnsted every honorable man BY con-
sorting with the Radicals in forging
chains for people who fought him SO
CALAMITY, and laid claim to more hon
orable treatment at his hands. His
duplicity in the Stanton affair, his open
conviction by the President of insin-
cerity, not to say of downright false
hood, have done much to lessen that
respect which many people had been
led to entertain for him. Besides, his
beastly and notorious drunkenness is a
living commentary on the boast Of his
party that it contains all the decency
and morality in the country. The par
ty which strained at a slight indiscre-
ton on the part Of Andrew Johnson at
tile time of his Inauguration, can swal-
low Grant and his whisky barrel with
out the slightest effort.
As for Schuyler Colfax, be forms a
fit caudal appendage to ticket OF
which Hiram Ulysses is the head. For
many years he has seen a second rate
crossroads politician iii Indiana where
we have heard that "some very mean
men get into high Offices" He man
aged to engineer himselfinto Congress,
Which is certainly no proof of merit,
and into the Speakers chair, which
is certainly now no mark of honor
He, too, like Grant, is welded to whis-
key and impeachment, to meanness
and reconstruction. They claim to re-
side in neighboring States. Tie East,
therefore, as well as the South, has
been entirely ignored by this great
national party"
If the candidates are so little at
tractive, the platform is positively dis
gusting. The Radicals plant them
selves on Mr.. Chase's gold platform,
and insist thatthe present unjust pay
ment of the interest on the public
bonds, and their exemption from taxa
ton, shall continue. On this point
alone the Democracy will beat them
in every important Western State
The Radical reconstruction plan is
fully endorsed, it being declared that
negro suffrage at the North is cues
ton for the States themselves, while
negro suffrage at the South is a ques-
ton for the Northern States, to be de-
cided by their representatives in Con-
gress. Sublime idea! The Conven-
ton must have taken lessons under
Schofeld. Impeachment is declared
to be good thing, and the thirty five
votes for conviction were properly
given. Of course the "moral idea :"
party did not intend this as an instruc-
ton to the Senate to commit perjury
the Goth. A vote censuring Trumbull
Fessenden & Co., would have passed
had not the Radicals been threatened
with a rupture at a time when they
will need every vote they can get.
With such Radical candidates and
such platform the Democracy have
nothing to fear. With discretionin the
selection of their ticket, and judgment
in the enunciation of their time honor
ed principles they cannot fail to win.-
We never entered upon campaign
under brighter auspices or with more
brilliant prospects of success. We
are confident of a splendid victory in
November, and with it, the inaugura-
ton Of a reign Of peace and prosperity
throughout the Republic.
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