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measures to preserve the purity Of the ballot Fox on
election day.
LOUISIANA POLITICS.

The Split In the Radical Camp-A Colorcd
United states senator In Prospeet-"Disin-
tercsted'' Democrats Going Over, 10 the
Radicals.
new OPLEANs, Sept. %, 1870
Louisiana L. making residy for the November cleo
TONS Both nominating conventions have met and
adjourned alter making their party selections, the
last closing yesterday 1t would be too much to say.
perhaps, Of these. rival bodies that Caesar and
Pompey were yesy much alike, especially Cesar, :
but there was one remarkable point OF resemblance
between theM-both had colored delegates. In the
Democratic State Convention there were fifteen
colored men and the rest were white. In the radi-
cal Convention, which dispersed yesterday, there
were fifteen white men and the rest were colored
This is the first time In the history OF Louisi-
ana and probably the first time in the history OF the
South that negroes and democratic white men
have sat side by SIDE in State nominating cOnven-
ton. A step was made in this direction BY the
country parishes In the LAST Presidential campaign,
but their treatment OF their sable allies not
marked by any great consistency. and consequently,
the movement lost much OF Its force. 1t was
tonekal." a. Mr.. Weller said OF his brandy and
water. They Darbecued them with one hand and
pistoled them with the other. and the two things
did not mix. Now the die Is cast. Niger equality
Is emplazoned on the banner under which the de-
Niger equality is the two-edged sword which win
cut or the hydra heads OF radical corruption car
pet-baggery and scaawagism, and restore the
State to It's pristine prosperity. The adoption OF
this potent weapon was not carried through the
Democratic Convention without struggle. The
delegates from St. Martins entered vigorous pro-
against It, ST. Martins parish gave birth to the
mystic order OF "Knights Of the White Camelia,"
whose members-20,000 strong-bound them
selves, by many direfu oaths, to main-
tain forever inviOlate the social and politi-
cal supremacy Of the white race, and who never
did reveal the dread secrets OF their order till the
question was put to them by the Congressional
Committee, when they fastened 10 tell all they
knew-and little more. The ST. Martins delegates
consequently, were bound to protest, and protest
In MS diplomatic coat-and With equal effect.
HOSTING THE BLACK FLAG.
This counting, cringing to and lawning on the col
ored voters on both sides Is having Its natural effect
The very distinctions OF race and color which the re-
publican party was established to overthrow are
springing up In Its own ranks. Public offices are
apporuoned among the adhercnts OF the dominant
party, not basis Of fitness or capacity but
Convention L required ali the influence Of the Gov
ernor OF the State, with the whole patronage Of the
New Orleans custom house and the city
straight black ticket being put in nomi-
nation for every ONCE. The coored dele
gates lldu the power, auu, enough, were
very much disposed to use 1t. They outnumbered
the white delegates than two one. and tn cir
moderation under these Circumstances In taking only
two or three OF the best offices was very much 10
their credit. All this arises from the nature of the
case Glass legislation In Congress will never cure,
but rather creates class Legislation in the South
Something fairer and more equal than existing laws
IL needed to remedy the EVIL. The principle OF
homeopathy that 'like cures like" may prove edec-
tive in medicine, but does not work well in politics.
THE ISSUES
Of the coming election are important. There is q
Legislature to be elected and that Legislature will
have the selection of United States Senator
There five congressman to be chosen, three
stitu,ional amendments 70 be voted ON and many
By an majority but
negroes retrained from voting, alleging, truly
or falsely that It was unsafe for them to go to the
thousand republican votes were cast Grant re-
ceived only one vote at the last election. Nous
auons change tout cea There Is an effective armed
militia force enrolled, the prvates all colored,
nearly SO; the sub-oficers all ex-rebels, and the
commanding officers all bitter radicals; this "happy
ing been effected by the cOnsummate tact and genius
Of Governor Warmoth. With this many-headed
except through unfair registration. Consequently
the voice OF Louisiana Will be heard 10 the land on
the 7rh OF November next-by Louisiana being
meant that portion OF the population whom the pro-
scrptive laws Of Congress and the State permit to
have the privilege Of voting the probable result at
first seemed likely TO be complicated bya
REPUBLICAN SPLIT,
which has caused no little commotion in the radical
camp but the seceders are like Disraeli's critics.
They have not exactly "alled in literature and art -
but they have been unsuccessful In office seeking
and stealing which here count for the same thing
thousand votes In the entire Stale all told. and
the only tangible result Of the quarrel Is to keep up
Wholesome criticism on the acts o. officials In power
The conservative movement Of Tennessee aud Vlr-
ginla has not reached Louisiana. There never was
a time when the extreme radicals were stronger IN
Louisiana or their opponents weaker than they are
to-day The radical ranks IN the city itself have been
numerically reinforced by the accession OF hundreds
OF the unterrlned democracy, who without any ref
have recently been SO enlarged as TO take
in three or four Thousand negro voters from the
a sure majority In any municipal election, have
abJured their principles and gone over to the enemy
formed numbers among Its members most of the pro-
minent ..thugs' OF the old Know Nothing party An
other club OF thousand Italians offers to turn
II It's president is nominated for the Legislature.
Several very strong German republican CLUBS have
recently been formed, and the democrats, having
committed the stupid bunder Of entirely ignorln 9
the German element in their nominations, mistake
OF which the radicals have not been slow to take
advantage, the Germans-nO inconsderable power
Will this year 90 largely for the radical ticket they
have never done so previously in Louisiana But
the strongest card in the republican deck Is the
dorsement which the nominating convention, rather
unwillngly has been forced to concede to the city
administration. New Orleans like New York. has
been striving to reform its city government. The
| ton oil city affairs Is now vested IN
| the hands OF Mayor and seven administrators
one OF finance, one of accounts, Of public i'm
| provements, one Of public buildings, one Of com
merce, one OF assessments and one OF police. The
new charter is wretchedly deficient In many respects
! particularly in giving the administrators no actua
control over the police, who are now governed under
system probably the most corrupt and ineffcien
Of any that human ingenuity has ever devised. Use,
local papers for the proof. But, on the whole, the
| system has worked WELL The old, superseded demo
cratic Council in year received So, 000 900 reve
nue., paid nobody bnt themselves, did nothing and
ran the city into debt for an additional $3.50 600 o.
protested coupons. The Board OF Administrators il
ive months have mel this debt of $780, 0O0 paid al
their current expenses carried out number OF i'm
portant public improvements and have $4,000 In
bank to tner credit. They were appointed by the
radical Governor OF the State. They have been re
nominated by the radical convention, with much
reluctance II IS true, but still their names have been
placed on the republican ticket. and this fact alone