Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-08-17
THE POLITICAL SITUATION.

Il
entirely impossible for country week
ly paper, to keep fully up TO the ctr
rent news aud events of the day, Tor
as in our case. it is necessary general
| IL in the usual course of things, TO
make up our paper and 20 to press
the day before it is issued, whilst edi.
torials are usually also furnished two
days before. Thus it is, that at the
time of writing, we are unable exactly
70 picture the full political situation,
or predict the results of the fall cam
paign in the State elections, although
We may form a tolerably correct opin.
ion in the premises.
We have the result of the delihera-
tious of the Liberal Convention, which
met in New Orleans. on the 9TH inst.
and continued IN session until the
10Th, in the following considering what
was expected from IFS name aud prevl'
Gus promises to act accordingly, Some-
what singular ticket, Governor ID. u.
Penn, democrat; 1t. Gov. Jno. s.
Young democrat; Secretary of State.
f. +. Dumas, colored Republican (;
auditor, james Graham, Liberal Re
publican; Attorney General, W. f.
keenan,, democrat Superintendent OF
Education, j. w. Mcdonald Liberal
Republican; Congressman at large,
Gen. \. Sheridan, Liberal Republican.
We say We regard this as a somewhat
strange ticket to be formed by Con
yentiOn, whose watchward was Polit,
cal LiDerality, Tor setting aside the over
slaughting of Governor Warmoth who
was undoubtedly the fagorite of the
country delegation, we do nor SEE. one
name on it, prominently Unidentified
with the Pinshback party, whose as
slstance was So vitality necessary to
to any prospect OF hope of success, for
no one not entirely blinded, to any in
dicatioD, could have expected it from
the BourbOns or Last Ditchers.
Considerable correspondence pas 'ed
beteen the committees of the Liberal
ann Pinchback Conventions, in one of
which is this expression of opinion
from the latter
Resolved, That the chairman of this
committee be instructed to advise the
other committee on conference that,
In the opinion of the committee, the
nomination OF Fl. G. Warmoth as Gov
ernor by the Liberal State Convention
is the only nomination that can be IN.
dorsed by the Conrcntion uf August
., and that no other nomination that
could probably be made by the Liher.
al Convention will secure the support
of our people.
This was afterwards modified as fol.
lows.
FINAL REPLY OF REPUBLICANS.
To the President and Members of the
Committee on Conference of the
Liberal party:
The Committee have adopted the
following resolutions:
Whereas, We are deeply convinced
that the best interests of the people of
the State, both white and black. are
involved in the equal participation of
both races in the formation of new
party which, while accepting all the
essential focti ines of tbc Republican
party, has for it's basis the reeoncilia-
ton, of the people and the reform of
the government, and upon the frank
and unreserved covenant that all the
newly acquired rights and advantages
OF the colored people shall he as fully
guaranteed in he new party rs in the
old one; therefore
Resolved, That in the opinion OF
this committee tire following PROPOSE.
ton could be accepted by the Conven.
ton of August ., and We agree to adj
vOcate the same:
Tbat the Governor shall be some
known Republican who has heen iden-
titled with the party; that the Secre-
tary of State shall he colored Repub-
lican that the Superintendent of Pub
lie Education shall be a Republican
that the Congress at large shall he a
coiored Republican and that TOR the
Second aud Third Congressional Dis
triets Republicans shall be nominated.
We also think that tor the places con.
ceded 10 us on the ticket to Re,,ubli
cans, the names should be Indicated
by them, and that the whole ticket
should be nominated by both Convei.
tons,
HUGH j. CAMPBELL,
President.
Now it seems to us that nothing
could possibly be fairer or more liber
al than this ul;imatum, and the re
lection of it by the Liberal Convention
forces us to the unwilling conviction.