New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-03

people of this State from federal inter
ference in local politics, the address peril
nently says:
In the present confused and transition
state Of political parties we recognize three
universal and powerful sentiments, which
run through the hearts Of a large majority
of the people of this State without distinc-
ton of party. These are:
First-A desire for an honest, economical
and stable government, administered by
representative men of character and capa-
city, who shall be chosen without distinc-
ton from any official ring.
Second-A conviction that the interests
of all the people of this State are identical,
and desire for growth Of new political
relations, which shall obliterate past class
and sectional animosities, and cultivate
that mutual concihation and good will
which is essential to our common prosper
ity, and to the permanent success of any
political party.
Third-A growing recognition of the good
policy and necessity of closer alliance be-
tween the voters of the Republican party
and that portion of the native population Of
the State which has hitherto abstained from
political affairs on account Of differences
created by the late civil war. With such
party, based upon such liberal and benef-
cent principles, we believe that the rights of
the cOlored people would be safer and better
protected, the liberty OF opinion and the
political interests of the ex-UniOn soldier,
the Northern settler and the old Union citi-
zen, more cordially and completely secured,
and the intelligence and property of the
State, and the rights of the native confed-
crate Southerner be better represented than
is possible under any other practicable po-
htical combination.
In an article published a few days
since, headed The Regular Repub-
icans, the REPUBLICAN said, in regard to
State politics, that the State Central Com
mittee presided over by Lieutenant Gov
ernor Pinchback represented the regular
Republicans of our State, and that the
State convention called by this committee,
and presided over by the Hon. Hugh J.
Campbell, is the regular Republican con-
vention. No one has had the hardihood
to deny that such is the case, yet the Gus
tomhouse men have worked steadily
against the regulars, " and are endeavor-
ing to force upon the regular convention,
and the forty thousand voters it claims to
have at its back, ticket nominated by
only a fraction of the Custorhhouse con
vention. But this action Of the irregulars
the regulars are evidently inclined to con-
slider only frst-class joke; and while it
has been a source of much amusement to
them, they have gone to work earnestly to
secure a convention, and through it a
ticket they hope and believe viii COM
maud the votes of all men who desire
good government
The new address of the regular Repub-
ican State Central Committee, in order to
carry out the will of the convention that
meets again in August in this city, ex-
pressed by resolution, gives notice that an
election has been ordered for an additional
number of delegates to the same, equal in
number to the whole delegation already
elected. The object of this is to have
larger representation Of the people in the
convention, in order to select ticket
that can not fail to be popular.
The regulars are quite right in this.
They are endeavoring to do better than
the Democratic, Reform and Custom
house conventions have done. Their nomi-
nations have fallen stillborn. They have
had no vitality with the people The fact
is, and we might as well state
it, the people have no confidence
in the ability of either Of these
parties to accomplish good purpose. They
are composed Of men who are known to
be extremists; men who are inclined to
favor either a white mans party or
black mans party. The great mass Of
our people, white and black, are deter
mined to defeat the extremists. Their
good sense teaches them that their pros
perity and happiness will be seriously in
terrupted by encouraging growth Of
parties so entirely antagonistic and hostile
as are the Customhouse party, that aims
to unite the colored vote, and the Demo
cratic party, that aims to build up white
mans party This is decidedly wrong,
and all that the Liberals and regular Re-
publicans have to do to insure success in
the political campaign they are entering
upon is to combine and present ticket
that will be acceptable to the people.