New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-20
THE IIBERAL MOvEMEET.

principles. They are working for the fu
ture. Their eyes are in front, not behind
They do not parade their ':household
gods, whether these be onions, owls, cats
or what not If they have anything they
wish to protect, it is either cotton or Q
cane field, potato patch or factory.
But they have no time for image Worship
and reject pagan practices altogether.
/ The currentof popular feeling has SET
in with an over covering force, and will
bear away all opposition, whether it pro
coed from the Last Ditch Bourbons, the
agents of the Giant administration,
or the well organized lobby that
made such fearful attacks on the State
treasury during the session Of 1871.
The McEnery ticket Will not probably re-
main in the field till the day of the cleo
ton, and not man on it will be elected.
1t is repudiated as bogus by the Demo-
Gratis themselves, and would not probably
command ten thousand votes if the cleo
ton we're to take place to-day
The Liberal movement has meaning
that some of the more obtuse can not see,
or which they refuse to recognize. 1t
means that the American people are about
to take charge of their own affairs in this
State. Law makers and officers are. to be
appointed who will have sufficient intel
Igence and honesty to respect the public
will Offenders of all kinds will be held
answerable to the laws for their 1hisdeeds,
and faithful public servants protected
from the violence of bigotry and intoler-
ance. It will not do for men whose only
claim to official position is an unconquer-
able itching and total unftness for any
thing else, to bully the people, in the
hope that they will be selected to stop
their noise. For it is already determined
that they are to be left out And violent
professions of honesty, integrity, and all
the cardinal virtues generally raise a sus-
picion against the professors, as it is well
known that certain persons talk loudest of
that which they most lack, The man Of
true merit is habitually modest, and
neither seeks to elevate himself by boast
ing of his own good qualities nor by de-
tracing others.
To-day the election for delegates to the
August. convention is to- be held In
many Of the wards of the city the nomi-
nations have been already made So far
as Governor Warmoth has any influence
in the matter, he has used it to keep his
immediate personal and political friends
out OF the conveation. He prefers to be
judged by the unbiased minds of men
who have no further interest to sway them
than considerations for the public good.
Messrs. Oplatek Lethieque, Pierson,
Judge Sweet and others have publicly
declined to runs as delegates, while many
more have done the same thing in the
various club meetings. The Liberal con-
vention will, therefore, be composed of
delegates who viii be perfectly free to act
in concert, without being bound by
pledges; or influenced by their official
positions. The result of their delibera-
tons will be the selection of ticket that
ought to command the support of all the
friends Of reform and material progress in
the State
The work is performed quietly but
none the less earnestly and effectually.
All manner of frothy efervescence, clap
trap and superficial excitementis excluded
from the deliberations of the Liberals.
They leave the bullying and pipe playing
to the GRANTEES and the Last Ditchers.
Those who come into the Liberal camp
are received with welcome. Those who
choose to stay away are free to do so, for
there is to be no coercion nor undue |
means used to persuade the people to act |
against their wishes, or even their preju-
dices The Liberal leaders simply show
men where their true interests lie, and
leave them free to make their choice. No |
nor intolerance for opinions |
sake viii either be practised toward mem
Oers of other parties, or allowed, Expe |
renee has shown this to be. not only |
wrong in political management, but mex
oedient The State has on more than.
1ne occasion been lost to parties on ac-
count of the overbearing, illiberal man
ler in which the campaigns were con
lucted. This error, then, is to beavoided.
If the great party that has now such bril-
liant prospects of success shall come into
power after November, the most obdurate
Bourbon that now follows the tattered
banner of McEnery will be as safe here,
md entitled to and receive the same pro-
ection that is extended to the most
earnest worker in" the good cause. The
,lindest follower of Grant will be con-
.eded the right to compete with his fellow
itizens in any legitimate branch Of bust
less he may select. None will be driven
rom the State because they voted on the
wrong side, nor held up to public scorn,
S unworthy of the peoples patronage be-
ause they were a little late in their con-
ersion.
1t is quite time that the oriental Gus
ON Of cutting off the heads of all the
Of the successful party were
altogether from American poll
les. American citizens should have the
privilege of choosing their rulers from
among themselves, and their merchants,
hotel keepers, clerks, school teachers,