New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-13
MAKE SURE OF TEE STATE y


'"The peoples paper" of yesterday con
tanned a double-leaded leader, with the
above heading, in which it speaks more
like Democratic party organ than peo-
/ Piles paper. We consider this most IN
fortunate for the fusion ticket, because it
is dependent upon Republican votes for
success. If the Democrats were really in
the majority in this State the Pical2lre,
our seIf-styled peoples paper might
''make sure Of the State by exhorting
and praising the Democratic party. But
that party is not in the majority, nor can
it hope to be in the November election.
If the Grant-Kellogg party is beaten it
will have to be done with the aid of Lib
eral Republican votes, and Liberal Repub-
licans who have not gone over to Democ-
racy will not knowingly help to place the
Democratic party in power
The Democratic party and its organ, the
Picaynt1le, must not fail to remember this
when they would 'smake sure of the
State" If they would ssmake sure
Of the State, the only way they
can do it is by meriting the aid
Of the. Liberal Republicans 1t will
not do to. say cit is not necessary for
the hopeful progress and happy issue of
our special political canvass here in
Louisiana that we should watch in breath
less suspense the incidents and iDdica-
tons of political contests waged in other
and remote parts of. the country" This is
the selfish language of the Picayne-
language that too plainly indicates total
lack of feeling in the success of the Lib
eral Republican party of the nation, the
great party of reform.
We should have no especial political
canvass here in Louisiana, in the cause
of reform, that is not identified in the
strongest manner possible with the ma
tional Liberal Republican party. This
party seeks thorough reform, State and
if We are not mistaken, in the |
civil service Of the country. And it seeks
these great benefits, not in the name of
the Democratic party, but in the name of
the Liberal Republican party, created
specially for this purpose. With what
grace, then, can the Pjcay2sae say that our
political canvass in Louisiana is not init
mately blended with the great political
canvass that is being waged all over the
American States in favor of reform? Or
what right has it, if the supporters of
Greeley and Brown in this State are what
Greeley and Brown and the Liberal Re
publican party profess to be, to say:
In 1868 we gave the electoral vote of the
State to Seymour and Blair, in spite of the
opposition OF the State administration
In saying this, the Picapooe is evidently
speaking Of the Democratic party, and
peaks as the organ of that party. In the
paragraph to this it says
In 1872, with the support of the Governor
of course, Governor WarmOth) |
We may carry both the presidential and
tate tickets
Now if we understand Governor War
moths position correctly, he has never
cknowledged going over to the Demo-
ratio party. When accused of it he has
enied the charge; and the nearest he has
ONE to admitting it, to our knowledge,
) "that he met the Democrats half way 7
I the work of forming a Liberal RepubI-
IN party in this State We are aware
nat the Governor has taken the field in 7
efense of the fusion ticket; but if the t
'jccyo1e is permitted to pursue the course
has unwisely taken in the canvass, the :
oVernor, with all his acknowledged pow p
s as a speaker and ingenuity as politi- {
an, can be of little service in moulding
epublcans into Democrats, If we S
ould ''make sure of the State" in the
ming election, it has got to be done in F
e name Of the Liberal Republican
.rty. p