The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-05-18
Reconciliation Defeated.

tom House Convention upon the sub
Iject of uniting the Republican party
/ in this State, comments as follows:
Thus ended the smoke or something
worse of these loud professions of a
desire for harmony rs eliminated
through the proceedings of the sew
eral sessions of the Convention.
Whatever may have been the anx-
iety of the people (who elected these
delegates) for peace and the unity OF
the Republican party, and however
earnest or sincere may have been the
desire of the Convention to adopt
some practical measure looking to the
solution of our present troubles in the
State, it is plainly apparent that those
who controlled the Convention as
leaders aud directors of It's. move
ments, very effectually succeeded in
defeating any prospect OF reaching
the end desired.
Whatever may have been said with
reference to this subject heretofore, no
one will doubt that the Convention
was the proper and only authority to
act in the premises with any hope of
I success.
Why then did the committee on
resolutions dodge the issue, and after
so many strong expressions IN favor
of some definite action by the Conven-
ton, finally recommend and contend
for the reference of the whole sub
iect to the State Central Committee
which was indeed virtually to leave
the subject after all these loud pro-
fessions in far worse condition than
it WAS before7
Why could not one or the other OF
practical resolutions looking to har-
mony, which were read, and favor
ably received and referred to the COM
mittee have been recommended for
adoption by the Conventions
/ Why could not the member of the
committee who dissented from the
majority get a fair hearing upon
his resolution which ought in all fair
ness to have been allowed before the
i Convention as minority report
Why was there studied effort and
a manifest determination among
few leaders in the Convention to sup
press and stifle any fair and honor
4 able method of adjustment I
i Why was Pinchback invited to
give his views as to how and by what
means the desired end might be at
4 gained, and when he had eivAn their
own method the strongest imagin-
able. encouragement.es - liza. tie
Convention, under the special pre-
trext that it would protray a lack of
confidence in their State Central Com
mittees refuse and reject the reason
able suggestions both of Governor
Pinchback and of Col. Geo. W. Car
ter? Why was it pretended falsely as
every one must admit) when Mr..
Ladd endeayored to call up reso-
luton of previous session, that
motion had been previously made to
reconsider this subject and the reso-
luton to reconsider tabled I
Ali these are questions which the
people no less than Ourself would be
glad to have answered if these gentle
men really meant to make an effort
at harmony.
We must confess that to ns the
whole looks more like an effort to
draw the wool over the eyes of the
people who are demanding that these
difficulties shall be settled than any
thing we have seen lately!
We commend the spirit and sa-
gacitv which, under such very unfa-
yorable circumstances led Mr.. Pinch-
back to accept the invitation to ad-
dress the convention upon this diff
, cult and almost hopeless subject, and
we commend still more the taste and
. good sense with which he entered up
! on and performed the difficult task.
: We commend the sober earnest re-
marks of Col. Carter, and we only re-
gret that they were not followed with
f d similarly generous and conciliatory
!, spirit consistent with the effort OF
+ the convention) on the part of Capt.
Packard.
. As Gov. Pinchback said, +" there is
! possibility of harmonizing the party !"
. but it is our candid opinion that it
: cannot possibly be done unless the
people outside OF the two State Cen
; trail Committees shall take the matter
in hand, and it is plain to our mind
that any pretended effort in that di-
: rection outside of such a course OF
: procedure must inevitably fail, and
can only be offered as a sham, and in
!, order to prevent something more like
= ly to succeed from being brought for
ward in this direction.
= At least, after the developments Of
= this two days effort of the Custom
h House Convention to secure harmony
4 and the open and fair proposition o
. Lieut.. Gov. Pinchback, together with
I the manner in which the whole sub.
Z iect was finally disposed OF; it is bat
. reasonable to hope that we shall hea1
: no more from these Custom Ho4s'
i leaders about Pinchback standing il
4 the way of harmony and that th'
y people will be no longer hoodswinket
: and deceived by such groundless ant
false representations as these Custom
House officials have SO long and 3,
f-,;oara.1cI1, ,nirnrlofad amnuU tha al