New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-18
EITHER LIBERAL OR REpUBITOAN.

bon Democrats that we shall Join with an,
party, either already established or tina
may hereafter be organized, to defeat th,
Lasere- Randolph ticket, from the frs
name on it to the last, and we speak il
this matter in the name of voters sufficient
to make our words momentous. We mus
either lead in this fight, or, if we mus
follow or cooperate with any party, thai
party must be composed Of men whom we
can count as our friends-or at least not
notorious for bigotry and violent preju-
dice. Least Of all are we prepared to fol
low the lead of party that represents
nothing under the sun except half hum
bred old party hacks who have put them
selves forward as leaders. This last will
be shown by the following:
Z. H. McCaleb offered the following reso-
luton:
Resogusd, That the president Of this con-
ventiOn be authorized to appoint ten mem
bers of the State Central Democratic Com
mittee from the State at large, and that
each district of the city Of New Orleans
| and each parish of the State accredit seve-
| rally one member to said committee.
| ReS0I5ed. That the president of the con-
venti0n shall be ex-oficiO member of said
| committee.
| Adopted.
The above is taken from the proceedings
of the Opera House Democratic conven-
ton. By its adoption the State Central
Committee Of the Democratic party was
constituted as follows: Members from the
parishes, fifty-six; from the city districts,
six; from State at large, ten; the president
Of the convention, one. Total, seventy
three.
Fifteen members Of the committee SO
constituted, we are informed, are all who
participated in the proceedings which re-
suited, so far as these individuals could
act, in the sale Of the Democratic ticket
to the Reformers, the transfer of the Demo-
cratic party to their support and the
abandonment of the Democratic name in
the present campaign.
We are further informed that up to the
present time there has never been a quo
rum present at any meeting of the |
so-called Democratic committee, and that
it has therefore never been properly or
ganized; that the assumption by certain
individuals of official designations is with
out authority, and their acts consequently
no more binding upon the Democratic
party than would be those of any other
cliPle of fifteen or twenty individuals who
might conclude to issue addresses and put
a ticket in the field. s
Knowing these facts, the contrivers Of
.he united State ticket have the assurance
% demand the support of the Democracy
If Louisiana; and -sublimity of impu-
lence Ito denounce as enemies to the
)est interests of the State these Liberal
who, having put behind them
IL past political animosities, and gone
nto the canvass with a plan to unite all
eform elements into a party that would
triumph, refuse to sustain the
elfsh and ambitious plot of a knot of
hronic offce-seekers whose past proves
hem potent only for harm to the people. {
These INSCRIPTIONS schemers declare
hat they will remain in the field at all
azards; that the Liberals must indorse
nd support their ticket, or they will
ccomplish a joint defeat For ourself,
nd as the representative of the great
lass Of the Liberal Republicans, we say,
r better defeat than their victory.
Are these men SO stupid as to believe
lat any portion of the Republicans of :
ouisiana are willing to surrender the !
to the very men who organ !,
ed and perpetrated the horrors which
aimed with blood the campaign of four =
.ars ago? Is there a man on their ticket y
lo has not been conspicuous in his op- j."
'sition to the Republican party, to every y
oppressive idea for which it has fought, u
d who heaped indignity and hate upon =
cry man who dared proclaim himself a =
publican? More than that has not :"
cry one Of their nominees not only not =
ang ed in this respect, but given recent -
d convincing proofs that his hatred has = =
IN intensified by time? Better, far VI
ter, the worst of Republican rule than r
= which such men will give us. ;,
Ne joined in the Liberal movement 20
h a conscientious and earnest desire to 'e 20
left the State We felt convinced that W
ignoring past and irremediable griev- ~ =,
es, and taking hold with all citizens -
, cared more for the general veal than
sonal advantage, a government would g
given to Louisiana that would soon ~
e her from the slough into which she ---0
been cast. We thought and believed p
noerats and Republicans, white citizens va !.
black, could be united for such glo-
is object, and that out of this friendly az
operation would grow a mutual regard ~
in the future would prevent bicker- SuE
of class or caste, and establish for fu- TIC
, candidates standard of moral and oo-
ltal worth rather Of color and nativity. "e'
ut all such bright hopes will be dashed say
n if the Bourbons pursue the course zee
z have inaugurated They snail not Ina
,eed. 1t Will become the especial and y
onal duty, at whatever sacrifice may nav
demanded, of every Republican in Lou ina
Ia to prevent the transfer of the State has
srnment to the control Of such bitter can
as are put up under the deceptive 0PE
. of 9 .s,t,itoa c+o+a +;o1-o+ - -Tf a. sug
rbons determine thus to revive, as iiie