The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-07-27
10 the Public,

The publication in a recent nun,bor &c
the Picayunc of the letter of comtin,ant
resignation, which | placed in the hand
OF a portion of the Democratic Stafa
Ientral committee, renders it necessary
iof me, IN justice to myself and to the
trends who had so kindly expressed
confidence III me as Il candidate, tn ev-
plaln the motives which influenced me-
70 rake that course. 1t is superfiuous to
state that l felt deeply grateful to the
gentlemen OF the Conference COmmittre
Wll0 mad placed me i'll nomination. and
TO the members of the Democratic Con
VentlOn who ratified that nomination
nut may state that those who knew my
views are well aware that | cOnSidprpdo
combination of all the elements OnDnseI
to- Grant, including the Germans, thr
Liberal Republicans, and the Greeley
anu Brown party, to he an essential
condition to success. / understood this
to be also the opinion of Mr.. McEnery.
the gentleman who had been nominated
for Governor, and | was therefore ron
flrmed Ill the wisdom of my view. Soon
after receiving the information of NV
nomination., | called on Mr.. LaSere, the
chairman of the part off the committee
then and now eXiStingg and informed
him that | should be IIot only willing
but anxious to aid i'll forming the af-
lance which | considered to be so necps-
Safy ana that to assist i'll accomplishing
this purpose | should place my resigna-
ton III his hands, to he used ms the cnm-
mlttee might consider %judicious. Mr..
LaScre agreed with me, and showed me-
a letter from Mr.. McEnery to the same
effect. It was distinctly understood that
my letter was to be used for the purDOSn
| have Indicated, and for no other-that
is to say, to assist i'll forming d general
coalition with the elements now COM
posing the Liberal party. | had no
thought that it would be perverted into
an agency for Il repetition of the futile
coalition with the Reform party alone,
against which | had voted in company
with u majority Of the Convention.
Neither could ! suppose that a small
facti0p of the Committee, only one
fourth, representing not more than half
a dozen ont of the ifty-six parishes in
the State, would assume the n0ycrs
which, i'll any event, could be DrOperly
exercised only by a majority Of the whole
committee. When | placed my con-
tingent resignation in the hands of the
President Of the committee, dealt with
him, and with the body he represented,
i'll spirit of fairness and sincerity which
| conld not then suspect would not be
r~eciprOcated. Whether or not this il
the case ! am willing that the pnblie
should Judge, after consideration of the
facts as l.llavc presented them.
| would take this occasion to state
that / AM not u candidate for any posi-
tiOn before the August Convention, be-
as | do, that the place which
occupied can be much more eligibly
filed by a German or "A Liberal Repub-
lican. ALLEN JUMEL,
Liberal MEETINGS in CLAIBORNE,
WEBSTER AND ST. MARY PARISHES
HOMER, La, July 20.-At $lle parish
meeting held here to-day delegates were
appointed to the August cOnVentiOn, af-
ter the unanimous adoption of seven
resolutions of Indignation at the
of the New Orleans convention
and that of the committees. The united
State ticket was advised to get ont of
the way without delay. The meeting
was the largest parish meeting
held at the courthouse since the last
campaign.
MINDEN, La, July 20.-At q parish
meeting, called to-day to ratify the Gin
and Baltimore conventions, res
were auUpteu 10 tIidh tiLtCts
Delegates were appointed to the Au-
gust convention, with instructions to
Use their best efforts to harmonic all
parties opposed to Grant, anil present
such Il State ticket that all could agree
upon. $685.
The sentiment of the whole parish is
anything rather than the election of the
Grant ticket.
FRAHKLIN, La, July 2O.--An enthusi-
lstic meeting of the people Of 81. Mary
parish for the Endorsement OF the I'm
,innati nominees and the election oil
delegates to the Liberal Republican State
Convention, August j, was held here to-
It was the largest and most res
meeting held here since the
war. The utmost harmony prevailed.
was q full and unmistakable *
preston Of opinion in favor of the Lib
rial mOye. The best men of the parish
Terc selected and consented to act as
delegates.
A little shaver in a Sunday School
,eing asked what the father of the Pro
Iigal son probably did when he saw his
a great way off, replied, II Dunno
nut / dessay he set the dog on INN"
Thirty thousand Sabbath-school chill
Iren recently marched Ill a st. Louis
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